Knowing Overwatch

When Overwatch was revealed at Blizzcon 2014, it was Blizzard's first new IP in 17 years.

Overwatch was originally the name of an elite group of soldiers in Blizzard's failed MMO, Titan. After they stopped developing it they took the Overwatch name and created a whole new idea based on this group. Characters like Tracer have actually survived the cancellation of Titan and live on in Blizzard's online FPS.

The robotic beings in Overwatch are known as Omnics, which were created inside of factories known as Omniums. However, the robots eventually went rogue and these factories began to create robotic entities designed to bring about the end of mankind.

The Overwatch task force was created by the United Nations in order to combat the robotic uprising, which was known as the Omnic Crisis.

Hanzo and Genji were once the same character during production. However, Blizzard gave Hanzo far too many ninja abilities that they liked, so they decided to split him with a new character. This eventually became Genji, who is also Hanzo's brother.

Overwatch features an impressive amount of voice lines from some very talented voice actors. Upon release of the game, it had around seven thousand voice lines, translated into 12 languages. 84,000 voice lines is pretty insane when you wrap your head around it. It’s often the very subtle details that are the most amazing parts of a game,and also the most easily missed components. Just the amount of time it took to record that many voice lines is astonishing, not to mention the amount of people they had to hire that were a good fit for the characters. Some of these voice actors will be remembered for years to come, as they’ve become icons more or less.

Blizzard didn’t just set out to make a great first-person shooter, they set out to creative an interesting, fun and captivating world. They’ve clearly achieved this. Most first-person shooters that have campaigns still don’t compare to the amount of rich story and detailed lore in the world of Overwatch. Blizzard has managed to teach players about the world of Overwatch without even making a campaign. Through animated shorts, comics and graphic novels, Blizzard has been creating an incredibly interesting and diversified world. Overwatch even has easter eggs hidden in certain maps and even in how some of the characters react to each other (dialogue). Out of any first-person shooter on the market, it’s without a doubt that Overwatch has the most detailed and interesting story.

Overwatch‘s open beta completely shattered records. In just seven days, over 9.7 million players joined the fight on PC, Xbox One, and PS4, making it the largest and most successful beta that Blizzard has ever had. Over 190 countries joined the fight, playing over 4.9 billion minutes and completing over 37 million matches. More than 9 million payloads were successfully delivered over a distance of 1.9 kilometers. The numbers are absolutely mind-boggling and it’s no surprise that Overwatch continued to be successful after launch and then went on to win Game Of The Year. Blizzard put blood, sweat, and tears into the development of this game, and they deserve all the praise in the world for their work.

Overwatch is without a doubt a visually stunning game as far as the animation goes.  It has a very unique form of animation, setting itself apart from other animated shooters. Other than the animation in the game, Overwatch has some amazingly detailed and immersive animated short films. These short forms either focus on the world of Overwatch itself or a specific hero. These “spotlight” animated shorts about specific heroes not only provide us with detailed information on the backstory of said hero, but they also feature some amazing voice acting, story and, of course, animation. If you love Overwatch and haven’t watched all or any of the animated short films, they’re definitely worth the watch.

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