Overwatch Animated Short | "The Last Bastion"

Explore the origin story of Overwatch’s inquisitive transforming robot in our fifth animated short: The Last Bastion! Watch it now and then begin your watch: www.buyoverwatch.com
"The Last Bastion" follows the forgotten battle automaton, Bastion, as it unexpectedly reactivates after laying dormant in the wilderness for over a decade. Fascinated by its unfamiliar surroundings, the curious omnic begins to investigate, but quickly discovers its core combat programming may have a different directive...
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[@SqueebzEZ]

Would actually watch a 2 hour movie about Bastion and that bird

[@willropa4226]

Sorry, we gave that roll to a small, unrelatable, trash compactor robot. Maybe another day Bastion.

[@sparkweaver]

Jarrett Edwards So, WALL-E with birds?

[@SqueebzEZ]

Robbie Rotten More like Iron Giant with a bird instead of a boy and a far more interesting setting

[@jehodocarmo5441]

You mean Bastion and JonTron

[@Smart30701]

Jarrett Edwards ID BUY 27 COPIES

[@user-po9ts6dm7t]

Good work Mr.Woodpecker you just triggered a Vietnam flashback.

[@IsaiahINRI]

The Solution i knew someone would say this

[@bleach203]

The Solution XD

[@thegreatmonacage3782]

The Solution Please tell me that was a Brandon Rogers reference

[@dogwithhat947]

The Solution XD

[@overwatchplayofthegamesfai1424]

The Solution brandon rogers quote

[@Gusser51]

6 years later, now realising the title last bastion, isnt just about bastion being the last of his kind but also a bastion in the sense of a last hope for omnics

[@timesthree5757]

Monica can effing die.

[@ProbablyHanzo420]

What is omnics?

[@timmy2210]

@@ProbablyHanzo420 The Robots in Overwatch, Zenyatta and Ramattra for example

[@bingobango8168]

@@timmy2210 ironically bastion is not an omnic.

[@bingobango8168]

Not trying to invalidate your point but bastion isn't an omnic.

[@ngngye]

These animated shorts are like a time capsule of how things used to be. Like hanzo’s scatter arrrow, the self-repair arm bastion used to access the memories of the Omnic War is no longer a part of his kit in OW2.

[@dmruggabugga6270]

When you wave in sentry form he uses the repair hand as it's a reuse of assets from ow1

[@theyunvme]

Now bastion himself isn't in the game anymore

[@HelluvaGabbs0920]

@@theyunvme now he's back and no longer waves with the repair hand

[@thetruechadakas.l.e.t.h.2415]

@@HelluvaGabbs0920 yes he does. I just checked

[@Tucker619]

I miss OW1 bastion 😭😭

[@tfiggs4312]

he was covered up with all that moss and grass because he was camping in the corner too long

[@bvsed__god__6059]

lmfao!!

[@Young-fv7gt]

lol

[@itmeducky]

he was camping, and waiting, but the enemy team sucked so bad they couldn't even move the payload to the checkpoints.

[@lennienguyen]

lmao

[@Shnoz16taylor]

Best comment award goes to you.

[@aaries7828]

Cinematic: Kind angel In-game: emotionless killing macine

[@MagnusTonitrum117]

Alexisgay I mean, I’ve been both when playing Bastion

[@NigelGalah]

This is the origin story so he joined overwatch and probably has no choice

[@balls582]

That cuz he hears the woodpecker

[@NosticGames]

Ikr what an emotionless killing macine

[@ilikerain380]

LoL

[@quickfingers7062]

I love how in 6:09 they put the last bastion right in the dead center between the city and the forest. It symbolizes that it has a choice, really clever of the animation team!

[@johnderat2652]

Yes I noticed that too! Love that detail.

[@GamingBoyRishad]

yea i noticed that immediately

[@scuhbeefluff-leelufsk5198]

You have discovered cinematography

[@1watchall]

its a pretty up front detail :)

[@sul41m]

Also it stands in a way so that its hand is on the left side, and its gun is on the right. I see it as a symbolism, the hand is its sentient, "human" side, and the gun is its "follow orders" side.

[@kommiekoathanger1418]

Even after all these years the concept of a robot with ptsd still makes me cry so hard

[@phlanx9599]

For reals. It’s so sad

[@HypercatZ]

You sure remember E-102 Gamma

[@schandlicher-schubertverif9478]

Same

[@elissaforte]

I came here after watching "Sympathy for The Machine" From curious archive. The whole concept of a war machine refusing war is so poetic and sad at the same time.

[@ThePraetorianOfTerra]

Other games: "Gun is gun" Blizzard: "Gun has PTSD and moral dilemmas"

[@copcultofpersonality8223]

I'm fortifying this position, my primarch!

[@CausticEnjoyer]

Gun is robot

[@ware_dinner]

oh god who touched sasha?

[@ware_dinner]

*ahem* WHO TOUCHED MY GUN?

