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| 2s | When we first started working on Valorant, |
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| 5s | we had our wild hopes and dreams |
| 8s | that this would be a shooter that everybody in the world could play. |
| 12s | Alright, I’m going in. |
| 13s | Valorant would be something that empowered players’ creativity, empowered their expression. |
| 18s | It could change how they think about tactical shooters. |
| 21s | When I think about how far Val has come as a game over the last four years, |
| 26s | now feels like the right time to bring Valorant to console players. |
| 29s | With this console version of the game, |
| 31s | we were asking for the team to do was actually just be very curious. |
| 36s | What maybe started as some amount of skepticism turned into optimism. |
| 40s | And once they had that, then they turned it into a determination |
| 43s | that they're going to make something that players truly love. |
| 45s | There are components of Val that exist in other games on console. |
| 48s | What Val brings that is maybe different is it's highly tactical combat |
| 52s | that has high highs and low lows, allows for a tremendous amount of expression from the player. |
| 58s | And we believe that is a combination that players on console are hungry for. |
| 62s | My name’s Ray. I go by YaBoiDre in-game. |
| 65s | I've had a pro background for five years and I am a part of the Valorant game analysis team for Riot. |
| 71s | My name's Devin. I go by Demise. |
| 73s | I have previous background in Call of Duty’s professional player. |
| 77s | I'm also part of the game analysis team at Riot. |
| 79s | We are just a group of passionate gamers who have come together |
| 83s | and we just give a different look and a different form of insight |
| 86s | that designers might not have, from our experience, as like, high-level gamers. |
| 91s | Obviously, controllers are very different from mouse and keyboard. |
| 94s | So, figuring out how to adapt Valorant to still feel like Valorant on console |
| 98s | but through a different control paradigm definitely took a lot of effort |
| 101s | and was one of our biggest challenges. |
| 103s | I remember there was one specific moment in development when we knew we had it. |
| 108s | We'd play best of three match on controller and one of the teams won |
| 112s | and then the other team was like, no, we're going again. |
| 114s | Like, we're not done. |
| 114s | Like, we got to get back out there. |
| 116s | And it was this moment of like, oh, people are taking it way more seriously. |
| 118s | They're trying to get better. |
| 119s | They want to compete and they want to win. |
| 121s | To me, that moment of you're not just playing for work, you're playing |
| 123s | because the game is really fun is like, oh, we have something. |
| 126s | This is what we want players to experience. |
| 129s | Valorant is a very mouse-focused game. |
| 132s | It requires a lot of dexterity. |
| 133s | One of the things that we were really focused on, |
| 135s | when we were getting the game to feel really good on controller |
| 137s | was to manage the limitations of you're trying to move through the environment |
| 140s | with your right stick as fast as you can, but you also need to be hyper precise. |
| 144s | Being able to do both of those things with one stick is a very challenging problem. |
| 149s | When we first got our hands on Valorant on console, |
| 151s | it was a much different experience than we have right now. |
| 153s | It was a bit clunky. |
| 155s | We needed something to make it easier for players to slow down |
| 158s | and hone in on gunfights when they need to. |
| 163s | I think our switch to what we call a focus mode, |
| 165s | that was a big turning point for us. |
| 167s | That was when I kind of had that click. |
| 168s | I felt like maybe this could actually work. |
| 170s | It's kind of your button you press before you take a fight. |
| 174s | Your sensitivity drops down, you zoom in, you become precise. |
| 177s | You should feel like you're about to be accurate |
| 179s | when you're trying to hit the really long range shot. |
| 180s | We've come really far, you know. |
| 182s | Things that seemed very impossible, |
| 184s | like turning a flash or like shooting a Sova dart |
| 187s | are now pretty easy to do with practice. |
| 189s | What we didn't want console players to feel like they were getting |
| 193s | was a watered down version of the game or something that didn't meet |
| 196s | the same level of competition and mastery that we were seeing in the PC. |
| 201s | Our gameplay analysis team has extensive backgrounds |
| 204s | in both Valorant and console shooters. |
| 207s | And that level of nuance, detailed feedback has enabled us to dial in the game, |
| 211s | to get it to where it is today. |
| 217s | The designers really did a great job of tweaking every agent individually. |
| 222s | The agents are an incredibly deep part of this game |
| 225s | and every one brings its own unique set of skills and abilities to the table. |
| 230s | I think you will like this. |
| 232s | A big concern I had coming in was just how little input controller gives us. |
| 237s | Coming from PC, you have like possibly hundreds of inputs on a keyboard. |
| 240s | We wanted to make sure that every agent on console felt balanced |
| 243s | and considerate of the control scheme. |
| 246s | Our ability mapping for agents feels like, very intuitive |
| 249s | and being able to gain that mastery or that specific character has been like really rewarding. |
| 253s | When we talk about competitive games, one of the most important parts |
| 256s | of any competitive game is dialing in your settings. |
| 258s | Right now, like, we're all going through the process of just sharing settings |
| 261s | and just come up with new ideas on ways to play console. |
| 264s | We're not trying to force any specific presets. |
| 267s | We've added on several presets to ensure that all players coming |
| 270s | from all sorts of different console games will be comfortable playing our game, |
| 274s | whether that's bumper jumper or something very traditional. |
| 278s | You've got to be able to set your settings the way you want to, |
| 281s | and we’ve made sure that players get to customize their controls however they want. |
| 286s | We believe we have built the right infrastructure, |
| 289s | the right tooling to really make the promise of the game shine. |
| 293s | Valorant is one ecosystem. |
| 294s | It doesn't matter what platform you're on, it’s one community. |
| 296s | We didn't want you to have to go create a new account |
| 299s | or to worry about where should I go to progress my battle pass? |
| 302s | To us, a part of that is making sure that whenever you log into Valorant, |
| 305s | it’s your Valorant. |
| 306s | We made the very conscious choice of not having cross-play between PC |
| 310s | and consoles because we don't want players to have to wonder is the person |
| 315s | I'm playing against using a controller or a keyboard and mouse or whatever else. |
| 319s | When I watch players experience the love of Valorant in that truly pure way, |
| 324s | and it doesn't matter what hardware they're on, |
| 327s | that's how we know we've got it. |
| 328s | That's what gives us the courage to launch Valorant to console. |
| 332s | I think the thing that makes Valorant really unique |
| 335s | is just the global community as a whole. |
| 337s | Between the game and the esport and the cosplay and the music |
| 341s | and the music videos |
| 342s | and the incredible passion players show in and out of the game. |
| 346s | When console players come into the community, |
| 348s | they get to experience that same thrill and that same level of play. |
| 352s | We are so dependent on console players joining the beta and telling us, |
| 357s | where are we doing it right? |
| 358s | Where are we not doing it right? |
| 360s | We're excited to engage directly with players |
| 363s | so that they can help us grow and make this game amazing for everyone. |