April’s Overwatch 2 patch is too much fun to be a joke
The latest round of Overwatch 2 patch notes are here, and you’d be a fool to miss them. That’s right, it’s April 1 – officially sanctioned silly season, if you will – and Blizzard has introduced its customary novelty balance patch for the multiplayer game to get in the spirit of japery. The beast they’ve created, however, is so much fun that players are already clamouring for parts of it to stay after the event ends. Winston? Winston!
Along with its usual googly eyes for all heroes (and the payloads), the April Fools Overwatch 2 update gives every hero new ultimate voice lines, alongside a whole raft of ridiculous balance changes that can be found in a special arcade mode. Blizzard says that game director Aaron Keller “claims he can convene with Pachimari, and they told him to make this patch. He only plays the new arcade modes, so he shouldn’t notice otherwise.”
Hearing Hanzo call out “Who’s a good dragon?” or simply mutter “Omnomnomnonmon” as he fires off his Dragonstrike cracks me up every single time, as does Moira’s enthusiastic Dragon Ball Z-inspired shout of “Kamehameha” as she unleashes her ult. Cassidy now calls out a random selection of times, Echo proclaims how she’s better than you at the hero she’s copying, and Ramattra monologues extensively about his suffering for as long as his ultimate stays up. Winston, meanwhile, simply says, “Winston.” A lot.
“These voice lines are WAY too good to throw away once April Fools is over,” remarks a heavily-upvoted thread on the Overwatch Reddit. “I’d say it would make sense and create a lot of funny moments if there was a 1% chance for all heroes to say these versions” in the more casual quick play and arcade modes. Personally I’m all for it.
As for the novelty game mode
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