Valorant vs Overwatch: How Do the Games Compare?
By Liam Gambon
Valorant vs. Overwatch is an interesting debate that has sprung in come circles of the gaming community after the closed beta for Riot Games' new FPS began Tuesday. Valorant is a new online team-based shooter that closely resembles a few games in the same genre, with Overwatch being one.
Riot Games' new game is a five-on-five tactical shooter, and here is how it compares to Blizzard's Overwatch.
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Valorant vs Overwatch: How Do the Games Compare?
Both games are first-person and have players choose certain characters for each match they join. The characters also have their own abilities, and a unique ultimate, which is a major part of Overwatch. But there are also a good amount of differences.
People will notice that they can be killed very easily in Valorant, where in Overwatch you must have your health bar chipped away at for a bit until it's empty. Also, Valorant features real life artillery, where the latter has tons of inventive weapons not seen in the world, outside of a few heroes like Soldier: 76 and Reaper. Everyone has the same health bar as well, which is a clear difference.