Reacting to EVERY Overwatch Cinematic Part 2 || Group Reaction 

The donuts for dinner thing is actually mythically accurate. In stories, a girl who was possessed by a Kitsune spirit had a massive sweet tooth.

54:16 "Just so you know, that's actually her ult" "wha the little girl" Yes, Kiriko's ult boosts her team, and summons a crazy little girl with an axe. That'd be crazy funny if it was aha

The Junkrat short was made with ingame cinematics, it was NOT one of the first ones. It was released as a fun lil sketch along with the announcement of the Junkertown map.

56:08 This is accurate to real Japanese lore. When a Fox Spirit possesses someone, they crave sweets. Hence Kiriko's diet of doughnuts. Also Kiriko's mother trained both Hanzo and Genji.

Mcree/Cole was originally an Overwatch member, though specifically on Blackwatch, the covert ops section of OW that handled things OW couldn't, such as gathering intel on Null Sector's fortifications during the King's Row Uprising. Former Blackwatch members also include Reaper (Gabriel Reyes, commander), Moira and Genji. Before joining OW though he was a member of the Deadlock gang, hence how he knows Ashe and Bob.

Dude on the top left has a knack for speaking through dialog. It's actually hilarious.

The door was not on the side in Kiriko's cinematic. It was at the end of the hallway

Lore that ls not found in the videos: Kiriko’s mom trained Hanzo and Genji how to sword fight. When in game you can tell Kiriko knew the brothers as a child . Cassidy was part of Overwatch before it got disbanded. He was part of the black ops team with Reaper. He left because of infighting in the group

I love to see all these “reactions” of the cinematics where they talk through all the exposition and information and then have the audacity to be confused about what’s happening and ask the most obvious questions that would have been answered had they just payed attention.

42:27 I believe Mercy was the one who saved Genji's life with cybernetics when Hanzo had left him for dead, and then there were some scenes in comic books that showed the two of them wrote letters to each other I think even after Overwatch disbanded along with some valentine specific voice lines between the two has led most OW fans to accept a relationship between the two as head canon. Even though its never been explicitly confirmed its clear they have a bond and is the most likely to be a true romantic pairing aside from the history Cassidy and Ashe shared.

38:53 the irony of talking over the coolest audio-cue arguably in any of the shorts, so you can complain about not being able to hear things because of people talking and audio balancing

The dragon that Hanzo is fighting against is the queen dragon Alexstraza if I remember correctly, which is indeed from WoW. A very inportant character for the story and the world.

One thing to remember is that not every character in the game is directly part of Overwatch. Some of them are just well known enough to have made a name for themselves in the world or who are just fighting the good fight or supporting the underworld of things.

0:08 // “Reunion” 8:37 // “Shooting Star” 16:10 // “Infiltration” 22:05 // “The Wastelander” 29:32 // “Junkertown: The Plan” 32:46 // “Zero Hour” 40:31 // “We Are Overwatch” 42:05 // “Heroes of the Storm 2.0// Hanamura Showdown” 44:06 // “Dragons of the Nexus” 47:25 // “Kiriko”

that one guy is super talkative, felt more like a podcast more then a reaction 😂

I cant be the only one pissed at the top left guy talking through the good parts of the cinematic

So, I noticed that the DoomFist Cinematic was not included by the uploader, neither is the event cinematics which DO contain backstory and lore. So those are probably the few I'd recommend watching!

42:34 Genji and Mercy have a lot of lore and voicelines that hint at a relationship that no other characters have really. For Valentines day on Hanamura map, Mercy gets chocolates for Genji. Genji then gets chocolates for her on white day. They are the only two that have a Valentines voiceline. Unfortunately you can't hear it OW2 because Hanamura isn't in the regular selection but you can find it in RU-vid. Also every year during a certain even you can play some Archives missions and during one of them where Mercy and Genji are in the mission there are many voicelines. When Genji gets saved by he says he I'd thankful and how she is always saving him. She then says it's a good thing she likes him and to buy her dinner later. Same event Tracer teases them and asks Genji if there is more going on between him and Mercy. It is also revealed Mercy is pretty much the only one he kept in touch with after Overwatch. And they also send each other Christmas letters and spent many late nights talking together.

There will be a story mode that is coop and will take place in present day OW. They split the game into two parts. The PVP and the story. That's what is mainly the purpose of the 2 for the story mode. Story modes take lots of time especially because they are adding skill trees to heroes so they are basically making multiple abilities for each hero that will be playable. The coop story will come later

Something I think you guys missed was when Ashe was being road off on the payload she said more or less “I’m gonna rebuild Bob and I’m gonna have him RIP OFF YOUR OTHER ARM!”. Thought that was interesting that Bob ripped off his arm.