[@Kevin-rx7lm]

Makes sense in-universe too: Regular omnics are established as sentient, so omnium-made battle omnics with nothing but "shoot shoot shoot" in their initial programming would essentially be like newborn babies. Incredibly dangerous newborn babies with machine guns, but all the more reason to promptly administer "Look! A birdy!" therapy

[@kaiserxyozni4786]

The script for this video: Robot noises Bird noises

[@demon108hunter6]

Reptilian Gamer don’t forget woodpeckers and bullets

[@IPostMeAndMyFriendsRecordings]

Arsalan Khan And distant ptsd flashbacks.

[@thelegdendarytank1012]

Reptilian Gamer *GUN NOISES*

[@potatobob5781]

@@demon108hunter6 and happy music

[@ethand-db1hp]

Writers: is the most beautiful thing I’ve ever read the words are deep deeper than any blade

[@scurrystopthat9985]

A little birb snapped Bastion out of killing many many innocent lives. Thank the birb

[@Berd-Wasted.]

Cute BIrb.

[@spamtonwithagun]

good birb.

[@ganondorfkingofthegerudo5214]

We luv birb

[@SomebodiesWingman]

we love ganymede.

[@NuclearN]

Birb❤

[@exiao3549]

love how everyone thought of this when they saw the wild robot trailer

[@frankthepug9242]

Glad someone else realized that lol

[@lil_patrick]

I don't even know what this is, but this was recommended to me after I watched that trailer 😅

[@A-A-A-A-A-A]

Exactly...

[@Dr4gonS0u1]

That Robot Is Zog’s Brother At This Point

[@IcespherePlaysGames]

I came back here from a different video but thanks for recommending that one. It looks cool.

[@harryainscough2490]

That woodpecker just got play of the game

[@stormswagger7869]

NUR ZULAIKHA BINTI ABDULLAH - yes

[@lieutenantinsectoid9223]

NUR ZULAIKHA BINTI ABDULLAH - interesting how this time the REPLY got all the likes

[@mochey9537]

yes lol

[@aquacelot]

because it caused the bird's nest to get destroyed?

[@markanthony.]

I think the joke was that POTG sometimes seems to go to someone that did basically nothing.

[@masnopecivo6145]

No talk,but a lot of feelings...

[@sxxxysuccubus3716]

MasnoPecivo Right in the feels 😢

[@rainecloud8324]

MasnoPecivo Your profile pic sets the mood XD

[@Ag3nt-MC]

It’s why I love Walle-E!

[@yunantheobserver6841]

Sometimes, talking dilutes the purity of wonders.

[@Eucalyptus_The_RainWing]

Bastion is so wholesome

[@yogcast133]

Still insane to me that this is one of the most respectful and tasteful portrayal of PTSD out there

[@theflyingdutchmen5841]

3:43 even though he doesn't have a face you can still see the absoluut horror he is feeling

[@GhostelFaceMan]

The little subtle grasp of the hand at the air really emphasizes how bad he feels. Genuinely amazing work of fiction

[@duckietheduck]

He's so cute and peaceful except for when he gleefully blows my entire team to smithereens with no mercy after humming the victory tune

[@WilliamX5000]

That's Bastion for ya. He's considered as overpowered, but I wouldn't know myself. I never played OverWatch, but I really want to.

[@F1er]

William Crist erm... he was overpowered in the first year of overwatch, maybe, when no one knew how to fight him. Now? Honestly I think he’s the worst character in the game. He can dish out damage, yes, but with any coordination or like one ultimate your team should be able to dislodge a bastion.

[@zoroken2946]

Nick von Imhof not when the enemy team has a Reinhardt, Orisa, and Mercy protecting him. Makes it impossible to do anything about it

[@F1er]

Tyler Wheeler Tyler Wheeler there are a variety of things you can do. First off, dive comp works well. Simultaneously jumping on bastion with Winston, D.Va, and two flankers should be enough to dislodge him, especially with defense matrix available to eat up his return fire as you assassinate him. If you don’t want to do dive, you can also fight fire with fire and run a bastion and some shield tanks of your own, then just shred enemy shields and bastion faster than they can break yours. Junkrat helps with this because of his insane shield break, and mercy damage boost will help your bastion destroy shields faster too. Also Baptiste’s lamp is amazing because if you place it behind cover, your bastion gets 5 seconds of literal immortality during which he can melt the enemy bastion with no consequences. If you can’t kill the bunker comp with coordination alone, ultimates work. Dragonstrike and self destruct forces bastion to move or die, during which your team can rush him and kill him when he’s vulnerable while relocating. (Lucio speedboost is also useful here if you aren’t using dive heroes.) Sym’s wall can completely block his sight lines on you guys, EMP literally nullifies bastion AND all the shields protecting him, riptire can destroy they entire comp provided your junk is good enough to sneak it behind them, sound barrier or trans gives your team the tankiness to ignore his damage and outright kill him... the list goes on. The main reason bastion is annoying is not because he’s OP, but because countering him takes a lot more coordination than playing bunker with him. That’s why you see him in lower ranks but in higher ranks where people are able to work together more fluidly, he isn’t very good. Sorry for the essay lmao

[@duckietheduck]

@@zoroken2946 definitely not impossible. you just need coordination.

[@flame_warp]

This isn't Pixar quality. Pixar needs to get on Blizzard's level.

