NERDS REACTS TO OVERWATCH ALL TRAILERS! (Part 1)

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[@ChojinPatriarch]

In the Reinhart cinematic, his handing his hammer to his boss hits even harder when you consider he's basically giving up his main weapon, his only weapon. He's literally saying "No more glory-hounding, I will be their shield." And that when his shield fails, he tries to cover the few survivors with his own body. It's a hell of a statement, and a hell of a lesson for his players...

[@gothicpando]

But big hammer tho?

[@spyro257]

it changed a lot of players style, going from an all attacker, to making sure the team is safe first... i would know, coz i was one of them...

[@Ryzard]

@@spyro257 We all really just took a ride along with his character development lmao

[@Khadharphak]

You missed the transition of shadows as Mei was sat in front of the cryo chambers, implying she sat there for hours. She didn't exactly get over it quickly.

[@gamerbear84]

Yeah, the lighting shift was kinda subtle.

[@zydrakeshogun]

I didn't even notice that the first time around!

[@jaylenharris343]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="680">11:20</a> The Scientists in Winston's cinematic trailer actually did die. Him and his other scientists colleagues were killed by a gorilla rebellion on the moon

[@Agamotto57]

Gorilla WHAT?

[@alexhohl8530]

@@Agamotto57they were experimenting on a bunch of different primates by giving them enhanced intelligence. Planet of the apes but on the moon

[@colindarcas6532]

​@@Agamotto57They did intelligence tests with gorrilas and the gorillas turned on them and shot them out of the airlocks

[@hobojoey3195]

@@Agamotto57ape together strong

[@ryaneaston3487]

@@hobojoey3195 APES. TOGETHER. STRONG.

[@Tyrgalon]

As a tank main the Reinhardt cinematic hit so hard, his "I will be your shield" voice line got a whole new meaning.

[@Toonlord27]

it's a tragedy they gave up on fleshing out the universe. The cinematics and lore really made overwatch something special. It could have been so much more if not for all the problems behind the scenes.

[@colindarcas6532]

Thankfully the lore on the wiki can still be read for fun

[@antonioscendrategattico2302]

Agreed. You can tell the devs had plans, but everything was just put on hold because Bobby Psy-Kotick wanted to play at being the owner of a sports league.

[@HB-fq9nn]

Thankfully there have been a plethora of short stories, comics and novels in the last few years to give us lore enthusiasts something to digest.

[@mckenzie.latham91]

Overwatch has so much material for animated series or even movies when Blizzard stops shitting the bed and learns to actually properly use its own IP’s properly.

[@LaiLai-2111]

I would like to clarify it’s just cinematics that they aren’t releasing. The lore is still being fleshed out, give Overwatch: Declassified a look

[@mastouriedam5845]

if you're gonna react to overwatch trailers then you should also react to tf2: meet the tea

[@flingkong24]

Since when did they add tea to the game? (don't change it its funny)

[@luccanelson768]

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[@Heavy_fromTF2]

Y E S

[@andrefelipe7865]

As an Overwatch player, I couldn't agree more!

[@mastouriedam5845]

@@flingkong24 I wont change it just cuz you asked

[@ThePhenomenalEX]

Honor And Glory is hands down my favorite OW cinematic. "I have been called. I must answer, always." is such a powerful line.

[@TheR00k]

I have a weak spot for Old Soldier type characters. It's the delivery here. Just tired, sad, but already made up his mind. It's between him and 76 for me, no one else really comes close.

[@Ninja_Tude]

Yeah I know most people say Dragons is best, but I agree. Between their second handshake, and that line at the end... gets me every time

[@theblueslugger5900]

I remember when Overwatch was loved. That was a good memory from another time

[@antonioscendrategattico2302]

It's a shame it got tainted with the faults of Blizzard. As far as I know, the developers who actually made the game confirmed that the Overwatch development team itself was like, the ONE part of Blizzard where the kind of abuse that was endemic to the company *actually* wasn't tolerated.

[@anotheronebitesthedust-fs6wr]

Then a combination of culture war critic fans and blizzard drama ended up destroying the franchise

[@antonioscendrategattico2302]

@@anotheronebitesthedust-fs6wr Eh, personally I think the major cause of the death of the franchise was the management's decisions to literally starve the game of content to focus on the Overwatch League. After a while they just... stopped releasing updates, then kinda crammed everything they'd been working on into Overwatch "2" (which was literally just one big patch). Ultimately it was 100% on Blizzard management.

