So, they released a new comic, this time for Ana the sniper, What does /co/ think of it?
Can someone story time them?
The website is a bit funky but I'll try my best
Good ol 76
Comics are trash, senpai
>>84500615
But
Had to merge these ones
>>84500642
And cartoons are trash, senpai
I don't think the Overwatch comics are as good as Team Fortress 2's.
>>84500690
Of course they aren't. But I like them anyway.
Storytime anon why are you going by the motion comic and not just taking the actual NORMAL comic?
https://comic.playoverwatch.com/en-us/legacy
The comic's only eight pages.
>>84500717
Ah, it's just that if you imply anything related to TF2 is superior to Overwatch on /v/, you get swarmed.
>>84500731
I uh, didn't know it existed. This is higher quality anyway.
Also holy shit, Jack
But I'll move on to the normal comic.
>>84500745
Yes but those people have problems when it comes to sonder.
>>84500839
Speaking of which, I was so worked up waiting for the patch notes that I forgot to see if there was a thread on /co/ for the mini-comic we got with the Meat vs. Match update.
>>84500745
Argue what you will about gameplay, but I think most people would agree that the writing for TF2's peripheral material is far more entertaining than Overwatch's.
>>84500916
Are you stupid?
>>84500948
Y E S
E
S
And that's the end of that.
>>84500690
TF2's comics are in a different genre that Overwatch's. OW is full serious with hints of comedy while TF2's are full comedy with hints of serious. It's like comparing an apple to a Granny Smith. They're both apples, but fill different roles.
>>84500910
Well Overwatch's peripheral material is delivered on time, that's something at least.
>>84500916
What's tumblr about not wanting to kill more than is necessary?
>>84500988
Gee that was terrible
>>84500678
It's also an effective strategy to wound an enemy around other troops, the screaming can break morale and traumatize, since you can just go on if your comrade is dead, but if he's injured it's not as simple as all that.
>>84501007
he's bitching about bad dude # 1 reaching for bad dude # 2, because he doesnt know about the battle buddy system
>>84501001
>the last comic in the ongoing series was released almost a year ago
>>84501038
Valve time is slowly becoming less and less funny.
>>84500910
That shouldn't even be a discussion. TF2's comics are leagues better from a writing standpoint. Blizzard has never really had decent writers on staff.
>>84500988
Wait, so Widowmaker was a former member of Overwatch? For some reason I thought she was a random.
>>84500988
Thanks for the story time, anon.
>>84501007
Because you do what you're told you don't just not injure enemy soldiers for distraction because you can't take the "needless suffering"
>Implying there is needed suffering
>>84501067
Her husband was a member of overwatch who led a number of strikes against Talon. To get him they kidnapped his wife and brainwashed her into a sleeper agent. She killed her husband a few weeks after being rescued.
>>84501088
>not injure enemy soldiers
Well, she's killing them. She's just making it quick rather than prolonged.
>>84501067
Her husband was. She murdered him and joined the organization he was fighting against. Knowing Blizzard's writing, it was probably brainwashing or something similarly retarded.
>>84501101
That's not her decision
>>84501060
>the series of NECA's TF2 figures stopped before we got Scout, Medic, and Sniper
They've shown a prototype for Scout, so you know it's a licensing issue on Valve's side, who can't be assed to do anything but throw some weapon skins on their pertual money-making Market.
I like Ana, she reminds me of Big Boss.
>>84501123
Yes it is
>>84500988
Who was widowmaker's husband?
When will Blizzard add a cute boy hero? He could even fill the stereotypical JRPG hero role, since Blizzard wants their characters to be cliches. Could wield a hardlight greatsword.
>>84501123
She wasn't specifically told to wound soldiers to draw their buddies out, so it's her discretion on whether or not she does that.
>>84501093
>>84501112
But...Was she always purple/blue?
>>84501112
I know she was brainwashed. She has blue skin due to some weird science procedure as well, something about her blood.
>>84500988
And that's how she became Big Boss.
>>84501158
Boys getting shot in the head would be a no-no. He'd have to be at least 18-19.
>>84500988
So, how many people in Overwatch were thought to be dead but jk instead?
