VALORANT ... For Noobs (4 Years Later)

Valorant came out over 4 years ago, and it is finally on console, and a lot has changed! So let's discuss it again for all the noobs out there in this episode of "For Noobs!"
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[@TheMacroShow]

A video game PRICE IS RIGHT would be fun huh? 👀 Also yes at 10:06 I added in extra sounds to exaggerate and be goofy (I thought it was pretty obvious, it’s not super serious)

[@myrgaan]

Finally a game that I actually played 😅

[@silverwind9906]

6:30 So that part is not true. the main reason they added the gun was because of the competitive scene where pro players would only buy half Shields instead of full Shields since a lot of players would only go for headshots and never body shots. So they made a gun that one shots people with Half Shields so it can punished them for trying to save. Not to mention The outlaw barely has any skins yet.which rn only has like 5 right now including only one of them which just released like A few days ago has effects.

[@EXVINITY28]

"WATCH THIS!!!" I AM THE HUNTER!!! ""HERE COMES THE PARTY!!!"

[@EXVINITY28]

also we need more of "name that valorant price"

[@Skyfall-J-R]

Macro do Juno for noobs

[@samuelpacheco8888]

“Phoenix, I mean this with the utmost sincerity, please aim higher, that’s it.” Felt that.

[@vicloobuyck1301]

that guy had such an abvious Dutch accent also

[@nkosiezikalala5267]

Real genuine advice right there. Many newbies walk around with crosshair pointed at the floor or Crotch level

[@Trav_Doom]

This is the game I tried to learn keyboard and mouse on. Played it for a little around when neon and Kay o came out and stopped before fade released. Am loving it now that it’s on console

[@glorb4568]

bro is allergic to aiming for the head

[@Meme-penguin69]

Like thor

[@F41nt13]

Aiming the floor is meta, just like standing in bottlenecks

[@user-cx9hh3ni1t]

You talking about me?

[@dragonzvet6503]

Fr

[@qGleam]

@@F41nt13no it’s not 😂

[@gigabyte3420]

7:27 you missed that a new rank got added, ascendant

[@qdm1386]

when you see it

[@GamerGuyIdk]

​@@qdm1386 osu reference!??!!?

[@qdm1386]

@@GamerGuyIdk yes sir

[@fatalmb1470]

WYSI

[@p1neappleXD]

wysi

[@sosoggy]

i genuinely never thought he’d talk about Valorant

[@darealgloobz4526]

he already did like 4 years ago when it first released on pc

[@QTG128]

He already did a review back during the Beta days

[@GameSwiftBytes]

Same

[@DieguitoGamer4341]

We got Valorant for noobs before gta 6

[@Gb484]

Again

[@HottieBoBody]

It does baffle me how people drop $100 on a skin bundle

[@axxcle9126]

that is the most expensive bundle dw

[@pengu0-]

It really is baffling the prices of skins in this game. But I see it that people that buy skins are either A. Really Good or B. Enjoy the game thoroughly. Personally I've reached radiant for 6 episodes now and dropping a couple hundred on a game I'm really good at & enjoy, doesn't feel bad. That doesn't mean the monetization isn't shit, because it is. The only obtainable free skins are those that you can earn from agent contracts, mind you those are only for pistols. But personally I rather blow a couple hundred on a game I thoroughly enjoy than a AAA filled with bugs that costs $100 and will be put down in 1-3 years.

[@Keith_Norman]

I've seen more people gamble their life savings away on games than I hear in casinos

[@Keith_Norman]

It's baffling how I'm not really surprised . . And it's so disappointing

[@thecluckster3908]

Genuinely believe Valorant is only that expensive due to CSGO and their insane prices, only difference is that you can sell whatever you buy in CS but not Valo.