[@pickle.786]

Funny because no one compares them to DreamWorks (or other animators lol).

[@shropshirec]

+Pickle Johnson Dreamwho?

[@smmoom1212]

so true haha never noticed that!

[@emberthedragoness5386]

+Pickle Johnson probably cause pixar is the most famous/one of highest quality animators (note i said ONE of highest quality, i didnt say they are the best, so dont get your panties in a twist)

[@Plasmapause]

+Pickle Johnson Because other 3d movie animators don't hit the feels as hard as Pixar or this short.

[@Armorion]

6 years later this is still one of if not the best animated short they've ever created

[@FuknKms]

Makes me cry everytime

[@RileyWritey]

It is their best one. None of the others hit nearly as hard.

[@thetapperhatz_laboratories2574]

This is the best one in my opinion, followed closely by "Honor and Glory"

[@thatdudefromthehood2960]

imo the one for Sigma was better by a little bit, but this for sure take the second place

[@Armorion]

@@thatdudefromthehood2960 Creative? Absolutely better in my opinion. But animation wise? No

[@user-lf5hg6zg7o]

There was a time when Blizzard could really create masterpieces...

[@rogue9888]

*“The last bastion”, a bird who saved a city from complete genocide by stopping a insane robot.*

[@TheDunsparceGames]

more like robot with war ptsd after years of being deactivated going against its programming

[@hashteraksgage3281]

I bet that the army or the police would have destroyed it

[@spo_der5105]

Why need overwatch then if omnics like bastion can be dealt with easily

[@spo_der5105]

@@hashteraksgage3281 even though its 1 omnic

[@toxicdude868]

Detroit:Become Human

[@Vencarter]

I'd pay $18 to watch a full length overwatch movie.

[@FarremShamist]

I think they wanted to do a movie, but decided to make a game instead so they can have a reason to make all of these animations

[@kyotra]

Overwatch sprung from the remnants of a spiritual successor to World of Warcraft, actually.

[@revimfadli4666]

Farrem Shamist​​ from "So This Is Basically Overwatch": "You know how do we fund this? By making a *game*"

[@MightiestArm]

I would pay that much too, as long as they don't do what Warcraft did

[@str333tlvlxay]

any Overwatch fan would, guy

[@girthespurr418]

The shot at 6:09 just looks so amazing. It’s like he’s stuck between making a decision; passion or objective. Does he carry on the orders he was given as a machine of war and attack the city or does he retreat back into the calmness of nature in the forest?

[@CrazyMarc21783]

Robotic programming vs sapient consciousness

[@Industriajor]

that Ghibli landscape ... always works ... Thanks to Hayao Miyazaki

[@WhaleSharpie]

The typical dilemma of a DPS player, objective or frolic

[@zachsalter9314]

Honestly, this short has captured more of humanity than i think most movies ever will

[@sunsetdreamss]

AND THEN BLIZZARD DELETED HIM D:

[@Ori_Pay]

@@sunsetdreamss He's back now and rampaging the rank ;)

[@Rqine3131]

@@sunsetdreamss Bastion is back and dominating.

[@JotaP1n]

No dialogue, no facial expressions, all emotion. Still the best.

[@Friendly_Neighborhood_Edgelord]

agreed

[@lonelystarboy]

JPin Good choice of words . . .

[@praiseit4805]

*Show, don’t tell*

[@Friendly_Neighborhood_Edgelord]

Agreed

[@curtisbilly1569]

You seen Dragons?

[@qahnaaris8957]

So bastion is a PTSD robot and when something triggers him he kills my entire team

[@Dawnseeker_Ch]

Sorry, Was just putting the finishing touches on my turret. She's a beauty, just finished putting on some polished wood paneling too.

[@danieldo8859]

Is it him that's triggered or you?

[@GTBAnime]

Yes, my team is full of peckers ;)

[@trippydasnek4230]

robots cant have ptsd its in his programing. Gunshots= high alert

[@Nolfinkol]

You forget that Bastion is an omnic which are robots so advanced they claim to have souls and real emotions hence the Widowmaker short showing people with omnic partners in relationships.

[@RC_studios]

This character is literally the only reason why I played overwatch when I was younger

[@internetexplorer7724]

Amo este personaje!! Muy emotivo vídeo

[@alexhyatt7541]

The Wild Robot (2024)

[@frankthepug9242]

Glad someone else realized that lol

[@slimeghost103]

I think they literally predicted the future

[@utkarshchandel8149]

Yay 💯 now

[@jared1370]

Dammit blizzard we're supposed to hate this toaster not get emotionally attached to him

[@user-pn2fx7gr8s]

bastion is too cute ;~; i want bastion mini figure

[@kyusungkwon8036]

omg i can just imagine that

[@duyenvo3150]

No one can really hate that adorable robo... Even if he's really dangerous in-game. =w=

[@W0lfscythe]

nope. still hate him

[@vanveenendaal_2970]

lol

[@TheHolyToaster]

“What if a gun had a soul? And didn’t want to be a gun?”

[@sqoualalaobikord9690]

Iron giant reference ?

