Can we talk about how Mei was frozen for 9 years, finds out her friends are dead, invents a freeze ray, and still tries to show up for work despite being stranded in the arctic?
i actually think this is not dark enough, which is really surprising considering how tragic the back story of mei is.. i guess they dont want to make it too dark coz people of all ages play this game.
It's as simple as this: This was a short that did not warrant a lot of cheering. This one was meant to hit you in the heart, and the "lack" of reaction actually shows it working. People were invested in what was happening, the plight of Mei's loss of not only her fellow team members, but the only friend she had left in Snowball. This video was meant to invest you in the character, not make you get up and scream for joy. Look at it like this, no one watches a depressing movie and starts clapping wildly, so why would they with a somber story such as this?
Atlink Maybe because of the way it ended she revived snowball and went to join Winston and Overwatch? Maybe they where showing Blizzard they enjoyed the short even though it was dark and depressing.
Stop hating on this short, people. Not every short has to be full of action and violence. For once, it's nice to get mostly lore in the short. Like the Last Bastion short. You get to see where it all began. Backstories are just as important as present day life because it explains why things are the way the are and shows how certain backstories mix together.
Thank you for saying that. I think it's disrespectful that people are hating it. Sue you can dislike it but hating is not correct. Personally I love this short and cried two times.
Crimson Voices This short provide ZERO new information and give us shit that we don't care about. Nothing literally happened in this short. Her friend dies? Ok why should I give a shit about bunch of people who faced I didn't even see? Oh you mean I supposed to care about the rechargeable robot? This short make the Sombra one look like Oscar worthy.
Meeba it couldn't have recharged at the ecopoint because Mei used the rest of his battery. The only way he survived was because of mei's solar panel thingy
Totally got the feels on this one. People don't realize how close snowball almost bit the bullet. With a completely drained battery and no life support to protect the little guy from the extreme cold the hardware could have been damaged, leaving the data corrupted and no more snowball.
The robot was the only thing keeping her company, and it was probably the only thing humouring them for all that time and preventing them from going crazy on all that isolation, you could clearly see how much she was attached to it. Like when someone that is hurt says "Go without me" on a movie, even though you know they have a better chance of surviving if that person stays behind, and even though you know they will be fine in the end, the act of sacrificing and separation is sad, that's just human nature.
Thought that was quite dumb, it's a robot, and it can recharge later. He even gets recharged somehow later before Mei leaves, it's not like she'll be alone for the trip
"Blizzard, give us more lore" "Blizzard, we wanted action why'd you give us lore" just stfu, make up your mind and appreciate the hard work that was put into this short ffs
I love how quiet the audience is in this one really respectful really respectful as much as I love a good Encore though I mean everyone loves them to react big but you know what it shows that they're immersed here and trying to make the experience great for everyone else saving the Applause to the end
Ill say it again. Easily, the best short. Thank you blizzard for involving emotion over explosions. Incredible little movie. And mei is insanely adorable
@@marweha7002 yeah no im not saying this is one of the best becuase of that, my point is i personally don't really like this and ive seen alot of instances where people who main said character prefer the corresponding short. that being said, i play dva and i think her short was shit. also this was 7 months ago lol.
I love it how the crowd was crying out "NO!" when Snowball was looking at his charge station. This short never made me feel much emotion but when they said that made me a bit sad.
its not that they scream at everything randomly, they scream when something cool/unexpected happens. if you dont like it, enjoy the youtube video they will eventually upload on their official overwatch channel. in fact, when people show their emotions by screaming/crying it means that they are enjoying the show, and besides that, it shows that they are human, not robots. its like watching horror movies: the whole idea is to get you scared - you cant enjoy the movie if you're not scared
I'm rewatching all crowd reactions to OW animated shorts. They are always watching it in silence and are interested. Only in Moiras reveal they were gasping and stuff like that when they saw that she can both heal and damage with her ult.
