I Watched Every Valorant Cinematic + Agent Trailer To Answer This

[@Albsterz1]

Just incase KZbin system hasn't picked up the timestamps in the description here they are: 00:00 - 00:08 - Intro 00:09 - 00:49 - Closed Beta 00:50 - 02:55- Duelist Cinematic 02:56 - 03:48 - Killjoy Agent Reveal 03:49 - 04:16 - Icebox Reveal Trailer 04:17 - 06:03 - Skye Agent Reveal Trailer 06:04 - 08:37 - Retake Cinematic 08:38 - 09:42 - Yoru Gameplay Reveal Trailer 09:43 - 10:37 - Astra Gameplay Reveal Trailer 10:38 - 12:08 Breeze Reveal Map 12:09 - 15:32 - Duality Cinematic 15:33 - 18:03 - KAY/O Reveal Trailer 18:04 - 20:53 - Raze / The Colour of Town 20:54 - 21:37 - Uncover Fracture Map Teaser 21:38 - 22:57 - Chamber Reveal Trailer 22:58 - 23:51 - The Secret Laboratory Killjoy 23:52 - 25:50 - Spark Neon Reveal Trailer 25:51 - 30:57 - Warmup Cinematic 30:58 - 32:36 - Fade Agent Trailer 32:37 - 33:56 - Pearl Map Reveal 33:57 - 39:40 - Shattered Cinematic 39:41 - 43:14 - Harbour Agent Trailer 43:15 - 43:21 - Answering the question + Outro

[@ubeia4857]

Because of Riot's storytelling, Valorant's lore is not that known even to its players. You have to dig through the hints they give in voicelines, character cards, even sprays, and most importantly the agent trailers and the cinematics. So here's a list on what you need to know Valorant's lore. 1. Valorant is a game depicting the battle between two worlds. They are called *Alpha Earth* and *Omega Earth.* 2. Because of the two Earths, there's also two sets of agents belonging to two Valorant organizations. Alpha Earth agents belongs to *Valorant Protocol* while Omega Earth agents belongs to *Valorant Legion.* The difference between the two is that Valorant Protocol is a secret organization who are even considered fugitives by the people of Alpha Earth(12:37) while Valorant Legion is considered as heroes(39:04), kinda like the Avengers, of the people of Omega Earth. The story is also told mostly via Valorant Protocol's perspective. This is also the in lore explanation on why one agent can exist on both teams at the same time and why there's a team of Attackers(Terrorists in CS) and a team of Defenders(Counter Terrorists in CS). 3. Valorant agents themselves are also divided into two categories. The *Radiants* and the normal humans. The Radiants are agents with superpowers like Jett, Phoenix, Yoru, etc. while the normal humans are agents like Killjoy, Raze, Brimstone etc. who mostly use technology. 4. In Valorant there's this event that happened 10 years ago before the Duelist Cinematic(00:50) called The *First Light.* This event gave some humans superpowers who we now call Radiants. This event may have also gave birth to *Radianite.* 5. Coincidentally, 10 years ago a company in Alpha Earth called *Kingdom Corporation* first discovered a substance they called Radianite and subsequently used it to power Alpha Earth's technology. (btw Omega Earth also have their version of Kingdom called *Kingdom Industries* ) 6. Due to some as of yet unknown reasons, Omega Earth is running out of Radianite and so they are attacking Alpha Earth to get their Radianite. They use the device called as *Spike* (Bomb in CS) to syphon off the Radianite boxes that exist in the map's sites. Its the reason why you plant the spike in site as Attacker and why you defend the sites as a Defender in order to prevent the enemy from stealing your radianite. Here's some miscellaneous facts; - Alpha Earth's Radianite is colored green while Omega Earth's Radianite is colored orange. - Out of the 8 maps in Valorant, 7 are located in Alpha Earth with Pearl the only one located in Omega Earth. - Fracture(20:54) is a weird map in that it is half Alpha Earth Fracture and half Omega Earth Fracture. This is due to some incident that a certain French gun guy caused resulting in the map being half greenery and half desert. You could also see this in the colors of the Radianite boxes present in the sites. - Excessive exposure to Radianite apparently results in unusual feats of strength and sometimes it may give you a permanent superpower, effectively making you a Radiant. Finally I highly recommend you to watch Sovereign Guide's breakdown of DRX vs FPX. It shows you how Valorant is played on the highest level even among pros because this was played in the semi finals. Its widely considered to be one of the best, if not the best match of this year's VCT(Valorant Champions Tour) because of how neck and neck both teams were.

