Swiss Alps, Switzerland
Formed roughly 45 million years ago, the Alps is a mountain range that arcs its way across most of Europe. The mountain is also the highest, largest, youngest, and most densely populated mountain range in the continent. The Alps covers most of Switzerland and Liechtenstein but also extends into other areas like Austria, France, Italy, and Germany, among others. Because of this, the mountainous alpine region that covers Switzerland is known as the Swiss Alps. This area covers a whopping 65 percent of Switzerland’s total land mass which makes it one of the most mountainous European countries.
Overwatch medic Mercy grew up in the area where she once worked as a head of surgery at a prominent Swiss hospital. At the time, she supposedly pioneered a breakthrough in the field of applied nanobiology hence how the international task force found her. With this in mind, Switzerland seems like the perfect place that would not only fit into Mercy’s backstory but also act as an Overwatch escort map. Attacking players would have to escort the payload through the mountain range starting from a small village up to a possible Overwatch medical base. The only problem here is if players will actually stay on the payload or not…