[@mckenzie.latham91]

Overwatch itself is still golden the game and game play and everything was ruined by Blizzard who sees itself as a money factory not a game developer

[@Arkayjiya]

@@anotheronebitesthedust-fs6wr Nothing about culture war. Blizzard's bad reputation helped a bit, but it was mostly OW2.

[@James-lv6ig]

Mei didn't get over the other scientists deaths quickly, they just show the passage of time in a very subtle way, like in the Winston one where he is recording the video you see the time of day change when she is sat crying you can see the shadows on the floor move as time passes, nice detail but it does make it seem she got over it quickly if you don't notice it

[@J.P1981]

The story cinematics for characters that were released in the first two years of Overwatch almost got me to play the game despite never having played a game like this before. That's how good the cinematics are. Never did cause I was told numerous times I should play it on a PC, and I still don't have one.

[@dragonforcegaming6973]

I feel sorry that you never got to experience Overwatch "1". The game is shell of itself because corporate greed and MONEY.

[@secicu]

They are so.. Astoundingly good its absurd, like... It is quite baffling with all the great story its not a show or movies! These are so, so much better than the games its ridiculous! Certainly at this point, when they have completely ruined the game The lore is still strong i would argue, and the Cinematics stand on their own 💯☀️👍 one million percent! I still regularly watch reactions to them They game may not be worth it anymore, but the vids? Definitely, absolutely are!! Straight Pixar Disney and more quality at times. No cap.

[@Dznts1234]

Too bad the game is in a horrible state right now. Playing tank sucks and nobody wants to, support is being dragged down with it too

[@SirBroadcast]

@@dragonforcegaming6973 Yeah. I started getting back into it and then they dropped "2" and it just ruined my drive to play.

[@umbles7007]

@@Dznts1234 Yeah, not to mention, the matchmaking has been so lopsided lately. Either getting stomped or stomping, not much competitiveness.

[@Ludovit110]

I just realized that Winston saved Mei by broadcasting that recall message, which prompted the computer to wake her. And as some chatter pointed out, she was mourning at least for several hours based on the shadows.

[@azurebalmung4520]

"I know you come here every year, on the same day" And yet their security is THAT sparse?!

[@sciarpecyril]

I don't think they really care for the old castle, as all they had there is bunch of guards. No lieutenants, no bosses, no equipment or infrastructure. Just token security.

[@thanotosomega]

Maybe they had a heavy hitter in reserve and that's who the walkie talkie dude was trying to contact but Genji got them first,

[@camilasantiago1758]

Quick little lore drop: Widowmaker’s husband worked for Overwatch but she was kidnapped and experimented on to become a living weapon, she escaped but the experimentation corrupted her and she murdered her husband while he was asleep and went back to finish her experimentation. There’s also a voice line between Soldier 76 and Widowmaker that goes: Widow: “Was the Lily on Geráds grave yours?” Soldier: “You know we were close” Widow: “Not close enough to know he preferred Roses”

[@shadowman7307]

"You're ever feeling angry, just go touch grass. Nature heals." Sage words from Ant right there.

[@Raskilion]

"You literally watch anime for a living" Actually she IS anime for a living

[@engineergaming3830]

There's a Widow voiceline when she kills tracer "At least you took the bullet this time"

[@Spark_Guerra]

the writers were the only ones left who actually cared about this game

[@Madmidget]

And then they were fired by Microsoft

[@Shirospyre]

Nah, the devs cared too, but management kept interfering and forcing them to implement stuff and then changing their minds about it.

[@sergeyromanchenko714]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="798">13:18</a> I don't know much, but here's what I know: Reaper was a part of Overwatch (you can see him on a photo earlier, he stands showing his back), a leader of Blackwatch (a part of Overwatch, which sorted out, well, dirty works). Those two group always had issues, but when the influence of Overwatch had become weaker, Blackwatch started "a civil war" within the organization, which was the reason why those group collapsed. Gabriel Reyes (a real name of Reaper) was fatally injured and Moira saved him by making him the mist we all know. So when Talon ask to join them, Reaper agreed.