[@sean-_-9828]

Also just to add onto the reason Omega earth is stealing radianite, -After First Light, Omega earth's climate began to collapse. On the Portuguese coast, sea levels were beginning to rise so high they they were on track to completely submerge coastal cities far beneath the ocean surface. Kingdom Industries (omega) and the VALORANT Legion (omega) worked to encase several settlements in geo-domes, keeping them habitable as the Atlantic eventually rose far above them. This is how the Portuguese map, Pearl, came to be. -In the Shattered cinematic, we see Reyna, Killjoy, and Neon entering Omega earth to get back the radianite that Omega earth stole from Alpha earth. The VALORANT protocol initially suspects Omega earth is stealing the radianite to make a weapon, but as Killjoy hacks into the system in the cinematic, she says "it's a life support system." We then find out that the radianite that Omega earth took is not for a weapon, but it's to help with their collapsing climate. At the end of Shattered, we see the comic/magazine depicting VALORANT protocol (alpha) as Alpha Threat. On Omega earth, they see Alpha earth and the VALORANT protocol as enemies, trying to steal the radianite that is pretty much the only thing keeping Omega earth alive and functioning. This is why Neon asks if they are still the good guys, because they realise that Omega earth is trying to use the radianite for survival and Alpha earth is seen as the enemy.

[@kelsanglhundup8465]

Thank u for taking time to do this. I didn’t know the lore and holy fuck my brain is oozing from the info dump rn

[@SophNova]

Also there is the part of the lore where in Kay/o's original time line the humans fought a war against the Radiants with reyna being their "queen", resulting in that earth getting destroyed and Kay/o escaping to our reality after finally killing the Reyna of his original time line

[@knhosh786]

Im pretty sure that orange radianite is just superheated radianite, the difference between normal radianite and it's superheated version is that the superheated radianite is more unstable but also gives you more energy

[@ubeia4857]

@@knhosh786 Not exactly. Even in the wiki there's no mention or hint that Omega Earth's orange radianite is meant to be superheated radianite. It's just noted as an unusual difference between both worlds. Looking at the textures of the boxes, there is no difference other than the color, indicating that it might just be design choice to differentiate each world.

[@somebody9733]

In the duality cinematic, I think you missed the post-credits scene, where they show where the "other" Phoenix went after escaping....

[@Grimm196]

And the two worlds

[@sewane_]

30:25 and that’s how you start to realize how they treat Cypher in all trailers

[@Kiiranov]

The thing about cypher is his the Eye, or intelligence. It's hard to make a fight cinematic about it. But still Someday my man will have a sick cinematic.

[@CantHandleThis6]

@@Kiiranov Congrats your dreams are realized

[@bhaskarjyoti]

I'm in my 30's and I've been playing CS:Go for years and started Valorant in 2022 and I can say Valorant is better.

[@iannoelcamilotes1003]

You missed the ending of the killjoy/viper/Phoenix cinematic. It's duel earths. The other team from Omega earth.

[@sewane_]

Super short version: Two Dimensions, Two Earths. Alpha is the protagonist, Omega the “bad” guys. Agents from Omega started invading Alpha’s Radianite, with the bomb (spike) they got it, and that’s why Venice is floating. When you play the “Terrorists” are Omega and the Defendants Alpha. After reactivating a dimensional portal, they get to Pearl (underwater map) to search why Omega is stealing the radianite, they think is a mass destruction weapon. Then Killjoy realizes they needed it because Omega's earth is collapsing, p.e. omega builded a shield to protect Pearl. So then Alpha starts to wonder if they are the good ones. Also when you play on Pearl the Terrorists are Alpha.

