FILMMAKER REACTS: ZERO HOUR | OVERWATCH 2 ANIMATED SHORT + [BREAKDOWN]

[@randomman2301]

6:37"Mate why is this is not a single player game?" Boy do i have a story for you...

[@Skatingnoob]

oh the pain 😔

[@liraco_mx]

Let me tell you the sad story of how this trailer promised exactly that... Only for us to never (really) get it. Maybe for overwatch 3? 😅

[@murfakadr20]

​@liraco_mx 😂 honestly I wouldn't put it past blizzard. After all they made ow2 for nothing. When they need cash they would make ow3 with pve. They would just rehash all the current pve missions and assets they already have.

[@christopherpayne6228]

7:37 heartbreaking is how it is to true fans.

[@GKSchattenjaeger]

A great sin that it never materialized into an epic series of games.

[@manishade3393]

Best Trailer for a Game, we never really got

[@gyro8111]

so much potential wasted

[@murfakadr20]

When i saw the pve was canceled, I was so upset. The fact they knew it was canceled and still continued to promote it was so scummy by Blizzard.

[@Chriss-oy2nk]

Never got at all*

[@GummyDinosaursify]

This trailer was the last thing the original OW team gave us. The last bit of soul before Jeff and the rest of the OG team left because of Blizzard's scummy practices. I know the current director is part of that OG team, but let's be honest, he's simply a pawn for Blizzard at this point. He doesn't have the power to make things happen like Jeff did.

[@Drek492]

@@GummyDinosaursify I get that losing the PvE wasn’t great but in terms of PvP Overwatch has never been in a better state, a lot of the boneheaded decisions for the PvP originated from Jeff

[@parallax_aerial_photography]

"Why is this not a singleplayer game?" - Kai Zammit, 2024 - Also every single person who was looking forward to the singleplayer game we were supposed to get instead of the lazy multiplayer re-hash that we actually got...

[@koboldkween4333]

Hardly a rehash and barely a rework

[@WithyCreeps]

@@koboldkween4333 it surely was a monetization rework and a bad one at that xD

[@michaelelkins6630]

Mercy is the angel character. Her name is Angel Zeigler, she's a Doctor. We've seen her a lot in photos, just without the suit. Morrison is Soldier 76's last name.

[@kaizammit]

Ahhhhh! He was the soldier, nice! Thank you for telling me, makes total sense.

[@Remagenify]

Small correction, it's Angela Ziegler. Just the wee bit of smallest corrections, haha. But yeah, she's the medic, able to full on revive people in game and such.

[@епквравварва]

I love her vids where she without the suit

[@michaelelkins6630]

@@Remagenify I realised that just now reading it lol. Thanks for correcting it 😅

[@Remagenify]

@@michaelelkins6630 Haha, it's all good. Was hard to resist it, oops.

[@mikkeluno]

"mate why is this not a singleplayer game?" . . This trailer came with a promise of a singeplayer/coop campaign with epic hero progression like the interlocking shield from Reinhardt and Brigitte - The game we never got :(

[@TevAndo886]

yeah, we don't talk about that one. too soon.

[@Boss24601]

@@TevAndo886i think it will be too soon for the rest of my life. This made me so excited when it came out. Now i just want to cry.

[@mikkeluno]

@@Boss24601 omg same, I was so excited for this, and even bought into the OW2 hype when it was delayed. When they announced it was gonna become occassional scenarios like the halloween event I was so broken. :(

[@GummyDinosaursify]

@@mikkeluno We didn't even get "occasional events". It was literally just the Halloween event in the first year and that was it. The PvE missions they had done before are locked behind timewalls and the beta missions people got to play at Blizcon before launch will never be released. The only remnants of PvE is the abandoned scripts they made into a short story book that they didn't even bother promoting.

[@mikkeluno]

@@GummyDinosaursify oh wow. I stopped keeping up with updates, so I didn't even know you guys weren't even getting that. How the mighty blizz fell.

[@shortyshawty]

43:20 I love that you can hear him before you can see him. Every single OW player hearing that knows exactly what is about to happen before they even show it to us which makes the moment itself even more hype. So sick and the choice to have us hear him before we see him added so much to that.

[@gibrman477]

"Is she a support character?" No, Mei is not a support character, she's a demon from hell. Her freezing you and then coming up to you and carefully aiming her gun at your head was one of the worst memories from OW1.