[@CyanJay]

As a person who only uses consoles to play in the bed and "de-stress" for a while. The decisition of Riot about launching Valorant for said platform is a pretty good one in my opinion. The best part is how apparently it will not count with crossplay

[@doriangrayest]

amem brother, after the OW2 aim assist statistics after crossplay neither playerbase should want it. HIgh rank console players will get dumpstered while low rank pc will get dumpstered

[@Someguy1a]

@@doriangrayestnot to mention the fact that pc players got years of a headstart and know all the maps weapons and heroes

[@guzuv]

⁠@@Someguy1a? dude just because you can’t play the game doesn’t mean you can’t learn about it by watching it.

[@KatzenminzeWarVergeben]

I personally think that they should allow crossplay, while not making it mandatory. Like allowing people to invite friends to a crossplay lobby, but keep consoles and PC seperate if the players didnt start matchmaking in a mixed lobby

[@lilwintery6434]

@@doriangrayest crossplay is fine, if it's only in unranked, it lets you play with friends

[@rycegabrielmajor9847]

3:45 macro caught crouching while using neon ult

[@Dora.the.explora]

i thought i was the only one cuz i was flabbergasted

[@ThatOneAsian101]

Bro made a valorant video a week after i quit the game. The game is really fun for months until 2 years of doing the same thing just makes me wanna play something fresh

[@Keith_Norman]

It's to avenge you don't worry

[@exylos_m]

yea it was super fun until i got good at the game now its so boring lol

[@ThatOneAsian101]

@@exylos_m one tapping got old

[@farhansubi417]

What do you play now? I am in a similar boat so I was just curious.

[@forsakenturin]

@@farhansubi417play souls games

[@ZenysIsTaken]

“Good Mirage” is actually too accurate lmao.

[@drkickbut4]

For the maps only 7 of them are actually available to play in competitive and they occasionally rotate in and out so you don't need to learn all of the maps

[@myrgaan]

I guess this is what happens when every game dies, then you're left with no choice but to return to a game that actually lived. 😮

[@dragonzvet6503]

Ow is not dead... By a long shot. And i know, i played a lot of it.

[@Arten_380]

@@dragonzvet6503 i think they're meant Apex Legends, they have problem with cheaters and now those Battlepass changes and developers aren't adressing any of these issues.

[@scoot5642]

@@dragonzvet6503 absolutely hilarious that u jump straight to ow tho

[@hermitcrab8250]

The Radiant Entertainment bundle was way to overpriced I wouldn’t have food for like a month if I bought that

[@Lefkefb]

But I dont see anyone complaining about a cs knife can cost a kidney 💀

[@ggoshy]

@@Lefkefbdon’t get me wrong, I’m not defending it, but I think people buy those because there’s an actual market where you can sell, not just buy. I don’t play csgo tho

[@Lefkefb]

@@ggoshy yes you can invest a bit but if you are just gonna use they cost shit ton of money and gambling it peak in cs which valve does nothing about

[@ggoshy]

@@Lefkefb ok

[@DanrayHT]

To be fair. That bundle is 3 variant for each gun. And the variant not just change the skin color, it change the animation, the effect, the finisher,… Feel like you buy 3 bundle instead of 1.

[@Arten_380]

Saying that unlocking agents takes a lot of times while playing Apex is kinda wild. Not only Kingdom credits are easy to earn, but also Valorant at least gives you 2 agents at the start to choose from. Also when new agent is released, there is a special event when you can unlock them with earning XP.

[@doriangrayest]

yep I agree. Unlocking legends takes much much more time it really felt like like a "well I play apex since launch and always had a bazillion credits when legends were added so I have no idea how impossible it is to catch up"

[@tnxjir0175]

and having gamepass unlock all the agents

[@hiii18]

​@@doriangrayest it is a grind it takes roughly f2p like 10 levels maybe more or less to get ONE LEGEND

[@eon0879]

7:13 “ It’s easy to fall off a lot of the maps” bro you can only fall off abyss

[@ragingraijin]

how about fracture?