So this has an entire new meaning to me. I just picked the game up up a month ago and just watched this after doubling back and watching the OG Video for the first time. Mei needed to see that Winston call. Winston hoped it would reach just one ear and I’m so glad to see it was Mei. I sobbed. That whole room was sobbing. You’re sobbing. I love mei
Nah. The machines malfunctioned from time and batteries dying. And if they recharged on solar power but the storm went on for so long they couldn't charge, that's also a factor.
omg they added fake snow at the end, that got me feeling so sad. Back when it felt that blizzard still cared enough to try and immerse us into the story, back when it was still just nerds making games and coming together with the community. Holy shit 😭 We might never experience that again
Such a wonderful short, sad but uplifting at the same time. Honestly though I'd like to see a reaction video from the front of the audience, how many people were actually brushing tears away I wonder? Shut up! I'm not crying, you're crying!
The day Blizzard officially makes Overwatch Movie = Is the day it will cure cancer. Please Blizzard... you know you do amazing animations, do not stay only on shorts. Holy shit!
It's the german culture, gamescom is always more subdued than Blizzcon, I was at gamescom last year, it's excitement for sure, but less animated because of that.
its a german crowd therefore everyone is silent and enjoys the show not like everywhere else where there are those screaming idiots, that annoy everyone. also there wasnt much too scream about in the short, it was more directed to making you think (and try not to cry in public). also we didnt see any faces, so no way to check for silent emotions. Sombra on the other hand was action packed, showing off a new hero and her abilities, of course there is gonna be more loud reactions to that than to a hero and a story we already knew (kinda). so comparing those 2 is just not a good idea, hope that explains a little :)
Hpesoj Ogladih how are you supposed to chear at the fact her friends r dead. This was more emotional and thought evoking that.... Omg look wooooo action amazing tricks......
This was the best animated short I have ever seen idk why every1 hates this just stop hating and pay attention to what's happening Mei just lost every1 she knew and still never gave up just think about that ... Ps . Totally a Mei main now xD
i know its old but snowball says mei when she wakes him and also he doesnt know if she will succeed and be able to recharge him/remember and bring him along he just trusts her and gives her the chance so the he knows he can be recharges argument is stupid
@@Voltaic01 i know its old but snowball could have died from the cold too. Without energy he couldnt warm his parts and the could easily get broken from the cold
the only reason that there isnt as much reaction in this short as there is others is because it plays at your emotions more than just shooty-shooty boom-boom like other shorts
Remy Blas they were engrossed in the story. It's not an action packed character reveal like Sombra's. This is the right reaction to this short, it's not like the deaths in the short were any reason to cheer.
It's sad that no one in the crowd was very ecstatic. Every Heroes needs a chance in the spotlight but once a Heroe the community dislikes gets a shot no one wants it. Every heroe has a backstory not every short needs action. Me I was kinda a mysterious character anyways so it's nice they made a more serious short instead of action every second which is still nice.
Can we talk about how Mei was frozen for 9 years, finds out her friends are dead, invents a freeze ray, and still tries to show up for work despite being stranded in the arctic?
*Antarctic ;)
Shut the fuck up
oh sassyyyy
u wot m8?
Hank Hill Mei is surely a trooper lol.
And would also freeze her enemies and kill them with icicles from this day on, despite extreme cold causing the deaths of her friends.
I love this short. The animation is stunning, its suprisingly dark, and it nails the feeling of isolation.
i actually think this is not dark enough, which is really surprising considering how tragic the back story of mei is.. i guess they dont want to make it too dark coz people of all ages play this game.
Toki Kuro its still a dramatic twist from the light hearted stuff we are used too in the overwatch universe
Toki Kuro they gotta keep that rating tho
the animation is superb
don't you mean "iceolation"
It's as simple as this: This was a short that did not warrant a lot of cheering. This one was meant to hit you in the heart, and the "lack" of reaction actually shows it working. People were invested in what was happening, the plight of Mei's loss of not only her fellow team members, but the only friend she had left in Snowball.
This video was meant to invest you in the character, not make you get up and scream for joy. Look at it like this, no one watches a depressing movie and starts clapping wildly, so why would they with a somber story such as this?
