They lost the battle against the Omnics. They are actually trapped in a purgatory, being forced into a humiliating arena situation against themselves and each other all day every day.
All the omnics who sided with Overwatch and all of the rivals of Overwatch were included, because when push came to shove they all sided against the omnics.
They are cloned, and cloned again. Then they are given the same memories and experiences as their former selves, but each time they are left to the whim of a random omnic. So you see them do things like walk to their death, or simply do something far below the experience of their former selves.
They live in constant punishment because the omnics won. This is the true nature of Overwatch. Every time they die, they are simply shoved out of the launch point again like it never happened. None of the others remember it happening, because they simply cannot remember it. Immortal, and yet never victorious. Doomed to fight an eternal battle that can never be won.
On the bright side, at least it might seem like Heaven to Torbjornâs ancestors since Vikings description of Valhalla was pretty much exactly what youâre describing.
But seriously, why would they be in Purgatory for losing a battle against evil robots? Or are you saying that itâs because they tried to play God by making Artificial Intelligence in the first place? That sounds extremely messed up⌠Thatâs not attonentment or absolution. What you described sounds more like someplace far worse than Purgatory which nobody would ever be landed for something as simple as exercising their own God-given wisdom and creativity by creating the Omnics⌠However, I suppose it is entirely possible that they just ticked off God with their hokey âIrisâ Religion.
Right, but that either means a friendly faction of Omnics, or double agent mercenary Omnics.
Also what if we find out that Omnics are actually not entirely robotic. What if each Omnic actually has a human brain inside of it?
Also whatâs the deal with the âWeird Omnicâ Gwhiwin stuffs that were attacking Korea? Are they an entirely different faction of Omnics from the ones in UK?
The Gwishin is a large underwater Titan-Class Omnic that seems to do whatever it wants. It might even be a mobile factory, considering its constant onslaught of Gwishin Drones.
It has an advanced learning algorithm, but itâs not quite intelligent, at least not yet and it doesnât seem to attempt to communicate.
Itâs more like a Null_Sector unit, which have simple run and gun programming, but are ultimately controlled by some higher class, intelligent Omnic, like the mysterious âNull_Hectorâ from the end of Storm Rising for example.
In my own mind I always rationalised the games as Athena running simulations to collect a large pool of data to use in the event of a second Omnic Crisis.
