What if we could use highlight intros as hero select animations?
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- Опубликовано: 19 окт 2024
- What if we could use highlight intros as hero select animations?
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They should actually add this to the game. There would actually be a reason to buy highlight intros for support characters.
I get potg as support all the time. You never get potg if you heal bot every game though
@@ProUzershut up nobody cares
@@ProUzer I think half of the support roster have really difficult time getting potg, like Mercy almost never get potg because she doesn't do damage.
@@ProUzer I would like to know what supports you play, because some have it a lot easier than other supports.
Wdym? It's pretty easy to get potg as Brigitte
Funny thing is, when I was still learning overwatch 2, I actually thought this is what a highlight intro was till I got a potg.
Makes sense considering thats what the default is
Considering the name? Makes sense
Same
I mean its in the name highlight INTRO
Same but my situation was back in 2017 back in the olden days of overwatch
This is way better as it actually shows off the hero's abilities instead of them just standing there awkwardly looking into the camera
Yeah but then you also have old highlight intro abilities like Orisa’s pull in orb and bongos appearing when they’re not even in the game anymore.
@@mute8375 but they're still available for highlights intros
Or you know.. just press F1
The eye contact with lucio feels so real
@@mute8375 oh my god i had completely forgotten about orisas bongo
This is one of those ideas thats so simplistic in nature, yet extremely effective in its effect!
Reminds me of Valorant's agent selection animations. They really should add this feature to the game because it introduces the heroes and their characteristics well. Especially now that Overwatch (2) is free and more new players are coming in. It let's them know and/or reminds them of what the heroes do if ever they pick them.
@@curious1706 i think kept kept those in because people prob wouldn’t respond well to content being removed from their inventories, plus i think they said Orisa’s old abilities are still canon in the lore, they’re just not playable in the game
Okay, this needs to be in the game.
You are right
Like honestly still I don’t understand why it’s not already in the. I mean the default highlight intro is the same render as the hero select animation. It wouldn’t be hard to implement
@@superkrypet8452 wait wtf it is?!?!
@@bambampewpew32 yep.
Yeah because there just stairing
this feels way more hype than just a single angle of a hero looking around the place
Are you really on the hero select screen that long?
@@lello2031yea
@@lello2031 when a game starts you are forced to be on it for 20 seconds
@@rau1488 I would love for the ability to click on someone else's name and see their highlight intro too.
This is actually an amazing concept.
not a concept that's basically what valorant did
@@crabeenrecherchedemploi1429 no one really cares. it’s a new thing for overwatch so yeah..
@@crabeenrecherchedemploi1429 valorant copied almost every character in ow so its fair ig
@@tornavidaemir3620 what the hell are u saying x
@@tornavidaemir3620 excuse me what? Go on elaborate. Please enlighten us on how Valo copied OW.
Very cool. I think they didn't do it because it's hard for new players to see who they are choosing without waiting 2-3 seconds just for the character to enter the frame. This would even be annoying for familiar users after a while too. During the heat of a battle and you need to quick swap, it's hard to just look at the small thumbnails, seeing the whole hero gives peace of mind you got the right character way quicker.
New players won’t have those highlight intros as well they’ll have the default intros
Well that would be a valid point, if they actually loaded fast💀
they have icons for a reason
If you can't tell which hero you're picking based off the clearly indicated icon, you're most likely the reason the battle is heated and against you. Just saying.
Bruh it literally says the name of the character when you hover over the thumbnails. I’m a new player and I already know where each character is in the menu
Tbh, i think if this were added, it should play after the "idle animation". Balances both worlds and it would be fun to watch in the main menu haha
This is really cool. I do think that with rapid flicking between characters it can end up looking a bit ridiculous, but it definitely has potential.
could just stop previous animation and play currently chosen hero
Or, could just play the Highlight Intro After the hero is chosen
@@DracoEX That makes sense
are you like slow..?
@@DracoEX I would say play the intro when clicking on a character, before actually locking it.
I believe at one point in development they experimented with this concept. Hence why they added those still animations.
Legit question: which still animations?
@@phredbookley183 the default ones when you select a character
@@djg2008 pretty sure they mean the end of the Highlights, when the "whoosh" plays and the characters go slow-mo
You're pulling this out of your ass or did they actually say this?
My nintendo switch barely loads the standing still animations. I cant imagine this
I can't believe I never thought about this in 6 years of playing overwatch lol. It definitely should be in the game !
