 My Valorant is better than CSGO. I will go over the gameplay, community, updates, and esports. So for gameplay, both are tactical 5v5 firsts and shooters. CS has 15 rounds, while Valorant has 13. The biggest difference however, is that Valorant has agents and abilities. This would make AIM have less of an impact, but both games still have a high skill ceiling. I would still say that CSGO has a higher skill ceiling because the maps are more optimized and polished for gameplay. Valorant is still making tweaks to their maps and are still trying to catch up to CSGO when it comes to perfectly balancing the game. Just look at Split for example. They've been changing that for almost a year now. CS also has less to worry about however, because every person has the same amount of smokes and flashes. Riot still have to tweak their agents and maps depending on which are weak and strong. I personally think they do a really good job of this. Even though many players say that Valorant is better because they have more updates. They don't share why. CS is already such a balanced game that there's just not that much that you can tweak. In Valorant, there are updates every two weeks. Now depending on which way you look at this, Valorant might be a better game because they're getting more content and more content means more stuff to talk about, which means more fun. Or you can think of it like CS is such a good game that it doesn't even need any updates. I personally love the update consistency that Riot gives to Valorant. Maybe that has to do with it being a newer game, but they're still on schedule even a year after the game's release. Riot also connects to the community more. They answer Reddit posts, post patch notes on YouTube, and announce their new maps, agents, esports, etc. I think that really livens up the Valorant community. Although the CS community is still super strong and probably more loyal than Valorant's community, Valorant is still building their community to match Counter-Strakes. I don't know if they will ever match CS, but it's doing extremely well right now. The community of Valorant is so toxic whenever you play ranked however. Even if you're going negative by 3 depths, I do understand the feeling of dying in Valorant because it's such a hard and competitive game, but I never blame my team for it. In CS, it's also a bit toxic, but it's arguably one of the most competitive games ever, so that could be a reason why. But I still think Valorant is more toxic. I kinda expected this anyways because the skill gap is so prevalent in both games. The skill gap is actually something I like because it really makes you want to play more. I would rather play a high skilled game than a play to win or a game that's heavily influenced by luck. This makes me want to ground more. That's why CS players are still playing even after more than a decade after its release. Now do I think that Valorant will have that level of a fanbase? Probably not. I know that League has been around forever and it's the most popular game, but unless Valorant is 100% skilled like CS, there will never be a fanbase that would keep practicing and training their aim and game sense for like 10 years. This however hurts CS go in another way. And that's because it's still competitive that new players are having a hard time getting good. Aim is so important, but game sense is as well. CS players invests so many hours into the game that they know every angle of every map and where to aim. Now isn't Valorant the same? Well Valorant is still growing its playerbase because it's still tweaking its maps and you can still rank up pretty easily if you have some knowledge of the maps. Next let's talk about esports. This is an area where CS definitely wins. It's where most of their players are interested in and I think they do a really good job with it. Again it hurts the people who are trying to join the game, but it's just another way to keep a loyal fanbase. Valorant esports isn't as developed but I do love how Riot is putting in so much effort to update us on how they're trying to improve the game, whether it would be the gameplay, balancing it or esports. They are really transparent. Valorant esports are just getting started, but I do hope that they will create a good esports scene like CS go. I don't think it would ever reach CS go's heights when it comes to esports, but it's still super entertaining. The Valorant community is still booming over all these areas. So in my opinion overall, Valorant has the better content, a better community as of now. Gameplay is more fun and it's better for new players. CS is more competitive, more balanced, and has a loyal fanbase. Both have their pros and cons, but Valorant is more fun for me, mainly for their updates and their different agents, which makes it really fun for me because you can master one agent and you have a variety of options to choose from depending on your playstyle.