Overwatch 1 vs Overwatch 2 - Hero Select Animations

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Most of the OW2 animations feel like the beginning of a 90’s sitcom where each character is caught off guard and smiles for the camera before their name is shown.

Doomfist really went from 💪😠 to 💪🤨

My favorite animation is Moira. In Overwatch 1, she is a mature scientist who is fascinated with her new discovery. Her Overwatch 2 animation is her slowly slipping into madness.

I really like OW1 Dva intro compared to the OW2 version. There's just so much more sass and personality in that one. I get that the OW2 cast are older than what they were in OW1, so naturally Dva would have matured a little, but... She just summons her mech and stands there... There's no personality, no sass, no Dva being, well, a diva.

Two things I want back, Dva’s finger gun and tracer blowing her hair out the way

In comparison they went with what I would call a more intimate animation. Many of the characters look right at your face and make small movements that say:"Hey you are picking me" and present themselves that way.

They killed it with Hammond's new animation and I love that they gave him tank commander style goggles.

The weird thing is that the old characters got all these new cool animations, while Sojourn's, Kiriko's, Junker Queen's and Ramattra's ones look like they're from OW1, way shorter and simplier than the others. (Also unpopular opinion here but i think Junkrat's laughter should have been a little bit shorter)

I miss Sigma's old hero choice animation. Honestly it shows more of a contemplative side to him rather than a mad hatter style villain. While, yeah, he's mad, the man shows incredible intelligence and a love for the arts.

I liked the Sigma selection motion in Overwatch 1. Elegant hand movements as if conducting

As cool as some of these are, I do miss some of the old ones. Junkrat's iconic crazy stare, Sombra checking at data, Sigma conducting the melody's notes, Torb flipping up his welding mask, Mei's dusting herself off to prepare for the mission, Rein's confident hammer over the shoulder, so many small little things that I've been missing since OW1 left

It seems like ow1 character selection animations were more focused on the weapons of the heroes as opposed to ow2 where they are more focused on their personalities/facial expressions/body language. It's very interesting to see the differences between the two games!

Nothing can beat junkrats old animation where he just stares off and contemplates everything for a few seconds

The only ones I don’t like are Zarya and Sigmas, emphasis on Sigma though. The music was so iconic to him

I like how you can tell that behind the scenes there has been some character development, Wrecking Ball originally looks unsure of himself in 1, while in 2 he knows exactly what he is doing. And Winston is more on edge in 1, then in 2 he's a lot more relaxed

overwatch 1 is such a vibe, i miss it

I like the old Tracer animation better, it’s a lot more cute to me and really expresses her “quirkiness” compared to most heroes being way too uptight and serious

Reaper looks waaay more sinister in the second game along with his Hellfire Shotguns to match and he has more armor compared to the first game. Absolutely love his new design!

the OW2 animations are definitely longer and more involved. they work better if you select your character early rather than switch between characters before picking one