[@thatotherguy4728]

From what I remember black watch didn’t really cause a civil war which lead to the Petra’s act, what happened was black watch was supposed to do like undercover scuffed stuff but there was drama between Jack (soldier) who was the leader of overwatch and Gabriel (Reaper) who was the squad leader of black watch about some of the stuff they were doing. Eventually the head of black watch was assassiated by his wife (widow) who was brainwashed by talon and the black watch was like uh uh fuck that and went to get revenge but ended up causing an explosion which wasn’t exactly covert so people found out about black watch and a bunch of their scuffed missions got exposed so overwatch as a whole got shut down, idk how or when reaper joined talon tho

[@bthsr7113]

Gabe got mad about what happened to his friend. Real mad. He told the Blackwatch team they would follow orders and do a stealth extraction, even as Cassidy wanted desperately to go on the actual attack. And when they had the target, Gabe blasted him out of a window at full volume. This set off a running battle with Talon through the streets of Venice... this black mission turning into a dangerous spectacle got Overwatch clamped down on by the UN, and was basically the penultimate strike on the deepening wedge between Gabriel and Jack (Soldier 76). On the last day of Overwatch, Gabriel and Jack fought as Overwatch HQ blew up around them, both assumed lost in the event until Soldier 76 came onto the big scene and Reaper was identified. And their history goes even farther back, with both being products of the same super soldier program, but Jack getting a more stable later iteration while Gabe eventually needed Moira to "Fix" his treatment.

[@DR_REDACTED]

Widowmaker's backstory is actually so damn sad and tragic. in her former life, Widowmaker was married to Gérard Lacroix, an Overwatch agent spearheading operations against the Talon terrorist organization. After several unsuccessful attempts to eliminate Gérard, Talon decided to change its focus to his wife, Amélie. Talon operatives kidnapped her and subjected her to an intense program of neural reconditioning. They broke her will, suppressed her personality, and reprogrammed her as a sleeper agent. She was eventually found by Overwatch agents, apparently none the worse for wear, and returned to her normal life. Two weeks later she killed Gérard in his sleep. Her mission complete, Amélie returned to Talon, and they completed the process of turning her into a living weapon.

[@DR_REDACTED]

Jack Morrison enlisted in the United States military when he was eighteen. His bravery and work ethic earned him the attention of the "soldier enhancement program" so he is like Captain America but with a gun and more willing to kill. After the downfall of Overwatch he became a vigilante and now saw no reason not to kill all those who see saw as bringing Overwatch down.

[@kasendaniel3896]

Oh the days long gone, a time long abandoned. What a sad tale, once promise abundance now reduced to a shell of what could’ve been

[@someGuy-kl7cb]

to explain overwatches cinematic universe, its basically the entire world is represented, which is why the cast is so diverse, but there ARE some main plot points: old overwatch: a group of ex mercinaries, most of them are retired, or off doing other things, they had a sub-division called blackwatch which genji, moira, reaper(previously reyas), cassidy) all fell into, and they all delved into more...shady stuff, but after blackwatch was outed for their shadier antics, overwatch as a whole got targeted. new overwatch: winstons desire to bring back the name "overwatch" led to him recruiting a bunch of new and old faces to help save people again. talon: we don't actually know much about talon, but they are the big oppressive force. null sector: the creators of the "omnic crisis" a "God program"(sentient supercomputer) called anubis took over a bunch of omnics and declared war unto the world. null sector now, follows ramattra and other null sector leaders causing chaos, a second villain group that is working with talon. these are the prime four things you need to know about overwatches lore...but theres a LOT of stuff not related to either. iris: someone omnic monks like zen worship, said to give omnics sentience. junkers: borderlands. thats basically all you need to know, a bunch of scavengers lost their homes due to the omnic crisis, creating a home of omnic hating dirty people who love scrapping for the title of "king of the junkers" deadlock gang: cassidys group of bandits, ruled by ashe. thats all we kinda know about them. vishkar: using stolen tech by lucios father, vishkar is a sketchy company, designed to try to improve life, but has odd connections to talon. shimada/hashimoto clans: a group of magic(?) users who harness the power of the dragons. uhh...yeah, those dragons are actual magic, theres prob a better explanation, but thats the "Canon" we have been given about how kiriko's and likely the shimada dragons work. these are the "Bigger" lore aspects that aren't exactly tied to overwatch or talon. this isn't even touching on the smaller stuff, but these are the main story points to understand overwatch and its world building.

[@lucasbroome1048]

In the Mei cinematic, she actually spent two time skips crying. We see it because the shadow on the ground moves twice as she's balled up

[@AdmiralHawkes64]

Sad thing is you can't even play the original Overwatch anymore and what's worse is that the developers can't seem to do anything but make poor decisions that are running Overwatch 2 into the ground.

