Make sure to watch the origins as well! They all reveal a little about certain characters, and the Doomfist origin is fully animated and looks like an anime :D And then watch the game cinematics hehe, the ones for the Archives events (UPRISING, RETRIBUTION, and STORM RISING)
['GRDN-HR-AB: "-I thought it was supposed to be a Golden Age?" AI/COM-MW-RSPN: ::It was a time of peace.:: GRDN-HR-AB: "-that' a lot of fire power, Red." AI/COM-MW-RSPN: :: *[swords] keep peace.* ::'.]
I think the "The Last Bastion" is one of the best shorts that they made. It has no dialogue but it tells the story very well. It can compete against the Disney Pixar short films.
You were spot on with the woodpecker sounds being like gunfire and being a trigger. It's the same way for veterans who have fought in combat who suffer from PTSD. Great reaction, and I enjoyed seeing Wade pick up on the small intricacies
I like how Haley really reads my lore comments, awesome! So that was the omnic war, the one Overwatch participated in. Törbjorn(an OW hero) was the one who built the bastions to protect humanity, but they turned against them
Actually, Torb designed the guns. He was part of the IronClad company which designed these new guns. The company Mina Liao was part in was the one which created omnics
Oh Boy.. You guys are in for a treat for the next cinematic.. The character you just saw with the shield and the hammer.. I don't wanna say anything yet.. All i can say is.. You're in for a treat.. Y'all are doing this on a perfect time. Since supposedly Overwatch 2 is around the corner 🤷♂️.. But love your videos and the reactions.. With time playing the game you will figure out the lore for good..
In order: Cinematic Trailer, Recall, Alive, Dragons, Hero, The Last Bastion, Infiltration, Rise and Shine, Junkertown: The Plan, Honor and Glory, Shooting Star, Reunion, Zero Hour
@dpGR33Nqb Fortnite Actually, that is Balderich from Honor And Glory, one of the many Crusaders, and Close Friend and Comrade to Reinhardt. Ingame, Reinhardt has both a skin for Balderich and without spoiling anything, Another Balderich skin.
@@GMineo watch "Are you with Us" BEFORE " Rise and Shine ". The former is very short (>5m), so you might want to combo it with another short one like "Junkertown: The Plan" if you want to give yourselves a full length post... Or do short ones, your pick. 😁
Shout out to Hailey for reading the comments for lore! Also Widowmaker's skin is blue because Talon did experiments to slow her heartbeat. Slowing it down so that she breath less ofthen causing her skin to go cold. All to make her a better sniper.
At the end Torbjörn, the dwarfy hero of Overwatch and one of the founders of Overwatch, he finds Bastion in the black forest and he takes him, fixes him and now Bastion fights with Overwatch by the side of Torbjörn, Brigitte and Reinhardt.
I’m loving this! Overwatch has the right energy for everything that’s happening in the world rn and rewatching it with these amazing people is just all I needed to center myself back
I’ve been waiting all day for this. Let’s gooooo! Thank youuuu Quick lore: the Bastion unit was a type of omnic. There were also the OR-15s. This was one war during the omnic crisis. There were also bastions in the omnic extremist group called Null Sector
OR-14 omnics took part in the first omnic crisis. *After* that was over, they started producing an upgraded model called the OR-15, to defend Numbani (and probably other places). Efi took a destroyed OR-15, and fixed and upgraded it. Since it wasn't a "stock" OR-15 anymore, she just stuck an "A" on the end, and thus "OR15A" was born (hint: read the model number in leet speak).
don't forget to watch 'junkertown the plan" as well. it might not be on the overwatch cinematic list because it's different to other but it's still a great overwatch animated short. gives a great insight into two neutral heroes known as junkrat and roadhogg. well worth watching as well! 👍
Honestly, the only thing I can think about when watching this short is that at some point during that battle, when all the other bastion units were marching to it, Bastion decided it would be a fitting time to go to sleep.
You're gonna love the next short for real. Infiltration is probably my favorite one. If I have to rate my favorites 1. Zero Hour (the very last one) 2. Infiltration (next) 3. Reunion
A Sombra Main and possibly fan, ah, I see you're a person of culture as well. Can't wait for Infiltration either, maybe it changes Haley's fav from Widow to Sombra? 🤔
@@GMineo stfu IS THIS REALLY HAPPENING? CAN'T WAIT (+plus can't believe I got answered by you guys, ur amazing) PD. Watch Overwatch ingame intro after infiltration, it's Winston's message from the episode were you saw his baby version. It explains what Overwatch is and what is happening at that moment, plus showing teasers of all 23 original heroes) Cheers from Argentina
It’s amazing how they portrayed PTSD with a robot. And showed his inherent goodness fighting and struggling with his programming and ptsd. Then all the symbolism. With the bird, not only representing free win and freedom but also his good side and reminding him to live in the present. And when that bird comes back putting him literally in the middle of the screen in the middle of the forest and the city, torn between 2 options, the conflict in his mind etc. Before finally showing him walking away from the city and picking the forest, choosing freedom and goodness. What an amazing way to humanize a robot…
Was waiting for this video, and you guys did not disappoint. Haley with the timing on the bird return. Wade with the gunshot call. Marc's gasp of the dark battlefield pop in. 100% great job yall. I'm psyched for the next couple of videos too. Blizzard does a great job in this small run of them starting right here. Super fun. "Infiltration" will be fun for you guys. Familiar characters and new ones, which will be a delight to see how you interpret. The star of it is my main :) but "Rise and Shine" "Honor and Glory" and "Shooting Star" are just a string of great stories
i absolutely love the guy on the left, omg he gets it..so fast..so fucking fast, he's so smart and a joy to watch, the guy in the middle..well....you always gotta have ur comedic relief right lol.