Ana,
Soldier 76
Reaper,
Widdowmaker
Tracer
>>84501131
Which one?
>>84501158
Lucio is a cute boy. Unless you mean a teen or something.
>>84501067
her husband was an overwatch agent. she was kidnapped and tortured into becoming widowmaker
>>84501189
Evolve has a 15 year old boy, although he wears a mask and rusty homemade armor so you wouldn't know that unless you read his lore.
>>84501192
Tracer?
>>84501162
No, when she returned they did some weird science to her heart and metabolism. Apparently it slowed down her heartrate, cooled her body temperature, and dulled her emotions. The skin color is a side-effect of all that.
>>84501155
Gerard Lacroix. We don't know anything about him beyond that he was a fairly notable agent who spearheaded attacks against Talon.
>>84501162
No, her slowed heart rate causes permanent cyanosis
>>84501192
Maybe Mei, since she accidentally got Walt Disney'd for some time and she wasn't found until years later?
>>84501228
Her origin story says she was thought dead after a time machine accident
>>84501235
>weird science
They made her into a sex robot?
>>84501088
>people still think this is a real thing
God I wish this meme would die, right up there with "the Germans and Japanese would know the Americans needed to reload in WWII because they'd here the Garand go *ping*" and "if you shoot a flame thrower it explodes"!
>>84501221
I know this isn't exactly /co/ related but,
>Battleborn dies within the year of release
>Evolve goes f2p and revives itself after being dead for around a year
Did Battleborn have anything going for it besides the short cartoon?
>>84501307
Battleborn was dead during the month of its release.
>>84501282
This. It's hard to aim even at close range, you always aim for the center of mass.
>>84501307
>Releasing Battleborn literally the same time as Overwatch
What were they even thinking
It's like releasing a movie on the same day as Star Wars
>>84501307
From what I heard the main reason Battleborn died was because the PC release was literally unplayable for some rigs, but they only wanted to patch once a month so console players wouldn't be overwhelmed. So by the time they actually fixed Battleborn's technical issues, most of the people already left because they couldn't fucking play it.
>>84501235
I really wish they'd just produce more actual media instead of just randomly dripping canon. How are we suppose to keep up with this shit?
>>84501192
It's kind of their writing crutch. Don't forget Genji.
>>84501411
Damn their writing crutch, I wanna know about the Gorillas on the Moon!
>>84501162
>>84501172
After killing Gerard, she was retrieved by Talon and had surgery to drastically slow her heart rate. It's to the point where it barely beats at all, and drastically improves her aim.
>>84501453
>We're monkeys on the moon!
>We carry a harpoon!
>But there ain't no whales
>So we tell tall tales
>And sing our whaling tune!
>>84501453
>Want gorillas on the moon
Fuck you, you're getting a boring side story comic about Lucio that won't actually reveal any of back story.
>>84501496
You son of a bitch.
>>84501511
The thing is, Lucio and Symmetra's story would be cool if things actually happened. Symmetra is supposed to be working for an oppresive organization but I rarley saw any of that in her comic.
>>84501358
more like releasing a movie, and then having Star wars change its release date to fuck you on purpose. like they did to Tarantino.
>>84501570
>Symettra's story
Did you miss the part where they tried to commit industrial espionage and when that didn't work just went straight to sabotage and murder?
Also is there any Lucio story yet?
>>84501570
We haven't seen Lucio's side of the story. I'm sure when Blizzard releases a comic or cinematic for him, we'll see the darkside of Symmetra's company. In Symmetra's comic, it seems like she genuinely believes her company is doing good for humanity, so with her as the narrator, obviously the story will be biased.
>mfw we might get to see a lucio vs symmetra cinematic
>>84501613
Wait, the Hateful Eight is out?
>>84501570
>company in competition to get contract
>Other company mysteriously blows the fuck up
How the hell does this company still exist? At the very least they wouldnt have gotten that contract.
>>84501711
Since Christmas, yes.
It's fun.
She doesn't like killing people or whatever the fuck but she has what I presume to be a kill count on her gun?
ok
>>84501729
The same way that companies maintain virtual slavery in sweatshops in the third world. They bring in the dosh.