[@TheHolyToaster]

@@sqoualalaobikord9690 :)

[@isaned]

*laughs in MEGATRON!*

[@GoklasM]

It's actually the question for Big Boss.

[@kevincuddlefish9648]

achivment aquired. *self aware gun*

[@paulhawkins4507]

Iron Giant meets Walle comes immediately to mind. Animation is superior, from character & background development to execution of cinematic direction. Excellent handling of sensitive subject matter that only those that have experienced, can fully comprehend. Kudos on a jobs well done!

[@aquilesgarciaperez5918]

Bastion, the Iron Giant, Bumblebee and Wall-E will become best Friends for sure.

[@Jone_V]

@@aquilesgarciaperez5918 yes

[@DKC196]

Watching this six years ago, I didn’t really have a personal connection to this masterpiece. But after having gone through my own trauma and still recovering from it, this cinematic pulled at heart strings I didn’t know I still had and I admit I cried heavily. All it takes is one person who cares to help guide you back from the path of self-destruction, and to help you take the first step in seeking healing.

[@totpotator]

Thank god I studied English, now I can understand this video without having to find Korean subtitle.

[@duyho3247]

Hahaha

[@andrueis]

Ay

[@Weolson]

there was no talking

[@pugler20]

Sherlock? Is that you?

[@Abo39FooR]

it adds to it that this comment have 69 likes looooooool

[@andrewdonnelly939]

We gonna talk about how that city might have been saved by a bird.

[@tfox4301]

No

[@qarasmatic_2680]

1 bastion couldn't take the entire city

[@johanrodriguez2121]

Qarasmatic _ considering that he is a weapon of war he probably could have taken down have the city

[@dragonboi6744]

Qarasmatic _ the city wouldn’t have been expecting it They would have no forces prepared for it They would’ve been able to call people but the city would’ve taken heavy blows by the time they came

[@qarasmatic_2680]

@@dragonboi6744 A bastion does not even have the fire capability of a tank even with his 'ult'. Sure many would die but you kind of underestimate the police force. Keep in mind the police still have access to a decent arsenal and could even spring in an ambush, not to mention the bastion is probably weakened and is rusty so it would be so easy for bullets to pierce its body

[@AwesomeDr111]

I like how if someone doesn't know the character, they wouldn't see he has a huge gun on his back until he actually starts firing. Then the moss covering it is gone for the rest of the animation.

[@SilviaLikesCherries]

This is why they should've just made OW a series/movie.

[@bees8390]

Fun fact: they actually got the gun sound right While bastion has a minigun, his actual in game rpm is 1800, which is the same as the mg42, which sounds exactly like the gun in the cinematic Normally movies/shows make miniguns with actual higher rpms sound like this, but blizzard surprisingly got it right

[@Giga-GOD]

Turns out that Bastion has major PTSD.

[@rutriggereddrinksomebleach357]

That One Guy Yes. THEY LITERALLY MADE A ROBOT THAT CAN EXPERIENCE PTSD!! I think it went like: Programmer: Let's make a robot... Builder: Okay, sure! Programmer: ... Make it experience PTSD. Builder: Why...? Programmer: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@zacharyhenderson367]

it's not PTSD he's having that robot's memories

[@a.a.j.9621]

Actually, it is. The woodpecker's repeated pecking which echoed in the woods triggered it, making him believe he was taking part in a firefight. After he's recovered, he's then horrified by his actions.

[@masterofthelyokianmonsters2886]

The Lich poor bastion.

[@dragonrage500]

its actually kinda sad in a way :/ they make him seem very gentle then show that even a machine can have ptsd.

[@redsniper6965]

***Overwatch Animated Short | "Play of the Game"

[@beboopblep1182]

I'm done.

[@nathansim7844]

Mows down 60 Reinhardts

[@joshlynn6195]

rip in peeperoni

[@pingpong1138]

hahaha

[@foxtrot8351]

i cant stop laughing help me

[@usmanamin8859]

I like it how animators uses the weather as a representation of bastion. At 5:50 u can see darkness overwhelming but the when the bird comes there is a ray of light(hope)

[@fatnootz3466]

The way the entire forest is baked in darkness when his PTSD takes hold after the entire scenery was so bright and beautiful was an amazing shift of tone.

[@bradleythomas3]

I never noticed before, but it looks like Bastion has a 4 leaf clover near his reset button at the start, a sign of good luck for him being reactivated. Really cool.

[@jusa297]

Bastion and his 'Nam flashbacks

[@rprules]

i know! PTSD can be coded - and apparently uncoded by bird squeaks

[@jusa297]

+Austin Johnson gg ez *Filter activates* OH NO PROBLEM, I WE CAN STILL LAUGH AT IT!!

[@OUTSKATE69]

+Lìu because it was one of the most brutal wars with out a good reason to fight for and the only war America pulled out of

[@ferromoan]

i said that lol still funny because your name and profile pic

[@Geddian]

If World War II was an epic, the Cold War was a spy thriller and the Korean War was an action film, Vietnam would be a horror. It's synonymous with insanity in war for a reason.

[@shyfrog3731]

Nobody: Blizzard Writers, smoking crack: "Alright, so there's this tank, right? And it has an emotional support bird to help with its PTSD."

