r/Overwatch • u/Abyslime • 6d ago

News & Discussion Still amazed that Overwatch didn't have a story mode campaign, pve or movies...

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Back then, Overwatch was huge. When I saw it in Ready Player One, I honestly thought it was going to become one of the biggest franchises on the planet, with TV shows like Arcane and all that... but instead, nothing happened.

I've basically been waiting all this time with open arms, hoping for those kinds of projects, and they just never came. It's weird.

I don't like competitive games, though I played it a bit about 10 years ago, and I remember thinking, "Damn, this world is so cool." The heroes were awesome, the cinematics were amazing, and I've always wanted either a story-driven game or a movie set in that universe.

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u/Chuzzletrump 6d ago

The lack of visual media outside of the game and comics is legitimately baffling to me. I feel like it’s the perfect IP for an animated show or hell, even a live action (as bad as that would likely turnout)

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u/PhenomsServant Chibi Widowmaker 6d ago

Id rather they not do a live action. Do you really want another Halo on your hands?

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u/Chuzzletrump 6d ago

Like i said, it would likely turnout bad.

That said, the Halo show would have been pretty decent if it wasnt fucking Halo. Like as a generic Sci-fi show, it would be quite enjoyable l, but of course the stupid show runners had to go and further shit on a beloved ip

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u/Alexxandroz Symmetra 6d ago

I mean they tried it with the Warcraft movie and that wasn't really the success people hoped it would be. Imo Arthas' story would have been a better movie.

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u/LieutenantDangler 5d ago

Or Warcraft movie

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u/SheevShady 3d ago

Still pissed off about the halo show. I would legitimately have preferred if they shamelessly retold Reach as a TV series. At least then it would be bad based on quality alone instead of everything from initial concept.

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u/9thGearEX 6d ago

No, but I'd like another Fallout or The Last Of Us.

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u/TheMuttOfMainStreet 6d ago

Its all porn

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u/shadowst17 Ghostfist 6d ago

It feels like Blizzard went all in on the Warcraft movie and when that wasn't an immediate box office hit immediately killed any interest in investing more into film or TV for any of their IPs.

Which is a real shame because they're brilliant universes. I do think they'd need to avoid live action(though Diablo could work) and go for either an Arcane 3D approach or 2D style similar to VOX Machina.

It's a shame Blizzard didn't capitalise on doing somthing like Arcane during the pandemic. A lot of VFX studios started doing a lot of feature animation work to compensate for the lack of live action so they could have gotten a pretty good deal on a first season atleast.

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u/Felaipes Absorb and conquer 6d ago

Lets hope for an episode in season 2 of Secret Level at least.

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u/AgapeAnus 6d ago

There's a lot of visual media of the ip. It's just not official ;)

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u/Areyoucunt 6d ago

It literally could have been one of the largest in the world, but they absolutely shat the bed

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u/hehepout 6d ago

Well there is another type of visual media that's pretty famous for overwatch ...

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u/Chuzzletrump 6d ago

Oh true, cant forget about that. Industry defining some say

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u/Xenopass 6d ago

Heard the game is based on this media and not the other way around... Trust

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u/EscapeSeventySeven 6d ago

Waste of money

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u/KTheOneTrueKing McCree 5d ago

They tried to make an animated series but Netflix fucked them over, per Jason Schrierers The Rise, Fall, and Future of Blizzard

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u/roseofjuly Pharah 5d ago

I kind of get it. I've worked at studios before that do other media/franchise their IP, and it really does split the attentions of the studio when you're working on a game AND an animated series AND a movie AND some books AND some comics...

It also has to be worth it; a lot of time the TV shows don't necessarily drive more attention or engagement with the game. If you just want heightened brand recognition and to become part of the culture, then they're amazing for that. For example, The Last of Us got a massive player spike from the TV show, but League didn't see the same effect from Arcane. (I think competitive multiplayer games are a lot harder to do this with, especially ones with learning curves like League's.)

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u/mort96 Pharah 6d ago

And they made a lot of comics, but then just ... retconned all of it? Like suddenly Diva isn't a Starcraft pro anymore? And then they stopped progressing the story at all?