#I used to be feeling the Overwatch 2 collab fatigue—however the recreation’s new Road Fighter 6 skins are all knockouts – Destructoid

For some time now, I’ve felt a bit fatigued with the sheer quantity of crossover and collab skins in Overwatch 2. However after seeing the brand new Road Fighter 6 skins coming in a pair weeks, I’m over these emotions totally and prepared for extra.

After I obtained wind of OW2’s SF6 collab just lately, some hero-fighter combos instantly sprung to thoughts, and I believe Blizzard Leisure and Capcom did a extremely good job matching up the characters from the 2 iconic franchises to make for a extremely cool collab.

There’s eight whole skins within the collab, that includes Juno as Chun-Li, Widowmaker as Cammy, Hanzo as Ryu, Winston as Blanka, Kiriko as Juri, Soldier: 76 as Guile, Sigma as M. Bison, and Zenyatta as Dhalsim. And so they’re simply good.

I’m actually excited to see the costumes in-game, however the reveal trailer for the collab was additionally simply very properly achieved in producing hype at EVO Japan for its announcement, regardless of the collab leaking final week as a part of one other PlayStation Community oopsie.

Whereas OW2 is actually not fairly at Fortnite’s ranges of metaverse collaboration metropolis but, it’s beginning to strategy that territory. And I’m realizing now I don’t actually thoughts it if the skins are cool sufficient, and this one knocks it out of the park on nearly each stage for me, so I’m on totally on board.

In fact, not everyone seems to be thrilled. When the announcement dropped this morning, gamers gleaned the information to search out disappointment that sure heroes and combos have been unnoticed. Many wished for Mei to decorate as Chun-Li, whereas others are regularly vocal about heroes like Juno and Kiriko getting extra skins but once more.

One other gamer was fast to name out that heroes akin to Sojourn, Lucio, Baptiste, and Doomfist have been left within the mud whereas the identical few heroes have gotten a number of collab skins. And lots of have expressed unhappiness that Zarya as Marisa, each muscular ladies with pink hair, appears to have been unnoticed one way or the other.

I perceive the frustration of those gamers, however I additionally suppose Blizzard is deliberate with the heroes it chooses for these collabs. The corporate is aware of that Kiriko, Juno, and Mercy will at all times promote properly, so it is smart for them from a enterprise standpoint to have them within the retailer as a lot as potential.

In an ideal world, all the roster would get collab skins every time round. However for one cause or one other, sacrifices are made, and meaning the identical few standard heroes will get the love so long as the cash is flowing in. And judging by my lobbies, collab skins are an enormous hit for OW2.

So far as future collabs go (there’s now one or two each single season), I’ve felt detached concerning the anime collabs as prior to now as that’s not my factor, however I’d like to see another gaming franchises (or much more common ones like Marvel Comics) be a part of the sport in enjoyable methods.

Vote together with your pockets on how you are feeling concerning the skins when the OW2 x SF6 collab goes stay on Might 20.