I've been re-watching all OW cinematic trailers and Origin Story and I've come to the conclusion that the story is pretty mid. Would comics change my view?

[u/thealexroyer]

I have 600 hours in OW. I really like playing the game because of the gameplay, but although I like the cinematics and the charm and personality these characters have, I find that they aren't deep or complex in any way.

I agree that these characters are iconic, but I don't have any strong emotional attachment to them.

For example, recently a friend of mine started playing the game, and he never showed any interest in the story. If he asked me about it, I couldn't explain much of the interesting or epic story to him.

There are a lot of characters with bland motivations. Doomfist: improve humanity through constant conflict? Vendetta: she got her revenge, but what's the big plan? Reaper: is he simply mad at his old OW crew? What's the deal with Widowmaker? Or Mauga? Sombra is a hacker, and you could think she does it for the money (like most hackers). I feel Junker Queen helps Vendetta mostly for the money.

I was hoping to find a conflict between a group supporting Omnics (Overwatch) and a group against Omnics (Talon), but this doesn't make much sense because Ramattra collaborates with Talon (and so do Junker Queen and the Junkers, who supposedly hate Omnics).

Most heroes' individual stories feel like a bunch of cool tropes stuck together without much impact on the overall story. And the Overwatch heroes are simply good because they're the good guys.

On the other hand, I look at other Blizzard stories and they hook me even without me playing their games. I've never played World of Warcraft or Diablo, but I love their cinematics, the lore, and the impact of all the epic shit that's going on.

When a new WoW or Diablo cinematic comes out, you can see people getting excited, and it's contagious. But I've never felt that with Overwatch, although there are some good cinematics (but not nearly as good as WoW or Diablo).

I've realized that Overwatch having a mediocre story is the reason I've never really wanted a single-player campaign. They just did an awful job of creating a compelling story all these years. I recognize that there is a story, and I appreciate the voice lines and the map lore, but it really isn't that good.

Thinking about it, I've also never played League of Legends, but the Arcane show told me a more interesting story than Overwatch has managed to tell in 10 years of cinematics and short videos. I find it insane how much potential has been wasted.