Shooter genre games are really thriving as of late! Competitive games have really expanded the gaming industry. Furthermore, games like Fortnite, CS: GO, and Valorant have really taken over the shooting genre. And amongst all these games, Valorant has a totally different fan following. Moreover, the recent Episode 8 cinematic of Valorant has shed some light on Omen’s past, and the game’s lore has just become much deeper!
Valorant has become the market leader in first-person shooter competitive video games due to its unique features. Riot Games’ first-person shooter game, Valorant, has been an enormous business success. Furthermore, the game has attracted a sizable player base in the three years after its introduction. All this goes to the constant efforts the developers put into the game, making it enjoyable for its fan base with new maps, agents, and a lot more.
However, it’s not only the game mechanics or its skin market that makes Valorant popular. Neither is it Valorant’s budding eSports scene like the VCT. It’s actually the immense amount of lore that surrounds the game’s story. The game, although an FPS shooter, has quite the lore woven intricately into its gameplay and in-game features. Furthermore, Valorant’s new Episode 8 cinematics have finally shed light on Omen’s past!
Episode 8 cinematics finally gives glimpses of Omen’s back story for the first time after Valorant’s launch
Almost every new Episode that makes its way into Valorant comes together with a really interesting and engaging cinematic. The Episode 7 cinematic introduced Valorant’s latest sentinel agent, Deadlock, and some of the game’s lore. Cinematics are really popular for giving fans a vague and sometimes outright glimpse into the game’s story and lore. Almost every agent has their own story in Valorant. And the new Episode 8 cinematic has given a glimpse of one of Valorant’s oldest and most mysterious agent’s past, Omen.
Omen is one of Valorant’s oldest agents that developers added to the game’s beta phase. Moreover, like every other agent, Omen, too, has quite a deep lore. The story behind this controller agent, however, is always masked behind a veil of mystery. But that was until now, as Riot’s new cinematic has revealed a lot! Beyond here is spoiler territory if you haven’t watched the cinematic.
The cinematic showed many primary agents of Valorant, from Cypher to Sova and even the new Duelist ISO; however, the star of this cinematic was Omen. Omen has always been searching for the reason why he has a phantom & astral body, unlike other radiants. This has always indicated that something terrible happened to him in the past. Moreover, Omen’s voice lines also have indicated the same over & over again. The recent cinematic has revealed the reason why. Omen, before becoming a radiant, was actually a hired gun by Kingdom, the game lore’s biggest Corporation.
Furthermore, he was sent to assassinate a primary target, which the cinematic revealed to be none other than Sabine, a.k.a Viper! However, the assassination attempt failed, and Viper locked Omen in a chamber filled with radianite, which caused Omen to receive his phantom body and become a radiant. Moreover, in the process, Omen forgot all his memories related to his past before the incident. This revelation from Riot Games has totally shocked the entire fan base, as Omen and every other agent are part of the Valorant protocol, a team led by Viper herself.
This cinematic finally gave some knowledge of Omen’s past three years after the launch of Valorant. This revelation was definitely something that fans weren’t expecting, and it has come as a major shock to them. The next cinematic is believed to be much more interesting and packed with loads and loads of interesting game lore!
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