Let pump up the number of game devs being layoff boys, go go go

She looks so painfully generic, it's as if every line and trace was ultimately designed to be aseptic, with an average shape and as little skin as possible: an attempt to please everyone and offend no one, unsurprisingly failing to please anyone and offending everyone. She manages to look even more generic than Wraith from Apex Legends, at least Wraith had soul.

Ultimately, the root cause of this drama is one of the chief reasons why Chinese game developers are taking the market by storm. They seem to understand the value of fantasy, of the exceptional and of the ideal, the need for it to exist and moreover, what people look for in entertainment: an escape from the confines of reality.

Look at this character and then look at say, Astra Yao from Zenless Zone Zero, and it'll become far clearer than I could ever put in words.

Dr. DroShe looks so painfully generic, it's as if every line and trace was ultimately designed to be aseptic, with an average shape and as little skin as possible: an attempt to please everyone and offend no one, unsurprisingly failing to please anyone and offending everyone. She manages to look even more generic than Wraith from Apex Legends, at least Wraith had soul.

Ultimately, the root cause of this drama is one of the chief reasons why Chinese game developers are taking the market by storm. They seem to understand the value of fantasy, of the exceptional and of the ideal, the need for it to exist and moreover, what people look for in entertainment: an escape from the confines of reality.

Look at this character and then look at say, Astra Yao from Zenless Zone Zero, and it'll become far clearer than I could ever put in words.

Z.z.z is gooner bait... And that's a good thing

FreedomEclipseZ.z.z is gooner bait... And that's a good thing

Let's use something completely in the other direction then. Pan Yinhu's new outfit that you can currently claim for free in the ongoing event. This is a masterclass in tasteful character design, especially for a kung fu panda that also happens to be a chef

This is just drip, characters don't have to have even the slightest sex appeal to be cool... but they do need to have soul

Dr. DroShe looks so painfully generic, it's as if every line and trace was ultimately designed to be aseptic, with an average shape and as little skin as possible: an attempt to please everyone and offend no one, unsurprisingly failing to please anyone and offending everyone. She manages to look even more generic than Wraith from Apex Legends, at least Wraith had soul.

Ultimately, the root cause of this drama is one of the chief reasons why Chinese game developers are taking the market by storm. They seem to understand the value of fantasy, of the exceptional and of the ideal, the need for it to exist and moreover, what people look for in entertainment: an escape from the confines of reality.

Look at this character and then look at say, Astra Yao from Zenless Zone Zero, and it'll become far clearer than I could ever put in words.

Am I missing something? They all look like the average anime character.

I am constantly impressed about how much people can care about the daftest little things.

Dr. DroUltimately, the root cause of this drama

Is that everyone has to shove their ideology -or counter-ideology- into the matter.

Not that I am against the principle… I just wish people would do so for serious stuff instead of triggering idiotic culture war. But then again, a war is exactly what all parties to this farce are after. Thanks, asocial media!

Dr. DroLet's use something completely in the other direction

Rocking that dad bod.... Gooner bait which is still a good thing

FreedomEclipseZ.z.z is gooner bait... And that's a good thing

Boring game... I went into it thinking it was an open world but when I saw it was tiny little boxed off arenas for the fights... Such potential wasted. Amazing characters though.

Tbh to me she looks no more or less generic than all the other characters from Overwatch / Fortnite / etc type games. But, I guess I'm old, so what do I know.

Granted, most of the outspoken parts of the OW fanbase just wanted her face to look a bit older. Very few wanted the original butch face. So she'll probably end up just looking a little more mature and sexy, instead of babyfaced and cute. So closer to Mercy/Pharah/Widowmaker rather than D.Va/Kiriko/Juno on the facial design spectrum. Just narrow the eyes a bit and sharpen her face a bit more, and voila. Assuming they don't give her the butch face, she'll probably become just as popular as Mercy and Widowmaker.

The most hilarious bit about all this is that the VA is a complete hypocrite preaching "authenticity" of a fictional character while also heavily styling herself to also try and look younger/edgier.

Still, between Anran and Domina and some of the changes made, OW got a much-needed shot in the arm, and Domina's actually the more popular of the two right now. However, after a brief stint trying it out on my friend's account (because I refuse to log in myself until they finally bring back PvE), it's not enough to get me to come back from Marvel Rivals.

