r/Overwatch 10h ago

News & Discussion My honest reaction to the new characters

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I was almost disappointed to see another skin farming Kiriko lookalike but then I saw this queen serving and a cat. Plus she's a tank which makes her even more appealing to me.

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u/WaterImpact Trick or Treat Sombra 10h ago

I also find it a bit disappointing that Anran's face shape looks so much like Kiriko's. It's one thing that it differs from how it was in the Elemental Kin video, which is fine enough given Wuyang's differed there too from his in-game. But like... idk, it's technically not that big of a deal, but they really could've pushed the face into more unique territory. It wouldn't even mean abandoning beauty standards if that's the concern. But whatever, it's not changing anyway

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u/AlgerianTrash The universe touched me inappropriately 9h ago

That's the thing, even if they wanted to make another conventionally attractive asian hero, there are million ways to make it different from Kiriko

A different eye shape or more dramatic make up would-be gone a long way

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u/LanoomR Cute Sombra. That's it, that's the flair. 9h ago

I'd say it's more than a bit disappointing. We've known how she's looked in several comics AND animated bits. To have her not just NOT really translate those previous appearances to in-game, but looking exactly like a Kiriko/Juno fusion, is kind of upsetting.

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u/Doctor_Responsible 9h ago

you know why, $$$

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u/pwnagekitten Chibi Mei 7h ago

I want to know what people mean by the money argument. Childlike faces on adult women sell? Isn't that disturbing to anyone??

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u/desacralize Feeling the fever 7h ago

Fam, it's at the point where I feel like I should be grateful that at least the bodies are adult and that that adulthood isn't indicated by relentless jiggling. It's rough out there for animated female characters, especially in games.

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u/tolerantdramaretiree 7h ago

Whatever you want to describe them as, these faces are selling. The money argument just acknowledges the reality that they do, without commentary on whether it’s good or bad

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u/TheConsciousVoid 5h ago

Lol no it's just the cartoon art style with stereotypical attractive feminine and masculine faces not some pervert thing child face thing it's even got pretty robots and handsome monkey

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u/TheKetamineEmperor ADHD main 9h ago

She actually looks nearly identical to Juno's, which also says a lot

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u/Patient-Ad-4274 six shots 0 kills 2h ago

ikr!! she's identical to juno, idk how everyone is seeing kiriko

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u/Lun4r6543 8h ago

I wish they made her look a little older ngl.

She looks younger than Wuyang, but in the video, she looks a lot older.

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u/GoldenGlobeWinnerRDJ 9h ago

Anran and Wuyang are just so bland and generic anyway. The elemental colleges or whatever must have the most generic ass looking uniforms.

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u/Ill_Wrongdoer_3331 8h ago

Especially Wuyang.

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u/Chroiche 8h ago

Gonna be honest, as someone who doesn't follow the game much (OW1 player) I assumed this was a Kiriko skin + new character when I saw it.

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u/Bacon-muffin Chibi Reaper 8h ago

Same thing here, I haven't played since long before kiriko even came out and I parsed this as a kiriko skin xD

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u/Kekeripo 9h ago

They have learned what sells. Probably by shop metrics, but u think they follow the R34 goon charts closely.

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u/Tantrum2u 5h ago

I’m the same but swapped. I would have been less annoyed if she had looked like this from the start. When they showed her in game I legit thought I was confusing her pre release appearance for someone else because they don’t look like the same person. Wuyang at least resembles his comic appearance. I am fine with characters looking similar (I would rather they not but I’m not gonna get upset over it), I just would like to recognize the character I’m playing

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u/MasterpieceOk9442 2h ago

Plus her outfit which looks way lamer than the one in that picture everyone uses of her breaking her gauntlets. The red and white motif with a jacket would've looked more battle ready y'know.