[@eon0879]

@@ragingraijin good point although that’s a bit hard to do

[@Dora.the.explora]

@@eon0879isnt the only way dying on/near the zipline and maybe glitches

[@TrentHallsted]

It's easy on abyss, the rest you at least have to try

[@Some_guy_currently_alive]

My small fry pfp brothwr

[@Vitemcpipe]

I love that all the Phoenix flashes either hit himself or his teammate

[@Biggweeezer]

Btw they didn’t add the outlaw to sell more skins they afford it because players just bought the lowest form of armor during full buy rounds since the time to kill is so short it’s cheaper to buy the worse armor, and the outlaw was added to disrupt this meta; TLDR it was to balance the game

[@dxcibel7772]

Then they released the first Outlaw skin with VFX in a bundle that contains three (3) skins for 70 bucks. Don't be fooled into thinking that this is only about game balancing. It's also about skins.

[@EC-rk2zl]

its both. Think like a company and not a consumer. Obviously skins is a major incentuve to make a brand new gun with zero skins attached to it

[@Biggweeezer]

⁠@@dxcibel7772I’m not saying they’re not trying to make money but if they really wanted to they could’ve made a more expensive bundle on release with the gun but they didn’t

[@lamant6634]

Dickriding for riot is crazy 💀

[@Arten_380]

@@dxcibel7772 I think both reasons are valid, but game balancing have more sense. Most people buy Melees, Vandals, Phantoms, Ghosts and Sheriffs, optionally Operators. If Riot wants more money, they just make unique skins for those guns e.g. Evori Dreamwings that just left the shop. Also it took them more than 6 months to add Outlaw skin with any effect.

[@axxcle9126]

being a valorant player who has spent money on the game i agree with the opennning skit completly

[@flavored_1]

4 years later - valorant for pros

[@Blade._vr]

Macro I’ve been watching since early apex legends and it’s been so fun seeing you grow coming back every weekend to see a new video ready for we to watch and relax to

[@Keith_Norman]

I can't blame Jeff because why is a skin almost the same exact amount as my paycheck sometimes

[@hiii18]

are you gettong underpaid wtf

[@Keith_Norman]

@@hiii18 probably

[@minectz1366]

i ain't even kidding, i was wathcing your valorant for noobs video literally 2 hours before this video dropped, wondering if you would ever make a new version

[@r0byl328]

I had 4 stages with this game: 1- Noob stage 2- Competitive stage 3- "Im sick of this game" stage 4- "its a gud game" stage

[@Quirital]

10:06 were all of the ults used in this clip just sounds that were edited in? none of them had their ults up, their icon would have a yellow background if they did

[@KatzenminzeWarVergeben]

Plus it's the voice lines that would play if an ally used the ult, while only the enemy team got the fitting agents.

[@craftytyt838]

10:35 that was the most respectful disrespectful shit I've ever heard

[@BenjaminBüchler]

Bro realized that the game actually got popular

[@exavier5616]

6:36 while its not the only reason, the main reason for the outlaw being added was to combat a meta where people wouldn't buy heavy sheilds since a vandal/phantom would probably kill in one shot anyway. The outlaw fixed that issue and it now is niche weapon to use if someone does that strategy

[@scoot5642]

not phantom. it was the overwhelming raise in vandal uses but yea i think it was a great attempt to punish that although it was more for the pro scene

[@FX-Kaiser]

My wallet is crying everytime it sees the stores

[@mattisrauber1833]

1:12 I hoped he'd bring up the radiant entertainment system bundle because I know excatly how much it costs and it's very expensive but for me it's still one of the best looking bundles.

[@Quirital]

2:02 did anyone check the sponsor? the clips part is outplayed, overwolf is the engine that it is made in

[@KatzenminzeWarVergeben]

Yeah, the vid feels kind of rushed

[@JorisJokubauskas-wl5kp]

ive been playing for like 2 years (800-ish hours), im diamond 2 and i still love the game and yes, the skin prices are RIDICULOUS. other than that the new characters and maps are always so fun, i just wish they added more silly new gamemodes more often kinda like overwatach arcade. btw very cool vid, gets the jist of the game to people who havent played the game pretty well.