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Dr. DroLet's use something completely in the other direction then. Pan Yinhu's new outfit that you can currently claim for free in the ongoing event. This is a masterclass in tasteful character design, especially for a kung fu panda that also happens to be a chef

This is just drip, characters don't have to have even the slightest sex appeal to be cool... but they do need to have soul

Ironically, that reminded me of Paladins, it had far better character design than Overwatch that was both unique and matched the intended playstyle of the character while also making it fairly clear what intended roles they were supposed to fit, and it also featured character tweaking via cards to customize a character a bit more before the match, long before Overwatch did it.

Too bad Hi-Rez was always an incompetent studio and never continued refining the game, much less properly market it, ultimately moving on to Smite 2.

SnoutBaronBoring game... I went into it thinking it was an open world but when I saw it was tiny little boxed off arenas for the fights... Such potential wasted. Amazing characters though.

You went into it for all the wrong reasons my brother.

SnoutBaronBoring game... I went into it thinking it was an open world but when I saw it was tiny little boxed off arenas for the fights... Such potential wasted. Amazing characters though.

Season 1 content was really lukewarm, despite my day 1 account with very low UID, I skipped the first 6 months or so. Especially TV mode segments, terrible. But second season is definitely worth playing. Devs basically U turned on that nonsense and you can claim all rewards without subjecting yourself to any of it. Still not entirely an open world game, though - but it is pivoting that way. Worth playing now, IMO.

Nah, the design itself is fine, it’s just the face. She looks basically like a hybrid between Kiriko and Juno. It’s tiresome. They absolutely can make her look more severe without completely overhauling her, it’s doable. There were fan made models in Blender doing that like 24 hours after the announcement.

But hey, they finally made Jetpack Cat, which is alone covering the “oddball character” bases for them.

I agree she does look rather bland, boring, generic and not even that attractive.

PsinetI am constantly impressed about how much people can care about the daftest little things.

Right? You'd almost think this was pre-planned drama to maximize the exposure for Overwatch.

Do I hear sheep? Do I hear completely irrelevant opinions?

theonlyrobertAm I missing something? They all look like the average anime character.

Probably? If it's not really your cup of tea I wouldn't expect you to see much beyond that? :P

Meanwhile at Blizzard board meetings: "So... bigger boobs?"

They all look like Tracer and Widowmaker.

I agree it feels like lazy copy/paste.

ChomiqMeanwhile at Blizzard board meetings: "So... bigger boobs?"

That was the design process behind Domina. That’s one way to increase the Tank playerbase, lemme tell you.

ShihabIs that everyone has to shove their ideology -or counter-ideology- into the matter.

Not that I am against the principle… I just wish people would do so for serious stuff instead of triggering idiotic culture war. But then again, a war is exactly what all parties to this farce are after. Thanks, asocial media!

The company has only themselves to blame for this mess. They embraced "the message" and made the games development and community political to appease Twitter users. They intentionally hired people based on politics and ideology, instead of skill. They promoted those ideologies in company meetings, and attacked those who did not agree. They gutted their community to satisfy their greed. The company, and everyone involved, deserve their fate of dealing with this inane nonsense for a dying title.

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What’s funny to me, and this isn’t exclusive to Blizzard, is how cynical they actually are about the whole thing. Hey, we have a Pride event each year! Except it’s not enabled in the countries where that would be… inconvenient. Hey, we support progressive policies! But we still sold our entire e-sports scene to the company owned by the Saudi government. And spent enormous resources to return to the Chinese market and are now running exclusive events there with cosmetics that are straight up not available anywhere else. It’s all so… performative. Like, just be an amoral money hungry corporation, honestly, that is more respectable and honest, at least.

OnasiWhat’s funny to me, and this isn’t exclusive to Blizzard, is how cynical they actually are about the whole thing. Hey, we have a Pride event each year! Except it’s not enabled in the countries where that would be… inconvenient. Hey, we support progressive policies! But we still sold our entire e-sports scene to the company owned by the Saudi government. And spent enormous resources to return to the Chinese market and are now running exclusive events there with cosmetics that are straight up not available anywhere else. It’s all so… performative. Like, just be an amoral money hungry corporation, honestly, that is more respectable and honest, at least.

It all feels so incredibly shallow...

These companies are not progressive, they just follow suit to what the current norm is (doesn't matter which direction it swings)