A.k.a things which have nothing to do with gameplay but you still enjoy while playing. Could be something about animation, audio or visual design. Additional material outside the game like comics/character trailers/etc don’t count.
For me:
Zenyatta’s hand movements. I find them calming somehow. I’d say well done considering what his character represents.
Zarya’s pink fingernail. I don’t know why.
Sigma’s idle animations in hero selection. Wait for a bit and he does this -thing. Love how it actually tells a lot about the character and his state of mind.
I do enjoy bit of banter between characters before match is about to start. It gives glimpse into their personalities and makes them bit more fleshed out. Not much but hey I will take it.
Pretty much… everything. All the visuals and sounds in this game are so freaking satisfying. Especially Baptiste’s amp matrix. Have you ever fired micro missiles through that thing? I compulsively do just to hear the noise.
On a side note, we once deleted a whole team because Zarya grav’d them all together, Bap put up the amp window and I missiled through it at point blank. It was glorious…
Ragdoll physics are the easiest way to get me to laugh. Like, when I die but I soccer-slide onto the point, or I get yeeted a mile into the air. It’s stupid, but I can’t help but giggle at it.
When you break a piñata and the colorful confetti pops out. Makes breaking them super satisfying and fun. Same with the balloons. I like releasing them from their string and then popping them in the sky.
I died as Baptiste the other day. Got uppercut at the same time I was jumping with max level booster boots and just went FLYING. Couldn’t stop laughing as my body flailed in to the sky.
After being dealt with expertly by an Ana: “who taught you to fight like that?” Feels like my grandmother is actually disappointed.
Or being nano’ed as Doom:
“I’m coming for you all!” Makes you want to team wipe them solo - especially if you are having a good round and you know they are scared.
Widowmaker whispering her sweet nothings to herself as she sees a target or her overly French exclamations as she appreciates the artistry of her headshots:
“Superb!”, “Magnifique!”
There’s a barrel on route 66 that has loads of dead fish in it which fall out when you shoot it. No other barrel does this. Also the center of Oasis gardens is a fountain with water flowing down it. Also the stage is reflected on Mei’s gun, and it grows a frost if you hold fire down.
… I’ve been playing this game since 2016 and did not know this. I bet it has happened plenty of times but I never paid attention to it. Gotta experiment.
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