Atlink Maybe because of the way it ended she revived snowball and went to join Winston and Overwatch? Maybe they where showing Blizzard they enjoyed the short even though it was dark and depressing.
they cheered cause the ending was happy she got out and survived so did snowball😊 but I see you're prospective
Good point
Stop hating on this short, people. Not every short has to be full of action and violence. For once, it's nice to get mostly lore in the short. Like the Last Bastion short. You get to see where it all began. Backstories are just as important as present day life because it explains why things are the way the are and shows how certain backstories mix together.
Crimson Voices finally someone gets it!
Thank you for saying that. I think it's disrespectful that people are hating it. Sue you can dislike it but hating is not correct. Personally I love this short and cried two times.
Crimson Voices Or none of it matters cuz OW's story is fucking trash
Crimson Voices This short provide ZERO new information and give us shit that we don't care about. Nothing literally happened in this short. Her friend dies? Ok why should I give a shit about bunch of people who faced I didn't even see? Oh you mean I supposed to care about the rechargeable robot? This short make the Sombra one look like Oscar worthy.
+Alex Jones Is your name and the way you communicate supposed to be ironic? Also another person who uses "literally" wrong.
take a shot everytime the camera unfocuses
Emblum How many have you killed
XD
Get drunk
This is suicide xD
holy fuck I Rrrrrrrrrrrreally tried
Blizzard made me cry over a tiny flying robot 😭😭
Seth HND7 but it can recharge lol??
Meeba it couldn't have recharged at the ecopoint because Mei used the rest of his battery. The only way he survived was because of mei's solar panel thingy
*mei's friends turn out to be dead:*
me: oh no
*robot runs out of battery:*
me: *OHMAGAWDSNOWBALLNUU*
Catsacue Gaming theyre saying that THEY cried more. not Mei.
Totally got the feels on this one. People don't realize how close snowball almost bit the bullet. With a completely drained battery and no life support to protect the little guy from the extreme cold the hardware could have been damaged, leaving the data corrupted and no more snowball.
Oh yeah and those other 6 or so people forget about them! Now snowball a rechargeable robot going flat was so depressing
The robot was the only thing keeping her company, and it was probably the only thing humouring them for all that time and preventing them from going crazy on all that isolation, you could clearly see how much she was attached to it.
Like when someone that is hurt says "Go without me" on a movie, even though you know they have a better chance of surviving if that person stays behind, and even though you know they will be fine in the end, the act of sacrificing and separation is sad, that's just human nature.
I kinda cried 😂😂😂👌
I mean, I'm fairly certain a robot capable of creating blizzards would be perfectly fine in the cold.
4:22 where boys cried
7:26 where men cried
lmao
Thought that was quite dumb, it's a robot, and it can recharge later. He even gets recharged somehow later before Mei leaves, it's not like she'll be alone for the trip
Lucios, you said that as though you invented that information?
@@Lucios1995 He recharges on solar energy, but he was "dead" 'til mei could leave the base
?
"Blizzard, give us more lore"
"Blizzard, we wanted action why'd you give us lore"
just stfu, make up your mind and appreciate the hard work that was put into this short ffs
They didn't give any lore we didn't already know that matters
you're telling me different people want different things? that's insane!
dip.C i don't think he is talking about different people.
dip.C sae people, dum dum
Well said!
The snow in the room at the end is a nice touch.
I love how quiet the audience is in this one really respectful really respectful as much as I love a good Encore though I mean everyone loves them to react big but you know what it shows that they're immersed here and trying to make the experience great for everyone else saving the Applause to the end
Better than frozen
Efrain Gomez Jr lol SO TRUE😂😂😂😂😂👌👌😹😹😹👏👏👏👏👍👍👍
I secound this
They didn't freeze though
Can argue with that
Ill say it again. Easily, the best short. Thank you blizzard for involving emotion over explosions. Incredible little movie. And mei is insanely adorable
Im guessing you like this becuase your a Mei main? I play D.va alot and I think her short was shit.
@@what-xu6gr probably
@@what-xu6gr what? It doesnt matter what u main this is still one of the best shorts
@@marweha7002 yeah no im not saying this is one of the best becuase of that, my point is i personally don't really like this and ive seen alot of instances where people who main said character prefer the corresponding short. that being said, i play dva and i think her short was shit. also this was 7 months ago lol.