[@drakekalluna8150]

"I have been called, I *must* answer. Always." is my favorite line from any of the cinematics. He's still trying to live up to being the man Balderich knew he could be.

[@rpgrage7711]

3 PARTS? Hell yeah overwatch may be ehhhhh but i still love the cinematics

[@Roach_Dogg_JR]

I honestly love how ant sarcastically makes fun of every single cliche moment, meanwhile Alicia is so fully invested and loves every corny line.

[@radioactiveassassin5218]

"You know what, I don't remember this trailer. I've only ever seen one trailer and it's the one where Tracer's inside of a museum." DUDE!

[@sorapool1450]

my dumb thoughts girl: "You saved me, why" 76: "Monkey" 🤣🤣

[@iainmcdonalds4018]

"I have been called, I must answer...always." Is one of my favourite tropes in media. It almost always signifies someone who is at their core is humble. Even Reinhardt, who is loud, boisterous and larger than life is someone who would likely gladly give his life for a single innocent person with not one person acknowledging his sacrifice. It doesn't matter he was betrayed, it doesn't matter if the world sees him as a bit of a corny joke, it doesn't matter that his battered body is barely holding on. He has been called to help those who need it. And he *must* answer.

[@zydrakeshogun]

I've never played overwatch for a few reasons. But I always enjoyed the cinematics. And roasting them a bit.

[@Urbancowboyninja]

In the Widow cinematic, if someone’s in my secure channel and telling me to get my VIP client out of there while not identifying themselves, I’m assuming it’s a trap. I’m definitely not taking their word for it immediately which is exactly why that guys tells the rooftop teams to check in and confirm what’s happening

[@TheSwagMessiah69420]

Man, overwatch fell off so hard, like from the top of Mt Everest to the bottom of the Mariana Trench

[@ImmaLittlePip]

Meanwhile TF2 just banned a ton of its bot hosters and botters so we thriving lmao But sucks what Blizzard did to OT

[@OtomostheCrazy]

“I wonder what the motivation is for Reaper and Widow”, that is stuff you’ll need to read the comics for… or else look up a video on them.

[@judie6727]

Still upset they never ended up making a Overwatch show at their peak popularity cause now other than animations I have no interest in Overwatch 2.

[@thanotosomega]

Blizzard has repeatedly pointed out that making long form content at the quality level of their cinematics is not financially feasible, since costs don't just scale in a linier fashion it goes up exponentially as you get more and more stuff that needs to be redone or scrapped the longer it gets,

[@andrewstephens1531]

That first trailer was the literal first reveal of overwatch to the world. It set the hype train to turbo speeds

[@maitre-shifu12]

There are so much details in the Reinhardt cinematic that make it incredible Like Rein says "die with glory" twice in answer to his master's line, but you can clearly see that it's only the second time that he understands the real meaning behind the words, then he gives his hammer meaning he's giving up on his reckless nature to go save his squad this time, Balderich's little smirk after this interaction and his little shoulder movement in relief when he understands he passed his coin (and his whole legacy, probably) to the right person... Then Balderich gets rid of a whole army of omnics who are clearly too strong for him while being damaged enough to know he's not getting out of this castle alive and probably poisoned (looks like it) and still finds the energy to die on the throne, because "dying in glory" means fighting until your last breath And the last line straight up means "I still haven't forgiven myself for this moment and I'll do whatever it takes so my master's death won't be in vain, so I must continue fighting to save lives" because that's what "living with honor" means It's like they weren't just saying their motto out loud for fun. It's like Reinhardt finally understands that his master was commanding him to live with honor, so he accepts his sacrifice and asks him to die with glory, because he values him as a great warrior, but also as a friend. And because Balderich honored his side of the deal and "died with glory", Reinhardt now has no choice but to "live with honor" and going back to Overwatch. It's just beautiful. And it's why brig doesn't understand why he's going back to Overwatch, because she's too young for this and he wants to preserve her as long as possible, but you can bet that he knows he will one day have to teach her the true meaning behind these words just like he learnt them from his master. It's just crazy how they can tell all that from one single 40 seconds interaction. And it's the reason why it's my favorite cinematic all games combined. Also the overwatch coin that Rein put on the throne's arm is also there in the map along the armor

[@nathanchavez6171]

