Calvin Reacts to Overwatch: Cinematic Trailer
In the words of a famous evil robot: “Surprise! We’re doing it now.”
Well, here we are. I’m standing on the threshold of one of the biggest fandoms on the Internet right now. This game was to 2016 what Undertale was to 2015: it completely took the Internet by storm, and it almost immediately started producing memes which were almost incomprehensible to anyone who wasn’t already familiar with it. And now here I am, a few months later, about to jump in myself. We’re starting with where the game itself started: the cinematic trailer, the very first video released of it (I think). From this moment on, it’s entirely possible that nothing will be the same.
Here we go.
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One second. Got lost on the TVTropes page. Alright, HERE we go.
Holy crap, six minutes? That’s the longest game trailer I’ve ever seen (that wasn’t basically just some developer spewing praises for the game or a news site showcasing features).
Blizzard Entertainment! I forgot they made this game.
And now we have Russian people fighting robots. Always a good start.
I like this art style so far. It’s not what I was expecting, but it works. (Actually it reminds me of Danganronpa a little bit with the whole “paper cutout” look.)
So this narrator is basically just giving us the same backstory I saw on the TVTropes page. Evil robots happened, then Overwatch was formed and made them not happen anymore.
I also like this music. Very uplifting.
Ah, so this is an in-universe video at a museum or something. That’s cool and HOLY SHIT THIS ANIMATION IS SO GOOD
SERIOUSLY THIS IS LIKE A PIXAR MOVIE OR SOMETHING
“She’s like ‘Cheers, luv! The calvary’s here!’” If I didn’t know this was the first trailer, I’d almost say this was a meta-commentary on how much that phrase was spammed in ads on literally every YouTube video in the week leading up to the game’s release.
Okay, so I guess Winston is a gorilla in a spacesuit. I’m sure that will be explained at some point, but for now I’ll just revel in it.
The kid’s face when the building shook oh my god
OOOOOHKAY THIS JUST WENT FROM A ZERO TO A TEN IN TERMS OF INTENSITY
Oh hey, it’s the gorilla! And some purple lady I have no context for. (Is that Widowmaker? I’ve seen a lot of fanart of her, and I guess that might be her? I’m not going to commit to a guess yet, though.)
“Enjoying the exhibit?” Okay, the talking gorilla was amazing enough, but having him adjust his fucking glasses made it absolutely perfect.
And now we have this guy. He has a skull mask. I know there’s a character named Reaper, so I’m going to guess this is him. He also seems to be dual-wielding shotguns, which is awesome (though it also seems impractical at best).
And here we have Tracer. One line in and I can see why people love her so much. (Also, based on the French accent I’m gonna go ahead and say that’s definitely Widowmaker.)
So here we see Tracer’s teleporting ability. I know that she can do this because she was in some sort of time travel accident, but that’s literally all the context I have. For now it just looks cool.
THE FUCKING SECURITY GUARD PLAYING HEARTHSTONE ON HIS FUTURE IPAD OH MY GOD
And then suddenly darkness blast!
And now Tracer’s chest thing is damaged. I assume that’s a bad thing.
SHE SAID THE THING
Wait, what happened to Winston? I couldn’t see it.
Oh shit he’s pissed
OH SHIT HE’S PISSED
I can barely even follow this anymore, but I like all of it.
OH MAN THIS KID
The laugh
Okay, yeah, this is a really sweet ending.
THIS MUSIC IS COOL TOO
Alright, yeah, I made the right decision. This was an awesome six minutes. (Well, it was more like 12 because I kept stopping to make notes, but you get the idea.) The animation was stellar, the characters seem to have a lot of potential, and overall I look forward to seeing the rest of these videos. I’ll probably pick back up tomorrow, when hopefully I’ll have more time to watch. See you then!












