tredlocity:

tredlocity:

saw that post about how the tf2 meet the team videos have way more personality than the entire overwatch lore, and i prompted me to rewatch them all again, and dang that post is 100% correct.

Yes! And the main difference between the two franchises is that TF2 is aware of this, and Overwatch isn’t.

Overwatch tries to craft a dense epic to make people care about the world. And maybe they end up with a good story, maybe not. But the attitude is very limiting to a game that doesn’t need that sort of coherence.

Meanwhile, TF2 just goes “Hey, wouldn’t it be fun if this happens.”

Overwatch would say “No, we can’t have a wizard in the game,” while TF2 would say “Yes, and he’s roomates with Tom Jones!” Because, guess what, the game is just a bunch of people blowing each other up.

dragon-in-a-fez:

incredibly hot take on an old conspiracy theory here