>>84501453
Big reveal that Winston's dad isn't really dead when?
>>84501126
Nope, Valve was so pissed at the quality of Engineer and Spy they cancelled the rest of the line.
>>84501843
You mean they offer better jobs to those people compared to their other choices.
>>84501806
She's a hypocrite
>>84501900
>>84501806
From the context of the comic it's pretty clear it's more of a Sin Tally to her than anything.
>>84501158
Like young Genji?
>>84501806
We all have to do things we don't like sometimes. Especially when it comes to our jobs.
>>84502153
Shut your gay ass up fatass
>>84501806
It seems like a good portion of Overwatches creative department can't avoid cliches.
>>84502230
At least my fat gay ass can pick up obvious story cues.
>>84502325
Your fat gay ass just got blasted on the internet
You fatass
>>84502162Still too old.
wonder if they'll ever use bots, generic goon models and reused map assets to make an Mortal Kombat-esque single player story mode
>>84502538
I'm surprised they didn't make single player challenges for people to do with the training robots.
>>84501192
>>84501411
To be fair, this a common theme in superhero origins.
>oh no! that thing that kills people must have killed him!
>but wait! it gave him superpowers instead, and now he's back as a superhero!
>>84500827
oh my god these are reaction faces
>>84501192
tbf the overwatch headquaters was blown up in a civil war then immediately disbanded and many went into hiding and shit
>>84501480
sounds like the bitch shouldnt be able to do NEARLY all the running and acrobatics she does.
>>84502889
biotic nanotech, don't worry about it
>>84502889
And Mercy shouldn't be able to bring people back to life and never age. Nanomachines, son.
>>84501162
Shes a corpse with cybernetics.
>>84500491
ANTS
>>84501192
Bliz being faithful to the capeshit genre.
Who let gam-gam use a sniper rifle??
>>84501221
Or the fact that Jack and Sunny sound young as fuck.
I really liked it, the interactive comic thing was actually kinda cool.
I can't believe people can write stuff like this and not realize all the genericness
>>84502234
>can't avoid
More like purposefully drive into.
>>84502098
Gorillas can't swim.
No really, not even a /pol/ tier joke or anything.
>>84505923
>Blizzard Entertainment
>>84501066
takes years though
>>84500660
>tfw feel the exact same thing when I kill enemy soldiers in video games
>especially if they were conscripted against their will
>or if they say things while bleeding out
>>84505923
I thought this one was good desu
The moral dilemma is interesting.
>>84506810
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldNSMnEeKio
Hey there buddy.
>>84507253
>i just fell of the tractor is all
>im gonna be alright
>jesus take me home
this is several different kinds of fucked
>>84504943
She reminds me of the grandmas from Fury Road.
>>84501093
Backstory makes me diamonds.
>>84499787
There's a guy named Bengal?! His name is literally a TIGER?!
>>84500491
>sniper
>rifle out the window
wat
>>84507253
I knew exactly what that was going to be.Doesn't make it hurt any less.
>>84508221
Bengal is a place-name. Bengal Tigers are named such because they're in Bengal.
>>84508344
It can be both. Fuck you, tigers are awesome.
>>84508249
Watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_fHNJT0Mg8
>>84507253
>why.jpg
>>84507253
>that guy who tells his buddies to keep moving
>that guy who's worried about how his mother's going to feel about his death
>"T-ell Laura I love her..." through the blood filling his lungs and his organs failing
Jesus fuck, it never gets easier.
>>84501364
The main reason Battleborn died was because it was fucking awful.
Like, yes, there were tech issues, but they were also trying to charge 70 bucks for a game that was inferior in every aspect to cheaper or even free-to-play games (Overwatch, TF2, Monday Night Combat). Fighting was confusing and unsatisfying, the art was questionable at best, the RPG gameplay loop had no kick to it, and the humor felt very dry especially considering that these guys did Borderlands.
Like yeah, quality is sometimes subjective, but let's not pretend it died because it had tech issues. It was an awful, awful game.
>>84502234
>It seems like the entirety of Blizzard's creative department can't avoid cliches.
Fixed.
