![]() Tonally very different to Overwatch and TF2's, but contextual cinematics to give you a reason that these characters are who they are. Rainbow Six Siege has also turned out some dark yet gorgeous short introductions (opens in new tab) to characters that play when you unlock them in-game. Overwatch isn't the only one who's done this. That's how important these animations are. The team did not know how she was going to play before it released a first look at the robot. These animations are so important to the lore of the game that Cassidy's (formerly known as McCree) short Reunion revealed hero Echo without her abilities or visuals fully formed by developers. They're a strong point in Blizzard's armour, it always makes games look good if nothing else. Blizzard has a dedicated cinematics department that works across all of its games so similar high-quality movies can be seen revealing Diablo 4 (opens in new tab) or showing of a new World of Warcraft (opens in new tab) expansion. Nevermind that the actual gameplay makes no narrative sense as you might be coming up against a carbon copy version of yourself, what mattered was that all these shorts moulded a universe you were invested in. These shorts established loyalties, maps, locations, new characters, and connected the players to the game and its world. Bastion's friendship with a tiny little bird or Winston's call to reform Overwatch? Or the stoic expression of Hanzo as he struggles with his family legacy and personal regrets. Who can forget the rivalry of Widowmaker and Tracer as they battled across London's rooftops. And I've been able to convince friends that it's good by showing them the incredible animations that fleshed out Mei, Pharah, or Reaper. Overwatch is still my hero shooter of choice. They're fun, you should give them a read. There wasn't room for one." Instead the team has expanded the lore around the characters with absurd stories wherein blood transfusions are as easy as pouring a bucket of blood into a chest cavity for example. On the website (opens in new tab) it even confesses that "TF2 didn't start with a lot of story. But for people to want to know more about the fighters they're playing, want their merch, cosplay, and buy into the culture of the game depends on material that expands the context and history of these characters-Valve went so far to produce a series of comic books. ![]() Yes gameplay should be good, servers stable, and anti-cheat effective (something TF2 continues to wrangle with its bot infestation (opens in new tab)). Cinematics are now almost expected when releasing a hero shooter.
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