Overwatch 2’s upcoming hero, the omnic Ramattra, is poised to lastly finish fellow omnic Zenyatta’s lore drought for good.
In a press Q&A session, the Overwatch 2 improvement staff at Blizzard Leisure revealed that Ramattra’s lore is intently intertwined with Zenyatta’s. The 2 labored collectively as a part of the Shambali, an omnic order of monks led by the deceased Mondatta. Whereas Zenyatta embraced a lifetime of peace and thoughtfulness, Ramattra grew annoyed with humanity’s continued actions in opposition to omnics and impatient at how lengthy the trail to peace was taking. Their beliefs finally break up, with Ramattra forming Null Sector and diverging from the Shambali’s ideas.
Throughout the Q&A session, the dev staff shared that Ramattra and Zenyatta could have loads of interactions and back-and-forth voice traces that can give gamers extra perception into their relationship. Blizzard plans to make use of him not solely to reply some long-held lore questions however as a automobile to ship extra Zenyatta lore, too. The dev staff made it clear that people who find themselves hungry for Zenyatta lore will get it with Ramattra.
“Give Zenyatta lore” has been a working meme locally because the early days of the unique Overwatch. Whereas a lot of the sport’s heroes acquired quick tales, movies, and different supporting lore supplies to additional their tales, in distinction, Zenyatta continuously gave the impression to be unnoticed, main the neighborhood to beg Blizzard for extra tales in regards to the monk.
With Ramattra’s launch on the horizon—he’ll be arriving with season two on Dec. 6—it appears like Zenyatta followers who’ve been hungering for lore gained’t have to attend for much longer.
