{"id":713,"date":"2023-04-10T17:59:39","date_gmt":"2023-04-10T17:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalgoodplay.com\/?p=713"},"modified":"2023-04-13T09:22:10","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T09:22:10","slug":"riot-will-let-you-pay-to-turn-your-valorant-guns-into-counter-strike-guns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalgoodplay.com\/?p=713","title":{"rendered":"Riot will let you pay to turn your Valorant guns into Counter-Strike guns"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>Valorant&#8217;s next cosmetic bundle is looking eerily familiar. The Black Market pack, arriving on April 12, is an unsubtle homage to Counter-Strike conveniently timed with Valve&#8217;s recent announcement of Counter-Strike 2.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, the Black Market bundle is the exact opposite of Valorant&#8217;s typical style of loud, impossible-looking magical skins. The five included skins transform default Valorant guns into a close approximation of their Counter-Strike equivalents. For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Vandal becomes an AK-47<\/li>\n<li>The Bulldog becomes a FAMAS<\/li>\n<li>The Marshal becomes a Scout (these two already looked pretty similar)<\/li>\n<li>The Classic becomes a Glock-18<\/li>\n<li>The knife becomes a butterfly knife<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In case you&#8217;re still unsure if the similarities are a coincidence, the Black Market bundle even references Counter-Strike&#8217;s terrorist\/counter-terrorist format by changing each skin&#8217;s appearance when you&#8217;re attacking or defending. If the reference holds up, I assume you&#8217;ll only see that wood-grain Vandal on attack.<\/p>\n<div class=\"see-more see-more--clipped\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet hawk-ignore\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Switch sides \/\/ Switch skins. The Black Market Bulldog, Vandal, Marshal, Classic and Butterfly Knife Melee have unique Defender and Attacker appearances. Bundle hits your shop April 12th. pic.twitter.com\/MIKsW9Z0QDApril 10, 2023<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"see-more__filter\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"see-more__button-container\"><span class=\"see-more__button\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"See more\">See more<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Reactions to the bundle are appropriately mixed. Some players are enjoying the cheeky Counter-Strike makeovers, while others are taking this as a sign that Riot is intimidated by the buzz around Counter-Strike 2. Personally I think these skins, while simple, are a huge improvement over Valorant&#8217;s dreadfully boring all-black default skins. It&#8217;s a shame that they&#8217;ll probably be wildly overpriced: official pricing hasn&#8217;t been announced yet, but judging by the way Valorant tends to price bundles, expect to pay anywhere from $60-$80 for all five skins (or $16-$23 per skin).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean guess it\u2019s fine, but I can\u2019t justify paying money for generic skins for weapons I\u2019ve used in every FPS shooter for the last 20 years,\u201d wrote Redditor xStickyBudz.<\/p>\n<p>Another common reaction is disappointment that the attack\/defense skin swapping feature will be exclusive to this bundle. Valorant players have been asking for a similar feature that works for any skin for years, but according to Riot, it hasn&#8217;t materialized because of the potential strains on hardware requirements.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore skins and more memory = more load times,\u201d wrote associate art director Sean Marino in a response on Reddit. \u201cWe want players to get in the game quickly and not have a bunch of things going on in the background preventing you from doing that\u2014more memory means bigger hardware memory requirement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fair enough, but if I were a Valorant player I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;d be satisfied. Would players really mind slightly longer loading times if it means more freedom to show off the skins they&#8217;ve paid hundreds or thousands of dollars on?<\/p>\n<p>Riot continues its commitment to keeping Valorant low-spec enough to run on anything, but that comes with sacrifices.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valorant&#8217;s next cosmetic bundle is looking eerily familiar. The Black Market pack, arriving on April 12, is an unsubtle homage to Counter-Strike conveniently timed with Valve&#8217;s recent announcement of Counter-Strike 2. Interestingly, the Black Market bundle is the exact opposite of Valorant&#8217;s typical style of loud, impossible-looking magical skins. 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