Just incase KZfaq system hasn't picked up the timestamps in the description here they are: 00:00 - 00:08 - Intro 00:09 - 00:49 - Closed Beta 00:50 - 02:55- Duelist Cinematic 02:56 - 03:48 - Killjoy Agent Reveal 03:49 - 04:16 - Icebox Reveal Trailer 04:17 - 06:03 - Skye Agent Reveal Trailer 06:04 - 08:37 - Retake Cinematic 08:38 - 09:42 - Yoru Gameplay Reveal Trailer 09:43 - 10:37 - Astra Gameplay Reveal Trailer 10:38 - 12:08 Breeze Reveal Map 12:09 - 15:32 - Duality Cinematic 15:33 - 18:03 - KAY/O Reveal Trailer 18:04 - 20:53 - Raze / The Colour of Town 20:54 - 21:37 - Uncover Fracture Map Teaser 21:38 - 22:57 - Chamber Reveal Trailer 22:58 - 23:51 - The Secret Laboratory Killjoy 23:52 - 25:50 - Spark Neon Reveal Trailer 25:51 - 30:57 - Warmup Cinematic 30:58 - 32:36 - Fade Agent Trailer 32:37 - 33:56 - Pearl Map Reveal 33:57 - 39:40 - Shattered Cinematic 39:41 - 43:14 - Harbour Agent Trailer 43:15 - 43:21 - Answering the question + Outro

Because of Riot's storytelling, Valorant's lore is not that known even to its players. You have to dig through the hints they give in voicelines, character cards, even sprays, and most importantly the agent trailers and the cinematics. So here's a list on what you need to know Valorant's lore. 1. Valorant is a game depicting the battle between two worlds. They are called *Alpha Earth* and *Omega Earth.* 2. Because of the two Earths, there's also two sets of agents belonging to two Valorant organizations. Alpha Earth agents belongs to *Valorant Protocol* while Omega Earth agents belongs to *Valorant Legion.* The difference between the two is that Valorant Protocol is a secret organization who are even considered fugitives by the people of Alpha Earth(12:37) while Valorant Legion is considered as heroes(39:04), kinda like the Avengers, of the people of Omega Earth. The story is also told mostly via Valorant Protocol's perspective. This is also the in lore explanation on why one agent can exist on both teams at the same time and why there's a team of Attackers(Terrorists in CS) and a team of Defenders(Counter Terrorists in CS). 3. Valorant agents themselves are also divided into two categories. The *Radiants* and the normal humans. The Radiants are agents with superpowers like Jett, Phoenix, Yoru, etc. while the normal humans are agents like Killjoy, Raze, Brimstone etc. who mostly use technology. 4. In Valorant there's this event that happened 10 years ago before the Duelist Cinematic(00:50) called The *First Light.* This event gave some humans superpowers who we now call Radiants. This event may have also gave birth to *Radianite.* 5. Coincidentally, 10 years ago a company in Alpha Earth called *Kingdom Corporation* first discovered a substance they called Radianite and subsequently used it to power Alpha Earth's technology. (btw Omega Earth also have their version of Kingdom called *Kingdom Industries* ) 6. Due to some as of yet unknown reasons, Omega Earth is running out of Radianite and so they are attacking Alpha Earth to get their Radianite. They use the device called as *Spike* (Bomb in CS) to syphon off the Radianite boxes that exist in the map's sites. Its the reason why you plant the spike in site as Attacker and why you defend the sites as a Defender in order to prevent the enemy from stealing your radianite. Here's some miscellaneous facts; - Alpha Earth's Radianite is colored green while Omega Earth's Radianite is colored orange. - Out of the 8 maps in Valorant, 7 are located in Alpha Earth with Pearl the only one located in Omega Earth. - Fracture(20:54) is a weird map in that it is half Alpha Earth Fracture and half Omega Earth Fracture. This is due to some incident that a certain French gun guy caused resulting in the map being half greenery and half desert. You could also see this in the colors of the Radianite boxes present in the sites. - Excessive exposure to Radianite apparently results in unusual feats of strength and sometimes it may give you a permanent superpower, effectively making you a Radiant. Finally I highly recommend you to watch Sovereign Guide's breakdown of DRX vs FPX. It shows you how Valorant is played on the highest level even among pros because this was played in the semi finals. Its widely considered to be one of the best, if not the best match of this year's VCT(Valorant Champions Tour) because of how neck and neck both teams were.

In the duality cinematic, I think you missed the post-credits scene, where they show where the "other" Phoenix went after escaping....

30:25 and that’s how you start to realize how they treat Cypher in all trailers

You missed the ending of the killjoy/viper/Phoenix cinematic. It's duel earths. The other team from Omega earth.

I'm in my 30's and I've been playing CS:Go for years and started Valorant in 2022 and I can say Valorant is better.

