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[Crossing Eden]

Damn Blizzard CG is still top notch. I know losers have a knee jerk reaction to Bolt when they see Mei, but I think it was really cute to show how she got Tangled up in this situation. Was really neat to see her create those Frozen platforms with her ice gun too. Haters should just Let It Go.

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*opening seconds hot take* Is it just me or does she seem way to chil...coo...ok with the idea of starving to death.

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She evil

 

[JCX]

These shorts are so great! Give us a Netflix series already!

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

If 343 wrote this Snowball would have suffered from Rampancy.

 

[Garuroh]

thicc

 

[TP]

"It costs 200,000 dollars to fire this weapon, for 12 seconds"

"This, is a bucket"
"Dear god"
"Theres more"
"NO"

"Kill me"
"Later"

Thats just a small sample of quotable stuff i still see to this day among TF2 players old and new. And thats from the shorts, not even mentioning the comics or in-game stuff.

OW tries to make its characters fun too with the unique voicelines in-game but the outside media never reflects that.

Yeah, Tf2 shorts are on a different level. I go through all of them every once in a while and I haven't played Tf2 in years

 

[Gentleman Jack]

I've already forgotten, what's this huge crisis that Winston got the gang back together for? Talon kills people, I guess?

 

[EndMerit]

Can we get some fanart of Punished Mei?

 

[Betty]

I could watch a Overwatch movie like this, just like I could've watched a Team Fortress 2 movie like this.

 

[Nepenthe]

SNOWBALL NO!

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Kinda wish that Mei simply made or found another one; let the original's sacrifice stand on its own.

All in all, it was cute. Lucio's is next, right Blizzard?

Right Blizzard?......

RIGHT?

 

[jorgeton]

Cute short. Makes her almost likeable. Almost.

 

[I-hate-u]

So why did she survive hibernation and the others died? I thought originally it was because Winston woke her up, but here it shows they are all dead by the time she wakes up.

 

[zeemumu]

If 343 wrote this Snowball would have suffered from Rampancy.

Rampancy was a thing before 343 took over, if I remember correctly

 

[Khezu]

That was boring and terrible.

It's also weird they are trying to humanize the literal personification of evil.

 

[Giolon]

Damn Blizzard CG is still top notch. I know losers have a knee jerk reaction to Bolt when they see Mei, but I think it was really cute to show how she got Tangled up in this situation. Was really neat to see her create those Frozen platforms with her ice gun too. Haters should just Let It Go.

The puns are killing me.

 

[Crossing Eden]

These shorts are so great! Give us a Netflix series already!

Unless they had a super high budget a NF series wouldn't look this nice.

If 343 wrote this Snowball would have suffered from Rampancy.

Isn't Rampancy a concept Bungie came up with?

 

[Garrett Hawke]

This was so cute

 

[Divvy]

That was some fantastic character animation, jeez

 

[zeemumu]

So why did she survive hibernation and the others died? I thought originally it was because Winston woke her up, but here it shows they are all dead by the time she wakes up.

Their cryo-stasis pods all malfunctioned and the life support failed. They were probably all skeletons in those pods.


Playing on that map is gonna be creepy with that in mind.

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

Rampancy was a thing before 343 took over, if I remember correctly

Isn't Rampancy a concept Bungie came up with?

In the games? I must have forgot.

 

[InStrangerAeons]

Isn't Rampancy a concept Bungie came up with?

It was a thing in Marathon and then it ended up in Halo.

 

[I-hate-u]

Their cryo-stasis pods all malfunctioned and the life support failed. They were probably all skeletons in those pods.


Playing on that map is gonna be creepy with that in mind.

Damn she is one lucky chubby girl.

 

[DoctorFling]

It really irritates me that Blizzard have created a really cool videogame world with loads of conceptually interesting characters yet all of the media they create is ridiculously childish, simple and boring. They could be doing way better.

 

[MadLaughter]

How would she know it was still around 9 years later? And if it was why didn't they check in on Mei's station?

Probably didn't know anything for sure, but I doubt she had much of a choice. It's possible the data set that she had (with the news articles and stuff) possibly kept tabs on other stations nearby.

As for why they didn't check on her, since it's an Overwatch station then shit might have been kept secret for some reason. Raises the question about why Mercy or Torbjorn or someone didn't go down there to check in, though.

 

[MCD]

Why isn't there a full CG movie yet

Blizzard just shut up and take my babies

 

[l2ounD]

Loved it! <3 Mei

 

[Data West]

The apex of waifus

 

[Giolon]

It really irritates me that Blizzard have created a really cool videogame world with loads of conceptually interesting characters yet all of the media they create is ridiculously childish, simple and boring. They could be doing way better.

“All my friends are dead” is childish now...ok. How much more edge do you want?

 

[Data West]

“All my friends are dead” is childish now...ok. How much more edge do you want?

