I have been playing Overwatch since 2018 and one of the reasons I liked the game was the character lore and designs. My favourite designs def being between Orisa, Sigma , and Roadhog. All three characters with really unique and varied shapes and world-related traits that are very present in the character.
With the latest concept artist, however, I feel as if there is very little difference in the designs of the characters. While everyone in the fandom and gamespace have already talked the 'Kiriko/Juno/Anran face issue", I feel like a lot of the new heroes added are way to copy/paste or just out of place for the setting of the game. Especially when it comes to the latest round of heroes after the UI change.
Anran (and Wuyang, though he was here before the UI change) look way too normal for the setting of the game. Mizuki and Emre look a bit too similar to Wuyang and Genji, respectively. Domina is alright, considering her connections to Vishkar and the other elements of her backstory. I think her's is probs the best out of these new heroes. Sierra is just a rock-climber... with no real features in her design OR her base kit that make her feel right for the game, which sucks because she is the first african American added to the game (there are other black characters, but not black Americans) and as a black American, I feel like they didnt try to do anything with her.
I think the biggest one that is kinda getting on my nerves rn is the newest onmic hero, Shion. Not only does she follow the whole 'extreme fictional sexual dimorphism' trope, where other onmics are allowed to look like robots and have inhuman features, while her and Echo ( the only two fem onmics added after Orisa), she just looks like every other new female/fem presenting hero that has been added. Especially Anran. The only unique feature of her design is probs her vocalization, speaking from her throat/neck and not her face plate like Echo.
It just sucks because there is so much potential for really good designs given the setting of the game, but all of the new heroes just keep falling flat. Like, there are some designs that I dont like, but at least there was some thought that went into the character. Mauga's design accounting for the fact that the fucker has two hearts. Hazard's alternative design working with the idea of prosthesis and body modification makes me kinda happy, since, as a disabled person, the thought of aesthetisized prosthesis out os choice and not just extreme necessity is something i think about a lot, even if there are parts of the base design that i dont like.
IDk just a little upset with a lot of the wasted potential.
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