The Overwatch community has taken a closer look at the new Workshop and created their own game modes. We want to briefly introduce the funniest of them.
For a few days now, there has been a new PTR from Overwatch with a fresh mode where fans can let loose. In the Workshop, players create their own game modes or even prototypes of their own heroes. The most interesting and funniest creations so far we want to briefly introduce to you – this includes a paintball mode, a MOBA variant, and finally a new hero that shoots with Swedes.
Paintball with Ana
The player JinkoNorray introduced his modified version of “Ana Paintball” on Reddit. It is played on the Eichenwald map in deathmatch mode. All players must play Ana and a hit is immediately fatal. But apart from that, there are some changes to keep the tension up.
- If you stay in zoom mode for more than 3 seconds, you will be stunned.
- If you reach 15 kills, you will be “on fire” and easier to spot for other players.
- At 20 kills, players are revealed and displayed through walls.
- If you are only 1 kill away from victory, you will get an additional skull symbol.
- The last kill for victory can only be made with a sleep dart.
Enhanced Ana Paintball mode I made in the workshop! I added jump pads and more! from r/Overwatch
If you enjoy funny sniper duels, you will love this mode once it is available on the live servers. The mode got its “Paintball” name because every hit is fatal – just like in paintball.
Overwatch as MOBA
Starhunter999999 has done something completely different and tried to turn Overwatch into a MOBA. So far, it works surprisingly well, even if some features are still missing. For example, each team has a main base and several towers. The towers must be destroyed before the base can be taken out.
However, the mode has even more MOBA features:
- Using an emote teleports the player back to their own base.
- There is a leveling system with experience points. Players can upgrade three different attributes:
- Damage
- Health Points
- Movement Speed
- A healing fountain in the middle of the map ensures constant action
This mode is not fully complete yet. Currently, it is not possible to program minions that move along their “lanes” in waves. Here, fans hope that more options will be made available.
A Bastion that fires Torbjörns
Lastly, something rather silly. The player DarkyPaky has created a new “hero” that many players have surely secretly wished for. Don’t you think it’s unfair that Torbjörn always throws his turrets, but there is no turret that throws Torbjörn?
If so (and what other answer could there be?), then this clip is for you. DarkyPaky has created a Bastion in siege mode that fires Torbjörns.
I made bastion Fire Torbjorns that lock onto their target! from r/Overwatch
The Torbjörns are permanently in “Overload” mode and attack enemies with melee attacks. And because that is not enough, the Torbjörns are also homing.
If that isn’t a promising hero concept, we don’t know what is.
How do you like these game modes and the possibilities that the Workshop offers? Will there surely be cool projects coming out of this? Or do you find it rather silly and annoying?
There is also a “Battle Royale” mode available there already.
