I have no idea, who these characters are. But they vibe.

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    10 months ago

    Most of mirages voice lines aren’t edge lord. You’ve picked a rare example. Loba is definitely full of herself. Wraith line doesn’t feel all that edgy to me.

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      10 months ago

      No, his personality is “insecure drowning in fake cockyness and failed attempts at humor”.

      My point is that it’s the overarching style of design, in especially post-original legends. And its there to a greater or lesser extent in all of them. It’s like they’re all focus-grouped to appeal to edgy fourteen year olds, and I hate it with a white hot passion.

      And Wraith talks down to literally everything around her. She might not be outright arrogant, but she definitely has a major case of main character syndrome.

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        10 months ago

        Yeah that’s what. Mirage isn’t edgy. He’s insecure making as cocky. There are layers to his personality.

        Wraith comes off as harsh, but she’s had a rough life.

        I agree that some of the kill quips don’t match their personalities at times.

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          10 months ago

          It doesn’t matter what the underlying reasons for their personalities are lore-wise, if none of that comes through to a casual player.

          One of my favorite legends is Horizon, but she doesn’t have a single quip that matches who she is and isn’t a cringy gamer-burn.

          As fucked as overwatch has become, the pre-game character conversations are masterful in comparison to Apex. There’s some of that, in squad mate thank-yous, but even that stuff is written to be adversarial 75% of the time.

          Why!? It’s a squad based game, but most of the charachters can’t keep it to themselves how they’re only co-operating with each other for the most selfish of reasons!