Character rosters feel more important than ever just having a series of gun guys with mysterious backstories doesn’t cut it anymore. The influence of Overwatch is apparent in many of its competitors. These players were the heart of Overwatch fandom, playing the game and letting it fuel their imaginations. People cosplayed Overwatch characters and their skins, created fan art, wrote long fanfiction epics, collaborated on 3D animations of their own original heroes, and more. The gorgeous cinematics, vibrant character design, and hints at a larger narrative inspired a massive fandom. Overwatch was, during its heyday, a legitimate cultural phenomenon. Communities of women and queer gamers gathered around the game some of them were there mostly for the gameplay, while others were there for the lore and characters above all else.
Valve’s Team Fortress 2 and its “Meet the Team” cinematics still hold up nearly 15 years later, and they’re far less complex and elaborate than Overwatch’s trailers.īut Overwatch’s utopian near-future and diverse cast attracted a fan base that had been historically underserved by the first-person shooter genre. Overwatch did not invent the idea of building a hero shooter around strong characters shown off through cinematics. Instead, it’s on shakier ground than ever, and other developers have snatched the momentum from Blizzard and ran with it instead. Now, on the cusp of Overwatch 2’s PvP entering beta and a new Overwatch League season, the game should be poised for a triumphant return. The lore slowed to a trickle after 2018 and eventually came to a complete stop, along with major additions - we haven’t seen a new hero since 2020. Overwatch was so widespread and iconic it even revolutionized the Rule 34 scene the game was everywhere. The game’s launch and follow-up cinematics only solidified this fan base people loved to ship characters, imagine their missions, and daydream about future lore. Players loved the bright designs, strong characterization, and optimism inherent to the setting.
Overwatch’s announcement trailer, released back in 2014, was bombastic and beautiful, and it kicked off a fervent fandom.
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