For those who don't know, the new magepunk bundle has been released and priced at 7100 VAL points which is about $70 if you want to have enough valorant points to buy the bundle.

This has been a problem since the beta of valorant, bundle prices and weapon skins are overly priced; however, I feel like this bundle justifies the cries of a need for cheaper prices even more.

Note: I'm basing the price of the skin by how much valorant points you need to buy to have enough in the shop. Spectre is 1,775, but you can't directly buy 1,775, most you would need to unlock is $19.99, round up to $20, for 2050 valorant points which leaves you a remainder of 275.

Let's take a look at the spectre

Priced at 1,775 Valorant Points, has 4 levels and 4 different color patterns

I think the spectre looks nice; it fits the theme of magepunk but when you go into the different animations with the upgraded levels; that's when I feel as this skin is average and not worth the merely $20 just to get this skin alone. Let's take a look at how the skin looks with level 4 where it has the VFX, animations and finisher

Level 4 Firing and ADS

https://reddit.com/link/mic4hn/video/fg182dfgfoq61/player

Level 4 Reload Animation and Inspection

https://reddit.com/link/mic4hn/video/yux5ra7nfoq61/player

Level 4 Finisher

https://reddit.com/link/mic4hn/video/0dndf3ipfoq61/player

Thoughts on Level 4 MAGEPUNK SpectreAs I said before, the model is nice, I like the actual skin of the gun, but I don't think its worth bundle price or even the individual price of the skin. Especially when you look at the level 4 upgrades from the GIFs above. The reload animation feels lazy and doesn't have any special flare to it; same with the overall small electric animations around the gun. For $10-$12, this wouldn't be too bad, but for $20 just for the skin or $70 for the bundle; it seems a bit too much.

Comparing to Singularity and Prime Spectre

Level 4 Singularity-

Price: 2,175 Valorant Points, Need $25 to get enough valorant points: 2,525

Level 4 Prime

Price: 1,775 Valorant Points. Need $20 to get enough valorant points: 2,050

Prime/Singularity Thoughts Compared to MagepunkI don't think the prime and singularity are also worth their cost; as said before, valorant is known for having high skin prices, but I do think these two skins are better in value than the magepunk. It is my opinion.First, the prime spectre has a unique reload animation, something the magepunk really does not have. I would same the quality of the finisher is about the same; its average, its what it needs to be; I think the the wolf one is a bit better; I'd be happier with that personally. Now the prime spectre has the excuse of it being one of the first skins but it also gets called out for its price too. Remember no one is justifying the prices here! I just want Riot to make skins that justify their prices if they're going to charge us a lot.

Second, the singularity spectre is obviously the one with most work put in it: the animation when you equip the gun, the reload animation, the firing, the finisher, the sounds, all of it is there. Now this is an example of a skin that I'm more likely to spend $20 on or even buy the bundle if I like the rest of the weapons. This skin has everything that prime and magepunk lack or was done without much thought.

Just watch the gifs and compare each reload animation; I feel like that shows the most, there was really no thought into the magepunk reload animation compared to the prime and singularity.

Conclusion Ultimately, the magepunk spectre is an example of a skin that could be priced around a reasonable $10-$12 but is instead priced at $20. The singularity is a perfect example of a $15-$20 skin, and the prime is also a good example of the decrease in effort made in magepunk. The prime and singularity both had unique reload animations, while the magepunk lacked much of one. In addition, the singularity had all factors: vfx, reload animation, finisher, firing animation with good quality and worth the price its estimated $25 compared to the $20 magepunk spectre. If Riot is going to charge us high prices for skins, at least make it worth their price and justify it; stay consistent with making these skins good quality or if you're going to put less effort; at least make it much cheaper.

EDIT: I'm not simply just complaining about the price here, I'm complaining that the quality of the skin does not fit the price; thats the problem with the valorant skins; when you look at the price, look at the quality and compare. In my opinion the quality doesn't satisfy the price. This is all subjective and my opinion but do not say I'm just complaining about high prices.