Professional Valorant player and Twitch streamer Micheal “shroud” Grzesiek has once again reignited the Valorant vs CSGO debate with a statement made during a recent livestream, and fans have already started taking sides.
Since the dawn of the release of Riot Games’ competitive shooter Valorant, whether or not it is superior to CSGO has continued to spark heated debates within the gaming community, and it doesn’t seem like they’re coming to a halt anytime soon.
While the ex-CSGO pro had previously claimed that Valorant is an overall easier game than CS, it isn’t the case this time around.
“CS looks like a joke compared to this game, I am telling you,” Shroud told fellow Valorant pro Tyson ‘TenZ’ Ngo during a recent game. “There’s no sugar coating. The game is just hard.”
However, Shroud also brought up the possibility that the game might feel hard simply because “everybody’s so good” due to the game’s low skill ceiling.
“Everyone’s so good because the game is arguably easier, maybe that’s why,” Shroud continued.
The community stands divided on Shroud’s statements. While a portion of the player base seems to think that Valorant is hard due to Agent abilities and the randomness that the game brings, others mention that CSGO is inherently more difficult due to its high skill ceiling, better gunplay, and complex lineups for nades, flashes, or smokes.
There isn’t a conclusive answer to this debate, as both games are 5v5 competitive shooters that can be found to be challenging in their own way. But it’s certain that the Valorant vs CSGO debates aren’t going to stop in the foreseeable future.
