Spiller du Overwatch kan du for øjeblikket se spillets figurer og omgivelser pakket fint ind i julen. Overwatch Winter Wonderland er i gang og løber indtil den 4. januar. En del af spillets karakterer har fået nye kostumer, som du kan finde i diverse loot boxes.

Det er dog ikke alle som har fundet heltinden Meis nye legendary skin passende og reaktionerne på Blizzards fora er bestemt heller ikke udeblevet.

Blizzard: Vi tog tog fejl

Overwatch chef Jeff Kaplan har nu selv taget bladet fra munden og erkender, at de har ramt ved siden af, da de skulle give Mei nye klæder. Kaplan undskylder i et indlæg på holdets vegne og erkender at de ikke var “cool” nok. Mei vil få ny og forhåbentlig sejere garderobe i begyndelsen af det nye år.

Det er altså jul og det er altså bare tøj. Herunder kan du læse Kaplans undskyldning og også lige få et forsmag på julen i Overwatch.

Hi there. Sorry you are disappointed with Mei’s winter skin. We don’t have a specific rule for what makes something Legendary or Epic. We just sort of make a gut call based off of what we think is cool. Coolness is very subjective, and based off of the community reaction it seems like our gauge was off on this one. Our reasoning for it being Legendary was that we completely redid the visual effects for Cryo-Freeze (we turned the ice block into a snowman).

We thought that was pretty special and we had done it specifically based on community suggestions from months ago when people were speculating that we might have a winter event. Apparently, lots of people don’t agree with us and that’s ok. It’s all good feedback and we’re learning something for future events.

For people concerned that Mei is not going to get another Legendary for a long time, you need not worry. We have something pretty awesome for her early next year.

Apologies that our “cool meter” was off from yours on this one. We’ll try to align better on future content.

5 KOMMENTARER

  1. Jeg synes det er et langt større “problem” at så få karakterer får seasonal costumes. Selvom der med vinter DLC’et var 12 heroes der fik nye skins – hvilket er langt mere end tidligere events – så er det stadig kun lige over halvdelen der har fået nye skins

    Hvorfor må Soldier 76 ikke få en grim julesweater!? Hvorfor må D.VA ikke få et rensdyr?! Etc. etc.