[@spencerberry755]

If it aint broke don't fix it

[@brandiwilson1269]

Spencer Berry it is.... bastion is

[@papbappow]

you put the exact words i was thinking off in post lol ty

[@dragonlord1935]

Use Of "Tobacco"

[@neonpurplecake7160]

Yes absolutely,lol

[@logeyperogi1805]

A robot with non human characteristics that displays emotion and loves and cares for animals? Already my favourite character

[@AIC_onyt]

and really good ingame. M I N I G U N

[@paulofreitasgt]

So like 16

[@josephcasper8803]

He has a hand?

[@KeyTryer]

Wow The Wild Robot looks sick.

[@bouncybubble]

Well there were also the books

[@Hudson316]

@@bouncybubble the books came out like... 5 months before this short, which is pretty close

[@shelchel9168]

Was hoping someone would be here thinking the same thing 😂

[@MrMattogreen25]

And suddenly the world started hating Bastion that much less...

[@grey3247]

Matt Britton lol

[@TimeLordNivek]

Matt Britton peeper fish

[@PapaTom.]

This changes NOTHING!

[@TheGamingAddict445]

Matt Britton yup

[@Hunter-lj9qq]

Bastion needs to be buffed

[@pepsiman397]

Play of the Game Bastion as Bastion ELIMINATED Tree ELIMINATED Tree ELIMINATED Tree ELIMINATED Tree ELIMINATED Tree ELIMINATED Tree ELIMINATED Tree

[@calamity5222]

True i was gonna say that

[@jgtysoniii]

So true xD

[@danieldiaz5503]

Lol

[@nobletaco2188]

EPIC Bee Do Bo Dee Do

[@cacatua2429]

TREE KILL

[@blue_flames9116]

After watching the wild robot trailer I was brought back to this master piece.

[@greywolf1154]

Watching this and glory and honor really showed me that this game could have had one of if not the greatest story’s of all time. It suck’s blizzard is so greedy and so incompetent they have to give us a small PVE mode instead of a full blown story…

[@xxacantheaxx7756]

Absolutely. It's a shame what Blizzard has become

[@Fyrebrand18]

Here's what I learned. The only thing keeping Bastion from going on a psychotic, murderous rampage of destruction, is that bird.

[@maxharra8676]

Maybe he should take meditative lessons from Zenyatta.

[@TheVengefulVadam]

Bastion is JonTron confirmed.

[@PLMNOAH]

+Nojatha XD I actually laughed so loud

[@spacewolf4144]

ikr

[@meowwoof7387]

He wears that programming out by playing Overwatch o3o

[@aafish804]

Two bastion turrents vs Rienhardt shield. R.I.P Rienhardt

[@dmarcuswaterbury338]

that wasn't Reinhardt

[@plasmabt9647]

God your spelling is bad.

[@vamporeon9451]

2? Wasn't there Hundreds of E-54 Units?

[@GrassKnotts]

Nah, Balderich was dead by that point, he died at Eichenwalde.

[@padillamanuel4321]

That is a complete lie.. (Aks)

[@KAKATCam]

What a cool new character! I can’t wait for them to release him!

[@SKull0856]

On over watch 2?

[@KAKATCam]

@@SKull0856 What do you mean Overwatch 2? Overwatch released only recently, they couldn’t have made a sequel to a game that was released less than a month ago.

[@SquishyPiGeon]

Overwatch was released in 2016 and Overwatch 2 has been released this year

[@KAKATCam]

@@SquishyPiGeon What are you on about? There is no Overwatch 2, Overwatch is a newly released video game. Whatever you were playing in 2016, it wasn’t Overwatch. Could you have possibly been playing Apex Legends at the time instead?

[@nicholasjonas2505]

@@KAKATCam nice troll

[@scarletsky2614]

I would literally watch a 10 hour movie of just bastion exploring the woodlands.

[@jackyboi1235]

Bastion when he isn't fighting: animal crossing Bastion when he hears a woodpecker: DOOM eternal

[@FitzIsBetterThanYou]

Doom eneral

[@FitzIsBetterThanYou]

Baston

[@jackyboi1235]

@@FitzIsBetterThanYou wow

[@destroyer7713]

Let the dark harvest begin

[@rebel6809]

Lol

[@ayefkay]

Blizzard should make an Overwatch animated movie, who's with me?

[@vsarachnos5414]

it would cost too much

[@marcbousaleh]

It would be worth it though

[@Tripas350]

After the Warcraft movie? Better not, just let them stick to what they do best.

[@Codex_0613]

warcraft movie is a live-action animated = CGI get your facts straight, they'd do wonder if it's animated movie

[@Joeystick]

Pixar says hi. And btw, Warcraft WAS a success. Just not domestically.

[@Davemyguy]

After the new overwatch shorts I believe omnics show a red glow when they choose to continue working with Anubis and a blue glow when they choose to live a new life, so when bastion flashes red it is not because his programming is taking over, it's because he's following anubis' orders. Even though anubis is long shutdown at this point it's orders are still there and therefore bastions eye turns red when following said order. I like this idea because it means instead of bastion being controlled by his programming it means bastion is struggling to decide whether he wishes to continue their original war or wether he wants to work for peace. Or red just means grr I'm violent

[@siulyeoj]

Is anubus still even in the overwatch lore?

