#OVERWATCH WHO MADE REAPER SKIN#

When the “Uprising” comic was released, there were two panels depicting an aged Strike-Commander Jack describing his experiences in the Omnic Crisis for the first time:

#OVERWATCH WHO MADE REAPER SKIN#

The new “The Art of Overwatch” artbook also confirms this was originally an homage to the 1970′s:īut soon, the Commando skin came to represent something deeper for Soldier: 76 (and Reaper as well). Originally, I described this as a reference to the 1970′s/1980′s films about special operations “commandos” such as the Schwarzenegger film by the same name ( ) Soldier: 76 has always had an in-game skin titled “Commando” since the launch of the game. Up until extremely recently, very little was known about the “Soldier Enhancement Program.” People have speculated about the nature of it, how deeply it affected Gabriel and Jack, how the experiences through it shaped the nature of their early relationship, etc. Morrison and his fellow augmented soldiers would soon put their abilities to use with the advent of the Omnic Crisis.” “Before long, earned a coveted position in the government’s controversial and still-classified (but widely acknowledged) “soldier enhancement program.” Military scientists shaped Morrison and other inductees into the perfect soldiers, blessed with superhuman speed, strength, and agility. Their nearly 30 years of shared history and close personal relationship (in whatever form it takes) makes them a fascinating and interesting pair together and separately. In my opinion, the beauty and fun of the relationship is digging through the details and seeing how much the two characters share together - in the canon story, in their in-game skins and quotes, in their alternate variations, everything. This is important because the majority of our information comes from characters with a certain lens on their own words and narratives - Olympia Shaw is one, yes, but others in this story of Gabriel Reyes and Jack Morrison include: Sombra, Moira O’Deorain, Jesse McCree, Ana Amari, Reinhardt Wilhelm, Torbjörn Lindholm, etc. We want them to use their judgement and knowlege of a character’s thoughts to come up with their own ideas about the universe.” - Thinking Globally (Timestamp: 34:35 ) We want people to pay careful attention to what characters think about in particular situations. We utilize perspective when we tell stories about what characters are thinking, what their goals are - and we have a lot of unreliable narrators. “One of the things that we really like doing with Overwatch is playing with perspective. At his 2017 GDC talk, “Thinking Globally: Building the Optimistic Future of Overwatch,” Michael Chu had this to say about Blizzard’s storytelling for the characters: Similarly, all sources cited from within the universe of Overwatch are from very specific perspectives and typically told through an unreliable narrator. It contains both “facts about Reyes and Morrison,” but it also contains her biases and is tinted with her view and understanding of the world. One thing to keep in mind with this article - “Fading Glory: On the Trail of Jack Morrison” - is that it is written in-universe from an unreliable background narrator (the journalist Olympia Shaw). Their decision to join Overwatch together would change the world, for good and for bad.”īuckle up - this is one of the longest ones yet!

Despite their differences, the two soldiers became friends. Reyes, a hardened and highly respected veteran, grew up about as far from rustic Indiana as you could get-the sprawling urban melting pot of Los Angeles. “Overwatch’s short list of prospective agents included two members of the soldier enhancement program: Morrison and Gabriel Reyes, a senior officer. Please remember to reblog or retweet the original posts from Auttoton/Autolikescake! (here: and here: ) In light of today’s news (and the chaos of Blizzcon), I figured a post on what we know about Reaper and Soldier: 76 is probably appropriate. Everything You Want to Know about Reaper and Soldier: 76

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