Back Again my Friends! Not gonna lie had to double check and paste some words from a wiki to get it right. Don't judge me. The Omnic Crisis, also known as the First Omnic Crisis, was a decade-long period of war between the self-aware robots known as omnics and humanity. The Beginning The seeds for the Omnic Crisis were laid about 60 years ago by the Omnica Corporation, who constructed Omniums; massive, automated factories governed by self-improving software algorithms. They were meant to achieve economic equality. However, these factories were decommissioned when the company was shut down for fraud. Thirty years ago, several omniums across the world mysteriously reactivated and began building armies of military-grade omnics, which were deployed without warning or mercy against the nations of the world. The SST Laboratories "Bastion" Siege Automation model B73 was the standard unit produced by the Omniums. Other classes of omnic were produced as well to fight in the crisis like the OR14 "Idina" line. Initial Response Russia was the first country to be affected. They responded by producing giant human-piloted mechs called Svyatogors to combat the omnics. As the crisis spread to the rest of the world, other nations were forced to develop their own solutions. The United States created the Soldier Enhancement Program (Soldier 76, Reaper), and J08 produced Crusader Armor (Reinhardt, you'll see in the Honor & Glory cinematic) in Germany. However, the self-improving algorithms at the heart of the omniums allowed them to adapt to and counter each individual nation's measures; no country alone could effectively fight back against the omnics. The creation of Overwatch When the countries' individual self-defense programs proved to be failing, the United Nations developed a small, experimental task force called Overwatch. Over the course of the Crisis, the Overwatch team targeted and dismantled omniums, quarantined God Programs (Anubis etc.), and destroyed and disassembled nearly all Bastion units. The End of the Crisis By concentrating on the omnic command and control infrastructure, Overwatch was able to render most of the omnic forces inert and secure victory for humanity. The end of the war did not mean the destruction of every omnic. Communities of fully-sentient omnics still exist across the globe. No omnic or omnium has provided an explanation or justification for commencing war against humanity either during or after the Omnic Crisis; the motivations behind it remain a mystery.
Just a small clarification it was more like Overwatch vs. Omnics with Talon chilling in the background and then after the Omnics were defeated it was Overwatch vs. Talon (Talon really does most of their attacks on Overwatch after the Omnic Crisis).
I love your reactions to these shorts. I've been watching/following/playing Overwatch since day one and your reactions matched mine exactly. It's been so much fun reliving my memories while watching you guys experience them. Keep it up and keep having fun!!! Good luck to everyone!!!
I really love all these blizz cinematics if riot wasnt going so hard lately id say they were still the kings it really speaks volumes how quickly you guys picked out the story and it's super cool to see you guys getting inside the lore of not only overwatch but league aswell I'm also glad Haley didn't get fired this week lol
It'S nice to see you guys watching the cinematics, and for context it's ; Talon VS Overwatch, and Talon made overwatch disbanded by the governement. Nobody knows that except soldier 76 and Ana. Then,there's a civil war for the rights of the omnics, which was why overwatch was created : deal with omnics that went out of control, and were considered to have lost all humanity, ; their programming was made for war. We don'T know much about Talon, but certain fans thinks that it's because it's financially good for them that there is a civil war ; and there'S doomfist, that only wants war because he personnaly thinks that's the only way for humanity to progress.
Idk if you guys read my last comment but this video was much better! Love it! Thank you so much for giving ow lore the clout it deserves! Also, I cry with bastions every time! Honor and Glory next!!
I love how they think that Ganymede is a therapist for Bastion but then we remember how before this short people thought that Ganymede was the devil on bastions shoulder telling him to do bad things
For more lore there is a character in the game called Torbjorn and he was actually sent to disable Bastion (the one you see here) after finding out that a Bastion Unit has managed to survive, but upon finding him he realizes he can't kill him and instead decides to protect him.
I think the brilliance of The Last Bastion is that because Bastion can't speak (though he communicates through musical beeps) and he doesn't really interact with anyone other than Ganymede (that's the bird, who is with him even in-game and gets a makeover for every skin of Bastion) so you have to read the body language and you have to really look at everything around them and it makes it so deep.
Last Bastion is one of the more emotional cinematic shorts out there. Y'all got most of the background info pretty spot on too. Bastion (the robot) was a generic unit on the robots' side of the Omnics War. That city was a human city, and Bastion's orders were to attack it (along the dozens, if not hundreds, of others like him). He somehow got decommissioned in the forest, but still in functional shape and then slept for however many years that was, until he got awakened by the bird. And you were right that the woodpecker literally triggered his PTSD of the war. I also like the bit where he's watching the caterpillar, then the bird goes to eat it and you just see his head jerk a bit, like he's startled. xD
This animation does such a good job of showing what ptsd is and how it changes a person and it does so, without saying anything, it’s so impressive. I think this is blizzards best animatic by far.