Haha, the first time I play overwatch 2 I'm surprised when I found out highlight intro is not for hero select animation
@@jasontodd9947 same bro, i thought highlight intro is for hero select animation not for highlight potg
@@jasontodd9947 wait you're right wtf you just unlocked a super old memory of me being really confused having no idea what highlight intros were lol
You didn’t? I did when I first started ow when 2 came out🙃
Is that a fellow overwatch veteran!? Its hard to find them in the midst of these ow2 fortnite kids
For pre-game character select this is perfect. Mid-game this isn't as necessary but definitely pre-game would be so sick
im a new gen and this was exactly what i though these 'highlights' were for when i firt saw them
This is super sick, but I can only imagine how much of a nightmare it would be to load a highlight intro for every single character on Last Gen.
Easy, should only be played when its selected and locked
... not really that big of a deal. A few models (for some intros) and an animation that can all easily be pre-loaded in before a match. Nothing really intensive going on.
People can disable the feature in settings if it's hard to load
it is disabled by default
They could add this only for pc and next gen then
This is exactly what I thought highlight intros did when I first played Overwatch. Never thought I would see this in action.
that's what i thought up until now
im really disappointed
Blizzard, in the off chance with enough pull in Overwatch's development sees this, just add this to the game. This is aboslutely a wonderful idea, and a great way to give highlight intros some more screen-time.
Especially if they're support characters that aren't Moira💀
@@odysseusrealor zen or brig or lucio
I think when you hover over them it should be the regular intro that we have now, but when you actually confirm your selection it shows the highlight intro. that way you don't have sensory overload when moving across the hero select screen but still get to see the highlight intro
I used to think this was what highlight intros were so I bought one for every hero… you can imagine my disappointment ☠️
From a user experience perspective, it would bog down the hero selection process. The reason the animations are simple is because it lets you see the character and skin you’re using immediately. It would be a fun optional option though.
Also I feel like it would make me nauseous, there's a reason why the real animations are more simple
agree with both you and the dude in the replies saying it would make him nauseous. I think at a first glance its really cool, but imagine what it would feel like after your 200th game? Probably gets old really fast and would feel jarring. Character selection should show a user the character with the best perspective possible.
Put it in the game options? Definitely agree ot would fuck with load speed or somethin
My playstation 4 would fry up 😕
🤓🤓🤓🤓
Incredibly well done! I personally feel that the current selection animations should be the default so that new players don't get overwhelmed or confused (Orisa Bongo, Doomfist Uppercut, etc), but I would love to see this considered as long as it doesn't affect load times or whatever.
Regardless, I'm really impressed with your work!
New players wouldn't have unlocked the intros yet
@@linc0646E that’s a fair point actually..
I don’t think they’d care about getting confused if they chose those intros.
tbh they should rework the old highlight intros for heroes like Orisa who got DRASTIC reworks. (and do the same for newer reworks in the future)
Keeping you Safe: Instead of throwing a shield, she throws a javelin.
Supercharger: Rename to Terra Surge and make her charge surge and slam the javelin into the ground, to keep the same motion.
@@nebulous9280 at that point why not just make those ideas new intros, there's no actual need to replace the ones with outdated abilities
I actually really like this idea. Plus they could piece the current character selection animation after the main one plays. It would give more value to highlight intros in general - especially supports.
Mann this feature would be so good with Genji's highlight intros. Especially the "warriors salute" intro
Bro, this is so much cooler. Why did they spend so much time adding those other things when they could’ve just done this instead?
This would actually be a way to put Support highlight intros to a use xd
This is so good, supports could finally see their highlight intros
Gotta love the simplicity of such an amazing concept
When i was first new to the game this was actually what i thought highlight intros were for
they should just add like a switch where you can either switch it on to show the intro or switch it off to have the regular one show
Absolutely Brilliant! Blizzard needs to do this
such an amazing idea, especially for supports since its so hard to be potg with them, and we love to see our highlight more often
This 100% needs to be in the game. For multiple reasons like for some characters it’s quit literally impossible to get potg like mercy.
That’s not impossible, let’s not over exaggerate.
@@trentrandle 'Extremely unlikely'
not mercy, as I’ve gotten play with her at least 15 times, someone like Ana would benefit from this
@@FuzaketeSatsugaibro Ana can easily get a potg you just gotta get a decent nano and an anti + sleep
this was actually what i thought highlight intros were when i first started playing
If they add this everyone is gonna start yapping saying “theyre just reusing stuff because they’re lazy”
Someone hire this person. How in the world nobody thought of that?
What I'm curious about is what will happen when the animation ends?