[@TheKrazyguy75]

Honestly, I would rather face 100 meis than 1 OG symmetra with her pool noodle gun fully charged.

[@lincelink]

And by worst you mean best, right?..... Yes I was main Mei in ow1 hahaha

[@shortyshawty]

@@gibrman477 ahhh your worst memories, my best. I have no regrets and no sympathy, I loved being evil with my beloved Mei… wall is still one of the best abilities in the game so she still has the sauce even without freeze cheese.

[@Doctor011]

Yeah... just her smiling face while charging her gun just to send you to the afer life.. True maniac.

[@charlestonjew7587]

Remember when OW had a Defense role? Pepperidge Farm remembers. Nah, just push everyone into Damage or Support.

[@nicholasrolo886]

Brigitte's "UGHHHH" when Reinhardt says "Ice to meet you" is very relatable 😂 8:07

[@aussie_boosh]

This was very exciting when it debuted, because as you say, intentional or not it was a bit of an "avengers" moment because we has been learning about the characters for years. Sadly things got a little rough after this, and cinematics were far and few between... but I do think the few cinematics we have got since are the best we have got. Still really excited for your breakdown of Kiriko because it is not only my favourite, but it is also such a complex mix of all the elements you have been speaking about in your previous breakdowns.

[@kaizammit]

I think that's the next one now right? The score from this and the way the mission was presented really did give me that avengers feel. I enjoyed the build up and the pay off hence I had tears of joy/epicness when watching. You must of had such an overwhelming feeling watching this as a fan!?

[@aussie_boosh]

@@kaizammit I think Junker Queen came before Kiriko, but been a while so not sure. They were pretty close together. But yep, this hit hard for us fans, even more so because it was announcing major changes to the game which promised a story mode (sadly that didn’t pan out).

[@deur3598]

@@kaizammit I was almost crying at the end lol

[@WolffQuam]

@@kaizammit There is the Junker Queen one, then Kiriko's one after, and finally Sojourn's one. I can't wait to see your reactions on those! I think Junker Queen and Kiriko's cinematics are in the best ones

[@GummyDinosaursify]

@@aussie_boosh Kiriko was teased back in OW1 and she was meant to be the hero released directly after Echo. She was teased back in 2019. Junkerqueen wasn't teased until OW2 dropped.

[@deathkage779]

I always get goosebumps when Genji reflecs the robots lasers. The Angel character is called Mercy she is a healer and she's from Overwatch 1.

[@anaveragedude4105]

I rarely comment on videos like this but for once i gotta. It was superb to see your reaction, from someone who's never played the game and purely analyze how it is made. I loved Overwatch and when this cinematic came out i cried so much because of how good and beautiful it was and what they promised after. As you said during your initial reaction "why is this not a singleplayer game ?" is as painful to hear as ever since Blizzard sabotaged their own franchise so much that it is now a shell of what it could've been. But during your initial reaction I was able to cry again because of the feelings you shared through your experience. Keep up the great work Kai.

[@kaizammit]

You should comment more because your comment was marvellous! Thank you.

[@shortyshawty]

Of all the incredible moments in this short, Tracer's "Yes! The cavalry's here!" is what broke me most. That line of hers in the very first short is what captured our hearts and 4 years later (at the time of this short) we got to hear that line again in such a magical moment and I tear up every single time I watch it. This game has been such a big part my of life, technically it's been part of my life for over a third of it (8 of 21) and the connection I have to it, its characters and its world will always be a part of me.

[@garymcjerry]

God I personally hate that line, but I think that’s because I can hear the put on accent in it. It’s that classic not real Hollywood English accent lol.

[@shortyshawty]

@@garymcjerry can’t blame you 😂 I always thought it was a little cheese and never had much of an attachment but after all these years I could hear the fucking headshot sound and be like “awwww this game means so much to me” so I don’t think I’m the best judge 😂

[@garymcjerry]

@@shortyshawty I mean if you like it that’s cool lol. Not pushing my opinion on anyone here. It’s a very subjective personal gripe haha I’m sure some of the other Hero’s have accents that might be a little off, I just notice it here because I actually hear that accent irl.

[@Delebriel]

I always felt that the Junkerqueen short has some fuckery with the sound layer, just doesn't sound right. Kiriko though, 2nd best trailer after this one for sure.

