What Is The WORST Designed Building In Overwatch?

[@bigfudge2031]

It may not be wheelchair accessible, but it isn't even accessible. Blizzard discriminates against everyone equally.

[@alp6502]

That's progress!

[@blank1873]

Then again it would be safe to assume that wheelchairs got advanced enough to climb stairs

[@guacabolee]

​@@blank1873Overwatch wheelchair users get doc oc tentacles

[@crossdaboss8914]

​@blank1873 honestly they are probably hover chairs or they have surgery to allow people to walk that shouldn't be able to

[@MrGrombie]

To your first point, city architects use facade walls like this to hide things like subway tunnel exits. It's actually quite common. The only reason why you don't see it more, is because they did their job that well. When you know what to look for, you will start to see them everywhere.

[@Gamed-dd7tj]

it might not be intentional but Lijiang tower being built like that could be an epic setting for some kind of dystopian capitalistic society where the top brass live on towers that are legitimately inaccessible unless you have access to some sort of flying vehicle. Its nice, its secure, and it reminds the lower classes of their place. perfect

[@tau-5794]

So just modern China?

[@nanes9914]

@@tau-5794 are there buildings in China that are only accessible via flying vehicles?

[@e.1419]

@@nanes9914 There aren't, but the city of Chongqing exists

[@GabrielWB]

Route 66 The secret hideout of the Deadlock gang isn't exactly "secret" if it has a two lane asphalt road leading right to its front door. Illios Well Which gluesniffing city worker approved the plan to have a GIANT PIT in the middle of the village plaza without any safety features. Also what is the point of that gaping hole? Tourism?

[@alp6502]

Actually giant well? For giants or since it's Greece, the titans

[@canineatnight6026]

You woud think that thehy add railing. But I guess it make the wells in india more safer

[@dsvd4727]

Ilios well is just a 300 reference, nothing far out about that one

[@Duccfeet]

It's a remnant of sparta

[@UrsaJeager]

@@canineatnight6026 actually adding breakable railings like the ones on the balconies in Rialto would be kinda interesting????

[@p3mikka]

As a Lucio player I hold quite a grudge against some buildings in this game.

[@no_name6540]

Especially the newer maps

[@ccricers]

Ironically the Paraiso map is one of the least Lucio friendly maps, it does not lend a great variety of rollouts.

[@no_name6540]

@@ccricers that map sucks for lucio

[@annabarnes5221]

A) The desk with the wheelchair might not be Dr. Harold Winston's. It might be a close friend of his before he left earth, a spouse, a sibling or something. What's more worrying is why there is a wheelchair just left there. Let's say the desk owner is an ambulatory chair user and can stand and walk to some extent. Why would they just leave their mobility aid lying around and not take it with them? B) Tom Beanson is probably a reference to real life Canadian coffee chain Tim Hortons. Which makes the Noodle shop gambit so much more funny because that implies this is just a thing all Tim Beanson are doing, and nobody in universe has noticed yet.

[@kafyr22]

Bro has not yet seen the king's row "chimney" 💀(its near 1st deffender spawn exit)

[@LinteirSomeZebra]

Also there is a topic which was interesting to me since OW release but noone was making videos about except maybe _one_ last year: *Cubemaps* AKA *Reflections.* If you look into the glass walls, windows, some other reflective surfaces you will always see the concept of the map taken from completely different view point and most likely from previous development stage. So if you look into green/brown reflective walls on Numbani you would see places which weren't in game even in beta in 2015.

[@UrsaJeager]

The tower is featured pretty heavily in the Thoughtless Gods short story where Wrecking Ball infiltrates it and it’s all the more funny after watching this video that he CLIMBED the exterior of the tower to get up there.