Not even a second on screen and Ant coming in swinging😂

[@austinsebben1402]

What I recall of Widowmaker and Reaper’s motivations was she was kidnapped and brainwashed by Talon to murder her husband, the former leader of Overwatch and now lives for the thrill of the hunt, and Reaper getting caught doing black ops murder stuff was the reason the public demanded Overwatch be disbanded, so he ended up working for Talon but it’s unclear if he’s a double agent or loyal to them

[@jpjfrey5673]

There are a few cinematics missing. Shooting Star, Reunion, The Wastelander, Kiriko, Calling and A Great Day Character trailers for OW2 characters are also pretty fire, highly recommend for a potential part 2

[@FoldedBook80]

Love the cinematics for OverWatch specifically between genji and Hanzo. A tale between Brothers growimg up in a strict family. If the roles were switched? What would play out?

[@jdogx211]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1380">23:00</a>, Tracers booty did cuase some PROBLEMS when ghe game first came out.

[@AoiHoshiHime]

"The Last Bastion" is my favorite short ever. It has this Ghibli-esque feel to it when Bastion is in the forest, very peaceful where he is traveling to his destination yet observing nature with curiosity and respect, then I feel a bit of The Iron Giant in it when he switches to his gatling mode and when his bird buddy comes back at the end. I'm reminded of Hogarts' quote "Guns kill and you are not a gun. You are what you choose to be." I just can't express how much I like this short. Every single one of them is fantastic on its own, but this one has just a special place in my heart...

[@DarkestNova556]

What’s funny is that Genji is only stronger than Hanzo because of his cyborgs enhancements.

[@lectro_legendary_electroni1852]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="330">5:30</a> ngl I wanted to see this kid come back in some shape or form. I always thought he could be a new hero, maybe him and his brother would work like ashe and Bob. Meh just a desire from years ago.

[@hezder4607]

I always like to point this out! On the scenamatic with Genji and Hanzo. Hanzo brought out a feather as a tribute, it is a Sparrow feather. The cool thing about that is Genji nickname when he was young is Sparrow (Evident with the Sparrow skin in game and additionally with Genji dropping the feather when he jutsu out of there). That means, to me atleast, even though there's this big fight and misunderstanding between them, their brotherly love with one another transcends all of that. MANNN I LIKE THIS LORE OF THIS GAMEEEE

[@adampatterson2195]

With Bastion (robot) the lore is that his model had an AI programming that was made to constantly evolve. Bastion was dormant, but his programming kept going until he eventually developed a personality similar to that of a young child, hence his curiosity.

[@Cyber_N-7660]

This has got to be the BIGGEST COINCIDENCE I have experienced yet, cuz the video suddenly stopped and started loading exactly at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="3454">57:34</a>, I checked my WiFi and it was disconnected for having bad connection. It felt like she actually hacked my phone through the screen 😆

[@dragonqueen1474]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="3134">52:14</a> That awkward moment when your wardrobe is almost entirely Black & Purple 😳

[@hornherodog]

The ReinHart cinematic is easily one of the best/my favorite of all the cinematics

[@Bakakam7]

Bastion and illiari's cinematic are my favorites 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@cmrobbins88]

I have never played Overwatch but I love these cinematic trailers and the Dragons one is my favorite. Brothers-to-enemies is a badass story trope when done right and this did excellent for how short it is.

[@KishoArima1975]

Fun fact those glasses that where crushed in the first one belonged to the gorilla (winston's) dead best friend who basically raised him as a father

[@FelbloodStreaming]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1500">25:00</a> Basically, after Overwatch offically broke up, some of the less ethically galvanized members turned to lives of crime. Since neither the vigilantes nor the criminals have a stronger claim to the name, both sides are technically Overwatch. The whole plot is basically Luca Turilli beefing with his former bandmates over the Rhapsody trademark.

[@SauceyRedHN]

God I love when content creators react to these, they're so good and it's cool to see people be surprised at just _how_ good they are.

[@Nostroman_Praetor]

A reminder that Soldier 76 is a 2020 kid, meaning whenever he says lines like "Was'poppin" he's not trying to be hip, he 's just saying stuff from his generation.

[@Billy_The_Frog]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="65">1:05</a>:30 Actually, if you look closely at the background, there's some changes in the environment shadows and her sitting position which i feel like was supposed to show time passing while she was crying. So i believe she supposedly cried for hours but it's probably too subtle to notice and that's why it looked like she accepted their deaths so quickly.