[@shortyshawty]

@@Delebriel I’ve never noticed anything with the Queen short, perhaps I’m due a rewatch 😂

[@shortyshawty]

18:50 i think you've hit the nail on the head there. One thing in particular they do incredibly well in all of these shorts is how concise and efficient they are with their time. They manage to fit rich, impactful stories into 7-odd minutes. In this short I always like to note the relative impact of the line "I'll be right behind you, you better be" as a callback despite calling back to something from like 3 minutes ago and yet it works. Impressive stuff.

[@EVILGHO5T]

The cavalry: we did it Genji: 💀

[@JustASec0nd]

As a long time Overwatch fan, yes, it was so-so-so epic when I first saw it and I tear up every time I see it.

[@SilentUltrex]

Genji really out here carrying the team.

[@joemay5]

Usually throws when he's on mine

[@crashacid1]

Well genji is getting nerfed now

[@saint_trex]

Definitely got the potg

[@thememelord465]

That’s why he got nerfed to the ground. They’re weeding out everyone who joined based on the cinematics😭

[@toffybucket1766]

You should do the overwatch cinematic “Junkertown: The Plan” it’s hilarious!

[@primary2630]

10:12 the woman and her baby is Ana and her daughter Pharah both playable in game, Ana is like 60 years old being one of if not the oldest hero in the game.

[@teamadostamine9657]

Every single time i end up with tears of joy because of all the memories and the friends i made along the way, Overwatch might be dead now, but what it brought to my life will forever be remembered as some of the best time

[@kaizammit]

Wow, that's epic!

[@Dartnitt]

My eyes are always watering when im watching it too, I dont even know why lol but there is just something about this video, the tension and the music is perfect ig

[@WizardCM-1337]

This particular animated short is always worth a rewatch for all the reasons you outlined. It's THE Avengers moment, and the music especially reflects that. I always tear up with the Overwatch theme tunes, they're iconic and packed with emotion.

[@StandDefiant18]

I’ve watched this cinematic a dozen times, I’ve watched dozens of reactions. It doesn’t matter how many times I watch it. I always get teary eyed

[@Pongo-555]

A thing I noticed was Mei sitting in Reinhardt's seat. To me it could symbolize both Mei's inexperience and uncertainty , as well as the "big shoes" (no pun intended) their at the time small team are trying to fill. Great video as always too!

[@ArgKnoxville86]

I remember first watching the trailer for Overwatch 2 and it was SO EPIC. I had such high expectations for the single player mode. This could have been a whole new era for Blizzard.

[@ishanshah4904]

You should totally react to the origin stories as well… especially the Doomfist one!

[@shortyshawty]

47:50 don't start that conversation with us... we will cry. I won't give the whole background but OW2 was promised a story driven PvE aspect, kinda the whole reason the game was supposed to exist. Many of us even pre-paid for it. After years of playing with our hearts, they officially and permanently canceled it at some point last year. Also, in regards to the TV show/movie idea, we've been saying that for ages of course and rather recently a statement/interview thing got released indicating that there was a TV show planned but there were problems with Netflix (from Blizzard's side I believe (not surprising)) and now it is almost certainly never to be, certainly not anytime soon.

[@Exav9000]

Though I agree that it is sad that it didn't happen, I'm not sure if this one was entirely Blizzards fault. Not a fan of Blizz at the moment but if I remember correctly it was cancelled because Netflix poached an executive from Blizz and that lead to bad blood between them. Don't know the full story there but for once it is not fully Blizz's fault :P

[@Qaztar44]

Your reactions to these have been superb but I decided to take the time to watch your deeper analysis this time, and wow was it insightful. I've made little gaming cinematics here and there and really have fallen in love with the art form, and it was awesome to hear you break down this one (which is one of my favorites). I always knew the shots were so good and this cinematic was awesome, but I could never really figure out why until hearing your analysis. Great vid!

[@ryutoraijin]

No matter how many times i see this cinematic the genji saving tracer always give me a goosebump

[@rutherhood5961]

Even after these years, this cinematic still gives me a goosebumps and brings tears to my eyes, that moment where all is lost, yet the group turn up. CHILLS.

[@blamalam21]

As a gun nerd I personally like the fact that the police women is using a sort of futuristic style Famas since this was based in France and it's the type of gun they would have been issued. Just a nice detail that wasn't really needed.

