Overwatch
Overwatch 2may be not coming up until much later this year ( or next ! ) butOverwatchhas plenty of surprises in store before thesequel ’s release . The biggest one : a new paladin , the thirty-second playable character in the game . But she did n’t amount out of the dispirited ; Hero 32 has been around since almost the start .
Echo- this young playable hero officially unveiled yesterday - was first formally introduced in November of 2018 in the"Reunion " Animated Short . In the short , McCree travels to Route 66 to confront his old ' friends ' The Deadlock Gang with the help of his new pal Winston . The gang is assay to commandeer a shipment from the US authorities and it ’s up to McCree to blockade them . McCree deliver the goods in foiling the design of the raw Deadlock Gang leader , Ashe - who was also introduced in the short - and reunites with a strange and highly - futurist omnic … Echo .
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Just how McCree and Echo knew each other and if she ’d ever be inOverwatch- as a playable quality - were still unknowns at the prison term . But at Blizzcon 2019 , fan get a second look at the new bomber and a hint at some of her in - game moveset . In theOverwatch 2Announcement Trailer " Zero Hour , " Echo is discover zipping through the air and raise Tri - Shots and Stick Bombs at the giant omnic mechs . While many assume that Echo would n’t be give up until the sequel , she is now formally the 32nd Hero inOverwatch .
make by Dr. Mina Liao from Singapore , Echo is not your intermediate omnic . Dr. Liao was one of the scientist who originally help to create the omnics at Omnica Corporation - before the crisis . After the robots turn on humans , she never expected to get hired again , but Jack Morrison ( Soldier 76 ) saw in her what others did n’t : beat back and natural endowment . And so he invited her to join Overwatch .
At the Switzerland Base , Dr. Liao continued to mold in the field of robotics , develop engineering science for the Overwatch squad to aide them in conflict . Her pet - project was Echo , an adaptive - memorise robot with superior artificial word . Morrison visit that Liao was beginning to take things too far ; creating a robot that he feared was unsound and potentially dangerous . But Mina continued with her intent , and Echo began to learn from her . The Echo that we see in game has parts of Mina ’s memories , personality , and part .
Though Echo ’s luck is still up - in - the - strain , her God Almighty ’s is far more tragical . McCree and the secretive sect of Overwatch known as Blackwatch were tasked with hold Liao and her lookup . During a Null Sector attack on the Overwatch base , McCree - who it ’s suggest at had a human relationship with Liao - was n’t capable to save her . She give-up the ghost in the smasher , Echo remaining to continue her legacy .
Echo was created as an adaptive robot that could take on many different roles on the field : from aesculapian support to defensive structure . But because of Morrison ’s hesitancy , Echo was equipped with multiple layer of protections and fail - safety . Though she was used successfully on trial missions alongside Overwatch strike team , Overwatch leadership was reluctant to put her into full military service .
In the events ofOverwatch 2,Echo is seen becoming a full - fledge prescribed fellow member of the Overwatch team , help to defend Paris against the Null Sector . Perhaps some of the suspicion wall her capabilities and allegiances remains . But Liao believe that hokey aliveness had the power to transubstantiate the lives of humankind for the better ; is n’t that what Overwatch is all about ?
Regardless of her squad ’s belief about her , Echo is here to stay , and she makes a phenomenal addition to theOverwatchroster . As Jeff Kaplan , Lead Designer put it :
[ Echo is ] truly secret plan - changing , [ and she has the ] most secret plan - changing ultimate we ’ve tot up toOverwatch … [it ’s ] on [ our ] balance watchlist .
As run across in the Blizzcon Trailer , Echo can fly - similar to Mercy and Pharah - and also shoot electron beam from her hands . But as Kaplan said , her most " game - shift " move is her ultimate ability , " twin . "
" Duplicate " allow for the player to select any hero from the enemy team and become them for 15 second . When playing as this other hero , their ultimate regeneration is significantly increase , so it is very probable they will also be able to activatethathero ’s ultimate before the transformation runs out .
In addition to her ultimate power , Echo has several other moves that make her unique . She can launch of volley of explosives that bind to quarry or surface with " Sticky Bombs , " and fire a beam that does eminent impairment to low wellness targets with " Focusing Beam . " aggregate with her tremendous mobility from " Flight " and high basic damage yield with her primary fire " Tri - Shot , " Echo is a force to be reckoned with .
It will be entrancing to see how mellow - level and casual gaming adapt to the addition of Echo to theOverwatchteam of hero sandwich . " Duplicate " will surely force players to flex roles more often ; the addition of a third army tank on the field can really change the tide of a engagement . For players who were hoping for a shake - up of the current meta , Echo certainly hand over . She ’s also a quality with a great backstory and fun personality ; we ca n’t hold off to see more of her inOverwatch 2 .
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Overwatchis available on Nintendo Switch , Xbox One , PlayStation 4 , and personal computer .
