We can all agree that Overwatch has a rich and diverse cast and setting – it even has some pretty interesting lore. However, some fans have felt frustrated that the majority of the competitive shooter’s storytelling is relegated to peripheral content, outside of the core game, in the form of animated shorts, comics, short stories and so on.
A single-player campaign has been a much-requested feature, and to date Blizzard has offered some PvE content to these fans in the form of the co-op missions Uprising and Retribution, which were last year rebranded as Overwatch Archives. Frustratingly, these missions have been restricted to limited time events, meaning fans only have a very small window each year to hop back in. Now, one fan has taken it upon themselves to imagine what it would look like if the Archives were made a permanent staple of the game.
Graphic designer, u/JessMR, has created a detailed set of concept images, which have been posted on the Overwatch subreddit, depicting how a story mode could fit into the games’ user interface.