She’s finally considered as a hero in the overwatch team. I like it.
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Well, up until this point she has never been out in the field doing actual combat. She’s just a scientist. So naturally, she feels like the new recruit out of the bunch
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Meanwhile Genji could have taken out that mega omnic by himself
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Was Brigitte also a member of the team? I guess 2 new members and Echo is back.
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I can hear the voicelines OW2 now.
Self-Doubt: “I’m Just a scientist, what good could I do?”
Complicated situation: “I’m going to have to science the heck out of this.”
Resolve Situation: “I’m sure there’s a resonable scientific explaination for this.”
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Probably because she was Frozen during Overwatch’s collapse I wager.
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ouch! you okay?
you scared me!
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He could have, but he didn’t cuz bad writing. They only have to show he’s still the coolest thing on earth and overly exaggerate his abilities like being able to solo everything null sector would throw at him, but then leave plot holes the size of the mecha omnic they fought against because other heroes apparently have to do something too, so the writer’s golden child can’t take all the glory. Just a pretense though as they keep shoving Genji and his heroic epic moments into everything they possibly can.
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Tracer and Genji did basically everything cool. Again. 
I still enjoyed the cinematic though.
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Indeed.
If genji was going against a meteorite, I bet he could deflect it back onto it’s orbit since he can apparently deflect everything world throws at him with a bloody stick of a sword.
Including energy blasts that have the power to level cities to the ground.
When did Genji’s sword canonically become a ridiculous plot device that nothing can penetrate or break apart? It’s a bloody japanese sword for crying out loud. He might as well be fighting with a stick but apparently he’s a superman now.
The actual shields in the cinematic have more trouble than his weeb stick.
Michael chu has to write Genji to be less like deus ex machina that he apparently is for this plot to be anywhere near decent and not just a clown fest.
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Yeah. That deflect was dumb and really should have been Rein or Brigitte’s big hero moment.
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He could have, but people would’ve died. After all, he sliced the things hand, but if Rein and brig hadn’t been there, the omnic would’ve just kept destroying things.
It’s acceptable if genji can slice robotics apart when he uses his dragonblade because he enhances his blade and strenght with his dragon spirit… but seriously, Genji deflecting huge plasma shots of mass destruction with an entirely normal wakizashi is just going over the board. He should’ve been fried by that and the sword should’ve buckled under the shot like paper. He should’ve by all rights been killed by that, but the writers deem him capable of doing superhuman feats now when he’s still quite human, just so he can steal the limelight and be cool.
Whatever happened to the Genji we saw in Doomfist animation where he took one punch and got incapacitated? Why do we get this anime protagonist hero genji instead? How soon is he going to get married to mercy at this rate because he’s now the protagonist and not the support character?
And I agree, it should’ve 100% been Reinhardt and brigitte heroic moment if they jumped out of the car to save Winston when his own barrier buckled under the pressure. Then genji could have easily come around and disarmed the Mecha.
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What for? They got their moment against the giant laser. Genji couldn’t deflect that.
Could you put a cap on your anti-Genji salt for like…five seconds? Genji and Tracer have always been capable of superhuman feats.
Additionally, I’m not sure why you seem to think he can’t use the same dragon abilities with the short blade. They had him use that because it’s an iconic ability. And let’s be honest, if he had used the dragonblade, would you really feel any different? No, you’d almost certainly still be here complaining about nothing because that’s just a facade. Why aren’t you complaining about how Mercy healed Mei from a critical injury in seconds just by touching her?
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If they wanted a cool anime style moment of him tearing apart the things arm then they could have had him jump in the air and dash onto the arm. Then run across the arm and tear it up, landing on the ground.
It would have been a bit cliche, but so was everything in that short. And it would have made more sense.
And which hero could Mercy healing have gone too instead?
That’s not the point. I’m just saying that Mercy instantly healing someone just by touching them is extremely OP and plot-convenient. Yet Nere doesn’t seem to have a problem with that. It’s only when Genji gets to look cool showcasing his abilities that it’s suddenly a problem.
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Probably because Mercy’s amazing attributes and coolness aren’t constantly rubbed onto my nose on every single cinematic, just to remind me that Genji is invincible anime protagonist and how bad this game’s current writing is and how this self-insert needs to be focal point of everything. He breaks suspension of disbelief when bad writing has made him overpowered.
The plot is going to suffer when a lot of it is focusing on how badass anime protagonist genji is.
I also agree with this guy, he brings up many good points. Bunch of people who’ve liked Genji before have also noticed this phenomena and are growing tired of the character being a Gary stu.
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He’s only been featured in 2 of them 3 if you count the we are overwatch trailer what are you on about
“Every single cinematic,” so what, two? Three if you count Storm Rising, which showed off all four of the characters? He lost to Doomfist in one. He was absolutely not the focal point of this cinematic. Winston was. Genji had two scenes with no dialogue. Just because they made him look cool and showed off his abilities doesn’t mean he’s the focus.
I don’t disagree that he looked extremely powerful in this cinematic, but again, Genji is not the only character like this. Mercy is also OP in it. The thing is, they just wanted the “calvary” characters to look cool and inspiring while showing off their abilities, which they succeeded in doing for all of them.