[@hugomendoza5665]

What I like most about this cinematic, and you pointed it out a little, but the point of the final battle is to act as a metaphor for the actual gameplay itself: it’s not just a shooter, it’s a *team* shooter. It only works if you and your team work together, emphasize each other’s strengths, cover each other’s weaknesses. Even down to the combining of the ice pack and pulse bomb-both Tracer’s and Mei’s ultimates, which is a common strategy in the game, combining multiple ultimate abilities that work well together. We did get some pve/solo/story content, and it was honestly really good and added a lot to the story, but it’s unclear when or even if they’ll continue to develop it.

[@diegofranceschin2949]

Netflix needs to do something about this, the potential is ABSURD.

[@yikes9944]

i started crying too when genji came in!! thought i was crazy for that at the time but i'm glad to know i'm not, they really did an amazing job on it

[@kiwio3o387]

I really think it's the music for that part that gets the eyes all welled up. That's how it feels as well. Obviously there's emotion in everything that's happening, but I think it's more the music than anything else that causes the initial watery eyes. I know it happened to me the first time I saw it as well and still does often when re-watching it!

[@Dw33b3r]

Love these breakdowns! I can't wait for you to watch the Kiriko short!

[@minilabyrinth]

Yeah this one had me crying as an OG fan because we had been watching the effects of Winston's Recall for literally multiple years across various cinematics and this was the culmination when they showed this at Blizzcon and surprised us with a new game announcement

[@d3serted_]

Mint talkthrough mate. Have you got any plans to look through the Origin Stories?? Most characters without Cinematics have them, although they're mostly made up of slow moving images rather than being a full cinematic. Might be an interesting concept to see characters and how they're set up.

[@kaizammit]

If I cover them, I'll pop them into one video instead of how I've done it with all the other animated shorts. Sounds like a good idea though! Thank you.

[@Soppo13]

Hahaha I was wondering if you had done this one and you just uploaded it awesome!

[@PetiteOlivee]

Yes!! You've done it! As you might have guessed, yes for us OW players, this cinematic was even more incredible to discover. And as a big Genji player, I'll let you imagine how I felt when I saw his appearance... I can't wait for you to watch the last two cinematics, they're really excellent! (especially the last one about Kiriko !)

[@Delebriel]

I was waiting for this one for so long. Love to see you appreciate this beautiful piece of art. Watching this when they first played it to the audience was so cool. Back then we were told there will be a single player story in it, etc so everyone was so hyped. Just do Arcane style Netflix animated series, copy what works and they would reek in millions.

[@externalgills6886]

30:00 I think the reason she isn’t dirtied up/visually damaged in that scene, is that at the end they want to have their super hero line up, and they need everyone to look good there.

[@Airbag888]

OMG FINALLY!!!! WOOOOO 34:23 hahaha, "Love this, this is so nice.." while the virtual hand is stroking their bums 😂

[@destructiondynamics]

you gotta do the Kiriko cinematic next! love these overwatch reactions + breakdowns

[@kaizammit]

I think it's the Mad Max looking woman next, then Kiriko I believe.

[@yom35]

the breakdown bit was rly rly good

[@zc8673]

48:00 this is the tragedy of Overwatch

[@Obantrash]

Been a fan ever since the game has been first announced 10 years ago, can confirm, i cry every rewatch lol One of most overlooked aspect of these, is the score. Like holy shit, the score of Zero Hour is simply one the best in the industry. Neal Acree is a monster

[@schwaelmsche1311]

Played the Game just a little as it aired and haven't touched it since. Always loved all the Trailers. And this piece of art waters my eyes every time and i have seen it hundreds of times.

[@Tactical-Ferret]

now you need to do a reaction to the SQ42 gameplay that was just released yesterday!

[@shortyshawty]

33:10 all of the existing OW1 characters got mild redesigns for OW2 (face, hair, armour etc)

[@Zeesar]

Watching this back in the day as a huge Overwatch 1... the hype for Overwatch 2 was immeasurable

[@israelrobles681]

Old fans watch this cinematics tru 4-5 years, thats why this had such an impact, I mean you are far new and still get that emotions.

