It seems to be always a hot topic of conversation online. Around which Tactical shooter is better. I love both CSGO & Valorant, so disclaimer to begin with this isn't meant to be a bias post nor a long one either.

I was initially very sceptical of Valorant as a shooter and especially the Ability / Agent system, I refused to play the beta and the first month of the release as I thought it was overhyped. My friends finally convinced me to give it a shot, so I did. Instantly I was hooked.

I now honestly feel like Valorant is better than CSGO.

I thought about why I preferred Val after all this time playing CSGO and I nailed it down to a few points

1. First to 13 format. Quicker games, more fast paced and each round feels so much more valuable to win or play. Also outside the odd draw the games don't last longer than an hour. Great for quick casual play.
2. Cheating, the lack of hackers in comparison to CSGO is insane. The amount of time I lost in CSGO playing against teams with 2-3 players with aimbot on is insane and extremely frustrating especially when you lose an hour of your time in a comp match.
3. Diversity in gameplay, the variety of utility available and ability to learn new roles and agents keeps the game pretty fresh. CSGO can get stale when you are constantly firing off the same smoke / flash line-ups on Dust/Mirage.
4. Active game development, Riot in comparison to Valve have been F-ing great so far. Granted the game is still young and some mistakes have been made, they always seem to look to rectify most mistakes made via feedback from the community and are always trying to make the game more balanced.
5. No loot box gambling for skins. Gambling is bad. To me having that element of gambling to win skins, always a bit of a stain on CSGO.

Anyway just my thoughts. Enjoy!