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Overwatch 2 is set to release very soon and more details are steadily being released including information about one of the original game’s heroes: Symmetra.
In Overwatch lore, Symmetra is a character with Autism, but it was rarely reflected in-game despite comics and other story pieces indicating that she is on the spectrum.
The sequel is hoping to remedy this by making it far more apparent and celebrating her Autism in-game through quite a few voice lines.
In a thread on Twitter, Narrative Designer Joshi Zhang delved into how they’re subtly representing Autism as she dukes it out with and against fellow members of the Overwatch roster.
OW2 is highlighting Symmetra’s Autism in combat
“I asked myself, how would her autism influence her experience on the battlefield?” Zhang explained in a series of posts.
In order to showcase this, Zhang revealed how Symmetra will comment on sensations that please or bother her such as being mesmerized by hard light – a key component of her gameplay.
One clip the dev highlighted is when she gets a kill on the music-based hero Lucio, she will remark: “finally, I can hear myself think.”
According to the dev, there are plenty of other voice lines that indicate her perspective on things. Surely, there will be a lot to discover when the game is out, and everyone with a proper phone plan can check it out.
“At the end of the day, I hope that neurodivergent members of the OW community feel like they are seen. Autism is not a weakness; it’s a strength to be celebrated by all,” Zhang concluded.
It’s not yet clear what Blizzard has planned for Symmetra once Overwatch 2’s PvE story content is added later on in 2023, but seeing how they’re doing so much to showcase her Autism in PvP, it’s likely that there is much more to come.
Overwatch 2 is set to release October 4 on PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, PS5, and Nintendo Switch consoles with a mobile port still rumored for the future.
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it is a consumer product for zoomers. everything has to be exaggerated to bring the point clearly and fast to save cost. From both design and storytelling. Watch their "cinematic" and the comments, people eat that shit. But this time it is on a new level, they tell it in an ARTICLE.
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She has to say BAZINGA a lot.
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What a world we live in where Sheldon is considered subtle.
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I didn't know Overwatch had stories and crap. It was a decent FPS, but the teams and maps are too small, and the characters are stupid.
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Just play a good game like team fortress
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I love team fortress. Playing against an army of bots and cheaters every single game is the best
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The real tf2 died years ago. If you weren’t there to play it you just aren’t cool enough sweaty
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Thankfully there's a magical thing called "having more than 3 IQ and knowing how to use the server browser"
Though bots haven't been too bad recently. In casual. Never been an issue for community servers. Still a lot of cheating cute twinks though that the other team is too stupid to kick.
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Play the superior Gundam-Watch game instead of this soylord shooter.
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12v12 clusterfrick sim
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You should have played lawbreakers. It was like overwatch but not slow as shit and decent mechanics, but no you all had to mock cliffy B cause he dared to make overwatch but good.
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Ow2 is making the teams even smaller. Down to 5.
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Looks like somebody skipped the "show not tell" class in story writing school
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They didn't.
There's no "show no tell" lesson in progressive writing class.
Just TELL, SHOUT AND BE OBNOXIOUS.
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If you just show the audience might get the wrong message
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To be fair, you should be able to tell if someone has autism. Of course, they aren't talking about autism, they are talking about assburgers. Yes, I know, assburgers is mild autism, but there is a world of difference here. People with actual autism are very different. They generally can't hold jobs, have serious social problems, and just generally are very different. They sure as frick aren't some techno wizard battlefield badass. I kinda hate how people like this don't bother to make a distinction because when I mention that I have a family member with autism due to media like this people ask me if they are math geniuses or some shit and it's like no they are not they can't take care of themselves it is very sad they don't have fricking super powers they have social and mental disabilities.
Idk just kinda grinds my gears.
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You also on the spectrum?
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rdrama.net
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It was a trick question
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I knew someone neurodivergent who tried to get through military training. The chaos, shouting and loud noises reduced him to a screeching mess in a corner balling his eyes out.
Also he was fricking useless at everything, because in real life autism is a mental disability, not a superpower.
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Yeah she would be useless in a real military
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Hey that superman actually passed out. The instructors weren't allowed to kick him out since militaries are short-staffed.
The sailors threw all his shit overboard midway because he's so fricking useless.
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You are 100% autismo, you are in army
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I'm also not a woman
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Sure buddy
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The trick is to be just neurodivergent enough to play dwarf fortress, and normal enough to know that you're supposed to make eye contact.
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The ideal man
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Blizzard is already not well-liked these days among normies they don't need to pull more r-slur shit like this to pander to the folk that hates them with a passion and alienates others who despite virtue signaling.
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Blizzard only made decent games when they were drinking female employee's breast milk
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Maybe it has something to do with the neurodivergents that were chased off when the marketing dudebros came in.
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What don't you like our new product? It has all you asked for:
more contentinteresting heroesDumbed down PvE mode
.CONSOOM
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Sounds like an easy fix
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They do this shit specifically to make people forget about the whole harassment drama and show they're one of the good ones
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All will be forgiven if dragonflight is good.
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the neurodivergents who play overwatch are too busy ripping the models to use in blender porn.
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Imagine having a community more neurodivergent than tf2
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Paradox.
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Luv me eu4
Luv me ck2
'ate neurotypicals
Simple as
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The Paradox fandom is not just more neurodivergent, but better because it's got both sides of neurodivergent wingcuckery.
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Science said it would not be achievable
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McCree’s special move is r*pe
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Uhhhh sorry buddy it's John chastity or something now cool cowboy names aren't allowed
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NOBODY FRICKING CARES, STOP POSTING THIS SHIT
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I care, don't be a mimweenie
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Just walk away from the screen if it bothers you sweaty
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Thanks to Blizzard and Riot Games, when a company advertizes a super-woke progressive culture, the first thing I wonder is how many higher-ups were in trouble for bukkakeing the sexy new intern at their latest company conference...
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Why would you picture it in that coomer way
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Didnt they put protections in place to stop people from ripping the new models for porn? Now thats some actual news.
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A losing battle. SFM coomers will find a way.
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that's just to pretend anyone cares about the game instead of the models.
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Am I alone in finding the phrase "will know that they are seen" as sounding more like a threat than anything else?
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I love carp
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Nailed it.
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mayo nonsense
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when will OW devs figure out how to make a likeable character v_v
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Lol this is gonna backfire, twittards are going to seethe, and then Blizzard will buckle and either double down, getting more twittard flack, or completely rewrite the character.
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You should occasionally lose control of the character and she should fall to the ground, start rocking back and forth and making reeeeee sounds.
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having ears means you're neurodivergent? or does she keep saying it expecting a laugh track?
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Autism isnt a superpower. Has Blizzard been watching shitty movies?
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Remember kids, Autism isn't debilitating it's a super power
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Just give her a Chris Chan skin. The El classico would be perfect.
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After zenyatta she is my favorite because there is no non-toxic way to play as her.
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Funny watching obvious weaknesses and issues being sold as strengths.
Gender dysphoria is totes not a mental illness somehow
Autism is actually a strength and totally not something that prevents you from functioning normally.
if I was more
I would say there's some grand scheme behind all this gaslamping bullshit. There's not it's just insane people given a megaphone they don't deserve but it's fun to think about sometimes.
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Thanks for this. This stuff really is so fricking funny if you think about it.
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