The Overwatch Story Thread: Lore, Animated Shorts & Comics!

[Soulwind]

Wait a minute, Batman doesn't use guns!

[Raetary]

dragons was better.
but hell, for some reason my heart stopped for a moment when the bomb exploded near the child lol.
i was like "what.... dafuq... o.o..... OH THANK GOD SHE LIVES!"

[TheWindWalker]

That reminded me of the original cinematic. Like, it's meant to make you feel like you understand there are civilians and the heroes are separate, bigger characters but at the same time, not really my cup of tea. Also the timing on the end bit was kind of awkward as we saw [the event] then saw [what he did] in that order even though it had to happen in the other.

[Raetary]

btw, the childs voice is damn annoying.

[Gawdzilla]

No Sombra

also 76 comes off as more edgier than Reaper

[Raetary]

No Sombra

who or what is sombra?

[Gawdzilla]

who or what is sombra?

go back a few pages or google it

[Raetary]

go back a few pages or google it

cyborg sniper?
damn sounds nice,

[Deleted]

No sombra? Did the event end in the US?

[Kathranis]

It was solid and enjoyable, but not as strong as Alive or Dragons, I think. I get why they saved this one for last -- Morrison was the leader of Overwatch and all -- but they maybe could have led with this and closed with Recall and it would have created a better arc for the "season."

Also, the intense speculation about Sombra being revealed in the short sort of cut the legs out from under it.

That said, really dug the character designs for Los Muertos, and the music was excellent. Makes me want to listen to some Rodrigo y Gabriela.

[Soulwind]

It was solid and enjoyable, but not as strong as Alive or Dragons, I think. I get why they saved this one for last -- Morrison was the leader of Overwatch and all -- but they maybe could have led with this and closed with Recall and it would have created a better arc for the "season."

Also, the intense speculation about Sombra being revealed in the short sort of cut the legs out from under it.

That said, really dug the character designs for Los Muertos, and the music was excellent. Makes me want to listen to some Rodrigo y Gabriela.

I think the main difference between this and the other shorts is that there's only one hero in this one. And one of the most enigmatic ones. He just grunts a lot and says three cliched one-liners.

Had he been fighting against, say, Junkrat and Roadhog, McCree or Reaper, it would have had more variety and most of the lines wouldn't have been delivered by a boring child or her mother.

[Zoaric]

I kinda like that 76 is Captain America turned international Punisher.

[Orby]

Probably the weakest of all the cinematics but it wasnt bad, it was still enjoyable, Whoever does the voice of Soldier 76 seems to orgasm every line, I have a huge smile on my face whenever he talks.

Also Murloc purse stole the show :P

[Very Tired]

That was probably my favorite one of them all. After he took that blast, I was half expecting him to drop a healing circle saying "Heal up here!!!"

[Raetary]

Also Murloc purse stole the show :P

lol, didnt even realize that.

[Arrashi]

Well they sure as hell give things like disney run for they money with that quality of animation. Tho this short was probably least eventful of them all.

Still, seeing them makes me wonder why the hell did they bothered with real actors for warcraft movie.

[Sky High]

It was solid and enjoyable, but not as strong as Alive or Dragons, I think. I get why they saved this one for last -- Morrison was the leader of Overwatch and all -- but they maybe could have led with this and closed with Recall and it would have created a better arc for the "season."

I agree, they should have come out in a completely different order. that said, this short had a few moments of excitement, I would say the weaker of the season.

[Khaza-R]

It was good. It certainly portrayed a very dark side of Solider 76 which I enjoyed.

I really hope these are something they plan on continuing in the future.

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I agree, they should have come out in a completely different order. that said, this short had a few moments of excitement, I would say the weaker of the season.

I would imagine the little girl is probably the reason he answers the recall. But I agree, would have been cool to maybe have those 2 tie in.

[Post]

I liked the fact that he actually seemed to kill people in this one, I know they can't show a bloodbath but when you're depicting characters from an FPS it's not as awesome when you see them just knocking people out or whatever.

[Mormolyce]

It does feel a bit weak following after Dragons, which was a mini-epic and a very emotional story of two connected characters, whereas this is just S76. I did feel like it was a good showing for him. Kind of wanted more though.

I hope they don't stop doing animations after launch, they've been so good.

P.S. My favourite comment under the video: "I can't wait for the Bastion short, where he sits in one corner for 6 mins".

Probably the weakest of all the cinematics but it wasnt bad, it was still enjoyable, Whoever does the voice of Soldier 76 seems to orgasm every line, I have a huge smile on my face whenever he talks.

Also Murloc purse stole the show :P

So when's that going to be on the BNet store?

I dunno, I liked it more than Winston's.

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I liked the fact that he actually seemed to kill people in this one, I know they can't show a bloodbath but when you're depicting characters from an FPS it's not as awesome when you see them just knocking people out or whatever.

Yeah I was thinking "that guy who took a Helix rocket to the face isn't going to be wandering around with cartoon birds around his head in the next scene".

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Hanzo was using that feather when he was making the offering before Genji interrupted so I dont think its that.

I assumed it was something significant in their past that we're yet to see.

There's an annotation on the vid saying that the feather is from a Japanese sparrowhawk, so sparrow could be a nickname Genji had once.

Possible!