[@Davemyguy]

@@siulyeoj what?

[@hihigocat]

@@siulyeojyeah its never left

[@empiretoday-mr6mg]

6 years later and this short still makes me tear up like a baby

[@Levipettersen]

How can beep boop boop beep be so emotional?

[@magosd0minus]

Beep Beep :-(

[@TheGreatUtubeIan]

beep boop son, beep boop

[@oblivionblood8129]

+TheGreatUtubeIan xDDDD

[@muzammilhalim3188]

You mean beep beep beep boop boop?

[@cavalcadeofbobs3559]

SCIBBLE DE DOO BAP BIDDLE DE SKIDDLE BE BAP BE BOOP BEEP BOP SCIBBLE DE BAP!!!

[@vidsterlol]

bastion in this short: me: aww so cute bastion in game: me: *die in a fire*

[@jusjusgamer6736]

More like a die in a storm of bullets

[@rippedphrog6027]

bastion more like whywouldyoudothatyoufreakingidiotiwasgonnagetplayofthegameandthenyouhadtokillmewhydoyoudothistomeWHYtion

[@b-squad2185]

@@rippedphrog6027 hshssbsysushxhsyshwjwujwsshshwwoggjhb

[@fatgaypeinguin131]

bastion: hihi gun go brrrrrr

[@ethanlauder4887]

First match: I need to get rid of these stored bullets somehow. Riddling your body with them should do the trick.

[@jakehine6829]

Dream works pictures coming out with Wild Robot. This is gonna make everyone cry

[@adrianandrade315]

Bastion in ow 1: I might be broken but I will fight for what I believe in Bastion in ow2: I'm literally broken so they had to remove me from the game

[@doggo3354]

It was a mortar bug You were only supposed to fire 3 shots but people managed to find a bug where they could fire close to 18 They had to remove it so they had time to find the faulty code

[@ashb712]

Bastion is the best Disney Princess.

[@eggsacuteme3456]

The movie will end in 2 minutes, the ending is him killing everyone

[@Adrian-qm5gh]

yes

[@head.less17]

Bastion, the Bipolar Princess.

[@psycmajor]

I hope so

[@chromepaintaddict9787]

The credits is just "Play of the game"

[@thunder8585]

Can we get a movie with the full story of over watch?!!!!

[@thunder8585]

Like so they can see!

[@bendfi674]

needs to be from blizzard and not from some other directors, yet full animation no real people.

[@thunder8585]

yes i agree

[@Bennim]

YES PLEASE

[@scwushy223]

please

[@user-xo9ti4dc6c]

Still insane to me that this is one of the most respectful and tasteful portrayal of PTSD out ther

[@rang4889]

3:38 I legit thought he shot the bird. I was cryin

[@Loecraft]

Dammit Blizzard we get it, you animate better than pixar

[@spantzz_5284]

Ikr!

[@QueenAlexia88]

SOOOO TRUEEE THEY CAN BE EASY AN ANIMATION STUDIO

[@erroldrommond9149]

siting and waiting for the overwatch movie. any moment now .....

[@ScuzzyAmv]

Animating a movie compared to an animated short is pretty different. Either way, it is great though.

[@Pysaxc]

now they'll be the new disney partner :D

[@hatemylife112]

"Woodpeckers imitate the sound of machine gun fire to trigger Bastion's Vietnam War flashbacks."

[@TycoAnimations]

top comment award

[@ThatSpecificIndividual]

*Omnic crisis.

[@toasterqueer]

Taking "TRIGGERED" to it's former meaning, and lethal level

[@joeyvalenzo2833]

Nam flashback

[@2urh]

Hey I would be scared too if I heard gunshots in the distance, PTSD or not

[@Kazual_D_Arty]

6 years later, this cinematic still makes me cry

[@gion1988]

you autistic?

[@eponymouselias]

I’m just getting into OVW and my friend sent me a playlist of cinematics to watch and needless to say I did NOT expect to be sobbing at 11 in the morning over a robot with ptsd and his emotion support bird

[@jay_ender]

Not a single line of dialogue and yet this short has more passion and emotion than a lot of full length movies.

[@CallmeFluffy_]

Reminds me of the first part of WALL-E last of his kind and only ambient sounds

[@Seineica]

Ikr

[@DrAnimePhD]

Silent movies are a genre that needs to come back. There's so many ways you can explain a narrative and create emotion without speech.

[@tomdawson4182]

twighlight

[@ink3988]

It's like wall-e, but with no dialogue

[@BulletShaba]

Bastion. What if Wall-E was armed to the teeth and had ptsd.

[@primary9154]

Ur comment is a godsend

[@nourikohli7228]

BulletShaba I too got reminded of wall-e

[@paulinenguyen8000]

BulletShaba Bastion is basically a bigger and more dangerous version of Wall-E

[@supermelonbread]

Wall-E is deadly ok. Wall-E has a trash compactor.