@@what-xu6gr You think its bad because there isnt enough action for you?
rise and shine Mr Freeman rise and shine
Not that I w-would imply that you were s-sleeping on t-the job...
Still waiting for Half-Life 3...
@@wolfcatgamingAj We got half Life 1,5 though
Mr *Freezeman* ..
.. im leaving..
I love it how the crowd was crying out "NO!" when Snowball was looking at his charge station. This short never made me feel much emotion but when they said that made me a bit sad.
Ending should of been " our world is worth fighting for "
*Mr frodo
Platinum GSC FUCK YOU MAKIN ME CRY MORE
This while time weve been dieing to a hairdryer
its so nice that for once a crowd isnt screaming at everything randomly, like anywhere else. gotta love the germans for that. just enjoying the show.
Dobby but its awesome when ppl scream lol
its not that they scream at everything randomly, they scream when something cool/unexpected happens. if you dont like it, enjoy the youtube video they will eventually upload on their official overwatch channel. in fact, when people show their emotions by screaming/crying it means that they are enjoying the show, and besides that, it shows that they are human, not robots. its like watching horror movies: the whole idea is to get you scared - you cant enjoy the movie if you're not scared
Dobby Crowds are for hyping shit up!!!! TF you talking about fool!!!! This crowd mad boring!!!!
Morwar it disturbs those of us who just wants to enjoy it though..no need to disturb people with needles screams
I'm rewatching all crowd reactions to OW animated shorts. They are always watching it in silence and are interested. Only in Moiras reveal they were gasping and stuff like that when they saw that she can both heal and damage with her ult.
Enjoy everybody!
*minutes of depressing thoughts from Mei since she figured out her fucking crew mates are dead*
*E N J O Y E V E R Y B O D Y*
This short was so emotional, such a tragic story that teaches you to keep moving even through tough times. Loved it!
I realize how this short explains my life on 6v6 elimination
Wow, that was an aMEIzing reaction from the audience.
Stop.
why is sans the skeleton here?
Purge purge purge
Mei is a fucking trooper
I guess you could say. Because they didn't cry they were
COLD hearted
Pundae Nice
Get out lmao
Why did this guy use autofocus when he could of used regular focus and we could actually see
Grant Edwards IKR it's so blurry
"The world needs us now, more than ever! Are you with me?"
no. i'm good here homie
Yup
DazedHyperion Yes, Winston i am with you. Ps. Sorry for responding late I’ve been a sleep for 3 years
So this has an entire new meaning to me. I just picked the game up up a month ago and just watched this after doubling back and watching the OG Video for the first time. Mei needed to see that Winston call. Winston hoped it would reach just one ear and I’m so glad to see it was Mei. I sobbed. That whole room was sobbing. You’re sobbing. I love mei
I love how the crowd had more of a reaction to Snowball dying than all Mei's friends dying
"But we haven't really touched scientists" Me: WHAT ABOUT WINSTON?!?!
Apinity ExMachina "I'm a scientist" as said by Winston during the animated short haha
xXZeroXx "He's both" says the lore XD
Apinity ExMachina he's confusing haha
I mean he is shown fighting a lot more than sciencing :v
I love the snow they had falling! So creative!
I can't watch this without tearing up, and I've watched it about ten times now
It doesn't matter how many times I've seen it, I'll always cry 😭😭
This was the first short i watched and it made me go and buy overwatch. It made me cry so fucking hard. I will always love this short no matter what.
When mei get out of her pod, she says "Why is it so cold?"
Wait, what if leaving the sensors on caused the machines to malfunction?
Sеnpаi I believe that is what caused it
So mei killed her entire team??
Sеnpаi yes basically. She didn't mean to though
Nah. The machines malfunctioned from time and batteries dying. And if they recharged on solar power but the storm went on for so long they couldn't charge, that's also a factor.
They each malfunctioned one by one, and meis would have if the message didnt come through before hers would fail.
