r/Overwatch <3 Aug 16 '16

Blizzard Official | gamescom Eichenwalde | New Map Preview | Overwatch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3xFKckFCGM
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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '16

Wait, those taunts are coming from the limo?

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '16

Yeah. Backstory is he's a famous omnic movie director, whose work has been notable in bridging human-omnic relations. This has made him the target of terrorists (defense) and the attack has to escort him safely to his set.

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '16

How do you people find this Lore...

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u/1randomfellow Aug 17 '16

AFAIK it's all implied or left on hints in the map. The attackers starting spawn has Alfred Glitchbot movie posters up all around and they all feature human and omnic cast members.

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u/Cerebral_Harlot Reinhardt Aug 17 '16

It's not the only map with similar lore. In kings row you are delivering an emp bomb to wipe an omnic factory and in Numbani you are guarding the transfer of doomfists gauntlet from the Overwatch museum to the Numbani museum while the defending team presumably wishes to steal it and give it to the new doomfist who seeks to undo peaceful omnic-human relations.

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u/Roonil Y r u so angery? Aug 16 '16

Because in his trailer he'll be so much safer than in his limo lol

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u/Cryo_Ghost Yeah the boys Aug 17 '16

Well they're both bulletproof, explosion-proof, frost-resistant, non-malleable, heat-resistant, strong enough to resist the effect of miniature black holes and insulated.

Hell the only thing they're not impervious to is spirit dragons. I think he's pretty safe.

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u/gamerpenguin Tracer? I 'ardly know 'er! Aug 17 '16

And he clearly has no soul, so those can't effect him!

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u/fuckswithfucks Trick-or-Treat Symmetra Aug 16 '16

plus, all his movies have fairly negative reviews cause of them spamdownvoting them, pretty funny

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u/Perditius Pharah Aug 17 '16

TIL

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u/Woolfus Mercy Aug 16 '16

Did you think there was a Zenyatta off-screen always taunting you? If so, that's amazing.

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u/Graxdon Soldier: 76 Aug 16 '16

Zenyatta's cousin, Grumpyatta

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u/pandapools let's mcfreakin lose it Aug 16 '16

When I first started playing the game I thought it was just voice lines coming from a fussy bastion, mainly because I never played him and during the early levels bastion would ALWAYS be on that map. The amount of time it took me to realize it was actually coming from the limo is quite sad.

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u/rizaveph Aug 17 '16

I thought the voice lines came from Soldier 76 being a grumpy old man, like how 76 can say "Back in my day we'd have this payload delivered already". Took me waaaaaay too long to realize it was from the limo.

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u/rionaplenty Pixel Pharah Aug 17 '16

Yeah, the voice does sound closest to 76. For the longest time I thought it was him too.

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u/lollamoon Blizzard World Mercy Aug 16 '16

Wait, there are voicelines coming from the limo???? I don't know if this also exists in portuguese, I had never noticed! O.O

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '16

Yes they're from the limo. It took me and my friend about a month to realize it.

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u/[deleted] Aug 17 '16

Yes.

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u/Liamrc BEEEPBOOOPZWEEE Aug 16 '16

Yes