Cause sometimes, like the Tracer one, no one's there
+1 to this idea! So much more value for owning the intros as a player, and an incentive for the dev team and the monetization angle!
DUDE THIS WOULD BE SO COOL 😱😱
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This would be awesome! At least we get some more use with the Progression system. We see them after each round.
Too many problems with it. Animations have either to loop, which would create a harder time choosing the proper skin, or animations just end with stop frame which essentially creates the same problem.
The solution could be to show the idling character after, but you will get tired of the intros quite fast.
Better than nothing. Honestly, I'd rather have a decent intro and then let it cut to the still animations than only have still animations.
You can always change it to a different one if it gets bland. Or even better, keep it on randoming.
They could just cut to the default animation when choosing a skin or you could just go choose it in the hero gallery before hopping into a game. Also I feel with the amount of intros they have for characters people can swap them out if they get bored of them
the fun police
True I guess but still
Bad devil’s advocate. End with a transition into idle animations just as the currently existing select animations do. As for getting bored of a given option, that’s literally a stronger argument for increasing variety in the manner showcased in this video than not adding any at all, especially given that people who don’t like this option would presumably be allowed to just stick to the current defaults anyway. I refuse to believe that you legitimately arrived at the opposite conclusion without being sarcastic, drunk, or high
That's such a good idea, it also gives a reason for support players to buy Highlight Intros
I love the concept, I guess some of the highlights would have to be tweaked to keep the hero visabally present and noticable (ie. the tracer puslse stick highlight) but this would be AWESOME to have. I do wonder how it'll make POTG's feel less special though
you kinda ended up predicting this. Highlight intros play at the match summary screen now.
That would be so cool, blizzard needs to see this
no blizz is blind
That's actually really cool! Looks way better, also. Someone else also said it kinda shows off what they character can do as well, and I couldn't agree more.
Another thing I would love to see is when the PotG is actually with assists, then it should include the animation of both players. Maybe have a split screen with both playing at the same time.
I was thinking if there were maybe preset animations for those. for example:
When Ana boosts genji with her nano boost and genji gets POTG with his dragonblade, there should be a pre-made animation where both characters somehow interact with eachother
@@cortix4599 I thought about that before the split screen idea. The problem is that it is more complex to implement than a split-screen. But yeah, the example I imagined was Tracer assisting Winston with an animation sorta like this: ruclips.net/video/FqnKB22pOC0/видео.html
@@loucyx pretty good example, but since there would be so many alternatives that would need to be animated, maybe it's better if it's just for the typical support combos (mercy/ana and stuff)
i always thought thats how it worked until i got my first highlight animation
I always thought about this and why this wasn’t a thing already, it’d give way more use to Highlight Intros so players don’t feel bad when they never get POTG’s.
This is actually incredible! I would love this!
I actually cannot comprehend the scale on how these individual players have ideas far better than the developers themselves
0:21 when was tatsumaki in this video
I think its a great idea though sometimes their idle animations that already exist have little details about the characters personality that simply would no longer be seen
I was thinking that ever since OW1
when i first started playing, this was actually what i thought highlight intros were lmao.
I never played or watched overwatch 1. coming into overwatch 2 and exploring all the intro animations of the heroes, I got very interested in them. my initial thought was that you could see them at character select as well as during highlights. when I found out that wasn't the case, my interest in them just plummeted. it felt like there's almost no reason to grind for a cool one
highlight intros definitely lost their value now that they arent free stuff you get out of lootboxes and instead something you have to willingly go out of your way to specifically buy 90% of the time
OW2 has no grind. It’s all about spending money now
While this is cool, it would be really technically challenging within the limitations of the engine. All other models are supposed to be removed from visibility while those animations are playing. Character select currently uses the heroic PotG highlight, but its because its a non-intrusive animation. You may have experienced another player picking their character and walking behind the camera box of character select; this can happen because the space on the map is communally used while you're swapping characters. Highlight intros are not intended to have other models on the map with them, and this would likely cause bigger issues then is worth implementing.
wisdom and logic
this is one of those things where, there should be a petition, adding this to the game
Gundam evolution has this feature, though they are separate from potg ones
I wouldn't even think about buying them, i'd just buy them because this concept looks insane
I think this is a really cool idea, but I feel like some of the highlight intros don’t fit perfectly into this format, so I think it would be even cooler if there was just another category for “intro animations” and there were more animations specifically tailored to this format.
