Can someone explain this games plot to me? I watched all of the animated shorts but I still don't get it. Why was reaper Trying to get all of overwatche's locations? Why did Widowmaker kill that one guy. Why are we suddenly delivering payloads every match? Whats in the payloads? Why doesn't any of this make sense?
>that retard that goes story > gameplay
>>339726950
I still like the gameplay but I'd like to know why any of the stuff in overwatch is happening.
>>339726950
Not OP but I'd also like to know if the game offers an explanation for why you can have Tracer and Widowmaker cooperating after they've been enemies in two trailers.
>>339727490
Thats what started all of this for me. After seeing Winston fight Reaper and Tracer fight Widowmaker it didn't make sense to me that they'd be on the same teams. That and seeing a huge hand in the payload on one of the maps made me ask why it was there in the first place.
here's the gist of it
>advanced robots go sentient and rebel
>wrecking everyone's shit
>UN approaches two super soldiers, Gabriel Reyes and Jack Morrison, for a group called overwatch
>Reyes given leadership
>tolbjorn, mercy, and reinhardt recruited
>kick robot's asses
>Morrison became the heart of the team during the war, and now that it's over the UN promotes him to leader
>reyes get buttmad
>as they recruit new people, Reyes forms a secret black ops team within overwatch
>Overwatch gets blamed for all the shady shit Reyes does
>throw down happens at one of their bases
>Reyes and Morrison assumed dead after base explodes
>Reyes survives, becomes Reaper, and forms Talon
>Morrison survives and resurfaces shortly before the game takes place as Soldier 76
It looks like Talon is trying to create a second robot war, and many of the maps are about causing or preventing things that would start a war.
>>339726089
The story is Project Titan, the game we'll never get.
>>339728213
That makes sense kind of. The back story is solid but the tie in to gameplay is loose. It certainly explains why Overwatch is outlawed if they were heroes and all.
>>339728702
>but the tie in to gameplay is loose
That's because Overwatch is just PvP maps that were intended for when the game was still an MMO.
Overwatch is literally 10/100 of a full game.
>>339728213
So what exactly is Overwatch being reformed for? To combat Talon? Or are there still rogue omnics out there? Or did Talon team up with bad omnics?
>>339728213
>>339728213
character stories:
Winston-
>scientists create an intelligent ape colony on the moon
>baby ape shows signs of being a genius
>a scientist named Winston adopts him
>Years later, apes rebel and kill scientist Winston
>adopted ape takes the scientist's name (and glasses) and fucks off to earth
Tracer-
>test pilot for experimental jet
>gets time fucked
>drops in an out of time
>Winston invents something that can anchor her in time
Mercy-
>amazing doctor
>Overwatch approaches her
>she agrees to join if they fund her research
>uses that money to build her Valkyrie suit so she can help in war zones
there's also evidence that suggests she's the reason for reaper's current condition. Unconfirmed.
widowmaker-
>wife to some one who is a main financial and political supporter of overwatch
>after Talon repeatedly fails to kill her husband, they target her for kidnap
>brainwash her
>allow her to be "rescued"
>she kills her husband and returns to talon
Mcree-
>Recruited by Reyes for the black ops team
>joins because it was that for prison
>eventually sees it as a chance for redemption
Hanzo-
>one of the sons of the head of a criminal organization
>after his father dies, takes over and is pressured to deal with his slacker brother Genji who has been ignoring the business
>Genji refuses to get involved with the business, so hanzo beats him to death
>ashamed of what he did, hanzo leaves the organization and travels the world, fighting to regain his honor.
>>339729503
so prevent a second robot war, which talon is trying to start.
>>339729503
As seen in the recall trailer most of the former overwatch agents' cover is blown (in talon's hands) and is in danger. And to stop the spooky edgy gost man from picking them off then need to group up.
ITT: Hurrr why are Ryu and Ken fighting they're friiieeeennndddsss
who cares its a video game
>>339729503
The story of Talon starts with the shorts + release trailer. So far we don't know what their motives on other than being shady bad guys who want to do bad things.
>Attempts to attack Winston's secret waifu-operated base to steal Overwatch agent locations
>Attacks King's Row during Robo King Jr.'s speech and assassinates him
>Attacks museum for Doomfist gauntlet and puts shotas in danger
>>339729787
But I mean, Reaper (and Widow?) are Talon, right? And they used to work for Overwatch, right? So surely they already know the real names and shit of the other former Overwatch agents, right?
Why did they need to download that info? Or was it just their locations?
>>339729562
Genji-
>didn't care about the business end of the criminal empire, just used all his cash to party and play
>brother fucks him up, but be barely survives and is rescued by overwatch
>they turn him into a cyborg in exchange for joining overwatch
>even though joining was part of the deal for getting a body, he really did want to join and make a difference
>so much of him is now machine that most people mistake him for a robot
>he struggles with the fact that he's a cyborg for a long time and hates himself and his brother
>He meets Zenyatta, who helps him come to peace with himself
>Genji lets go of his hatred
Phara-
>Her mother was a sniper in overwatch
>always wanted to join overwatch, but it was disbanded before she was old enough to join.