[@Mahmoud4019...]

10:52 i am on ps4... yes we still exist

[@gamerbeast3616]

haha poor!

[@Mahmoud4019...]

@@gamerbeast3616 vamos type shit type shit

[@jaydendilk7462]

I thought it was only ps5 my friend still has a ps4 and can’t get it we thought?

[@Mahmoud4019...]

@jaydendilk7462 yes, it is only on ps5, I am just talking about ps4 gamers in general. I feel we are so forgotten 🥲

[@funnel-meme8507]

Name that Valorant price!

[@meverythankyou5657]

One thing you kinda missed is that the new weapon, the Outlaw, was actually added as a bit of a balancing weapon. Light shields make the most picked rifle, the Vandal, still take 4 shots to the body to get a kill, but costed less than half the price of heavy shields. This made them a lot more worth buying and it created a meta both in ranked and pro-scenes, so the Outlaw was made specifically as a middle ground to incentivise heavy shields more often, since its cheaper than other rifles and can take out someone without heavy shields to the body.

[@retributin2849]

I agree with everything you said except 1 point, valorants abilities are perfectly balanced power-level wise, most other games have abilities that are much weaker and don't affect gunplay, like apex, or are full blown hero shooters, like overwatch. Valorant's strong abilities within a not-full-blown-hero-shooter framework is what makes it unique.

[@Morecommon]

Yeah i agree somewhat, but yeah valo abilites are way more balanced than other games

[@hiii18]

​@@Morecommon i play ow trust me going against any support rn is hell why are they all so strong😭

[@Silver-AG47]

Great video macro, you missed one thing tho , the ranks arent the same, they added a new one, Ascendant. it's in between diamond and immortal. 🤓

[@JustMyztic_]

I was thinking about asking for this on stream

[@janlukegabriel]

Okay wtf I actually laughed out loud with the "Philippines mentioned" HAHAHAHAHAHA WTFFFF

[@Splatenohno]

Good mirage for yoru is crazy Edit: been playing for a year… I’m a salty silver player 3/10

[@doriangrayest]

making the bamboozle a flashbang when shot would be wild and lore accurate tbh

[@SleepyNubis]

perfect timing as i'm moving away from ow2 back to valorant XD.

[@goobl5502]

Only now ? I cannot comprehend what kept u playing ow2.

[@StarboyAngel]

@@goobl5502 maybe Xqc talks kept him

[@ShimoanYT]

Ive ben playing the console version and it was a breath of fresh air from cod an fortnite. I may or may not have boughten into the monetization system a bit though lmao.

[@gidsamazin]

intro real af 🙏

[@sgametwo]

I got into Valorant because of your original video. Still playing it to this day!

[@albatros0150]

7:14 can't believe gojo is in Valorant 😭

[@SOUIMROBO]

I stopped playing like a year ago, and i don't miss it at all

[@gamerbeast3616]

none asked

[@SOUIMROBO]

ok

[@Jcoc27]

i remember when the first video came up this is a trip back down memory lane

[@glassman0448]

surprisingly they did not make the outlaw for more weapon skin options. they actually made it because pros were buying vandals with light armor too often because a headshot with a vandal does 150 anyway so shields were useless. the outlaw does 125 damage to counter this meta by being a pseudo operator for earlier rounds which forces people to buy full armor.

[@just_some_guy6954]

6:10 this is literally the bosg from siege

[@tucnacek8694]

i was just starting to consider getting back into valorant and then you upload this

[@cjsmoove0587]

Yess I just started to get into the game

[@Catxzツ]

Good Luck! It's really fun

[@cjsmoove0587]

@@Catxzツ thanks I will and I am open to any tips

[@sirbeanplays474]

3:45 Neon Ult Crouch spray

[@MrMuffin1298]

Bone theme still hits as hard as the first time i played boneworks

[@Lazidiz]

I honestly never realised how predatory Valorants monitzation is until you pointed it out 😅

[@Arten_380]

not really. Valorant monetization is as bad as other games. Just in other games you have seperate cosmetics (emotes, falling effects in apex and fortnite, voicelines etc.) while in Valorant they just put equivalents of those cosmetics on skins.