[@cia4u401]

I know the lore is basically nonexistant for this game and the community doesn't care for it at all nowadays but the wheelchair is a lore nod to Dr Chao who's the CEO of Lucheng Interstellar and have created the moon and martian bases. She uses a wheelchair because she's spent so much time in low gravity without taking meds that would stop her bones and muscles from atrophying. As to why she has a photo of winston it's probably a nod to her situation, she's concerned about the ape revolution that happened up there and how "they're building something" according to the short novel Thoughtless Gods. Also all of this information is revealed to the public by Hammond in the novel too iirc. As for the floor not having any doors it's probably an oversight but considering this is the tower of one of the biggest companies in the setting and seeing how basically every single car showcased in game flies I'd guess you don't really NEED another way to get up there if you're cleared to go. It'd be stranger if the CEO's wheelchair didn't fly at this point too. None of this matters mind you. It's pointless lore that will never get any real resolution and all of which has been written over the years by people who no longer work at Blizzard. But hey! We had such fun memories! Like seeing a character answer Winston's recall for the 11th time! :^)

[@fateofsouls214]

But wouldn't it make more sense to use a basic medical model for the recovery process? If this is a high-tech device, wouldn't some kind of exoskeleton make more sense, since you can passively train your muscles and bones the whole time? And speaking of which, wouldn't the muscle and bone loss affect her whole body, not just her legs, which means a wheelchair probably wouldn't be the right thing, but proper rehab ,which should not take long in the Overwatch universe, where at the end, she would able to walk again?

[@cia4u401]

@@fateofsouls214 Hey don't ask me, personally I find the tech inconsistency within the lore to be just annoying. We didn't even know we had a mars colony up until a few months ago with Juno. But things like these are just common for the IP, it really is just a shallow sea propped up by cool designs.

[@JustARandomInternetUserHere]

I was just going to say: Usually people don't put pictures of themselfs on their desk. I was thinking: Probably Dr. Winstons lover.

[@leptonlord2791]

you should check out the little kitchen in the spawn of hanaoka, there isnt any room behind the counter so you would have to be literally flat stanely to fit in there. bugs me so much

[@chibisven]

SAME! I've always wondered if there was some cultural thing I was missing or something

[@Camenye]

11:38 I find this part so funny bc you were so focused on the error space of that gap that you completely ignored or just didn’t notice the giant fucking entrance behind the ship

[@burneyarts]

That's the same gap, the tower is symmetrical

[@nogunk147]

The maps in this games make me feel eerily uncomfortable when you really think about them. They are all cityscapes in what should be densely populated civilian zones yet theres nobody to be found. Whats even more bizzarre is that you and 9 other people are just running around with guns and IEDs/explosives in these civy centers like nothings off putting about that. Are there no people around because of you? Are they hiding from what is essentially domestic terrorists?

[@tristencox5914]

I'm not sure about all the maps, but mercy does have a voiceline where she mentions not to injure any civilians, implying they're not just going to currently occupied areas

[@nogunk147]

@@tristencox5914 i think you meant the areas are occupied otherwise why would she make a note to be careful not to hurt civilians. i just think the settings are off putting when compared to most fps games where you fight in some abandoned warzone or an industrial area.

[@tristencox5914]

@nogunk147 you're right, I said occupied instead of unoccupied, that's on me

[@dsvd4727]

No, empty map in garrys mode isn't the scariest thing in existence, neither is overwatch maps, it's are probably simulation or shit like that, blizzard never elaborated on the context of why game is even happening Le liminal space was only scary for children

[@alexanderraz.]

Why are people scared by anything it’s just a fucking overwatch map

[@mareksusicky]

Flying cars! In the world of overwatch there are flying cars though, no? So maybe they were paranoid about espionage, because it is called control center. So the area is accessible only via flying out and in, and not pesky elevators or stairs. The people working there were rich enough to own flying car, and maybe other lower paying jobs like janitors had company cars provided to them as benefit to work in control center.

[@guacabolee]

This is a good worldbuilding solution!

[@heinrichkrull2523]

Somethings on New Junk City Near team 2's back spawn the benches near the cliff are breakable boards on top of Car Batteries. Many of the Health packs have artwork done near them to represent them. A video Idea you could do is rate maps on how assessable they are to people with disabilities.

[@HolidayGamer305]

5:18 wait if everyone left for some lore reason for player to battle here, then the wheelchair should be gone because who ever uses it should have left with it

[@group555_]

easy, they aren't fully wheelchair bound, this was an emergency evacuation and going back for their chair was the less safe option.