[@CrowMaiden]

answering the 'who's that' questions and rambling for a bit . - yes, Echo from Reunion (Reunion was her introduction to the fandom and came out when she did). nothing about her is explained in her animations so abilities; she has limited flight, sticky bombs, a beam that isn't shown off in this, and clusters of shots as her primary fire. her ult lets her transform into enemy heroes in-game. - the angel, as others have said, is Mercy aka Angela Ziegler. she's a support hero who's been in the game since OW1's launch. the best shot of her from a previous animation is her Hallowe'en photo with Torbjorn Lindholm in Recall, which showed off her Witch skin (widely regarded as the best skin of Mercy's since it came out in 2016). she heals and damage boosts with the staff, has a glock that was memed as doing 'a surprising amount of damage' in the late 2010s, flies with her Valkyrie suit, and revives allies in-game. she's Swiss-Gerrman, in case anyone's curious. we have the Europeans in this animation*. - the girl who shows up with Rein was in Honor and Glory. her name is Brigitte Lindholm. she's one of Torbjorn's daughters. whip-mace and shield for her weaponry. she and Torb are Swedish. Torb has been criticised by my Swedish friends for having a weird first name, Brigitte has not. - someone else said Mei's the devil, but she's just a DPS character. her primary fire (default) is a freezing stream of icy air, her secondary (default) is the icicles that you see in this animation, her ult is Snowball producing an area of freezing air? just ice? also known as Blizzard, she can put up the ice wall from Rise and Shine (apparently 10ft. tall, according to one of her ability voicelines, 'what's 10 foot tall, and made of ice?'), and freeze herself in an ice block to heal. - we already know Genji but it felt rude to leave him out. this is his OW2 default skin while the others seem to have OW1 default skins (bar Mei and Tracer; Mercy now has a god-awful hairstyle instead of it being tied up like it is in this animation). this was also the reveal for how Mei, Tracer, and Genji would look. --- * unironically, I think every European character besides Torbjorn (Swedish), Sigma (Dutch), Moira (Irish), and Widowmaker (French) is in this animation; Torb retired and the other three are Talon and thus not allowed in the Overwatch meetups. there are no American characters in this animation. the Europeans are Tracer (English), Reinhardt (German), Mercy (Swiss), and Brigitte (Swedish). Mei and Genji are Chinese and Japanese respectively, and Echo was made by a Singaporean doctor (Mina Liao) and voiced by the same voice actor as Dr. Liao (Jeannie Bolét) making all three Asian (Eastern and Southeastern). Winston is from the Moon. the Moon has more representation in this game than most countries except the USA and Japan, and equal rep with Australia, Egypt, and Mexico with two characters (Winston and Hammond). the USA has four (Cassidy, Soldier .76, Reaper, and Ashe, though Reaper is also Mexican) and Japan has three (Hanzo, Genji, and Kiriko), the Aussies are Junkrat and Junker Queen, and Reaper and Sombra rep Mexico, and the Amaris (Ana and Pharah) rep Egypt. technically, Nepal has two with Ramattra and Zenyatta but Ramattra is voiced by a Singaporean British actor (Ramon Tikaram; Brits who watch TV will recognise him), and Zenyatta is voiced by Feodor Chin (I've been trying to find out more about him but all I can find is 'he's Asian-American').

[@shortyshawty]

39:50 For me, I think it's the way she settles/lands, it's not a harsh or solid landing, it's almost like she floats back up after she 'lands', feels smooth. Also that's Mercy an OG Overwatch member, she's a healer, her name is Angela Ziegler and she's German :D

[@NotJavi01]

Been waiting for you to react to this one for a while

[@BokNeroSFX]

I love watching your videos. There's this other filmmaker who reacts to game cinematics, sadly I think he ran out of the overwatch videos. Luckily you are discovering them, so I am happy to watch these.

[@tapejara1507]

bitter sweet emotion everytime I see this trailer... I was a huge fan of Overwatch and then they dissappointed us so many times.

[@KeeLoker]

36:45 Hearing "I frothed in my pants" caught me off guard so much XD

[@lightningboi322]

you need to react to the origin stories for more overwatch LORE

[@liraco_mx]

I can't believe I was being moved too, so many years later. Epic indeed. And sad for what we never got.

