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Overwatch’s latest experimental mode is weirder than it’s ever been beforeRoadhog and Genji can fly, sort of
Roadhog and Genji can fly, sort of
Last year,Overwatchintroduced an experimental mode that Blizzard have mostly used to test potential balance changes, and show players what the devs have been messing around with internally. They tend to be fairly minor tweaks, and there hasn’t been an experimental update in a little while. But last night we finally got a new one, and from what I’ve played it’s full of daft and fun tweaks. Prepare yourselves for flying Roadhogs and Genjis, nanoboosted Anas, and a handful of wonderfully-timed voicelines.
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I jumped into a match to have a go of Roadhog’s best change, because I just had to see if I could get him airborne. When using his ultimate, shooting downwards lifts him up. Honestly, it didn’t look that great from my perspective, but the kill cam of this Orisa shooting at me as I rose to the sky was worth it.
Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to play as Genji to try out his tweaked jumping abilities, but you can catch the enemy Genji in the gif below simply never touching the ground (look out for him gliding across rooftops in the top left). Blizzard have made it so when he climbs a wall, it resets the cooldown on his double jump. He just, never comes down. I caught a couple players in text chat talking about how broken it is. And yes. Please, never let Genji do this for real.
Every single hero has received some sort of weird and wonderful change, so I highly recommend reading through them (or playing, that’s the best way to see). I’m glad Bliz are using the experimental mode like this, previous tests have been kinda boring (except that old triple damage one), but it’s an excellent playing ground for daft fun. The patch notes suggest that more creators will be deciding on future experimental stuff too, so I look forward to seeing what they come up with. Can we give Torbjorn a hammer the size of Reinhardt’s? Or perhaps let Widow’s grappling hook grab players to draw them in like Roadhog?