>went into the military instead
Mei-
>evidence comes to light that something is going seriously wrong with the climate
>climate monitoring stations set up
>Mei was part of a climate research team in the arctic
>also invented some pretty cool climate related things
>a storm ravages the research center so badly that everyone has to go into a cryo-sleep
>years later the team is discovered, but every cryo-tube but one has failed
>Mein is unfrozen and continues her quest to study the bizarre climate changes
>converts some of her inventions into her ice gun
Bastion-
>Bastion's model was the main force of the robot army
>now, most of them are gone
>Bastion was broken down in a forest and eventually reactivated
>curious about the life that had grown on him, bastion likes to wander the wilds and observe nature.
they really don't give a reason for him to be in overwatch
Reinhardt-
>old badass in a suit of armor
>models himself after the chivalrous knights of old
>after overwatch shut down, he kept his armor and traveled across europe upholding honor and dispensing justice.
>>339730626
Bastion's story is kinda sad. Mei's is really random
>>339726089
>plot
>>339730194
It was their locations, as you can see when Winston presses the RECALL button and their global positions start popping up all over the map.
The question is, why would retired Overwatch agents who are essentially all exiles or outlaws even bother reporting their positions to HQ anymore. Seems like a good way for the government to track them down.
>>339730194
We only know like 20 members so far. There are /tons/ more. They wanted to hit even the guy who brews the coffee in the Overwatch breakroom.
>>339730626
A lot of the playable characters were never part of Overwatch before it got shut down. Bastion, Lucio, Symmetra, Zarya, D.Va, Hanzo, Junkrat, and Roadhog are not ex-agents.
>>339731154
Hmm okay but why is eliminating the old Overwatch members a part of Talon's plan anyways? They want to start some sort of Omnic war and they're just afraid OW will get together and stop them?
>>339730626
junkrat-
>during the robot war, when overwatch attacked a manufacturing facility in Australia it blew up, causing a large chunk of Australia to become irradiated
>Australia is now Mad Max
>Junkrat learns a secret in the desert (we're never told what it is)
>he's now wanted for that information (and later he's wanted because he goes on crime sprees)
>hires roadhog to be his bodyguard
Roadhog-
>after witnessing his home turn into a wasteland, Roadhog slowly lost his humanity over the years
Zarya-
>competitive weight lifter
>national star, rising through the ranks
>robot war happens on the eve of a huge tournament
>she immediately drops out and joins the military
Zenyatta-
>After the war, a group of robots had something they described as a spiritual awakening
>they become monks in the himilayans
>A student of Tekhartha (that one widowmaker killed), zenyatta, believes that they need to do more than meditate. He believes that harmony won't come from meditation, but action.
>he leaves the monastery to act on his beliefs
D.va
>pacific rim happens, except it's robots coming out of the sea instead of monsters
>D.va is chosen because of her Starcraft skills to pilot a mech
>>339731237
>Clueless normalfag janitor-kun gets hunted by Talon
>Gets splashed by volatile cleaning fluids while trying to defend himself
>Turns into mutant with acid and fluid based powers
>Returns to fight crime
>"Time to clean up"
Please Blizzard, we need more organic/ mutant heroes instead of robots and people with sick augs.
>>339731442
Probably, since Reaper/ Reyes used to be part of Overwatch, he knows what they're capable of. When you're a supervillain in a world of heroes you don't even need to bother with the pathetic mook armies of the world, just gotta worry about the Justice League.
>>339731684
thats the worst background story ive ever heard
>>339731291
yes, but you could at least make the argument that maybe they wanted to be part of overwatch and never had the opportunity, like Phara. With bastion they make it pretty clear he wants to avoid people.
>>339731237
>We only know like 20 members so far. There are /tons/ more. They wanted to hit even the guy who brews the coffee in the Overwatch breakroom.
What this guy said. Overwatch was a GLOBAL organization. They had hundreds of members and bases across the world.
>>339731442
>They want to start some sort of Omnic war and they're just afraid OW will get together and stop them?
That's it exactly. Although, with reaper, there might be a little bit of revenge mixed in it too, since everyone either left or sided with Morrison when the big fight happened
>>339731859
You never watched Toxic Avenger?
>>339731859
Okay I'll amend it to better meet /v/'s tastes.
>Skeleton hero
>Gets revived thanks to techno-necromancy
>"Let's fire it up"
>>339732001
looks like a cuck
>>339732102
You can stop talking at any time. Here's your (you).
>>339726089
it's the smoldering remains of an MMO.
there is no plot, but there will be in six months once you buy Blizzards Campaign Mode Story Pack 1, for the low price of $69.99
>>339731684
So you want the Toxic Avenger in Overwatch