That little girl got power and immediately chose the upmost violence

I’m just back re-watching their reaction. If you go to 52:40 when the old man gets shot, their reaction is literally and anticlockwise circle. I don’t know why, but I found it funny.

The Junkertown cinematic with Junkrat and Roadhog was just an in-game graphic introduction to a new map. It wasn't the oldest but definitely before the content drought.

As an animator/illustrator myself, I would say that the Kiriko cinematic must have took at last a full year of work. Same with JunkerQueen's one

Kiriko's mom actually trained Genji, Hanzo, and Kiriko together all training with swords (Hanzo was the best) but Genji and Kiriko were likely the closest to each other out of the trio. They got into all kinds of trouble and Genji got a bull cut to match Kiriko. Genji and Mercy one of the most popular ships in OverWatch is actually supported by Genji's voice actor.

What I love about this is how u can tell whay rank the guy in the top right is by what he complains about. He complains about rein abandoning his team and widow camping spawn. Two strats I have not seen widespread use of in anything higher than silver for years before this video.

"Kanezaka, is under MY protection!" 5 minutes later: "Yea so I'm moving away with my mom.."

I just noticed in Mcree's cinematic the gang member rummaging in the grenade crate has a Kerrigan (SC) tattoo on his shoulder😲

Just an fyi, these shorts are not all in order (same for the last video too). It's also missing archive cutscenes (from in game story events) as well unfortunately. Also, if anyone is interested in the lore, there are several comic books to read for free.

You guys have the best Kiriko reaction I have ever seen. I laughed so hard with you guys when the little girl was chasing them with the axe

I highly recommend watching the individual character backstory videos. Not everyone has them but they are VERY fun to watch.

Man, your hart is in the right place, I love how you grown ass man like me got some tears. Love you guys. That trailers really got your emotions out its fantastic

The gang in Kiriko's trailer are all the same guys in the Dragons trailer, there's something on the lore about how the temple doesn't belongs to the Shimada anymore and now it's Hashimoto territory or something

Was waiting for this! Part 1 made me and a buddy play Overwatch again and it's really fun

theres so much lore that they actually miss out on by only watching cinematics. things like origin stories explain so much about reasoning behind characters, along with the overwatch archives event that happened a while ago that gave more lore from overwatch's past that new players wont get to experience, and theres comics and actual short stories that give so much insight into the overwatch universe its sad theyre missing out

The irony off the fact that the guy top-left is talking about "talking over the video" at 38:50 exactly at the moment when the most epic sequence is happening and thus ruining it BY TALKING OVER IT is... well it is someting.

The zero hour cinematic has good audio direction, it just wasnt made with people talking over it in mind.

My absolute favorite thing about zero hour is how dramatic and amazing they made Genji's intro to the cinematic was. The best part was that they wouldn't even have won that fight without Genji specifically, he saved winston, created the opening where the cryo bomb was placed, and cut off the hand that would have grabbed tracer which would have ruined tue whole thing.

They are making a campaign mode for overwatch 2 its just coming later. This is just a theory but it could come out when the next season releases because the new hero that's releasing along side it is the leader of the enemy faction seen in the overwatch 2 announcement cinematic

It's so strange watching a reaction where they know who Echo is. I'm so used to watching reactions that were before Echo or made by people who have never played OW. xD Loved this video!

God I hope they check out all the origins too. I think they’d love to see more glimpses of backstories and the history of the world!!

I know this video is 1 year old but the woman in the last cinematic is from the latest WoW expansion called Dragonflight. Her name is Alexstrasza.

The cinematics at 42:00 and 44:10 are both for Heroes of the Storm. When the first cinematic was shown, it was to introduce D'va and Genji to the game, as well as a Hanamura map. The second was when they introduced Hanzo and Alexstrasza (a character from World of Warcraft). Other Overwatch characters that are in Heroes of the Storm are Tracer, Zarya (also released a Volkaya map at the same time), Lucio, Ana, Junkrat, and, more recently, Mei. I'd also like to add, they did a REALLY good job of transferring their kit from Overwatch to HotS. There are differences, but they still feel like the same character. It's unfortunate Blizz shut down development of the game. It still has a decent sized player bass so it's far from a dead game. Blizzard fucked up the marketing and monetization of it, so it wasn't pulling in as much as they wanted.

"I'm so disappointed, I didn't think Sombra was evil." YOU DIDN'T THINK THE PURPLE-CLAD HACKER WHOSE NAME LITERALLY MEANS 'SHADOW' WAS EVIL?!

ALSO late late late and im sure others have told you but kiriko's mother ALSO trained hanzo and genji in the sword. that's why the parallels y'all mentioned are there. that's why her mother had a sword in the kitchen

The audio balance is 100% on yalls end.