Hell naaah I am not looking forward to another category where everything costs 4-10 bucks for a character to look at a new angle
Hope they could do something like this with the PVE
pve? in ow2? wait till ow3.
@@BioClay88 in October you'll be back to eat those words, I'll bring the check later
@@Bluemansonic in before its delayed to 2024 or they only release a tiny smidge of what was promised.
i hope im wrong, i really really do.
@@BioClay88 me too, I only saw 1 rumor that it's coming out October
@@Bluemansonic iirc they said early 2023. its realy 2023 now, where pve?
This would actually make sense, especially for new players. It would show exactly what the characters abilities do without having to read a bunch of information (I see Wrecking Ball's intro and go "he rolls around, cool", I then see Doomfist's and I would go "he punches tf outta people, cool", etc.) Same applies for all of them, especially someone like Tracer who it literally shows her blink 3 times and use her bomb.
I'm surprised they didn't have this in OW1.
SO MUCH BETTER! I mean, i like the animations on the select screen but omg, the potg animations make the characters so cool and it makes you wanna play them-
Cool idea but I dont think it would be practical. Im getting dizzy with all the camera movement when trying to see or select heroes in the roster. Best to keep the camera steady with the existing intros
You can have an option to leave it as default for the easily disoriented
Maybe the potg displaying should start when you select the hero
you can just... not equip a highlight intro?
you're talking accessibility from a company with notorious tiny HUDs. Not like that isn't annoying either... But like someone said, they wouldn't be default regardless...
they could also do this thing its called adding everything they took out of the game that made it better
It takes the game long enough to load in the skin, even if they did add them, by time they start playing the match starts
This would actually give you a reason to buy highlight intros
yeah this definitely wouldn't have any problems loading whatsoever
I remember being ticked off after buying an intro, because i thought this was what it was for. Its coolnfor potg, but i still think it just makes sense for when you pick the characters.
This would be so good because somtimes when you want to get a play of the game but ur playing with a character that’s hard to get it with you can still see your highlight intro in-game at least
I had no idea kiriko plays tatsumaki
this actually is very cool.
it reminds me a lot of the intro when you hover over a character in valorant. Like a quick scan of the abilitys and the charater over all
Here's my idea: When you initially click on the hero they're standing there, but when you actually lock the hero in, it plays the highlight into.
At first I thought that it was like this normally, since when I didn't have any highlights purchased and the default one appeared, I thought that when I bought one for the hero it would change in the selector
PLEASE DO AS MANY OF THESE AS YOU WANT
This would be the first time alot of y'all saw your own highlight intro
I actually used to think this was what highlight intros were for when I first got the game. I was so confused when nothing happened and then I understood how POTGs worked.
This is such a smart idea and i don't know why it hasn't been added to the game.
I've had this exact thought before and seeing it like this just confirms it's something Blizzard NEEDS to do
when i got overwatch this is literally what i thought highlight intros were for
Same bro same
How did it take 7 years for us to come up with this. Brilliant
This makes total sense
Feels like ur really getting your money’s worth instead of crossing ur fingers to see it in pog
The ones that end with the hero staring towards your screen would be great. The ones where they end with their back towards you or are completely off screen just feels awkward.
youre actually onto something petition to add this to the game
This would be sick considering how we rarely see some heroes’ highlight intros like Ana or Lifeweaver
i think it should be like this at the start of rounds when you’re setting up and such and then go back to the way it is now once the game starts. especially if you’re only going to the hero screen for a quick switch
The goal of hero select animations is to highlight who the character is. In most of these highlight intros we barely see them of juste not at all after the intro
7 years
7 years to get hit with such a simple yet amazing concept.
This would be cool.
It’s hard to get POTG on some characters so this would be nice tbh
if they added like a little animation where the characters returned to a default standing stance after each one this could 1000% be amazing
It’s a good concept IMO, since unless you got play of the game you don’t get to see your highlight intro that often, and so would feel like you actually got something to use
This needs to happen now. But maybe for only when you lock in a hero. Have default be Overwatch 2 animations, include random options and allow Overwatch 1 idle selection animations too and random as an option. It would be sweet to have the flexibility
When I first got highlight intros this is what I thought they were
The reason they don’t add this is actually to make the mythic skins with their select intro more appealing
theres a few problems with t his, the main one i think of is that fact the intros dont loop the ending. for example take tracers intro, she isnt on screen by the end so you cant see the character, and if you were to freeze the animation t hen you just have a tracer giving you a bomb then just makijng weird eye contact with you.
when i first played overwatch i thought that’s what highlight intros were originally for😭