Author Topic: Overwatch Megathread - First Beta Test Weekend Friday 11/20 (Read 15088 times)

Bass · August 05, 2015, 03:14:28 PM

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Welcome to Overwatch�

Soldiers. Scientists. Adventurers. Oddities.

In a time of global crCIA, an international task force of heroes banded together to restore peace to a war-torn world:

OVERWATCH.

It ended the crCIA and helped to maintain peace in the decades that followed, inspiring an era of exploration, innovation, and discovery. But after many years, Overwatch's influence waned, and it was eventually disbanded.

Overwatch is gone� but the world still needs heroes.

Choose A Hero
Overwatch features a wide array of unique heroes, ranging from a time-jumping adventurer, to an armored, rocket-hammer-wielding warrior, to a transcendent robot monk. Every hero plays differently, and mastering their abilities is the key to unlocking their potential. No two heroes are the same

Meet Your Heros
Click on the pictures to view their abilities!

Tracer - The former Overwatch agent known as Tracer is a time-jumping adventurer and an irrepressible force for good.

Real Name:   Lena Oxton
Age:   26
Role:   Offense
Occupation:   Adventurer
Base of Operations:   London, England
Affiliation:   Overwatch (Formerly)

Reaper - Some speak of a black-robed terrorist known only as the Reaper. His identity and motives are a mystery. What is known is that where he appears, death follows.

Real Name:   Unknown
Age:   Unknown
Role:   Offense
Occupation:   Mercenary/Terrorist
Base of Operations:   Unknown
Affiliation:   Unknown

Winston - A super-intelligent, genetically engineered gorilla, Winston is a brilliant scientist and a champion for humanity's potential.

Real Name:   Winston
Age:   29
Role:   Tank
Occupation:   Scientist, Adventurer
Base of Operations:   Horizon Lunar Colony (Formerly)
Affiliation:   Overwatch (Formerly)

Widowmaker - Widowmaker is the perfect assassin: a patient, ruthlessly efficient killer who shows neither emotion nor remorse.

Real Name:   Amelie Lacroix
Age:   33
Role:   Defense
Occupation:   Assassin
Base of Operations:   Annecy, France
Affiliation:   Talon

Hanzo - Mastering his skills as a bowman and an assassin, Hanzo Shimada strives to prove himself as a warrior without peer.

Real Name:   Hanzo Shimada
Age:   38
Role:   Offense
Occupation:   Mercenary, Assassin
Base of Operations:   Hanamura, Japan
Affiliation:   Shimada Clan

Mercy - A guardian angel to those who come under her care, Dr. Angela Ziegler is a peerless healer, a brilliant scientist, and a staunch advocate for peace.

Real Name:   Angela Ziegler
Age:   34
Role:   Support
Occupation:   Field Medic, First Responder
Base of Operations:   Z�rich, Switzerland
Affiliation:   Overwatch (Formerly)

Reinhardt - Reinhardt Wilhelm styles himself as a champion of a bygone age, who lives by the knightly codes of valor, justice, and courage.

Real Name:   Reinhardt Wilhelm
Age:   61
Role:   Tank
Occupation:   Adventurer
Base of Operations:   Stuttgart, Germany
Affiliation:   Overwatch (Formerly)

Bastion - Once a frontline combatant in the devastating Omnic CrCIA, this curious Bastion unit now explores the world, fascinated by nature but wary of a fearful humanity.

Real Name:   SST Laboratories Siege Automaton E54
Age:   30
Role:   Defense
Occupation:   Battle Automaton
Base of Operations:   Unknown
Affiliation:   None

Pharah - Fareeha Amari's commitment to duty runs in her blood. She comes from a long line of highly decorated soldiers and burns with the desire to serve with honor.

Real Name:   Fareeha Amari
Age:   32
Role:   Offense
Occupation:   Security Chief
Base of Operations:   Giza, Egypt
Affiliation:   Helix Security International

Torbj�rn - At its height, Overwatch possessed one of the most advanced armaments on the planet, which could be traced to the workshop of an ingenious engineer named Torbj�rn Lindholm.

Real Name:   Torbj�rn Lindholm
Age:   57
Role:   Defense
Occupation:   Weapons Designer
Base of Operations:   Gothenburg, Sweden
Affiliation:   Overwatch (Formerly)

Zenyatta - Zenyatta is an omnic monk who wanders the world in search of spiritual enlightenment. It is said that those who cross his path are never the same again.

Real Name:   Tekhartha Zenyatta
Age:   20
Role:   Support
Occupation:   Wandering Guru, Adventurer
Base of Operations:   Monastery, Nepal (Formerly)
Affiliation:   The Shambali (Formerly)

Symmetra - Symmetra literally bends reality. By manipulating hard-light constructs, she crafts the world as she wishes it to be, in hopes of engineering a perfect society.

Real Name:   Satya Vaswani
Age:   28
Role:   Support
Occupation:   Architech
Base of Operations:   Utopaea, India
Affiliation:   Vishkar Corporation

Zarya - Aleksandra Zaryanova is one of the world's strongest women, a celebrated athlete who sacrificed personal glory to protect her family, friends, and country in a time of war.

Real Name:   Aleksandra Zaryanova
Age:   28
Role:   Tank
Occupation:   Soldier
Base of Operations:   Krasnoyarsk Front, Russia
Affiliation:   Russian Defense Forces

McCree - Armed with his Peacekeeper revolver, the outlaw Jesse McCree doles out justice on his own terms.

Real Name:   Jesse McCree
Age:   37
Role:   Offense
Occupation:   Bounty Hunter
Base of Operations:   Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
Affiliation:   Overwatch (formerly)

Soldier: 76 - Currently the target of an international manhunt, the vigilante known as Soldier: 76 wages a personal war to expose the truth behind Overwatch's collapse.