[@rosshaikenleonen1416]

There is a running inside joke that Cypher (the one playing chess) dies in all Cinematics and trailer he's in. That's why they made that scene in 30:21

[@lytra_]

Ino at the end of the day anyone can play video games, but as a queer girl I rlly dislike CS:GO. People are so nasty just bc they are insecure and want something to hate. Valorant makes me feel welcomed, not just with the character’s representation, but also the community as a whole. Plus the play style of it being more character based is a lot more appealing to me, rather than a war simulator basically lol.

[@tiago9977]

2:02 I would *love* if they made an acc TV show about this game lol - all the cinematic trailers are *so* good.

[@skin7715]

In CSGO you do a trick shot your IP is leaked In Valorant you do a trick shot you find homies

[@botarokubo]

a little of spoiler for kay/o he's from a third dimension where radiant and human are at war and reyna was the leader of the radiant, kay/o was built just to kill radiant (Kill All Your Oponent) after he ended the war by killing reyna he go travel to other dimension to prevent the war from happening or to kill all the rouge radiant if the war end up happen

[@Grimm196]

The Kill All Your Opponents is just a second acronym. The a tual one is so. withing like Kingdom Anti Yield Operative, may not be exactly like that but pretty sure it is

[@Grimm196]

Also my phone's autocorrect during this was dog. "A tual" is "actual" and "so. Mthing" is "something"

[@awesomoose7822]

The girl with the blue hair and lightning powers is named Neon and the characters themselves are generally referred to as "agents." Also just a heads up you did spell Harbor's name wrong in the chapters. I also see there is some confusion for you between Reyna and Fade, they are different, the one where Cypher(chess guy) was getting stared at by multiple cameras and Neon was taken into the earth was the reveal for Fade, the girl with the grey aesthetic and black and red utility, Reyna is the purple girl who is one of the main three agents at the start of episode 5 (shattered).

[@auro8236]

That’s not an incorrect way of spelling the word harbour. Harbour without a “u” is the American way of spelling it. Same as the word colour.

[@Fireball7428]

An interesting fact about how Valorant approached cheating: wallhack is literally a part of Sova's abilities. There's no point in it anymore if it's legal.

[@Grimm196]

Of keeping an anti cheat system? Also wall hacks are not legal. Sova's recon dart is only for a few seconds and you need to be LOS (line of sight) for it to mark you. Wall hacks give information about the person 24/7

[@Grimm196]

It's also an initiator to give info for the team. Also Root's Vanguard system, which is the anti cheat you have to install to play Valorant in the first place, is very good at banning cheaters. It's not perfect but it's good.

[@Grimm196]

Fuck this bullshit autocorrect, I even corrected it to Riot but it still went with Root

[@Fireball7428]

@@Grimm196 Ok, we get it, you know basic mechanics of the game, chill.

[@gigachad3099]

well now you have to watch the new cinematic

[@parzivalalchema5870]

chamber is basically the batman if valorant

[@gatilajohngerald4770]

Valorant Agents(characters) also has their own respective origins or countries like Jett is from Korea, Sage is from China, etc.

[@pron1xx2]

Valorant clears cs and this isn't even a debate

[@itztehendd]

I mean there too different it's that simple, i'd argue Valo requires more skill just due to the fact you have to be more reactive due to the hero abilities but it's 100% a harder viewing experience if you don't know some of the Agents in it where as CS is so basic it's a better viewer experience than most games on the market some 8 months even after this video.

