Overwatch Gains Another Hero?
The wait time for previous Overwatch characters has been at least four months, but who knows. Maybe Blizzard will decide to give us a new character a little earlier than what players have become used to. They can dictate the rules of how things work in this universe, and if they decide to put out a 25th one early to get a better feel before a full scale release, that’s their call.
As far as who? Well, the “Uprising” comic reveals that the ones responsible for the hostage situation in King’s Row is an Omnic group known only as Null Sector. According to Reyes, Morrison, and Ana, they aren’t treated too well over in the UK and combined with the lack of rights and citzenship granted for constructing human cities, they’ve taken matters into their own hands. While Ana labeling them terrorists probably doesn’t earn them the right to be called a “hero,” a Null Sector character wouldn’t technically be any worse than the actual three terrorists responsible on the roster, or the two irradiated criminals from Australia.
A Null Sector character also gives us another Omnic character to be a part of Overwatch’s cast, which has been heavily skewed towards humans so far. Not to say that we don’t love Bastion, Orisa, or Zenyatta, because we do– but there’s no reason that another Omnic can’t be a part of the cast. What makes them interesting would be how much more chaotic and geared towards violence they are compared to the other three, who are all much more passive, either by choice or design from the developers.
