A friend recommended my play Valorant a little before he quit playing and initially it seemed like a very colorful, vibrant and skillful game. The art style, sound design, characters and such were all very likeable and enjoyable to see on screen.

The idea of abilities in a CSGO like game seemed to appeal to me. It wasn't too long until I started running into a load of issues:

The road to unlocking competitive was quite a painful experience. Unbalanced teams, people leaving mid way, quick surrendering, smurfing, incredibly toxic players flexing on fresh installs.

Some times it feels like bullets don't do damage in this game. Some times it feels like headshots don't do damage.

Some Agents feel underwhelming or straight up better than another. Idk if that's intentional or the side effect of having this many agents.

Only 5 maps. This is kinda disappointing Ngl. I kinda expected a multi billion dollar company to at least give their games more variety.

Can anyone tell me how they keep their experience consistently positive?