9:23 LUCIO REFERENCE POOOOG THE FROG THE TOAD OMG W

I know I'm really late here but I still don't see many comments about this. The red dragon lady in the HOTS cinematic's name is Alexstrasza the Life-Binder and she's one of the Dragon Aspects (extremely powerful, important and ancient beings that protect the Azeroth - most of the world that WoW takes place in) and she is basically the god of life itself, hence why she just made the arrow come "alive" and was just kinda chill and never really trying to kill Hanzo. Also she's the queen of all dragons (and IS a dragon, the "humanoid" form is just her visage which every sentient dragon can conjure) :)

Guys a lot of the questions you ask are told during the cinematic lol.

Watching this made me inhale the air i just exhaled, love you guys! (And yes the Kiriko ine is very funny) keep the funny stuff up!!! 😄

the woman at 45:00 is alexstrasza from World of Warcraft, another game from blizzard. Along with the diablo video were advertisements for the game Heroes of the storm, they have nothing to do with the story of OW

Also fun to note, before Sombra's cinematic dropped, there was a whole ARG around it. Fun times. Should be able to find videos on it if you want.

My favorite part is the talking through the best moments. Just speak during the quiet parts not during the big action.

The last couple of videos with diablo and Alexstraza were videos for Heroes of the Storm. Blizzards MOBA where characters from all their games fought.

Pretty sure Junker Queen short should be much earlier, because she's been queen for a while by the time of Overwatch 2 and stuff, so probably before Winston's message.

So, Kiriko's mother actually trained the children of Clan Shimada, Genji and Hanzo. The two of them view Kiriko almost as a niece. When the Shimada crime family fell apart, the Hashimoto took over. It's why they are in Shimada castle in the Dragons short too. They took over Kanezaka, where Kiriko has said the people are now under her protection.

The Dragon Hanzo fought is Alexstrasza from World of Warcraft, she is is the guardian of all life in the world of Azeroth. The titans from WoW also appointed her queen of all dragons. (she is good aligned)

OW2's story mode is gonna be co-op, but it IS coming. It's just that the PVP section of the game had to launch early, so that the game could earn money again after a THREE YEAR content drought (no, new skins doesn't count as content). You can find footage on RU-vid of OW RU-vidrs playing an early version of one of the first missions from this PvE mode (Mei, Rein, Tracer, Lucio) on RU-vid. Kiriko isn't a member of OW in the same way that Spider-Man isn't a member of S.H.I.E.L.D. They're a global level organisation, she's just a city level hero, doing what's best for her own. I expect that she'll be playable on ONE mission, focused on Japan, but only that one - likely with Genji, Mercy and Winston (Genji since they grew up together, Mercy since she has the romantic tie to Genji and saved her life, Winston to round out the 121 composition that story based missions have). Meanwhile, other characters, such as Rein/Echo/etc, would show up on MULTIPLE missions as they're a part of the new OW organisation.

Kiriko's Front Door is at the end of the hallway, so if you look throw the peak hole you see the whole Hallway. That is why her mom could see everything. The door was not on the side. They did kinda Focus on the last door in the corridor because that was Kiriko's Apartment.

They're not "using the map locations", it's the other way around. The maps are based off of the locations in the trailers

25:03 I love that it’s basically implied she was aiming for his “personal parts”😂 28:30 roadhog is also there

Wow it’s crazy I literally just finished the first video and I see this loved these videos

This short with mccree came out before Ash was was announced. Nobody even think about Echo in that time.

that dragon lady was Alexstraza from WoW. she is the Queen of Dragons

Ashe and her story with Cassidy is one of my favorites. Ashe put together a gang with Cass and some other guys, and she saw them as her family. So when Cassidy left the gang for Overwatch she felt like her brother abandoned her and their family for a “goodie two shoes” group, she despises him now and they argue like siblings/kids when they’re on the same team 😂

im late as hell but i slammed my fist when they were talking about how watching these just made them wanted to have a pve story mode WE ALL DID DAMMIT

45:24 that is Alexstrasza queen of the red dragons in WOW universe,she is one of the five dragon aspect. She is actually one of the the strongest NPCs in WOW but the only stronger one from her is Nosdormu the keeper of time, he is a collector and maintains order of time flow in past, present and future. He can see all that happened,what is happening and what will happen. Also he doesn't spoil what will happen he will just gently guide mortals into right track.

The last cinematic with Genji/Dva/Diablo and Hanzo/Dragon. The dragon lady is Alexstraza, who is the head of the red dragonflight. She'll be a big character in the next expansion dropping in a few hours as I type this. They were pure crossover cinematics that were a lot of fun. Also Dva ate chips and soda because she's an esports pro (them making fun of the stereotype) who got converted to the mech squad. She's also only 19, for those that see her as waifu.