[@mrmintymayhem]

If you get a koth map on deathmatch modes the ships don't appear and instead there's actually buildings in place of the ships (also there is deadass flying cars in over watch just play Midtown and look up)

[@PerciusLive]

As someone who lives pretty close to toronto, i can say that a lot of store spaces are actually like apartment units. A building may have the lower level occupied fully, then a door with a staircase to an upper storefront is installed. Thats probably the only way that coffeeshop could exist

[@KingKuron_]

So not only is Lijiang Tower completely inaccessible without some kinda aircraft, THE WHEELCHAIR IS IN A ROOM THAT IS NOT WHEELCHAIR-ACCESSIBLE?? 😂😂😂

[@stormRed]

From now on every time I'm on a dropship map I'll think "ok which one of these 5 characters drove us here..." And hope to god that it's not Junkrat.

[@m3nt4l-sh0oter3]

3:07 WHAT ARE MAUGA AND JUNKRAT DOING 💀

[@moniker2804]

Lijang tower reminding me of that Dark souls room with 2 tiny doors and a giant cart inside.

[@brandonhall7498]

The Noodle Shop could be a ghost kitchen. Tom Beanson's maybe the actual restaurant and they make noodles in the back for Overwatch Doordasj/Uber Eats. Also if you want to see some engineering nightmares, look at Cyberpunk 2077.

[@mrmeme4203]

This video made me realize something very weird about the world of Overwatch. So why are wheelchairs still a thing? Hear me out… Number 1: Why not get robot legs? Advanced prosthetics are commonplace in the world of Overwatch so it’s not like how prosthetics are super expensive or the technology isn’t really for them to be super common like it is for us. So in a world where they are regularly available and highly advanced, why wouldn’t people use them over wheelchairs, especially this scientist? Number 2: Why aren’t there hover chairs? Hover technology is even more commonplace than prosthetics in Overwatch with every car hovering instead of driving. So why aren’t there hovering wheelchairs? I mean think about it having hoverchairs would be way more practical than having wheelchairs, I mean you wouldn’t need to worry about stairs or ramps as you could just hover over them.

[@lavaanaconda968]

If you break both your legs, would you rather have a wheelchair or get both legs cut off and replaced with cybernetics? Hover chairs though? Those do make sense.

[@mrmeme4203]

@@lavaanaconda968 I mean cybernetics are very common and healing (assuming that the healing abilities are somewhat accurate) should be able to fix broken bones with the tech that they have.

[@tau-5794]

You don't even need to replace the legs, you could just get an exoskeleton to go over top of them to assist with mobility. My guess why wheelchairs still exist is because Blizzard still wants the appearance of inclusivity, and that means representing disabilities which, in the context of the setting, should basically not exist anymore.

[@lavaanaconda968]

@@tau-5794 That's actually the better solution tbh. We have Bap exoboots, so something that assists walking rather than jumping is definitely possible.

[@calus_bath_water]

​@@tau-5794 this is almost definetly the case

[@HerobrinesPizzaGuy]

One thing about this floor only being accesible via flying vehicle, is that there seem to be personal flying "cars" around the outside of the map, meaning that in theory you could just take a cab or have a personal car for the offices

[@chibisven]

I legit thought that dark room where you can go top had an elevator entrance this entire time, but now I'm shook

[@gnarledcox]

London has an entire subterranean city suspended over a pit of lava used to segregate robots by putting them in a scene from the movie Robots

[@stardustcrusaderKakyoin]

omg im so fckin glad that you made this video i thought i was going crazy when i started noticing all those fake rooms that could not possibly exist or doors on a paper thin walls that lead to nowhere and i thought i was the only one that noticed the poor design of most overwatch maps. Truly thank you for that video. You’ve put my mind to rest and healed something in me. may your pillow always be cold on both sides.

[@reilandeubank]

This video is how i realized the "lijiang tower" map is entirely on the tower. Ive been playing since 2016 and always just figured the outside areas were on the ground or something

[@Smol_Schan]

Have you considered that a helicopter is much smaller than a dropship?