Real Name:   Jack Morrison
Age:   Unknown
Role:   Offense
Occupation:   Vigilante
Base of Operations:   Unknown
Affiliation:   Overwatch (formerly)

L�cio - L�cio is an international celebrity who inspires social change through his music and actions.

Real Name:    L�cio Correia dos Santos
Age:   26
Role:   Support
Occupation:   DJ; Freedom Fighter
Base of Operations:   Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Affiliation:   None

Roadhog - Roadhog is a ruthless killer with a well-earned reputation for cruelty and wanton destruction.

Real Name:    Mako Rutledge
Age:   48
Role:   Tank
Occupation:   Enforcer (formerly), Bodyguard
Base of Operations:   Junkertown, Australia (formerly)
Affiliation:   Junkers (formerly)

Junkrat - Junkrat is an explosives-obsessed freak who lives to cause chaos and destruction.

Real Name:    Jamison Fawkes
Age:   25
Role:   Defense
Occupation:   Anarchist, Thief, Demolitionist, Mercenary, Scavenger
Base of Operations:   Junkertown, Australia (formerly)
Affiliation:   Junkers (formerly)

Mei - Mei is a scientist who has taken the fight to preserve the environment into her own hands.

Real Name:    Mei-ling Zhou
Age:   31
Role:   Defense
Occupation:   Climatologist, Adventure
Base of Operations:   Xi'an, China (formerly)
Affiliation:   Overwatch (formerly)

D.va - D.Va is a former professional gamer who now uses her skills to pilot a state-of-the-art mech in defense of her homeland.

Real Name:    Hana Song
Age:   19
Role:   Tank
Occupation:   Pro Gamer (formerly), Mech Pilot
Base of Operations:   Busan, South Korea
Affiliation:   Moblie Exo-Force of the Korean Army

Genji - The cyborg Genji Shimada has made peace with the augmented body he once rejected, and in doing so, he has discovered a higher humanity.

Real Name:    Genji Shimada
Age:   35
Role:   Assault
Occupation:   Adventurer
Base of Operations:   Shambali Monastery, Nepal
Affiliation:   Shimada Clan (formerly), Overwatch (formerly)

Team-Based Objectives
Teams of heroes do battle across the planet. From protecting the secrets of the mysterious Temple of Anubis, to safely escorting an EMP device through King's Row, the world is your battlefield.
So far only two gamemodes are available which are Payload and Point Capture

Payload:
The attacking team's objective is to move the payload to a delivery point, while the defenders must halt the attackers' progress until time runs out.
The maps that feature this gamemode are:

King's Row

Watchpoint: Gibraltar

Numbani

Dorado

Point Capture:
Two teams battle over control of the map, one team on offense, the other on defense. The attackers' goal is to capture critical objectives, while the defenders must maintain control over them until time runs out.
The maps that feature this gamemode are:

Hanamura

Temple Of Anubis

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"OUR WORLD IS WORTH FIGHTING FOR." - �I PLAY TO WIN.� - "EVEN IF I SACRIFICE MY BODY, I WILL NEVER SACRIFICE MY HONOR."

Mei, D.va and Genji has been added to the game

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Hollywood map has been added and you are able to preorder overwatch (video shows bundle bonuses for origins)

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Frequency · August 05, 2015, 03:46:55 PM

inb4 everyone plays tracer

The Murderous Cop · August 05, 2015, 03:50:54 PM

tf2 blizzard edition

Camel · August 05, 2015, 03:51:24 PM

gonna run into like 45 reapers all named "XFEAR" or somethin

Skip · August 05, 2015, 03:51:32 PM

Quote from: Frequency on August 05, 2015, 03:46:55 PM

inb4 everyone plays tracer

I'd play as Tracer even if she had no abilities because she's cute as forget. ;~;

Frequency · August 05, 2015, 04:09:09 PM

Quote from: Skip on August 05, 2015, 03:51:32 PM

I'd play as Tracer even if she had no abilities because she's cute as forget. ;~;

i know

like goddamn they knew what they were doing

Bass · August 05, 2015, 04:44:13 PM

New poll added, "Overwatch payment model?"

Since Blizzard has made successful games with all three types of payment models, which one of the three would be the most fitting for overwatch?

Fab · August 05, 2015, 04:50:58 PM

huehuebr character yay

Office-Pirate · August 07, 2015, 11:37:04 PM

Quote from: OP

Holy jesus it's Santa

Moriarty · August 08, 2015, 10:01:34 AM

Quote from: The Murderous Cop on August 05, 2015, 03:50:54 PM

tf2 blizzard edition

I feel like any time anyone mentions this, I need to show them this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwXsUvgxfNI
made by someone who appears to be prominent in the TF2 community
it's more similar to CS:GO if anything and it's more team based if anyone is too lazy to watch the video

McCree master race boyz

Quote Story · August 08, 2015, 10:07:44 AM

still waiting to see if i can play sword dude

Bass · September 07, 2015, 12:01:08 AM

Along with a voice actor for Blizzard who has performed Brazilian dubs hinted about a beta release for Overwatch as well. In addition to that, Blizzard will have a 15 minute presentation just about Overwatch scheduled at TwitchCon on the 25th.

hype?

OrkusBorkus · September 07, 2015, 10:51:45 AM

Beefcaik · September 07, 2015, 02:52:55 PM

this game makes me feel all tingly inside

Alphadin · September 07, 2015, 03:38:38 PM

Tracer's accent is still a bit annoying.

I've been waiting for this since it was announced, checking very devotedly whenever I remembered about it. I feel like I'm going to play the stuff out of Widowmaker, Mcree, and Hanzo

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Author Topic: Overwatch Megathread - First Beta Test Weekend Friday 11/20 (Read 15088 times)

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