How Cool Would This Have Been?!
Gamers adore the character roster in Overwatch. Some purely for each individual’s gameplay style and how they can use them to dominate matches, while others have fallen for their backstories and the various lore that surrounds them. Heck, people like McCree, DVA, Widowmaker and Hanzo are modern heartthrobs in some circles!
However, it has recently been revealed there was one character who missed out on draft day, and from the looks of his design, his inclusion would have made the game much sillier, yet somehow more awesome!
According to an article on Destructoid –
During a game’s production, hundreds of ideas are bounced around and a ton of interesting and strange mechanics and characters will get tossed before final release. Concept art often paints a picture of a completely different game. Most times this is for the best, but sometimes those early images leave you lamenting what might have been.
At BlizzCon yesterday Overwatch game director Jeff Kaplan and lead character concept artist Arnold Tsang showed attendees some of Overwatch’s earliest concepts, but none was more beautiful than the losthero known as “Jetpack Cat.”
Jetpack cat wasn’t the only more “out there” character the Overwatch team considered. In fact, multiple jetpack wearing animals, including a monkey wielding a flamethrower, were considered. Kaplan talked about the cat hero with GameSpot back in April, but this was our first look at any concepts I personally find the final game’s lack of flying animals a bit disappointing.
You can check out a more expansive look at this idea board from the early development days. Some of these heroes are even pretty close to their final look, while others are completely foreign. While Kaplan stresses we won’t be seeing Jetpack Cat in Overwatch anytime soon I wouldn’t be shocked to see one of these heroes show up.
If Blizzard still plan to incorporate some of these earlier designs, then its fair to say that Overwatch is going to see a massive increase in Champions!
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