[@CertifiedSunset]

I've literally seen so many people react to the Overwatch cinematics that I thought this was a repost for a second lol!

[@SungJaeUng3]

"I would never use a tire swing in my living room." Uh, imagine getting railed in a tire swing. You'd totally use it all the time.

[@rafaelhuarte9645]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="78">1:18</a>:49 In fact everything on that map revolves around the commander's remains. In the description of the official trailer for the Eichenwalde map it says the following: "The site of one of the most famous battles during the Omnic Crisis, it was here that the leader of the Crusaders, Balderich von Adler, and a handful of his best soldiers made a last stand against an advancing automaton army. Outnumbered and outgunned, They were ultimately slain during the resulting combat. However, thanks to their valiant efforts, the German military was able to push back the omnic offensive and win the fight. On this map, one team must escort a battering ram to Eichenwalde Castle to reclaim Balderich's remains from their current resting place, while the opposing team does everything in its power to thwart the keep from being breached"

[@spacegremlin9972]

make sure to watch the shorter animatics, that explain the lore for some of the characters

[@thanotosomega]

Ant panicking over thinking snowball was gonna die was so sweet,

[@formorian5]

Unfun fact about Tracer, she carries a lot of guilt over Mondata's death. In OW1, she had a pre-match voiceline where she wonders if she should have died instead.

[@brakdoes8914]

Fun fact the last bastion is well animated cuz one of the animators died during its initial making

[@nublin2705]

this is the earliest ive ever been... I love the trailers and cinematics

[@RobotAGamer]

It’s wild that the voice actor for Reinhardt is also Revenant from Apex

[@-KurbZik]

Of course, of course. Fkin Soldier 76. A character who was supposed to embody all the (positive) masculinity of the Heroes of his time, but the "unexpected" change in the internal composition of Blizzard towards tolerance, the realization that the characters are very popular on "Specific" Internet sites, the flight of madness, and here we are, quite unexpectedly, it turns out that a Soldier, a Tracer, a Widow and someone else is a plus changed their orientation. Add to this a Community of approximately similar composition and the noise of shouting, and we will eventually get the reason why TF2 players laugh so fiercely at overwatch. And I'm in the company with them. I've never been a fan of Overwatch, but I recognized the beauty, advancement and "coolness" of this game, I even thought about buying it before, but how it all went... irrevocably refused. And looking at the modern Overwatch, I made the right choice. For me, in such games there will never be any orientation, diligence (religious, racial, gender, etc.). I came to play and relax, not to be interested in politics and the choice of someone there. This is a shooter, damn it. It's like if in the new Doom (about the Middle Ages) There would be Gay demons, and we wouldn'T have to kill them for that reason. Do you feel the level of absurdity?

[@bumplaygames4989]

Honestly my favorite part of the trailers is how they reflect in game , reins mentor final resting point is at the last point of the castle , hanamuras final point still has signs of genjis and Hanzos duel

[@The_Drawing_Dutchman]

Mei's cinematic reminded me of the time the Russian government forgot a soviet astronaut after the Soviet Union fell

[@johndunkelburg5143]

The very first cinematic came out before the official release of the original Overwatch game. It was supposed to get people interested in this new game that was intended to be TF2 but better.

[@danielnolt3518]

Can’t say I saw this coming, but I am so here for this!!!!

[@kinjiru731]

There's some great "origin" story videos they did, too, and one goes into Soldier's backstory.

[@AcadianBacon8]

The teenager in the first cinematic kinda reminds me of Jace Beleren, white and blue motif with the hoodie, broody teen.

[@Shrimp4Gura]

You know why Winston's voice is so good? Cuz its Crispin Freeman

[@BreadGuy01]

I remember always playing Reinhardt as a protector and keeping my team shielded and safe, even called the shots sometimes to help break the enemy lines. Then the cinematic came out and boy did I bawl at the story and get filled with pride that I was doing the lore proud with my playstyle. Such good times, until Blizzard decided to be public shitheels.

[@bthsr7113]

This is such a bittersweet nostalgia.

[@roadrollerda6285]

this is the content we would like to see

[@crash4271]

i love mei's cinematic but also iirc that base is in antarctica where the hell is she walking to 😭

[@katxiii3660]

Nice to see you react to these. The trailers are honestly the best part of the game, as sad as that is. If you're interested in more lore, consider watching the character intro shorts as well (mostly for the new characters added, but Tracer and Soldier have one too). They're not as visually stunning as the cinematics (for the most part, Doomfist's short is very cool), but they are interesting character- and story-wise.