[@Metruzanca]

Pretty sure he's inspired by the iron giant movie

[@rodsouza001]

The Wild Robot.

[@Testsubject276]

You too huh?

[@Skoopman]

In August, this cinematic turns 8 years old. Wow.

[@Serrot304]

imagine as soon as bastion wakes up he's bombarded with update notices Omg thank guys for all the likes(~￣³￣)~

[@Kotathhero]

Hey! I see you don't have Windows 10 yet what we to fix that?

[@Serrot304]

It seems like your weapon driver is out of date

[@chanlawrence7562]

you have 2000 updates that need to be installed

[@dannyobrien4569]

Would you like to upgrade to configuration: tank? Yes Absolutely Definitely

[@SmawCity]

+Chan Lawrence Estimated time remaining: 3780 Hours

[@ProtoTypeFM]

So instead of nerfing him they want to make Bastion players feel bad for forcing a ptsd-suffering pacifistic robot into committing genocide? GG Blizzard, GG.

[@ectoplasm8886]

i think its more to make people hate bastion mains less

[@joshuakim5240]

You know, the more that i think about it, the more i realize that in any Overwatch match, Bastion is probably the most miserable since he's likely stuck in a PTSD-induced nightmare hallucination for the duration of the match.

[@Akai93]

They have no reason to nerf Bastion though since he has the most counters and is almost never picked in competitive.

[@majorblues1128]

Good thing the matches aren't canon.

[@jeankil]

If you know which hero counters him he is easy to kill

[@marquesniekoley2887]

7 years later and still a master piece

[@glyyyn451]

The Wild Robot trailer brought me here. Thank you YT algo, I'm 7 years late but okay lol

[@TPDManiacXC626]

Same here. I think Bastion and The Wild Robot Roz are the spiritual children of The Iron Giant himself.

[@Haloguy7]

Bastion: *Joins Overwatch* All of his fallen robot comrades: "You've become the thing you swore to destroy!"

[@thatguywithahorsehead8319]

Halo guy 7 sometimes, the antagonist isn’t the bad guy, every villain is the hero of his own story

[@thatguywithahorsehead8319]

Arfi J well that was uncalled for

[@user-cr1hp5sd4w]

He didn t lol

[@evanellis9178]

I actually hope this happens, especially since it’s been established that bastion is currently with Torbjorn, and OW2 shows how overwatch is officially back.

[@tescovaluetissues2610]

It's said that you would destroy overwatch not join them!!

[@SeanTurle]

This should be one of those shortfilms they play before the viewing of a Disney movie.

[@literallynobody1223]

i cant unsee the "disney presents" instead of blizzard presents now

[@bornrevolution]

blizz cinematics blow those little pixar shorts out of the water.

[@scorchen7872]

hella agree w/ you

[@medicreaper7325]

agree this short film move every cell of my heart

[@PuffisSenpai]

Yes they should :D But we all know that this will never happen XD

[@eliburke2779]

I remember this era. The era when overwatch was one of the most respected and best games out there.

[@goblin8623]

Wow, how the times don’t change!

[@eliburke2779]

@@goblin8623 I’m guessing you’ve been living under a rock? I’m not saying overwatch is a bad game. It’s still very fun. But it’s reputation is less than a drug addict

[@goblin8623]

@@eliburke2779 do you mean blizzard or overwatch? Because the only gripes I’ve scene are blizzard making skins insanely expensive, not that gameplay is bad or anything

[@eliburke2779]

@@goblin8623 I mean both.

[@thericebowl5482]

Can we appreciate how realistic the bird is animated! Animating Animals is actually really hard

[@fredman2640]

Ok i gotta say this. There is nothing i want more than an Overwatch Pixar movie. PLEASE make this happen.

[@nolemon_]

Carl pixar... really?

[@fredman2640]

Kyrin Van Jura The art style of these animations looks to me as if pixar could make something great with them seeing as it's very similar.

[@ChrisBrawlingMedia]

Pixar can make some really good looking animations my dude

[@bryanvillacorta7514]

blizzard has proven already that they don't need Pixar to create incredible animations

[@ExodeOW]

Pixar makes animated movies focused mainly at children. I would also love an overwatch movie but Pixar wouldnt make a movie about animated guns. if blizzard gets enough money to make their own movie just like WoW movie

[@gabrielpetersen8528]

Imagine being just a regular infantry dude and there’s just a bunch of airships shitting out bastions along the horizon with literally no end in sight. How hopeless must you feel.

[@ethanlauder4887]

They drop to their knees and pray when the Orisa's start dropping in.

[@493HZ]

@@ethanlauder4887 LOL

[@willtron3000]

Bruh, 40k universe is gonna make you kack your pants

[@MolotovKiller]

In fact, that something really surprising me in this video. How desesperate was the situation to send infantry in an open field against thousand of Bastions? Even the fighters are ignoring the enemy mothership to engage in low flight the enemies in the ground.

[@agentc7020]

@@MolotovKiller I assume they couldn't evacuate the city in time and decided to take the battle on the outskirts rather than in the city itself, the crusaders worked as mobile defenses so that would have at least helped a bit and maybe the fighters didn't engage the motherships because the omnis had interceptors.

