Underwatch
Hey everyone! Another post! Wow! Instead of theories, today, I am going to be talking about one of my favorite video games, Overwatch! I’m not too sure if I talked about this before…I don’t think I have. Let’s get into it!
Overwatch is a first person shooting game. Each regular game is a 6v6 battle. There are 4 game modes. There is assault, control, escort, and hybrid. In assault, the attacking team needs to claim two capture points. The defending team just needs to prevent them from taking the points until the time runs out. In control, both teams battle to take control for one point. Whichever team gets the capture point to 100% first wins that round. The first team to get to two wins. Unlike the other game modes, this mode doesn’t have a time limit. It’s just whoever gets to 100% first. In escort, the attacking team needs to move a payload from one point to another. The payload moves when the attacking team is standing on it or is near it. Hybrid is a combination of the modes assault and escort. You have to capture on point. Once you do that, you escort a payload.
An important piece of the game is the characters. Currently, there is 29 heroes. There are three categories; Tank, Damage, and Support. Damage is the category that has the most heroes. There are seven tanks, 16 damage, and six support. Each hero has different abilities that they can use to help them in battle. Each hero also has an ultimate. They need to deal damage or heal teammates to fill up the gauge. You need to get it up to 100%. Each hero fills up their gauge at different speeds.
The first hero I will be talking about is Ana. Ana is a support character. Her full name is Ana Amari. She was sent on a mission, and she was believed to have been killed by Widowmaker. In reality, she survived the attack. Ana’s weapon is a Biotic Rifle. Her abilities are Sleep Dart and Biotic Grenade. If you hit an enemy with Sleep Dart, it will put them to sleep for a small amount of time. When they are asleep, they are unable to do anything. Biotic Grenade heals allies and damages enemies. It also prevents them from healing for a short amount of time. Finally, her ultimate is Nano Boost. Nano Boost can be applied to any teammate. As soon as it is applied, it heals them. It causes hem to deal more damage, and they take less damage from enemies’.
The next hero I will be talking about is D.va. D.va is a tank. D.va’s real name is Hana Song. Hana is a professional gamer who uses her skill to pilot a mech. D.va’s weapons are called Fusion Cannons. Unlike other heroes, her weapon has infinite ammo. Outside of her mech, D.va’s weapon is a Light Gun. All of D.va’s abilities can only be used when she is in her mech. Her abilities are Boosters, Defense Matrix, and Micro Missiles. Boosters launch D.va in the direction she is looking. She is able to boost into enemies to knock them back. Defense Matrix is a target shaped array that can stop projectiles coming at D.va. Micro Missiles are a bunch of tiny missiles that D.va can shoot at an enemy. Finally, D.va’s ultimate is Self-Destruct. She ejects from her mech and causes it to explode. It deals a ton of damage to enemies.
The final person I will be talking about is Genji. Genji’s real name is Genji Shimada. Genji is a cyborg. His brother, Hanzo, and him got into an argument which caused Hanzo to “kill” Genji. Genji’s weapon are Shurikens. His abilities are Deflect and Swift Strike. When Genji uses deflect, all projectiles coming at him are deflected back at the enemy. When using Swift Strike, Genji dashes at an enemy while slashing them with his katana. If he kills somebody while this ability is on cool down, he gets it back immediately. Genji’s ultimate is Dragonblade. Genji uses his katana for a brief amount of time to deal high damaging strikes to opponents.
That is all I will be talking about for today! I will probably make a post in the future about my experiences in Overwatch w/ Sarah. 😛 I hope you enjoyed this post! Later!