History Memes / Overwatch

* "Overwhelmingly Negative" [[labelnote:Explanation]]After being released on Steam, the game quickly shot to the lowest reviewed game on the platform of all time, mainly due to Chinese gamers using the Steam release to air grievances agaist Blizzard. This summary of the game's review score was quickly adopted as a mocking nickname for the game, with [[https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/2641873-overwatch-2 edits of the logo]] soon to follow.[[/labelnote]]

* [[VideoGame/PlantsVsZombiesGardenWarfare Chomper]] in Overwatch???[[labelnote:Explanation]]Venture's ability to tunnel through the earth while leaving a WormSign and [[DigAttack surface beneath her opponents for an ambush]] are all traits shared with the Chomper from ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombiesGardenWarfare'', so comparisons began almost instantly.[[/labelnote]]

* Venture [[EatDirtCheap eating rocks]][[labelnote:Explanation]]As soon as their design and overall "[[AdventurerArchaeologist underground explorer]]/[[DigAttack driller]]" theme was first revealed, fans made note of Venture's [[ChildishToothGap visibly chipped teeth]] and came to the logical conclusion that not only did they probably damage them on something work-related, it was specific because Venture has tried [[ExtremeOmnivore eating rocks]] before, and likely still does.[[/labelnote]]

* "Spam Junkrat"/"Spamrat"[[labelnote:Explanation]]A derogatory term for people who constantly pick Junkrat and then have a weak performance with him. Many inexperienced players tend to just spam his Grenade Launcher randomly in the hopes that its high damage will instantly kill a target, [[SkillGateCharacter despite the projectiles being generally easy to avoid with experience]].[[/labelnote]]

* [[Music/SmashMouth Some-BODY ONCE TOLD ME]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}} THE WORLD IS GONNA ROLL ME]][[labelnote:Explanation]]Reaper's special Halloween Highlight intro -- which shows him breaking out of a coffin -- has sparked numerous memes inspired by ''Shrek''[='=]s (also memetic) introductory scene. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vogzyo1Y6oE Case in point.]][[/labelnote]]

* Mercy Offers a Hand/"We are compassion."[[labelnote:Explanation]]A scene from a trailer where Mercy offers to rescue a girl stuck in rubble, which became a meme representing her as someone or something saving someone else, although it is sometimes replaced with an image of Demoman pointing a gun if it isn't actual help.[[/labelnote]]

* Twomad's death [[labelnote:Explanation]]When word of streamer Twomad's passing got out, people quickly found out that he had [[https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/2756334-twomads-death left Overwatch 2 running on his computer]] via Discord. Memes quickly spawned from there, such as ones of Twomad's teammates flaming him for throwing while he was dead, or of him haunting the game as a ghost.[[/labelnote]]

* "Overwhelmingly Negative" [[labelnote:Explanation]]After being released on Steam, the game quickly shot to the lowest reviewed game on the platform of all time, mainly due to the game's large hatedom in China for its depiction of Lijiang Towers. This summary of the game's review score was quickly adopted as a mocking nickname for the game, with [[https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/2641873-overwatch-2 edits of the logo]] soon to follow.[[/labelnote]]

* "Overwhelmingly Negative" [[labelnote:Explanation]]After being released on Steam, the game quickly shot to the lowest reviewed game on the platform of all time. This summary of the game's review score was quickly adopted as a mocking nickname for the game, with [[https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/2641873-overwatch-2 edits of the logo]] soon to follow.[[/labelnote]]

** One Redditor's [[JustForPun cheeky]] [=PotG=] [[https://gfycat.com/UntimelyMajesticAppaloosa featured the camera suddenly shifting to Tracer's behind in full view,]] which ended up being replicated quite a bit under the term "showbutting," though it isn't completely exclusive just to Tracer.

* Bastion Assassin[[labelnote:Explanation]]The successful act of a Bastion player sneaking up on an enemy's flank or rear before opening fire on them. Sometimes taken further by photo editing Bastion with assets from ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreed''.[[/labelnote]]

* [[Film/BackToTheFuture "I've seen that one before..."]][[labelnote:Explanation]]Mercy's "Dr. Ziegler" skin bears a strong resemblance to a certain fan-made skin that had been used by the community for almost a year by that point... for a ''porn'' animation. Cue jokes about Blizzard stealing ideas from porn artists.[[/labelnote]]

* Steam reviews [[labelnote:Explanation]]In August 2023, ''Overwatch 2'' became available on Steam, within a few hours became one of the most negatively reviewed products on the store, and within a couple of days became the worst-rated product of all time on Steam. Some reviews gave detailed reasons for their dislike, but most were based on memes, extolling the Rule34 content as being better than the game itself, and doing things like linking to the ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' store page.[[/labelnote]]

* Steam reviews [[labelnote:Explanation]]In August 2023, ''Overwatch 2'' became available on Steam, and within a few hours became one of the most negatively reviewed products on the store. Some reviews gave detailed reasons for their dislike, but most were based on memes, extolling the Rule34 content as being better than the game itself, and doing things like linking to the ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' store page.[[/labelnote]]

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