[@bdeadofficial]

Short answer: Play both and see which one do you like. 👌

[@zakkion8724]

The map trailer of breeze lmao 😂 "blinding beauty" then Skye's blinding bird arrive lmaoo 😭😭😂 and "find your resting place" then dead bpdies everywhere wtfff 😂😂😂😂😭

[@Grimm196]

Is it just me or did all the dead bodies look like Cypher or Sage or both? The bodies all had white

[@trucywright8625]

I really wish you would watch the Gekko trailer! It's very cute and incredible

[@re--l]

So bascially, theres alpha earth and omega earth. Alpha earth is the radiants that we see, and omega earth are the "bad radiants" we see. In the shattered cinematic, you can see at the end they stumble upon a shop with merch for omega radiants because they were on omega earth doing that mission, and in the shop it said alpha threat. In reality, there is no good and bad but they view eachother as that. The main goal for alpha earth on missions is to stop omega radiants from stealing their radianite which is a high power source used for many things. Thats why killjoy in the shattered cinematic questioned what theyre builing in omega earth with all the radianite theyre stealing, assuming it was a weapon. However, as she claimed its not a weapon, it's a life support system as we see on the trailer for Pearl. Due to destruction from climate changes, the entire city was going to be flooded, so before it did they created a life support system which is why the city is under water. They arent bad guys, theyre just trying to steal radianite to survive.

[@n1nnnz]

I still cant believe killjoy was a robot back then hahah

[@adarshacharya4240]

11:48 did he actually just say that breeze is a rly good map?

[@shafasphere3032]

you know that riot is making a new project about open world in league of legends lore,, i hope you can play as piltover faction or zaun so you can experience the world from Arcane in netflix series.

[@murka197]

CS:GO is boring, and Valorant is fun to play.

[@kzgk81]

Not the player though 😂

[@alexisgone5095]

Yeah, but if riot ever ruins valorant. Csgo is there

[@xXGabrielTrapXx]

Cs go gets old fast, kinda like cod, the games with lore, abilities and different characters keep it all fresh and fun

[@crazgon7261]

@@alexisgone5095 I'd rather play Roblox than CS:GO, the 3yo russian (not just russian, they are just the most common ones) salt rage kids with bass boosted mics and their airplane engines are making me anxious

[@Connerwolf08]

Csgo is filled to the brim with cheaters, Valorant has way better anit-cheat

[@bhaskarjyoti]

15:29 you missed the other Phoenix and Jett

[@bruhvadhaahaa]

Your chat does not give a damn, they are always talking about something else

[@Albsterz1]

Yeah i know, as i audience i have are not interested in valorant.

[@casual_GamerHQ]

Hii bro i Just saw your whole video and i love it thanks for the reaction.. and one more thing in Harbor trailer.. the relic chose harbor because the real name of Harbor is Varun Batra.. and the name Varun is the name of Water God in Hinduism.. relic didn't chose any person but he has the capability and a connection with water even his name is before the water god so that's why relic chose him.. there is a harbor gameplay video and new cinematic please react to them too... ♥ from India

[@Grimm196]

I think the name is just coincidence. The guy Harbor was with knew that the relic would attach to someone that interacted with it so he brought him along. I think at least

[@casual_GamerHQ]

@@Grimm196 bro how can be this a coincidence... It's totally that... Varun is the name of water god... He is a character who can control water...he also has a line that his grandmother used to tell him the story of legends where they can control water..

[@Grimm196]

@@casual_GamerHQ you could of just said "coincidence? I THINK NOT" but also, I'm just fooling around, I was bored so I was picking on ya a little

[@casual_GamerHQ]

@@Grimm196 it's okay I took it seriously.. you can enjoy your time...

[@Grimm196]

@@casual_GamerHQ you too

[@eguchi99]

So, You're judging the book by its cover...

[@ilrockstarxl5041]

15:33 he skipped the most important part

[@spxllskxll]

I disagree. I think that Valorant is better but that's why its an opinion. To each their own.

[@lloydarenas3]

oh my man! from genshin going into valo too :D

[@jamesnalo4408]

how do you answer this question by just watching the trailers but not playing the game?

