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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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