Summary
A viralOverwatch 2clip recently emerged of a D.Va mech meeting a humorous end during a ranked match on Oasis. This gave theOverwatch 2community a much-needed moment of levity amidst the game’s rocky launch and its controversial reception on Steam upon its 2023 re-release.
Like for any other live-service competitive title, thedevelopment team ofOverwatch 2works around the clock patching new updates and features into the game, as well as resolving any bugs found by the community. In a way, players for titles such as these also serve as live QA testers. When huge, game breaking issues are discovered, theOverwatch 2community is typically quick to report them, at which point the development team can get to work right away with a patch resolving the issue.
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However, there are also times when the mental stack of keepingOverwatch 2’s current metaand all the game’s mechanics and interactions in mind in the heat of a live match can be too much. In short, many of the strange interactions players can come across in theirOverwatch 2lobbies is simply the game working as intended. A humorous example of this occurred when Reddit user Typical_Plane4874 shared a gameplay clip of D.Va’s mech getting destroyed instantly after they used D.Va’s Call Mech skill to punish a failed Reinhardt Charge. In a show of good sportsmanship, the opposing team’s Reinhardt and Brigitte chose not to finish off the D.Va, instead showing amusement over the interaction.
While some users in the thread were quick to criticizeOverwatch 2for what seemed to be a newly discovered bug, more experienced players understood why D.Va’s mech instantly got destroyed. From the very dayOasis got added to the originalOverwatchmap rotationin 2016, the development team let players know that the traffic passing by on the outskirts of the map could potentially be lethal. In the clip, D.Va was clearly shown to have activated her Call Mech skill right on Oasis' busy streets, and when slowed down, a car clearly hit the hero right in the middle of Call Mech’s animation.
Although it might not make much sense that rockets, energy beams, explosives, and the vast majority ofOverwatch 2’s in-game arsenalcan’t one-shot D.Va’s mech at full health, but a mere passenger vehicle can, interactions like these giveOverwatch 2its distinct splash of chaos amidst its tactical squad-based gameplay.
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