[@BeenBaag]

kings row. the mini room on first push has fake windows on one of the exterior walls and they clearly have depth. they have lights on and there is no space for lights!

[@jugheadgreen7291]

I'll make a fake head canon and say the wheelchair room may be Dr. Winston's family or partner. May not even exist, but it's probably one of the only ways I could convince myself that someone who is not Dr. Winston himself would have a picture of him with Winton.

[@stanlevi2927]

I would love more vids covering the architecture and cool places in the maps!

[@polishworm9444]

As I used to analyze OW maps on the "in-universe" standpoint myself, I can say the Lijiang tower is probably the most well designed building in the game. Everything wrong could be explained just with a flying pod taking people to this level. As any other map go, there are fake doors and windows EVERYWHERE. Just look and you'll be really shocked how they're on every corner. Not to mention there are actually innacesible buildings on King's Row, Numbani and probably many more

[@Zwizard247]

It seems like they of course had no coffee shop where the noodles shop is in Toranto during their testing phase. Of course when they saw it might be weird or bad to peak around the wall corner there and didn't feel fun they remove the walls and place a food joint to help fix that problem but forgot that they already placed another existing food joint just on the other side.

[@DinoPon3]

If OW is in a time where robots are sentient beings, them I'm sure autopiloted aircraft wont have no problem landing in that kind of building.

[@CursedIchor]

There's a coordinates system in the workshop, btw. You could use that instead of tracer blinks if you want.

[@strawberrana]

It could be designed for individuals to fly their cars up, dunno where they'd park though. Now the arcade version, I have no idea how that could possibly work lol

[@fateofsouls214]

I've found peace by simply seeing all maps for what they are, backdrops based on the locations of the Overwatch story, NOT the Lore location itself. I would go out on a limb and say that not a single building on any map could serve its intended purpose. Château Guillard is another example. It's supposed to represent a castle that's hundreds of years old, but the way it's set up is a joke. It makes no sense and no one would seriously want to live there, especially in winter or during storms. Another example is Eichenwalde. If you know the map and watch "Honor and Glory", you'll quickly realize that the map structure doesn't make sense for the logic of the cinematic. Oh, and about the hightech wheelchair. They don't really have any place in Overwatch. The only place where something like that makes sense is in hospitals or where people can't afford cybernetics, and even then they would be simple and inexpensive instead of some high-tech thing. And speaking of which, normally a disabled person would not leave his wheelchair somewhere, but would always have it at least nearby, so it makes even less sense that this wheelchair is there just as a officechair.

[@HELLO_ow]

i think tracer flies the jets, it has her name on the sides of them

[@calus_bath_water]

Shes actually named after them iirc

[@HELLO_ow]

@@calus_bath_water im not sure if they have said the official origin but lots of people have said their own ideas

[@pikool]

Echo too!

[@djbrax75]

I'd like to think Li jiang tower access is intentional for security reasons.

[@TostadoMafioso]

i love taking silly things way to seriously, its such silly fun!!

[@gravecompanion]

all of eichenwalde's noneuclidean windows

[@kuollutkissa]

The wheelchair desk at lijiang could also belong to someone close to dr. Winston Maybe a child, wife or friend?

[@MetroAndroid]

I've been playing this game for 7 years, and I never realized you're playing on that exposed floor on the tower. I always kinda thought you were playing higher up like near the top of the tower that's not shown on the preview image, and that's why you're flown in. Also it doesn't feel as high up in the actual map as it looks, I guess because of the big flat section beneath where the rest of the tower is.

[@AirLight1646]

Pretty much all of King’s Row buildings don’t make sense. So many windows on one side that don’t exist on the other

[@maya4good]

7:49 W mic bump

[@jonnyrichards]

I think the flagrant disregard for making locations "seem real" works in overwatch's favour. At least for me, it feels like the maps are designed for gameplay first and aesthetics just have to fit in around that which for an esports title (which overwatch still sort of is) is the way to go imo.