Super short version: Two Dimensions, Two Earths. Alpha is the protagonist, Omega the “bad” guys. Agents from Omega started invading Alpha’s Radianite, with the bomb (spike) they got it, and that’s why Venice is floating. When you play the “Terrorists” are Omega and the Defendants Alpha. After reactivating a dimensional portal, they get to Pearl (underwater map) to search why Omega is stealing the radianite, they think is a mass destruction weapon. Then Killjoy realizes they needed it because Omega's earth is collapsing, p.e. omega builded a shield to protect Pearl. So then Alpha starts to wonder if they are the good ones. Also when you play on Pearl the Terrorists are Alpha.

There is a running inside joke that Cypher (the one playing chess) dies in all Cinematics and trailer he's in. That's why they made that scene in 30:21

2:02 I would *love* if they made an acc TV show about this game lol - all the cinematic trailers are *so* good.

The girl with the blue hair and lightning powers is named Neon and the characters themselves are generally referred to as "agents." Also just a heads up you did spell Harbor's name wrong in the chapters. I also see there is some confusion for you between Reyna and Fade, they are different, the one where Cypher(chess guy) was getting stared at by multiple cameras and Neon was taken into the earth was the reveal for Fade, the girl with the grey aesthetic and black and red utility, Reyna is the purple girl who is one of the main three agents at the start of episode 5 (shattered).

csgo is csgo and valorant is valorant ... The gameplay is diff, the playstyle also diff so dont compare. Enjoy what you want

In CSGO you do a trick shot your IP is leaked In Valorant you do a trick shot you find homies

a little of spoiler for kay/o he's from a third dimension where radiant and human are at war and reyna was the leader of the radiant, kay/o was built just to kill radiant (Kill All Your Oponent) after he ended the war by killing reyna he go travel to other dimension to prevent the war from happening or to kill all the rouge radiant if the war end up happen

An interesting fact about how Valorant approached cheating: wallhack is literally a part of Sova's abilities. There's no point in it anymore if it's legal.

I mean there too different it's that simple, i'd argue Valo requires more skill just due to the fact you have to be more reactive due to the hero abilities but it's 100% a harder viewing experience if you don't know some of the Agents in it where as CS is so basic it's a better viewer experience than most games on the market some 8 months even after this video.

well now you have to watch the new cinematic

Short answer: Play both and see which one do you like. 👌

I still cant believe killjoy was a robot back then hahah

Ino at the end of the day anyone can play video games, but as a queer girl I rlly dislike CS:GO. People are so nasty just bc they are insecure and want something to hate. Valorant makes me feel welcomed, not just with the character’s representation, but also the community as a whole. Plus the play style of it being more character based is a lot more appealing to me, rather than a war simulator basically lol.

So bascially, theres alpha earth and omega earth. Alpha earth is the radiants that we see, and omega earth are the "bad radiants" we see. In the shattered cinematic, you can see at the end they stumble upon a shop with merch for omega radiants because they were on omega earth doing that mission, and in the shop it said alpha threat. In reality, there is no good and bad but they view eachother as that. The main goal for alpha earth on missions is to stop omega radiants from stealing their radianite which is a high power source used for many things. Thats why killjoy in the shattered cinematic questioned what theyre builing in omega earth with all the radianite theyre stealing, assuming it was a weapon. However, as she claimed its not a weapon, it's a life support system as we see on the trailer for Pearl. Due to destruction from climate changes, the entire city was going to be flooded, so before it did they created a life support system which is why the city is under water. They arent bad guys, theyre just trying to steal radianite to survive.

The map trailer of breeze lmao 😂 "blinding beauty" then Skye's blinding bird arrive lmaoo 😭😭😂 and "find your resting place" then dead bpdies everywhere wtfff 😂😂😂😂😭

11:48 did he actually just say that breeze is a rly good map?

Valorant Agents(characters) also has their own respective origins or countries like Jett is from Korea, Sage is from China, etc.

you know that riot is making a new project about open world in league of legends lore,, i hope you can play as piltover faction or zaun so you can experience the world from Arcane in netflix series.

I really wish you would watch the Gekko trailer! It's very cute and incredible

oh my man! from genshin going into valo too :D

Your chat does not give a damn, they are always talking about something else

15:29 you missed the other Phoenix and Jett

no cause you cant pick maps... nothing more needs to be said.

So, You're judging the book by its cover...

Hii bro i Just saw your whole video and i love it thanks for the reaction.. and one more thing in Harbor trailer.. the relic chose harbor because the real name of Harbor is Varun Batra.. and the name Varun is the name of Water God in Hinduism.. relic didn't chose any person but he has the capability and a connection with water even his name is before the water god so that's why relic chose him.. there is a harbor gameplay video and new cinematic please react to them too... ♥ from India

I disagree. I think that Valorant is better but that's why its an opinion. To each their own.

ok lol

Wait, is it a different channel? I swear I was subscribed to you, but now it's gone.

hi

tyler 2.0

why are these out of order lol, it would make more sense to react them in order of release

is that even a question?

No

how do you answer this question by just watching the trailers but not playing the game?

the right answer is yes, it's better.

CS:GO is boring, and Valorant is fun to play.

What's with the weird fake chat? They're literally talking about anything other than what this guy is saying/watching. At least a few should be mentioning Valorant, but they're talking about a dozen other different games and he never interacts with them.