Or do we need to go back over all the shit that went wrong with Starcraft 2 and World of Warcraft? They haven't known what they were doing since roughly WC3.
>>84500534
OH SHIT NEXT NEW OFFICIAL HERO CONFIRMED!!!
>>84500717
Hnnng
>>84500534
Dirk Anger?
>>84508941
powers?
>>84509166
I'm just guessing, these faces appeared on the Recall CGI short and now they are appearing on this comic, so she might be.
>>84508941
Liao was shown in the same picture as her in the Ana announcement trailer. I have a feeling he will be the next one since we know his name.
man you really have to be the most brain dead activision slave to eat up that bland garbage. This shit is the tendies of comics. Wouldn't be worth it even free in a box of cereals.
>>84509195
need more omnic characters
>>84509218
It is really that the fanbase is so starved for lore we are eating anything up we get.
>>84509195
She might be Sombra, since there was a secret code in the launch trailer that confirms Ana isn't Sombra, or they are doing a massive bait and switch with us.
>expecting comic book / graphic novel tier writing out of an online comic made to promote a videogame
lol
>>84500869
>thinking that Widowmaker is a man
Explains why Amelie decided to slut it up later in her terrorist career.
>>84509328
Because she moved fast and she couldn't see her, so she defaulted to a man when talking about the sniper.
>>84509227
One on Offense or Tank should be fun.
>>84500988
>>84509195
Motherfucking Lou Ferrigno confirmed.
>>84509374
>>84509227
Omnics can't be trusted.
>>84509227
No you don't. This could be your daughter anon...
Posting cute sad fic:
http://archiveofourown.org/works/7481643
>>84509317
I wonder what could've given them that level of expectation.
>>84509409
what about lady omnics for you /pol/?
>>84509227
What they should do is expand the lore for Bastion and Zenyatta and give some backstory. They're completely wasted potential as they are now.
>>84509399
Omnics a cute
CUTE!
>>84509506
Would you?
>>84509227
We need more villains that's what we need
Also
Athena might actually end up being a hero in a future update, seeing how this model is in the game and its one of the heroes in the background of early OW art and it looks somewhat feminine
>>84509506
We already have Bastion.
>>84509376
>pharaoh is freaking out because she knows Ana heard pharah cry for mercy every night since Ana disappeared.
>>84509615
TALOOOOOOOOOOOOON!
TRIUMPH!!!
>>84509633
>>84509566
I like the fan comics alot, pretty funny stuff
>>84509658
RYUUJIN NO KEN WO KURAAAEEEEEEE!
>>84509725
t-t-TALON-LA!!!
>>84506810
>playing a highly violent old-school FPS
>enemies start begging for mercy
>>84500690
Not a fan of Overwatch's comics or animations, desu.
>>84509755
>>84509725
>>84509658
thanks for reminding me that I need to do a storytime for The Transformers vs GI Joe later today
>>84509755
>>84509799
DOUBLES NEVER DIE
>the animations have nobody dying or anything
>the comics have no blood or real death
Does this bother anyone else? Are they doing that to keep it clean for kids or what
>>84509813
I like the animations
While it is a story the crew admitted that they're making it up on the fly, it makes some some engaging backstory
Ironically, it resulted in the cover girl, Tracer, overshadowed by senior citizens
>>84509838
Pretty much
The intro trailer featured the perspective on two kids, and the same for Soldier 76
>>84509838
In one of the escort missions you're escorting an emp bomb to shutdown an entire underground city of omnics.
That's more horryfing than blood.
>>84509838
Diablo is the series that goes full, unironic edgy. All of Blizzard's other IPs are kept as tame as possible for mass market appeal.
>>84504817
This, honestly. It really feels like a Superhero fps, especially in the lore.
>>84500988
>the heel can't win legit
I so much fucking hate this.
>>84509877
Closest we'll get to that cancelled fps avengers game.
We even have our own Hulk
>>84509887
She just killed several Overwatch agents here and BTFO of Tracer in "Alive."
>>84509859
Whoa what, which one? King's Row?
>>84509897
I really don't like his lightning gun.