[@MatthewWatson-b2l]

Still can’t believe that this cinematic was the kickstart of one of the biggest scams in gaming history. The developers legit admitted that even when this trailer came out and throughout the entire marketing process for overwatch 2, they never worked on or had any intention of releasing the in-depth pve they promised, and shamelessly continued to promote even after overwatch 2 launched. I wonder if the cinematic and writing team knew when they made this, that their work was just to add to covering a scam.

[@Lightwish4K]

Mercy dropping down from the heavens like an angel was so epic !

[@unikkoi]

Oh yeah Zero hour is the most epic overwatch short film It will be cool to find out with what cinematic techniques such an effect is achieved

[@KingKuron_]

"Why have they not made a movie of this?" Well... we learned this in the past few months, but there WAS a planned Netflix show. It got scrapped when Activision-Blizzard got into controversy concerning CEO poaching.

[@kaizammit]

Oh really!? That's so interesting. Hopefully they'll bring it back.

[@kuscheltear]

this one is so action packed and emotional

[@kimberly4275]

It's my favorite one. I got so emotional when it was revealed.

[@Leah-xv6cn]

insta liked the vid before even pressing play! 🙂 I've been waiting for this!

[@skush9146]

This just makes me remember how hyped I was for Overwatch 2, the trailer was insane, the promises big... and we got basically nothing

[@kaizammit]

All this work, they've sold me on the characters and world. Would love more from this universe.

[@watafumx]

@@kaizammit We were going to get a Netflix series. But Netflix poached Blizzard's CFO and then Blizzard sue them, souring the relationship. We won't get that series unless it's released with another studio/streaming service.

[@kaizammit]

Wow, thanks Netflix!

[@KeanuChrist]

5:38 I felt that. I still play Overwatch because these characters, and the world they built is just incredible. I just wish that we could have had more of it. Edit: Now that I've watched all your Overwatch reactions, I'm looking forward to the next few. There's a cinematic between Rammatra and Zenyatta after the few PVE missions, and it's one of my favorites, despite it being so simple. I just really love Ramon Tikaram's voice as Rammatra. One of my main Tanks.

[@Mcgeezaks]

Unfortunately Overwatch 2 is a mess, it was announced with a PvE/Story mode that was eventually cancelled mid-development.

[@kaizammit]

That's such a shame to hear! Are people still playing the game? Do you still play?

[@ballisticdonut490]

@@kaizammit People still do play but they don't enjoy it. its a weird love hate relationship

[@heresywithana]

@@ballisticdonut490 unless you were playing in it's prime- this was the case majority of the time, the game's still fun because at it's base it was a GOTY winner, but over time it just... went to ow2

[@ballisticdonut490]

@@heresywithana i started in 2018 and id say back then the casual was perfect. Sure double tank was a bit annoying but it worked great as a casual game. i still enjoy it but sometimes its just draining

[@rusozawr4969]

Actually, OW2 has a bigger player base than it ever had. They cancelled the PvE mode and gave us a short version of it, which includes 3 or 4 locations and each mission is roughly 10 minutes, but that depends on the mode (easy, medium, hard). It's a lot of fun, but a pity It's not longer. The focus remains It's PvP mode and Im sure everyone will agree they are bringing lots of content. Be it the collabs for the skins, small yearly events for every season and additional ones, new maps, heroes, etc. In my opinion, the problem with the game is its dependancy on your allies. One mistake from either you or your teammate can cost your hole team to lose the objective and that creates toxicity, leavers, etc. They are patching heroes constantly, some changes are good and some not so much. All in all, its a Blizzard game. The quality for 95% of the things is top notch, be it the animation, the music, sound, character design, etc. The gameplay is smooth, but lacking some quality of life changes for specific heroes.

[@coopwix1120]

Hey Kai, I noticed your mic was cutting out your first words each time you go to talk after pausing. Love your videos ! Overwatch is definitely one of my favourite games to play and also to love the law behind the game too !

[@kaizammit]

Hey, glad you're enjoying the videos! Can you give me a timestamp of when you've noticed the cutting out please. I looks and sounds alright for me and the information is there. The post process I add myself so if there is a problem, I've done it and I'll fix it for next time, just need an example friend. Kai

[@coopwix1120]

@@kaizammit my bad brother, I think I might’ve just had a bad playback on it. Yeah love the overwatch videos and all your reacts, and breakdowns. You gotta watch “kiriko” and “calling” next for the overwatch 2 cinematics ! Much love from all the way down under in Australia !