Ashe says his name is Jessie Mcree, the one and only. Jessie Mcree is such a good fictional character with a nice name.

In Overwatch 1, there were campaign missions from before Overwatch was disbanded. But they were seasonal. Once a year kind of events. Not 100% sure why they restricted the old storyline to only be played during certain times.

The cinematic with the giant robot came out when they announced overwatch 2. They originally were going to have a sort of story pve type mode, and skills that could be combo'd hence the combined shield by rein and brig in there, and and putting mei's and tracer's ult's together to beat it. I'm still a little sad they didn't go through with all that.

There always fun overwatch stuff like the VA acting like them self. I love the ones who did all their dance emotes, or Lucio va had a couple vids with other va

"I just want a game where I can play a campaign with the characters" 😭

“Your Grandma would be so proud of you” *EMOTIONAL DAMAGE*

I know it's late, and someone has probably already answered the question. But the reason there is no story in game, yet, is because Blizzard said they wanted to get the hands into the players sooner, so they paused the campaign in order to get the game out, and the campaign will be coming out 2023. From what I know it'll be in the middle or towards the end of 2023.

The dragon is Alexstraza from World of Warcraft. She's the Mother of all Dragons, then their queen, then their Goddess.

So here’s a tip. DVA Bomb is a line of sight ultimate. Meaning if there is a wall or puller between you and the ult it won’t hurt you. Not sure y’all will see this but it took me several days to figure out

21:37 that fourth wall break tho

I mean no matter how weeboo you are when the "Let the kitsune guide you" after seeing this cinematic, you'll get a couple of chills.

36:06 just love the music build and climax when everyone comes in to help. I have replayed this cinematic so much just for that piece of music

you guys are talking over the best partsss, holy shittttt

Sombra was revealed through an ARG. The cinematic was a surprise at Blizzcon where she "hacked" the event

I haven't seen most of these in a hot minute so it's really fun revisiting them like this, I forgot how good dvas one is

If you can find it, the stories from the archive events add to the lore too. One of them even sort of goes into what caused overwatch to be disbanded

If you notice, giant omnic in Zero Hour was what they were building in Russia in Sombra's cinematic. It's also the main map objective in Volskaya Foundry map in Heroes of the Storm

The dragon hanzo was fighting was Alexstrazha the Life Binder, dragon queen from World of Warcraft. Kiriko's mother is a sword master. She trained her daughter, as well as Genji and Hanzo. I like youre guys's reactions but its a wonder yall heard anything with the amount of rambling all 4 if you were doing.

Sombra claims to be neutral, but she seems pretty evil to me. She's one of those people who just take whoever is winning more.

Single player/coop stuff should release in 2023 for OW2. Also the red dragon lady from hots hero spotlight is Alexstrasza the life-binder she is from warcraft and this was basically video when they were adding hanzo and her into hots, same with dva and genji when they fight diablo.

The domino of Gasps when the old guy got shot😂 52:40

So Kiriko actually isn't a member of Overwatch, she's part of a makeshift neighborhood vigilante group that's dedicated to protecting her city

Oh damn I saw part one a couple minutes before and now this lol

you guys need to watch the cutscenes to the little pve missions in game, they give some lore too, specially the blackwatch one

Little easter egg in the last video (Kiriko): The Hashimoto gang member who says he wants to call for BACKUP (who gets his hair split by the axe in the elevator) is the SAME guy who was seen in the Hanzo/Genji video where he ALSO tried to call for backup and FAILED in a similar fashion (Hanzo shoots his phone) and knocking himself out by running against the giant bell.

The "dragon/elf lady" is Alexstrasza from WoW she is the "life-bender" and the Aspect (leader) of the red dragonflight... if that helps. That cinematic and the one with Diablo are both from HotS.

FYI @ 7:28 : Original name of the character was Jesse McCree, who was a reference to a former Blizzard empoloyee, who apparently was involved in the Blizzard harassment shit. Afterwards Blizzard decided to change the name to Cassidy. The short was made before the scandal.

BTW the building in the DVA short is a mep too and you can acually find the other members MECHS inside of it

People keep saying about the door being the side in the kiriko cinematic but there are doors at the end of the hallway which I think is her house. So they CAN see the whole thing

YEAAAAA THANKS FOR MAKING THIS

They didn't do a horrible job at audio balancing. If you actually listened to the video there would be no issue. The video was not made to talk over it and try to listen to other people at the same time.

The Reunion short was the introduction to Ashe. Echo also showed up later.