#Winston overwatch human series#

#Winston overwatch human series#

Winston also appeared Recall, the first of a series of animated Overwatch shorts released by Blizzard. Winston made an appearance in Blizzard's 2014 cinematic trailer for Overwatch. While in Overwatch, Winston invented the chronal accelerator, which helped fellow Overwatch member Tracer maintain control of her time before this, Tracer suffered from a chronal dissociation which kept her from keeping a physical form in the present. Winston took the name of his caretaker, created a rocket and flew to Earth where he would join Overwatch. The other gorillas soon led an uprising and killed the colony's scientists, claiming it as their own. Winston taught the young gorilla about science and inspired Winston about human ingenuity. Due to displaying rapid brain development from the experiment's gene therapy, Winston was taken under Dr. The Horizon Lunar Colony was established as part of humanity's space exploration some of its first inhabitants were genetically enhanced gorillas, like Winston, used in tests relating to prolonged space habitation. A scientist and adventurer, Winston was formerly based in the Horizon Lunar Colony, located on the moon. In the Overwatch lore, Winston is a 29-year old genetically engineered gorilla. His 'Primal Rage' ultimate ability boosts his health meter to 1000 hitpoints, causes massive amounts of damage to enemies when Winston punches them, and also speeds up the cool-down rate of his jump pack. Winston's second ability, 'Barrier Projector', creates a bubble shield capable of taking small amounts of damage before breaking. Winston also comes equipped with a jump pack that allows him to reach objectives quickly, get out of battles, and damage any opponent within the vicinity of his landing spot. The weapon's damage cannot be blocked or deflected. Matt Whittaker of Hardcore Gamer expressed that Winston's abilities allow 'the best Winston players utilize his abilities to pull opponents off of the objective, freeing teammates to either attack or defend in peace.' Although Winston has relatively low damage output, his Tesla Cannon deals close-range damage in a cone that continuously damages any opponent within that cone.

Winston has a tank role in Overwatch out of all the tank characters in the game, he is the most agile. Every character in the game has strengths and weaknesses, it's part of what makes the teamplay work well.' Toward the end of Overwatch's beta period, Winston's shield health was nerfed, due to his 'huge hitbox and tiny armor amount.' Gameplay Overwatch's Principal Designer Geoff Goodman stated that Winston, and fellow tank character D.Va, were designed to have relatively low damage output because 'they are both very mobile and very hard to kill. American voice actor Crispin Freeman provides the English voice-over for Winston. Winston was noted to be dressed in a heavy white armor and wearing eyeglasses, as well as having an electrically-charged melee attack. Winston was first showcased at Overwatch's BlizzCon 2014 reveal.