[@kaizammit]

Thank you for watching! Is it still cutting out for you?

[@coopwix1120]

@@kaizammit nah it’s not anymore

[@Sir_Kuang]

I remember watching this at the live reveal. Fantastic Cinematic bought tears to much of the audience. One of the few reveals that actually got me pumped for the game. Only other I can remember of the top of my head was Battlefield 1 reveal. Its such a shame that the quality of the game didn't match the effort put into these animations

[@spice7180]

I love all the overwatch cinnematics

[@zukazealanee]

Oh, how full of hope we were when this came out...

[@realtobyg]

If you do not want to read a paragraph on the lore, don't read this Morrison is the last name of the Soldier guy in the Hero cinematic. Jack Morrison (the guy's full name) was the main commander of Overwatch before they got struck down by the Petras Act (Recall cinematic) The girl with the Crusader guy (Reinhart) is Brigitte. She is the daughter of Torbjorn Lindholm, who has a chair in the ship in the first few seconds. Brigitte could be seen in the Honor and Glory cinematic. The angelic person that healed Mei is a character named Mercy, also known as Angela Ziegler. She was the main doctor for the Overwatch team and has a chair in the ship. The photo shows the following people in order from left to right: Tracer, Torbjorn, Winston, Soldier 76 (Jack Morrrison), Ana Amari (not in any cinematic), Reinhart, Sojourn (in future "sojourn" cinematic), Mercy and Genji (the Dragon of the North Wind). Mei travelled to Watchpoint: Gibraltar (a playable map in Overwatch, an outpost in Antartica) to meet up with Winston and Tracer to fly her back to the rest of the world. When NULL:SECTOR raided Paris, Mei joined Winston and Tracer on their mission to fight back against the robots. The other heroes came late because they were dealing with matters of his own (Genji likely coming back from Japan after the interaction with Hanzo in the Dragons short, Echo arriving after leaving Texas on Cole Cassidy's [aka Jesse McCree] orders, Reinhart and Brigitte after Rein getting the recall message and deciding to join in, driving his truck from Germany all the way to Paris).

[@rusozawr4969]

@@realtobyg this was a great lore breakdown. I would add this to Kai, please watch hero origin stories, where characters like Ana and others you haven't seen yet, are portrayed and you learn a lot about them. It could be a single video or maybe two, all in all its like 25 min.

[@Madavar_OW]

Love this series! Make sure you get to Invasion cutscenes eventually!

[@therealasian6999]

Ahhhh the day I’ve been waiting for!

[@Chacesumica]

One thing kinda missed as well, Mei also looks out of place as the seat she is in, is Reinheart's. With his armor he is quite large much like Winston so they have bigger jump seats near the front of the aircraft.

[@-Marcc-]

cant wait for u to see the Kiriko animated short from Overwatch2... its very emotional

[@endless_del]

they focus on morrison and amari's empty seats so much at the beginning because in the story (outside of cinematics) amari has faked her death, and morrison is presumed dead as well. the characters on the ship don't know they're still alive. amari's focus was on the photo because she left behind a daughter (pharah) who will be joining the overwatch organization soon after this event which is a bit of foreshadowing. the cross on mercy's suit is for 2 things. she's a medic and she's swiss!

[@katxiii3660]

You're right about the girl who's with Reinhardt. She's the same one from the Honor and Glory cinematic. Her name is Brigitte Lindholm. She's the daughter of Torbjorn, and Reinhardt is her godfather. Both of them were original members of the Overwatch team. She decided to be Reinhardt's squire while he travelled around and fought random bad guys every now and then. She was never part of Overwatch, but she does obviously know some of the people in it, like Tracer shows here. Mercy (Angela Ziegler), the angelic one, was also a member of Overwatch (she's basically the archetypical healer), and she also happens to be a family friend of the Lindholms, so Brigitte probably knew her through her family before Mercy joined Overwatch.