[@joeburch6754]

I'm not the only one noticing the bullshit architecture of Overwatch. KEEP NOTICING. DON'T SEE THINGS FOR WHAT THEY ARE, FRIENDS.

[@Hiro_Trevelyan]

I'm pretty sure it's Athena piloting the drop ship

[@josjos-x5s]

I'm not forgiving the noodle store >:(

[@brohnor_6342]

The level desing its just like blizzard, preatty on the outsid empty in the inside

[@AirLight1646]

Why not use the ping system or the workshop to measure distance instead of Tracer blinks?

[@alexisdelapeyriere5300]

That's the type of content i want !

[@AdhvaithSane]

[Hooks you] Huwah he ha 🪝 _Eat, thisss_

[@joaovictorpessoaqueiroz4783]

Now im curious to know what is the BEST design building in overwatch 🤔... that might be an idea for another video!

[@calus_bath_water]

Junkertown obv

[@joaovictorpessoaqueiroz4783]

@calus_bath_water junkertown has a lot of good stuff in it , but the last point causes me pain. It should be a batle arena, but it doesn't even look like that. They try to fix it in the Junkerqueen cinematic, but the game version still works like trash ( pun not intended). But on the other hand, new junk city is really good ,and their arena looks good and plausible.

[@palea1335]

the pilot for the aircraft could just be an AI with a set path, with advanced detection systems for wind and other unforeseeable conditions to make emergency adjustments, preventing the aircraft from crashing into the building. not saying it's not a terrible idea lol, but ow2 is set in a world wayyy further ahead of us in technology, an AI piloting an aircraft makes sense imo. still stands as a very stupid idea and a weakpoint to the building, considering Talon could just mosey on over, bump the ship a lil, and boom! greatest tragedy since the last civil war in the owverse.

[@lollermann]

Overwatch universe literally has teleporting characters this video makes no sense

[@peeboweebo]

not everyone can teleport

[@lollermann]

@@peeboweebo literally all they need is a symmetra or a device rented/borrowed from vishkar Also the game has hovering cars and jump pads you think they wont have an in-bulding teleporter?

[@peeboweebo]

*squinting reaallyyy hard* odd. i cant seem to see any teleporters in the building.

[@lollermann]

@@peeboweebo if you are this insufferable then you must be real fun irl. There is a giant server room with a holographic core right next to it. Since the game has teleporters as small as sombra's device you can safely assume it could also teleport people near itself upon being instructed to do so. The area itself is dedicated to space exploration within the company. It wouldn't be out of place for the company to offer some sort of elevation. Anything you can pull out of your arse would fit in this universe yet you still argue based on the schema you have in real life just so you can act like a little prick to a stranger online.

[@Batnano]

"overwath" lithan tower"

[@hoodsquigga1168]

What if that was where the moon landing was staged? :)

[@salefolt]

hi!! would you mind letting me know the music used in this video? thank you -JUGANDO CON SALE FOLT

[@SkyBorik]

yapping king

[@Speedm-12]

Did you have a Cold when you record this you sound sick an not the God tried

[@christofthedead]

are you saying Li-zing instead of Li-jiang? Why

[@Froschi2000]

10:17 Overwatch 9/11

[@dlanor15]

Our children's AI-infused brains will be disappointed by this one day 😔

[@Crimpleyy]

PLEEAAASE pronounce words correctly

[@wesleytucher6332]

I mean Overwatch takes place in the future sooooo…

[@vishkarcorp]

why do u pronounce the SH CH J sounds like that

[@cryskilljoy]

how about the round zylinders on the corridors? that could be elevators from below. and the upper area might have a seperate elevator access outside the map area. be creative. bad video

[@dreamieDPX]

LOVE the video, and questions on the map geometry realistically, but please get to your points faster, and dont delay your words so much, talk faster please, i had to put it on 2 percent speed 😭😭

[@realget1322]

phở hải quỷ

[@BaNNDoG25]

Pls do your research before making a video. It's unwatchable at some points. Especially the lore parts

[@haron521]

Why do bro spells ch like tsch

[@Killallmangahaters]

very funny silly video. i feel likle these things aren't acknowledged much, so its a unique idea