[@F41nt13]

10:05 Only Brim had ult but you faked in 3 other ults to make a nonexistent point. Bravo

[@Meltytism]

the outlaw was also added to counter a meta regarding the small shields along with money

[@ZiggyGamma]

Its crazy cause last week I was trying to find something to play and I got into Valorant... I even bought two skins and the battle pass and now the boy Macro is talking about.

[@ricecake2090]

PHILLIPINES MENTIONED

[@roshan.m9850]

As a valorant player in immortal tbh i dont mind the skins being so overpriced as long as it allows riot to host the amazing events that they do for the pro scene. The prices are expensive but if you look at how much effort they put in to champions 2023 and events across the globe i think they deserve it tbh. I'm happy to pay 50$ every now and then to support the game edit: can't argue with the battle pass quality though ngl its defo the worst ive ever seen in a game. Until they release like a box where you can get a random good quality skin from it will never be worth it. Except for radianite which is even more overpriced than valorant points

[@Ztchshadow]

“I don’t know my purpose but my as well enjoy the ride “ 🗣️🔥

[@priyadarsihalder9242]

what do you mean all the agents unlocked. I had 100% completion on every agents too.

[@The_MarTyNi]

You should have made the intro in dollars. People unfamiliar with valorant don't know the conversion rate and how crazy it actually is

[@toastedmarsh6185]

As someone who used to play the game daily like 2 years ago I dropped it because I was disatified with the content cycle. An episode is 6 months and an act is 2 months. In the time that I have left there have been 5 new agents and 2 new maps. I know about map reworks but this is not enough content for the game to feel fresh. The content cycle for a year is 4 agents and 2 maps with the 1 new game mode and 1 new gun released since I left.

[@scoot5642]

agreed but it’s a competitive game not a content type of game. but you’re right; the content even from content creators are boring af. 2v5 pro vs noobs, skin battles, hide in seek? yawn. at least and map creation or seasonal stuff on holiday. in the end of the day, players is what keeps the game alive not the pros

[@Arten_380]

I don't know how other people do it, but I buy only Phantom and Vandal skins, because you use it the most. I only bought 3 battlepasses - 2 when I started playing to have at least those recolors to every gun and then the 3rd one for Radianite points to upgrade my weapons. But I know others buy differently, especially 3 weeks ago the launched new cute bundle and I saw these skins almost every game.

[@mojojojo6535]

I think your first review made me tell my brother to play the game (a year later ) Its one of the only games I play . Has it's moments but honestly if you have friends (plz be my friend) cool experience

[@drasill2248]

My only problem with Val right now is that they only have 7 maps in rotation for each episode, like I get that it’s for pro play but it would just feel so much better if they just had all the maps open for comp and unrated and just keep the 7 maps for pro play

[@StraferXD]

Really wish macro talked about Swiftplay as its actually really good and single handedly brings in a lot of players (like me and my family). Its literally valorant but with a less stressful economy and without taking a decade a match. Its actually a huge deal

[@flashcube_live]

That intro will never be topped by anyone

[@BlahajE]

Been playing valorant since day one, literally got the "day one" title and i find it to be very different now, from then. It feels a lot more fluid and balanced now and the maps definitely are fun to play now if they werent then. Overall I'd give Valorant a solid 7/10. The only things I dislike is the speed the game progresses, I am used to OW speeds, so yeah it's a bit slow compared. But I like it over all and it's really fun to play with friends.

