The gaming industry and fan community is at a crossroads. Like the other side stories that exist as part of Overwatch, it delves into the characters succinctly and efficiently, adding shades to the characters that otherwise couldn’t be addressed in the nonstop action of the game itself. For Soldier 76, it was while reflecting on a lost love.
For Tracer, it was a quiet holiday with a loved one. It's also important that their sexuality has never felt forced. Blizzard allowed the characters to reveal themselves in quiet, realistic ways, just like real people.
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RELATED: LGBTQ Representation on TV Hits Record High, New Study Finds They can be the characters we identify with, play as, and learn to love, the same as any other character. They don’t have to be over the top stereotypes or killed in the first minute. RELATED: Overwatch Comic Reveals Tracer To Be the Game's First LGBT Characterīy making both of them gay, Blizzard is forcing players who may have been hesitant to embrace LGBTQ characters to realize they’re as valuable as anyone else in the game, and not just as romantic options. The story focuses on the two realizing all the things they’ve sacrificed to fight for the world, including their relationships. Soldier 76 matter-of-factly reveals that the man in question, Vincent, is now married and happy. While Soldier 76 is going through old photos, Ana notices one of him when he was younger, standing alongside another man. In the newly released short story "Bastet," by Blizzard lead writer Michael Chu (with illustrations and artwork provided by Arnold Tsang and Bengal), old friends Soldier 76 and Ana reunite for the first time in years.
It was in one of these tie-ins that Tracer, who is one of the game's most recognizable characters, was revealed to be in a relationship with another woman. What story elements that have been introduced come primarily via animated shorts produced by Blizzard, as well as a number of comics and short stories. There is no real single-player mode, with the gameplay focused on being a multiplayer shooter. Overwatch isn’t a game that deals in overarching plot.