Not because it's necessarily a bad weapon, its drawbacks balance out how mobile Winston is, but the way it looks. It just makes him appear super awkward, walking/running on three appendages while his fourth is weirdly holding and firing this ugly rectangle blaster.
desu I adore boosting behind those backrow bastards like Hanzo, Junkrat, Widowmaker, and Bastion to give them what-for.
>>84509859
Screw you, bolt-licker.
>>84509899
'Alive' wasn't really a legit win because Tracer played TDM while Widow went for the objective (I'm surprised how many matches I won that way against better players).
>>84509901
Yes
In Gibraltar you're escorting a shuttle to a launch pad that would initiate the global satellite for the Overwatch recall
In Hollywood you're escorting a popular but rude Omnic movie director
No idea in Numbani
>>84509901
That's the one. If you're attacking, you're anti-omnic terrorists.
>>84509859
Reminds me of that Penny Arcade comic
>>84509945
>that one game on King's Row where we got too into pushing back the Defending team during the last leg that none of us remembered to stick with the payload until it was too late
And it was my best game as Reinhardt too.
>>84509952
>No idea in Numbani
Pretty sure it's the gauntlet from the first video.
>>84509952
In Numbani Doomfist's guantlet is being escorted to the museum for an annual event. The Defenders are trying to steal it during transport.
>>84509987
It's Doomfist's gauntlet
>>84509952
>No idea in Numbani
DOOMIFIST GAUNTLET MOST DANGEROUS WEAPON KNOWN TO OVERWATCH
>>84509952
>In Hollywood you're escorting a popular but rude Omnic movie director
I wonder if any of the films D. Va starred in were any good.
>>84510008
I heard he could level a skyscraper!
>>84510008
So why does it keep on getting legacy characters?
>>84510021
EVEN BETTER, A MOUNTAIN!
>>84510021
I heard he gave the best hand jobs in the world!
>>84502098
This destroyed me.
>>84510038
What?
If you're askig as to why they keep releasing legacy characters, its probably because they are making the lore as it goes and the writers probably wanna write about the fall of overwatch more than its reconstruction
>>84510045
Where is this from?
>>84500988
That's not how it went down in the cinematic trailer
>>84500988
Hey thanks anon that was real sweet of you, what a nice comic to have gotten the chance to read.
>>84510038
They're not using the same Doomfist.
If you look at the banners featuring the three Doomfists so far, you'll see that each of them has a different model.
First one was a hero.
Second one was a despot.
The third is running his own anti-Omnic campaign
>>84499787
kinda offensive of them to release a comic that celebrates a Muslim during a time when one Islamic terrorist attack after another happens
which side are you own blizzard?
well they are liberals so it´s not hard to guess
>>84510123
Also, she got her eye taken out by a French woman.
>>84510123
This old chestnut
>>84502098
Silly billy. No one in the game knows how to swim.
>>84508806
>The main reason Battleborn died was because it was fucking awful.
>all those tumblr-tier STRONG WOMYN designs
>tumblr ultimately falls in love with the qt skinny Korean gamer in the skintight plugsuit.
I adore this happenstance.
>>84508998
I hope she's not related to Hanzo and Genji. A Japanese character who isn't all about family honor-u
>>84510123
>well they are liberals so it´s not hard to guess
Then why is Garrosh right?
>>84510123
Go blog about it
>>84510210
Thing on the right looks like an NPC from a Daxter and Clank game.
>>84510210
>tumblr ultimately falls in love with the qt skinny Korean gamer in the skintight plugsuit.
Yeah, the gremling version.
>>84510210
>mfw I hate Tumblrinas
>mfw they are all now making drawings of my waifu
>>84502234
>avoid cliches
Impossible. We have an entire website dedicated to indexing them and no matter what you plug in, it's cliched.
>>84510210
>>84510210
>zarya is announced
>judge the book by its cover
>she's now my favorite hero
Life is strange
>>84510329
No, Widow still a best.
>>84510321
Looks great, definitely a big improvement but body and clothes still need to be tone down, shit is too over the top and like all the characters in this game, each characters design clashes with the others, it's environments and the enemies you fight with, horribly
>>84510352
Too close!