[@RoAF_Dev_Team]

I can't believe I have stumbled across this masterpiece once again. PTSD is no joke

[@willylamothe]

who's here because of The Wild Robot trailer?

[@MinersInTheMist]

I will never rage at Bastion the same way again!

[@kanizhousecleaning]

top ten lies told in history before suspect was taken away to custody

[@davidyeats8753]

Level 5 KZbin Hero he said the SAME way

[@renebross7307]

Bastion is my favorite character, which is why your ranked higher then me.

[@xotwod2985]

Miners In The Mist yes become one with the bastion

[@faithsoldaccount1478]

Miners In The Mist Same!!!

[@juanmanuelpenaloza9264]

Q: Do androids dream of robotic sheep? A: Maybe but we certainly know they can have PTSD flashbacks like it's 'Nam.

[@BenjiBlue]

Do I think? Does a submarine swim?

[@zekeo111]

Mmmmmmm.... techno lamb

[@matthewboan616]

the flashback was hilarious

[@Brian3642]

Blizzard next character: Deckard confirmed

[@owayyiedh1017]

69 likes

[@milky287]

the way the makers of this short can express so much with not a single line of dialogue is absolutely beautiful

[@theflyingdutchmen5841]

Or a face

[@Ag3nt-MC]

The wild robot reminds me a lot of this. Go check out the trailer for it by the way it’s so good.

[@thorn6067]

WHY IS THERE MORE SOUL AND EMOTION IN BASTION THEN ALL THE HUMAN CHARACTERS

[@Dessicator1]

Because all of the human characters in the game have mouths. And when they open those mouths, Blizzard's atrocious writing falls out of them.

[@sugoruyo]

Because they're losing theirs in the war while he's finding his after it...

[@levihofmann5875]

@@Dessicator1 I was going to say something similar. Characters who can't speak are forced to be more expressive through their actions and the way they interact with the world.

[@EvErLoyaLEagLE]

It's WALL-E with PTSD

[@akira4759]

sugoruyo wow thats an actual really good explanation

[@MaskedManMikeMD]

wait.. so that bird is the one thing keeping Bastion from killing all of humanity..

[@austinkershner7738]

Guess that's his stress ball

[@Boamere]

More like the bird stopped him from killing himself at the hands of pissed off humans

[@Yuraichu]

I think the bird reminds Bastion of peace

[@GeeMannn]

now i imagine bastion crushing random animals to ease his ptsd

[@repeaterlanes8024]

+BoonGamingYT Like a dove.

[@therealecho1]

When i was 9 years old i watched this 20 times i loved this animation. Then i finally found this so much memories brings back.

[@theman4648]

Now, it's been made into a movie

[@adrianherrera2542]

Disney Presents... Play of the game

[@Ausar_The_Vile1]

That's pretty good, I'd watch it

[@thegamezone4778]

Killer Wall-E

[@kerfuggle1759]

+MANLINESS Channel totally XD

[@changelingman9687]

LOL

[@spelguru]

You just have to use Magic...

[@jacobpacheco3165]

I KNOW I SAID I HATE YOU BASTION BUT I WAS WRONG AND I'M SORRY. WHO HAS DONE THIS. WHO HURT YOU.

[@milleniumsword1558]

Humanity.

[@ianwhinery3610]

+Milleniumsword * slow clap *

[@vinnyaddieg9715]

Humanity and the swans. Anyone remember, no, just me, ok

[@o0TehRaPiD0o]

That's deep dude.

[@paxtonfairbanks9216]

Reinhardt.

[@PianoMeetsMetal]

Need a 2 hour movie of this...

[@fernandodavid9495]

The wild robot

[@Falkriim]

Still love this cinematic, the drastic shift is amazing.

[@Trinknix]

Still better love story than Twilight

[@jairlopez2662]

Anything is better than twilight

[@pleaseenjoythispictureofad5586]

still a better story than an overused joke from 2012

[@oliverturan2243]

+please enjoy this picture of a deformed pikachu still an overused tampon in ya

[@darylvaldez2222]

lmfao

[@pleaseenjoythispictureofad5586]

Ollie T. i keep an overused tampon in my trachea in case anyone needs one

[@mishmashmush7750]

They made Warcraft, I'm certain they could make a good full-length Overwatch film.

[@bollocks121]

We can hope

[@kytoons5950]

I'm quite fine if they keep making shorts, since they don't have to explain and evolve multiple characters, while still being grounded in different styles. I mean, if you compare each short, they are something entirely different. It just wouldn't work as well if it were 2 hours.

[@AcTiVeReLoAdZ]

+TheKatanarama I never heard that and knowing blizzard that sounds false overwatch was always meant too b a game was first called project Titan you can look up interviews on KZbin also they never mentioned it being a movie like you said rumor perhaps

[@OxdevasterxO]

aa ya qfl

[@naggash5348]

Warcraft was pretty bad so ...

[@lockiston]

Dude, i started playing overwatch this week, no wonder bastion looked so familiar. I saw this video like 6 years ago

[@MordekaiserEnjoyer]

They took him from us...