Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin The new Valorant map looks great. Riot Games has revealed a new map for Valorant called Abyss and it looks like one of the most beautiful maps yet, however, there is one big thing to watch out for; you can fall to your death if you aren’t careful. Revealed at the Valorant Masters Shanghai tournament, Abyss is the first map that features no external boundaries, meaning you can make it outside the traditional playing space with some ability usage.
However, those areas are massive drops into the abyss so if you mess things up you’ll be sent to an early grave. It’s a concept similar to the Vertigo map in Counter-Strike , where if you jump off the side of the map you can create some new paths the enemies might not expect, but if you don’t get back onto solid ground quickly you’ll fall to your death. With Valorant’s abilities thrown into the mix, you can see how this can create some incredible possibilities.
“For Abyss, we wanted to push players to think differently about how utility and movement can be used in exciting new ways,” said Joey Simas, lead map designer on Valorant . “We designed towards this goal by removing the boundaries of the map and letting player creativity shine through. Whether it’s Raze satchelling an enemy off of the map, Omen Shadow Stepping around structures or any agent making use of the more high risk paths around the sites.
Abyss also focuses on longer range gunfights while maintain.