to be fair, tf2 has been around a lot longer than overwatch
Yeah, but Overwatch is producing “lore stuff” way way way faster than TF2. There are already 6 full-featured 3D shorts and around a dozen more “lore videos” that are mostly 2D animations, if I’m not mistaken.
The first Overwatch 3D-animated short, Recall, released in March 2016, 15 months ago. In 15 months, starting with Meet the Heavy, TF2 also got 6 shorts, but none of the other stuff.
What I’m getting at is that Blizzard is pumping out characterization way faster than TF2 while managing to say way way way less with it. Not to mention the ambition and budget that went behind the videos of each game, TF2′s “Meet The” series being almost like an accident.
It comes down to the writing quality, not how long each game has been out.