Reminds me of the 'kung fu panda' complaints about Pandaria when Pandaria had the darkest quest lines in the game up until Legion

 

[uceenk]

Damn Blizzard CG is still top notch. I know losers have a knee jerk reaction to Bolt when they see Mei, but I think it was really cute to show how she got Tangled up in this situation. Was really neat to see her create those Frozen platforms with her ice gun too. Haters should just Let It Go.

i see what you did there

definetly agree, Blizzard CG is like A Whole New World, might as well as become National Treasure at this point

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damn, i'm so bad at pun

 

[Crossing Eden]

In the games? I must have forgot.

Yea they referenced them in data entries iirc.

It was a thing in Marathon and then it ended up in Halo.

True.

Why isn't there a full CG movie yet

Blizzard just shut up and take my babies

Because these characters archetypes are so thin that they wouldn't be able to support a full film.

 

[Veelk]

Isn't Rampancy a concept Bungie came up with?

They give unique reasons for it happening (thus the unique name), but AI's going nutty is a longstanding sci-fi tradition.

Hell, it's already part of the overwatch universe since God AI's have gone rogue.

 

[Kakaroach]

Cute animated short. I like seeing origin stories and there are so many of them left. I also kind of want to see Talon vs Overwatch going forward, but we might not get that for a while.

 

[Akainu]

I really hate the facial animations. I'm going to call it whimsy face.

 

[Nepenthe]

Reminds me of the 'kung fu panda' complaints about Pandaria when Pandaria had the darkest quest lines in the game up until Legion

This is kinda funny, because looking it up, Pandaria came out after the second KFP film. Did people complaining SEE the second film? Christ.

Back on topic, what kind of tone are people looking for from a world like Overwatch's??? Political intrigue and all that bullshit is cool, but I just want to see these characters used and in motion. It's a decidedly lighthearted franchise.

 

[DoctorFling]

“All my friends are dead” is childish now...ok. How much more edge do you want?

Where did I ask for edge? My complaint was that I find these shorts are overly simplistic and dull.

 

[Kurumi]

Finally a short for Mei! The queen of cuteness <3

 

[Garrett Hawke]

Yea they referenced them in data entries iirc.


True.

Because these characters archetypes are so thin that they wouldn't be able to support a full film.

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They should prove it by making a film

 

[AlexFlame116]

This short was awesome and it made me feel sorry for Mei, which is something I never thought I would say.

Forget the haters and the people who are calling this boring or childish. I love it.

 

[AlphaDragoon]

Mei is like the cutest thing ever. I really liked that one.

 

[Shredderi]

Hopefully this leads to more fanart that doesn't depict Mei as extremely thin but somehow with incredibly large breasts and hips:

Yeah, she's thick, and it looks good.

 

[BackwardCap]

"It costs 200,000 dollars to fire this weapon, for 12 seconds"

"This, is a bucket"
"Dear god"
"Theres more"
"NO"

"Kill me"
"Later"

Thats just a small sample of quotable stuff i still see to this day among TF2 players old and new. And thats from the shorts, not even mentioning the comics or in-game stuff.

OW tries to make its characters fun too with the unique voicelines in-game but the outside media never reflects that.

"Well that's a fine howdoyado"

 

[LiK]

Damn Blizzard CG is still top notch. I know losers have a knee jerk reaction to Bolt when they see Mei, but I think it was really cute to show how she got Tangled up in this situation. Was really neat to see her create those Frozen platforms with her ice gun too. Haters should just Let It Go.

This is bad and you should feel bad, ducky.

 

[Neptonic]

Why the fuck do i still get misty eyed at Winston's speech

 

[Phoenix RISING]

Hopefully this leads to more fanart that doesn't depict Mei as extremely thin but somehow with incredibly large breasts and hips:

Proof to my wife that Mei is plus-sized and it's not just her suit.

 

[Ivan 3414]

It really irritates me that Blizzard have created a really cool videogame world with loads of conceptually interesting characters yet all of the media they create is ridiculously childish, simple and boring. They could be doing way better.

No, I don't think so. Every short I've seen is beautifully animated, but full of cliches and mediocre dialogue

 

[Neptonic]

"It costs 200,000 dollars to fire this weapon, for 12 seconds"

"This, is a bucket"
"Dear god"
"Theres more"
"NO"

"Kill me"
"Later"

Thats just a small sample of quotable stuff i still see to this day among TF2 players old and new. And thats from the shorts, not even mentioning the comics or in-game stuff.

OW tries to make its characters fun too with the unique voicelines in-game but the outside media never reflects that.

I've memorized every meet the team video, can't say the same for the overwatch ones

 

[anothertech]

Damn right. So nice to see her with her hair down.

Yes, my favorite part as well

 

[Waggles]

These videos always upset me. That Overwatch the game is relegated to simple MP with no story beyond logs is infuriating. They invent all of these interesting characters and do all this world building outside of the actual game.

it's like if after the first Bioshock trailer, the game turned out to be an arcade racer.

I hope someone at Blizzard is putting together an actual Overwatch game, and they just haven't announced it yet.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

These guys do fantastic animation but the dialogue is always so freaking awkward.

Let me explain everything out loud very eloquently as if I were talking to the audience in a theater.

 

[duckroll]

This is bad and you should feel bad, ducky.

It's Incredible that you are trying to chew me Inside Out over this when all I'm saying is that Blizzard's CG team is on the Up and up. You really are Brave.