[@Grimm196]

Because unlike CS, Valorant actually has lore. Making it better in a story telling tense and actually giving you characters to know and possibly relate with in some way.

[@jamesnalo4408]

@@Grimm196 wtf?! that doesn't make any sense. How can you simply judge something without even trying... a simple trailer won't make you think that CS is better. They both are multi-player tactical 1st person shooter game and you gotta know and try what's the difference and then you can decide if it's better or not. Watching a trailer won't make you relate with the game you will just find it a ripp off. And the lore is just a side story of the characters that has no connection to the gameplay. This is not a single player story mode game...

[@Grimm196]

@@jamesnalo4408 Valorant has better lore standards, which makes it better than CS in that part of sense. Also how exactly is the lore disconnected from the game? Duelists creates the map Ascent. Duality literally gives a lore reason of why the same agent can be on both sides. Also also, the lore is what has been giving the new maps and agents. Just for instance Fade. She was their blackmailer and once they caught her, Brim allowed her to join the Valorant Protocol to help her find the guy she is searching for and also because she useful as an ally. Why even include the "this is not a single player story mode game"? Like no shit sherlock.

[@Grimm196]

@@jamesnalo4408 btw, how does my original comment you replied to, not make any sense. Valorant tells a story and CS doesn't. Making Valorant better in the story telling department

[@jamesnalo4408]

@@Grimm196 really? U came up with that? A better lore can't make an online shooting game better dude. How can you compare a lore in a shooting game when the real objectives are totally different. Now don't take it as "oh in the trailer spikes are already mentioned it is related!"... that's not what I'm talking about. The comparison should be about the mechanism, Maps, the movements and other stuffs that are actually in the GAME and you "experience" it. And I'm not saying CS is better than valorant and vice versa, im jst saying this video is absurd for deciding what game is better without even playing! Now... do u understand my point of view????

[@velky_reeds]

why are these out of order lol, it would make more sense to react them in order of release

[@xXGabrielTrapXx]

No, it would make more sense to react to them in chronnological order

[@Grimm196]

order of release wouldn't make sense for the lore that people have put into alignment between the videos.

[@Grimm196]

@@xXGabrielTrapXx it would but even then, the original maker of the video (the vid this guy reacted to) isn't in chronological order. RETAKE is supposed to be after DUALITY but we see RETAKE before DUALITY

[@Nakamako1]

no cause you cant pick maps... nothing more needs to be said.

[@saceurai6629]

Wait, is it a different channel? I swear I was subscribed to you, but now it's gone.

[@abdulrosyida236]

the right answer is yes, it's better.

[@osakerjoestar]

If you are a 12 yo, then yes

[@Grimm196]

@@osakerjoestar if you are pushing past 40 yo, then yes. btw, I'm just messing with ya, I honestly don't care about the debate on if CS or Val is better. I play both.

[@sandmansleeps657]

What's with the weird fake chat? They're literally talking about anything other than what this guy is saying/watching. At least a few should be mentioning Valorant, but they're talking about a dozen other different games and he never interacts with them.

[@Albsterz1]

It's a real chat, but the audience i have on twitch was mainly build off when i played genshin. So none of them play or know what valorant is.

[@Grimm196]

@@Albsterz1 I wish I was in this chat during the time of this video just to be the little Valorant boy I am and help clear some confusions or questions or clear mistakes that you make in what you think in some of the things lol

[@kishiu]

is that even a question?

[@astrogene1998]

tyler 2.0

[@D.pietertje]

No

[@astrogene1998]

ok lol

[@zexosss]

hi

[@naturechanel6132]

Brother cs 1.6 is better than CS go and valorant

[@joshuabyers9047]

Jesus loves u and he wats u to repent

[@theskywalker8416]

csgo is csgo and valorant is valorant ... The gameplay is diff, the playstyle also diff so dont compare. Enjoy what you want

[@Grimm196]

the core gameplay is the same. i say core because they are both a plant the bomb or defend from bomb plant sort of games but the things you can do are way different