[@Stormbringer178]

@kai i know it was only one minute but you had the first trailer from early overwatch cinematic universe, and Mercy (the angel healer) was there sparking one of the most productive memes for a while. anyway, i love your content man, i should write more... but let me finish this :D

[@captshavers]

When this trailer came out, I watched and rewatched it over and over because it's the perfect cocktail of excitement, dread, hope, joy throughout and it's amazing...It's why we were so disappointed when the second game fell apart slowly over time; becoming an addon to 1 instead of its own thing and the reduction and eventual loss single player missions that were promised so far before. Overwatch is such a tragedy, and although it still has people playing it, it's definitely not as loved as it was before, I kinda wish they could make a TV series or movies for this universe, or maybe try making different types of games within the universe. (Like what Riot is doing with League of Legends) I think this still ranks as one of my favourite trailers of all time, maybe just being edged out by Honkai Star Rail's "The Embers of Glamoth" trailer. That trailer was an experience, meshing CG with hand drawn art made such a beautiful work of art.

[@FlutterStark]

I literaly cry everytime I watch this trailer

[@IVOXYYY]

me as a Overwatch player and fan, yes I had watery eyes when that came out!

[@KingKuron_]

"Monsieur, does this mean... Overwatch is back?" "No"

[@ArgKnoxville86]

I think he got more emotional breaking down the trailer than watching it the first time lol

[@seamoon889]

There was supposed to be Netflix series but: > Blizzard reportedly had an Overwatch Netflix series in development that was canceled due to a lawsuit over the latter poaching an executive from the former. Had Netflix not lured an Activision Blizzard executive away from the company in the middle of their negotiations, Overwatch 2 fans might have been able to enjoy an animated series of their own.

[@derokomaha]

oh snap been waiting for this one

[@kaizammit]

I hope you enjoyed it!

[@RogueThousand]

I think you would love S.C.P OVERLORD, and S.C.P DOLLHOUSE. They're awesome short movies with really good cinematography and really awesome action scenes

[@PublicSchoolSystem-hn3np]

"Right. This is where a lot of film makers go wrong when their fresh out of school or whatever, they use slo-motion all the time." Are you sure? "Those who can't create, can only merely imitate" - Zack Snyder.

[@Emmaria_]

There are a couple more Overwatch cinematics to watch and break down, interested to see what you think.

[@tokukeitaro]

Greatest Superhero Media piece this century.

[@M1DidIt1st]

The Doomfist Origin Story is clean as hell, alot of people sleep on it idk why but I hope you get around to reacting to it at some point 😂💯

[@priapus1337]

Proper culmination of all the previous cinematics.

[@pandoraarts7748]

" why is this is not a single player game?" Cries in corner

[@edwin4625]

6:37 I hope someone tells you the whole story about your question. Many of us stopped caring and playing Overwatch 2, because of this. A lot of us wished for a long player co-op vs environment campaign.

[@supernovaskies5044]

"im glad they've toned her accent down" in the most stereotypical British accent possible.

[@sphinxwar8529]

Commenting for the algorithm, but wanted to expand your point about blue color in battle scenes. On top of that desaturated, blue fill you mentioned, the second thing that makes explosions and fire pop is the exposure drop. Fire and explosions are so immensly bright that no camera on the market has enough of a dynamic range to record both the explosion and the set. If they kept the exposure static, any fire in frame would just be a ball of white color, and nothing else. It's just too bright. That's why they drop the camera's exposure, turning the set almost pitch black for a split second just to capture the texture of the fireball. Interestingly enough, this feels natural because consumer cameras usually are set to automatic shutter speed and ISO settings, which means they do this automatically to capture the brightest point in the frame. It's funny, because actual cinema cameras are never set to auto and they would never automatically dim like that. It has to be either intentionally recorded as a separate take on a different setting or the auto setting has to be enabled only for that particular shot (and some cinema cameras don't even have the auto feature).

[@NeroCM]

For being a filmmaker, this guy pays a lot more attention to the visuals than he does to lines and voice acting. Kind of a shame when the best thing Overwatch shorts have going for them is the writing and voice acting.

[@borkupine9800]

This is an amazing trailer for a game we unfortunately never got. A lot of us fans were expecting a deeper dive into more story-driven missions filled with more customizable hero abilities as originally advertised, but sadly Overwatch 2 pretty much just because Overwatch 1.5. Coming into Overwatch 2, the game changed to a 'Free To Play' model, sporting a Battlepass and horrible, HORRIBLE monetization, though to give them credit it's better now than it was on launch. Overall though it was a major let down for a lot of people as there was almost basically no changes that were made, and on top of it all, the players that originally owned the first Overwatch game received about 2 skins as a "thank you" which I know quite a few players weren't happy about (the servers were taken offline upon the launch of OW2).