[@zy8485]

It nice to see Ant doing more reactions with Alicia again ever since the JOJO series, brings me back to the early days of the channel two years ago

[@MeatSim9]

So glad Honor and Glory made it into this part of your reaction, as that and the Dragons are my two favorites.

[@the_enderslayer]

If you do want specific backstories, like the backstory for Soldier 76 like you mentioned, there are also Origin Story videos for a lot of the characters that are all like 1-3 minutes max, and there are a lot of compilations and playlists of those as well. Some of them have crazy production quality that slip into anime territory.

[@sirfishalot6782]

small note on the mei cinematic and you saying that she got over the deaths of her colleagues real quick, if you pay close attention you can see the time passing as she grieves by the passing of the pillar's shadow behind her. She is there for hours.

[@Tweedle-Stupid]

I got the dad sneezes going on right now. This is my sign to settle down

[@qeinz]

PTSD robot and siblings beef is the best for me

[@Sirscruggz]

Reinhard’s got some serious PTSD and survivors guilt after what happened in that battle

[@animehub6427]

OMG, I would KILL for you to watch the origin stories! They are basically trailers that delve deeper into specific characters backstories and how they came to be. They are really cool in my opinion!

[@phntmthf5505]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="64">1:04</a>:30 it’s not that Overwatch forgot about them, but rather that *very* shortly after being disbanded the Overwatch HQ was blown up by Reaper, who was at that point also a member of Overwatch (or rather their spec-ops unit named Blackwatch). The reason nobody could ever retrieve them is because the information about Ecopoint: Antarctica was destroyed alongside the HQ.

[@brakdoes8914]

It's so funny you called gibralter when you said that during recall, cuz recall takes place IN GIBRALTER

[@Neutral_Tired]

I couldn't tell you exactly wbat Reaper's motivation is but Widowmaker was kidnapped and brainwashed by Talon, the main bad guys. Her motive is whatever she's told

[@sayclown8260]

Will this also be including the comic-style character origin videos? They're not as flashy as the cinematics but they're still really fantastic!

[@Raven-zz4zt]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="842">14:02</a> Reaper: "if you want something done right"

[@Neutral_Tired]

They really should've just made an Overwatch TV show. These shorts are the best part of the game by a wide margin

[@DJOrbitDecker]

I shall patiently wait for Kiriko's cinematic because that shit goes so hard

[@karakiz5640]

I've been getting into overwatch these 2 weeks and didn't have the time to watch any cinematics until now

[@TheVector119]

In hindsight i think they should have left casidy named mcree, because now everytime i see the new name im just reminded of why they changed it

[@ThePhenomenalEX]

You're not wrong. I absolutely GET why it was changed, but if they hadn't changed it I doubt many people would even know what went on. Hell, I still find myself slipping and saying McCree occasionally. It was just so tied into his character.

[@TheVector119]

@@ThePhenomenalEX I still see merch like the nerf gun or the badge that still says mcree. I get that it was originally made before the name change but its just so typical of blizzard to only bother with changing the stuff that requires the minimal level of effort.

[@CrazeeAdam]

I mean. They just couldn't keep giving the person light though either. Keeping a popular central character in your name the name of a known assaulter.. To put lightly, is also not great.

[@CrazeeAdam]

Also not forgetting what happened is not necessairly a bad thing. The victims sure won't forget

[@claypigeon7063]

An easy fix would have been to have him change his name when he joined Overwatch. Have him start out as Jesse McCree during his days wiþ þe Deadlock gang, þen change his name to Cole Cassidy to symbolize leaving his old life behind.

[@tatsugiitsu]

ALICIA you should watch all the overwatch hero's origins!! they are pretty quick

[@jaylenharris343]

Reinhardt and Bastion are my favorite cinematic trailers.

[@aeviternity5817]

I think you should react to the other like hand drawn animated shorts/origin stories. it explains a lot about the lore and characters. plus you'll be missing out on the doomfist short which is one of the best ones. love the vids!!

[@ToyotaCorolla-en2mv]

They are so good at hooks for their stories, if only they were this good at followung through with anything but foreshadowing later characters like Echo

[@SwordTune]

Bastion came with PTSD pre-installed.