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| 6s | [Music] |
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| 8s | one of the things that |
| 10s | gets us up in the morning happy to work |
| 12s | on overwatch it's first and foremost a |
| 15s | really special game the way we portray a |
| 17s | bright future everyone on the team is |
| 19s | really proud of it |
| 23s | we're bringing an all-new pvp experience |
| 26s | we're transforming from a 6v6 to a 5e5 |
| 29s | changed a lot of how we design heroes |
| 31s | and actually how we balance them as well |
| 32s | we had to go back and look at all the |
| 34s | heroes and all the tanks especially and |
| 36s | make sure that everyone fits and works |
| 38s | really well on this new paradigm this |
| 39s | newfound importance on each individual |
| 41s | player to feel like they can really make |
| 42s | an impact on the game we're trying to |
| 44s | obviously maintain the original |
| 46s | character's identity and overall |
| 49s | silhouette colors statements but also |
| 52s | kind of bring something a little bit new |
| 55s | we can make balance adjustments really |
| 57s | quick as fast as our design team sees |
| 60s | that there's an issue jeff goodman and |
| 63s | the rest of the hero design team have |
| 64s | been loving all the feedback coming in |
| 66s | they have tons of awesome ideas about |
| 68s | how to change or adjust balance so |
| 71s | heroes like erisa got a major rework |
| 74s | we're looking at how many barriers are |
| 75s | in place you think about overwatch you |
| 77s | think of these really protective shields |
| 78s | but we're looking at it from the |
| 79s | perspective of you know what if she |
| 80s | didn't have that what would that even |
| 82s | look like we're just always looking for |
| 83s | great opportunities to change for the |
| 84s | better |
| 87s | i'm really excited about how we've |
| 89s | refreshed all the maps i think we've |
| 92s | done a lot of great changes especially |
| 94s | for pvp a lot of our old stuff just |
| 96s | looks gorgeous now we've done a lot with |
| 98s | the art and with lighting and shadows |
| 100s | and just made stuff pop a little bit |
| 103s | more we also added some options with |
| 105s | like daytime night time i think all of |
| 108s | the overwatch team apps are custom |
| 110s | recorded in the actual place we've hired |
| 112s | a field recordist to actually go capture |
| 115s | ambience of the real world location we |
| 117s | realize it's a subtle detail but those |
| 120s | are the things that really make these |
| 121s | maps come to life we have done a pass |
| 124s | playing all the old maps in 5v5 and |
| 127s | adjusting things for that kind of setup |
| 129s | whether it's moving cover around just a |
| 132s | little bit or tweaking a door in the |
| 134s | beta we're listening to feedback so |
| 136s | we're going to improve each map based on |
| 138s | what the players have been seeing we've |
| 140s | been working on these for a little while |
| 141s | now and we're really excited about it |
| 143s | we're really happy with the positive |
| 145s | feedback once people were able to play |
| 146s | it and i think it was an important |
| 147s | milestone for us to get it in players |
| 148s | hands |
| 149s | [Music] |
| 153s | competitive play is a different thing to |
| 156s | a lot of different people and we really |
| 158s | didn't think we were providing enough |
| 160s | tools and measures to actually help |
| 162s | players out if they did want to improve |
| 165s | we're reworking our scoreboard to |
| 167s | provide more information to players as |
| 169s | they're like playing through the match |
| 171s | but then once they finish the match |
| 173s | we're actually going to provide an |
| 174s | after-action report so you can look at |
| 177s | the report while you're in queue you can |
| 179s | actually go into |
| 181s | your history section and look we want to |
| 183s | work towards providing you with |
| 185s | information that will help you |
| 187s | improve your game |
| 189s | we've been getting feedback from a lot |
| 190s | of different areas from our you know |
| 192s | community team like streamers |
| 194s | influencers we've also been getting a |
| 195s | lot of feedback from overwatch league |
| 197s | players we do want to actually provide a |
| 199s | bit of like feeling of progression so |
| 202s | one of the other changes we're making |
| 203s | alongside that is not making your skill |
| 206s | rating quite so granular right now it's |
| 208s | a very hard number instead of numeric |
| 210s | skill rating we're adding these skill |
| 212s | tiers within the larger ones if you see |
| 215s | someone at a really high skill tier you |
| 217s | know that that person is not just that |
| 219s | good of an overwatch player but they've |
| 221s | earned it |
| 228s | one of the cool things about overwatch 2 |
| 230s | is it has this new push game mode and |
| 232s | maps along with it pushes the pvp game |
| 234s | mode on several different new maps we've |
| 237s | been playing it in the beta and we've |
| 238s | actually been using it in overwatch |
| 240s | league as well and once we started play |
| 241s | testing it it was kind of an instant hit |
| 244s | there's |
| 245s | a level it has one path that goes all |
| 247s | the way through it from one base to the |
| 248s | other and the middle is ts1 |
| 252s | and he's this lovable robot with a pair |
| 253s | of barricades next to him and the |
| 255s | players essentially fighting for control |
| 257s | and if they take control by taking out |
| 258s | the other enemy team ts1 will move a |
| 261s | barricade towards the enemy base to win |
| 265s | you either get that barricade all the |
| 266s | way to the enemy base or after a certain |
| 269s | amount of time did you move your |
| 271s | barricade farther than the enemy team |
| 273s | did it's a very fair game mode i think |
| 275s | the maps are great it provides for a lot |
| 277s | of different like locations where a lot |
| 279s | of great fights can happen |
| 285s | we've developed a lot of engine upgrades |
| 287s | in the game so this allows us to do |
| 289s | faster iteration this was a huge effort |
| 292s | by our engine team to allow the art team |
| 294s | to build faster more detailed |
| 297s | environments in a shorter amount of time |
| 299s | you will get to experience the game |
| 300s | world we wanted to feel much more |
| 302s | immersive |
| 309s | overwatch 2 is a dream for audio |
| 311s | features it's everything we've ever |
| 313s | really wanted to do we really go into |
| 315s | every little bit of detail trying to |
| 317s | find a way that every sound will cut |
| 320s | through when we started on overwatch one |
| 321s | we were really really focused on the |
| 323s | headphone mix we we thought for you know |
| 325s | a pc first kind of game |
| 327s | we realized that people listened to |
| 329s | overwatch in all types of different |
| 330s | places so now we support home theater |
| 333s | dolby atmos in the game |
| 335s | now consoles offer all kinds of new |
| 337s | things too like 3d audio that we're |
| 339s | supporting there's new voice lines new |
| 342s | conversations between all of the |
| 343s | favorite heroes and we have so many |
| 346s | there'll be more that'll just come to |
| 347s | the game over time we've written 25 000 |
| 349s | voice lines for overwatch dude |
| 352s | so |
| 352s | tons of new features and the reality is |
| 355s | that overwatch scales even beyond that |
| 357s | all the way up to giant sports arenas |
| 360s | for our overwatch finals everything you |
| 361s | like about overwatch |
| 363s | you're gonna get that in overwatch too |
| 364s | but even more you know we're really |
| 366s | listening to feedback a lot of it we |
| 367s | felt like man we really think this is |
| 369s | gonna be super fun we just need people |
| 370s | to be able to play it |
| 371s | october 4th is really just the beginning |
| 383s | you |