The title of Riot Games opens under the free-to-play model with some news regarding the closed beta.
The new production of Riot Games is now available on PC. Anyone who wants to enter this competitive online shooter will have the opportunity to do so without paying a single euro. After the closed beta, Valorant returns with news. And it is that it not only includes a new agent, the duelist Reyna, but also brings us a map never seen before, as well as a new modality and the obligatory battle pass, which will not have a pay-to-win component, such and as the developer has promised.
The game is available from June 2, so it is now possible to download it. If you are not sure how to do it, you should know that it is a free-to-play product, so all you have to do is access the website and download the client with your free account for Riot. At FreeGameTips, we have prepared a step-by-step guide.
The wait is over. VALORANT is here! The servers are open and the casual game finder is activated. Patch 1.0 has been implemented and with it various changes to agents and maps. You can read the patch notes on our website: https://t.co/zL6g7PiSUN
– VALORANT (@VALORANTes) June 2, 2020
Travel to Venice: map and battle pass
The new Valorant map will take us to the city of Venice, in Italy. This is Ascent, a tactical map made up of a central part that offers flanking routes in two locations. Standard combat takes place in three zones with an open central part, much given to combat, which includes doors that can be opened, closed or destroyed with damage. Aesthetically, the new location is very familiar for being built according to a real area of the world.
As for the battle pass, Riot has emphasized that it will not offer benefits that affect the gameplay, so there is no need to expect that the rewards received will help win games. Therefore, we are talking about purely cosmetic rewards. It is confirmed that there will be a free progress option and a paid one, with extras designed to personalize the games with new skins, etc.
According to the company, it is a way to reward players who spend their time in the game. If you buy the battle pass, you will have the opportunity to get more rewards. In total there will be 40 tiers in Ignition, the first episode. On the other hand, the idea is that this content is exclusive to the battle pass, but they do not close the doors completely to launch some elements afterwards. Of course, they say that it would be very difficult to get hold of them.
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– VALORANT (@VALORANTes) June 1, 2020
Spike fever, the new way
At Riot Games they were aware that Valorant games were taking too long. Spike fever is the answer to the need to provide players with shorter games. They are sessions of about 8-12 minutes that invite us to place the Spike (all attackers have it) and to be the best of 7 rounds. It should be noted that the third of them changes from attack to defense (or vice versa). Both players on one team and the other get the same random weapon, and everyone has basic skills free of charge in each round. Further:
- You get 2 final points for murders and deaths.
- In each round, 3 to 5 special upgrade orbs are randomly selected from the map.
- Upgrades vary and can range from movement speed increases to weapon upgrades or bonus damage.
Source | Riot Games