Too lewd!
>>84510368
>>84510352
We will all make it anons.
http://i.4cdn.org/gif/1468530988845.webm
http://i.4cdn.org/gif/1468531028769.webm
>>84507253
>TFW RISING STORM 2 IS COMING OUT SOON
>>84510380
When?
>>84510329
And she's wonderfully (and justifiably) robot-racist!
>>84510378
Stop
>>84509936
>7'3
a true maori
>>84510397
>>84510378
>>84510352
>>84510368
>Wakey wakey, mon cherie~
>>84510210
women usually like the opposite what they tell you
>>84510422just post source and stop playing with my dick, anon, you've already made me hard, you fag
>>84510368
This. GTAV strip club was hell on earth in fps mode.
>oooooohhh what does this button do?
>pls don't come closer
>too close
>pls
>let me go
>>84510437
Depends on what you are planning to do with the source.
>>84510461
I'm going to play with my dick, there happy? you've embarrassed me in front of everyone, now stop with the vague shit, you cockteasing slut.
I just want source for the Vive ones before this thread gets purged.
>>84510461
Make tribute to it.
>>84510210
The problem with Battleborn's characters isn't that they're "tumblr tier", but that they're all forgettable. OW characters are a pile of cliches, but Blizzard did a hell of a job introducing them and giving them distinct personalities.
what about ice queen?
>>84510478
Wow, this is awkward, because I have a source for all this except the Vibe VR, I got those on /gif/
But I know that it's not a special program or anything. It's the Source model viewer for Vibe where you can grab things, interact with objects and such in anything that can be imported to the Source engine, and that's just the Source model viewer with Widowmaker's model.
>>84510481
Weird.
>>84510494
The GOAT porn also helped people like them.
pharah and anas story in a nutshell
>>84510517
Oh, i'll make her go hardcore alright.
>>84500994
>OW is full serious with hints of comedy while TF2's are full comedy with hints of serious.
OW, at least the game and even the short are more on the comedy's side with some eriosu overtone.
We have a STR pro gamr pilting a mech in jumpsuit, for chris sake.
Only the comics are going on the dark and serious tone.
And they feel a bit out of place compared to the rest of Overwatch.
>Overwatch thread
>turns into porn dump
Everytime.Not complaining.
>>84509166
Blond hair.
>>84510494
Like Valve, they created distinct silhouettes, personalities and designs that can be identifiable and readable anywhere and a consistent art style, gearbox is just took a blender and shoved everything inside it and the goop from it was shaped into something.
>>84510531
can't save shallow garbage even in the most normie board that is /co/
>>84510512
Well, porn helped, but it's a consequence. Nobody would make (or commission) porn of characters they don't care about.
>>84510422HON HON HON HON HON HON HON HON HON HON HON HON HON HON HON HONHON HON HON HON
>>84510498
Well at least now I know what to do if I ever get a vr machine.
Thanks for the info and blue balls
Now I'm stuck here with my dick in my hand and no widow vr porn.
>>84509497
Headcanon: Heavy's sister and Soldier are the Parents of Zarya.
>>84510517
>>84510569
You can always just go to rule34hentai and search for Widowmaker porn.
>>84510577
>>84510586
>>84510569
>Now I'm stuck here with my dick in my hand and no widow vr porn
I don't know what to tell you for the vr porn, but regular widow porn is this way >>>/aco/ >>>/gif/
/aco/ has one dedicated thread for at least 3 different overwatch girls right now and there's tons of overwatch in /gif/'s SFM thread
>>84510542
I wouldn't call BB's art style inconsistent, just too busy and over-exaggerated for its medium. Detailed 3D graphics and physics imply a degree of realism, which clashes with crazy proportions and overabundance of flashy effects.
>>84510578
Oh don't worry, I will.
I have to get rid of these blue balls somehow, might as well do it with the help of OW's blueberry
I hope me getting rid of this cum you created eases your mind, anon.
>>84510608
Thanks
>>84510586
Is Lucio supposed to be a manlet? I can't tell in-game because everyone is jumping all the fucking time.
>>84510632
if you're a memester who says anybody below 6" is a manlet then yes
