Valorant Map Teaser analysis

Posted by Steve

Thursday, March 18, 2021 10:36 AM

Valorant Map Teaser analysis

Hello,

If you haven't seen it already, click here: https://twitter.com/VALORANTar/status/1371853775091171332. VALORANT Arabia released a video on their Twitter with an Arabic-looking map and a voiceover saying "In the time of the battle, be ready for grenade sounds"; and a text saying "Brace up" in the end. I think this is a new map and I analyzed this clip.

Starting with the video, you hear Arabic oriental music and the scene starts by looking down a corridor that leads into an area. However, more interesting here is the Radianite generator in the background, which looks similar to the generator on Bind. i.e. https://prnt.sc/10oa4fm

Many would say this is Bind, however, if we take this generator and "measure" the distance, it looks too distant from the scene, and the next thing also "proves" my point.

In the center of the scene, you see an area pilled with containers, perhaps these are the Radianite containers like on Bind, however, on Bind they're green, but we just see black containers. What interests me are these arches https://prnt.sc/10oa8xm, if we compare this "map" to some maps in CS Community like de_kabul or de_dust/dust 2, we'll see these arches reappearing from time to time, especially in de_dust4ever, it's just an Arabic architecture.

From a gameplay standpoint, this looks like a connector/entrance to a site on a map that has arches as a decoration. This forklift https://prnt.sc/10oabkj supports my idea because if it was just a clean venue to get into the site, then there'd be no point defending that chokepoint.

This is just an opinion, you're free to correct my opinion if you find more details.

References

  • https://www.reddit.com/r/VALORANT/comments/m724sa/valorant_map_teaser_analysis/
  • https://reddit.com/m724sa

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