[@sehajdeepsingh6627]

7:27 they added ascendant rank between launch and now

[@wickedrasta]

Macro's outro song just makes me feel happy

[@EtherealMystic]

Can’t believe this game came out 4 years ago

[@protoEHP]

Now that the bot problem is gone I think it's a perfect time for team fortress 2 for noobs

[@TetraTheThief]

7:13 you forgot Duplication. I miss it :(

[@Digbick420-x7x]

I generally thought he would’ve not made another valorant video again 💀

[@Gr00ves]

As a valorant player this is not what I wanted, its what I needed.

[@Rambrant]

7:15 I didn't know gojo played valorant

[@Jaysten0]

I always enjoy watching a new macro vid

[@ValorantCypher5]

I haven’t played Valorant for like 3 years but I’m getting back to it

[@CloudyWisp3831]

I just started Valorant today. I've hit a couple of ok sniper shots, but I'm really bad otherwise. And yeah, the prices are weird. I really want to level up in the pass quickly so I can get the bubble pop and bumble brigade cosmetics.

[@itslumpia]

i haven't spent on this game for going on 2 years now my sole condition for breaking this no-spend streak is hitting diamond (aka im hardstuck with pain)

[@Morecommon]

I left apex after well over 10k hours on roller to 3 months on valo mnk and ive never been happier. Its fun being a bot but im getting better now at mnk.

[@athanmantas7134]

Bro wake up macro posted

[@uncommonlevel]

I think he should have waited for the console release cause of the new stuff that would have come with it but am not complaining

[@spiky4569]

Finally a valorant video

[@___________________._]

i’ve been waiting for this video

[@FiddsOnYou]

I love the game in theory, but role based games end up being more frustrating than fun for me since everyone has a job to do and only they can do that job so one person not performing well can make the whole experience unfun. If your smokes suck, there's nothing you can do about it, if your info gatherers suck, there's nothing you can do about it. It's just annoying in solo queue but when everyone does their job and works together, the game feels complete.

[@GREENBOTEL]

10:43 No way bro actually rated Valorant higher than THE FINALS. You really don’t know what playing Valorant actually feels like

[@havenschade8174]

Im loving it on console, especially since my pc wont let me play it, also if you have game pass you have all agents unlocked

[@NyluxWasTaken]

Great vid, but you cant just add ultimate voicelines in post. If they use their ults their portrait will light up green in the top. 10:01 Sorry for being so picky. Outside ot that i enjoyed your content a lot

[@cryostasis1]

valorant in a nutshell is basically just anime counterstrike lmao

[@mr.j4735]

swear i saw this dude at costco yesterday

[@babusseus1105]

I remember watching your first Valorant video, thought it was meh. Now I'm 1000 hours in, grinding for Immortal

[@chickenmario]

ive been playing this game for 3 years. dunno why im watching this video lol. CONSOLE IS SOO FUN YOU GOT TO MAKE A VIDEO ABOUT IT!! They've added a new way to aim, the ui is a bit different and just feels wayy better than pc port (my opinion)

[@Bluefire6567]

4:50 I get clove and fade confused from a far

[@crimso_nn]

I thnik fade and reyna are pretty different, one controls nightmares while the other drains life energy

[@xxcridonxx7614]

The sad part is that the radiant entertainment system is 10000 vp before buying radianite factoring into the price

[@mrgrow6459]

It’s a good day when macro uploads

[@benjaminmenaar3251]

I had the exact same issue with the whole Vamguard anti cheat system. The only difference is that instead of a day, it took me over three weeks to figure out how to launch the game.

[@devanduraipragash6106]

i just gave up after 2 days lol what fixes did you try

[@benjaminmenaar3251]

@@devanduraipragash6106 Like Macro, I went into my computers bios and changed a setting(I recommend looking up a guide). I would have given up too, but a buddy of mine helped me out and pushed me to try and fix it

[@onthemattarot]

After four years of playing Val I have seen a guy that when you die he doesn’t just threaten you

[@StarboyAngel]

no dont take it personally they always forget the things they said next game

[@izaanhafid]

WE OVERFLOWING WITH THIS ONE 🗣️🔥🔥🔥