Stewie2k yesterday on his stream;
,,Valorant is no where near hard as CS is, CS is strategically and mechanically harder than Valorant, even the pros in Valorant do not work as hard as CS pros, they think they do but they really do not. Valorant is never going to be harder than CS both mechanically and strategically.“
he explained it good on stream: in cs you gotta count how many flashes, smokes, mollies the enemy has, you gotta count their economy too, while in valorant it is shown to you if someone has ult, you know that if fade uses her prowler ok 30seconds to the next one, you know if someone has an ult and how would you play around it etc.
with anything being possible stratwise
have you followed the proscene in the past 5 years? Every map starts the same with molly/smoke/grenade lineups, same thing repeats in the last 30 seconds (if by then both sides dont die), same fights taking place in same areas. It just depends on who hits the shot THAT round. I dont want to simplify it as just aim-duels BUT there are certain metas already in place on how certain maps should be played.
It is the reason valve released CS2 and completely changed the smoke physics because the meta got too stale. Imagine changing physics of a game, thats how stale the game has become. Even in competitive, if you dont throw a grenade stack with a lineup, you will get flamed while you can throw slightly different smokes (at this stage of the game 2 years in) without getting flamed. strats in CS are definitely more stale than valorant right now.
I disagree, it may look simple from the outside, but if you take a look from the inside, theres so much details with just one utility.
Here’s a video:
https://youtu.be/9g5RyUi03wk
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