Imagine how old the toothbrush toothpaste and tea was
omg they added fake snow at the end, that got me feeling so sad. Back when it felt that blizzard still cared enough to try and immerse us into the story, back when it was still just nerds making games and coming together with the community.
Holy shit
😭
We might never experience that again
Such a wonderful short, sad but uplifting at the same time. Honestly though I'd like to see a reaction video from the front of the audience, how many people were actually brushing tears away I wonder?
Shut up! I'm not crying, you're crying!
10:24 when the floor of the League of Legends room above opens and *salt* beginns to fall
IKR people are going to start getting poisoned by the toxicity
WHY is the Crowd Not crying and drowning in tears this Short is so emotional.
The day Blizzard officially makes Overwatch Movie = Is the day it will cure cancer.
Please Blizzard... you know you do amazing animations, do not stay only on shorts. Holy shit!
Another name for this short: Satan accidentally kills all of her friends
Crowd reaction : None because they all think of me as an ice witch
Bruh that snow effect was epic.
As much I like Mei the crowd is so dead unlike the animated short "Infiltration" Sombra at Blizzcon.
It's the german culture, gamescom is always more subdued than Blizzcon, I was at gamescom last year, it's excitement for sure, but less animated because of that.
its a german crowd therefore everyone is silent and enjoys the show not like everywhere else where there are those screaming idiots, that annoy everyone.
also there wasnt much too scream about in the short, it was more directed to making you think (and try not to cry in public). also we didnt see any faces, so no way to check for silent emotions.
Sombra on the other hand was action packed, showing off a new hero and her abilities, of course there is gonna be more loud reactions to that than to a hero and a story we already knew (kinda).
so comparing those 2 is just not a good idea, hope that explains a little :)
They prefer memes to the broken mess inside that is Mei the Snow She-devil
Anime Guru no !!
Hpesoj Ogladih how are you supposed to chear at the fact her friends r dead. This was more emotional and thought evoking that.... Omg look wooooo action amazing tricks......
I love how they added Confetti As snow
I'm not crying, you're crying
Hey guys, I'm at Gamescom for a couple of days and I'll try to upload some footage that I record. The Dark Souls 3 videos will continue next week.
Hey Sniatch, love the boss reactions, keep up the good work and enjoy Gamescom!
Sniatch has
the scene is actually so pretty
She’s so precious
snowball MVP right there.
Little did the audience know that she was hell spawn
This was the best animated short I have ever seen idk why every1 hates this just stop hating and pay attention to what's happening Mei just lost every1 she knew and still never gave up just think about that ...
Ps . Totally a Mei main now xD
Eeveeh I agree. this one is easily the best.
i know its old but snowball says mei when she wakes him and also he doesnt know if she will succeed and be able to recharge him/remember and bring him along he just trusts her and gives her the chance so the he knows he can be recharges argument is stupid
@@Voltaic01 i know its old but snowball could have died from the cold too. Without energy he couldnt warm his parts and the could easily get broken from the cold
Ugh I've watched this like 3 times already, and I still cried. 😕😕
That snow effect at the end was cool
the only reason that there isnt as much reaction in this short as there is others is because it plays at your emotions more than just shooty-shooty boom-boom like other shorts
I know I’m late for this but did anyone notice that Mei was wearing summer games pajamas?
Im not crying... YOU'RE CRYING
This short makes me cry everytime
This short always makes me cry 😢
I get all tingly when I watch these! 😭😭😭😭
I cry every time
Don't you mean crowd's "lack of reaction"?
Remy Blas they were engrossed in the story. It's not an action packed character reveal like Sombra's. This is the right reaction to this short, it's not like the deaths in the short were any reason to cheer.
Mary Rozsi Dapul i agree with ypu
meis frinds died and her robot sacrifficed its battery! WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, are u happy?
FYI you don't NEED to cheer/ shout throughout the short/ trailer especially when character(s) are speaking!
Why does everyone assume I meant they should be cheering? I never said anything that would suggest I think they should be cheering.
If Mei wearing the Red jacket was a Skin, it would have to be in the Origins edition of Overwatch.
It is a skin. It's call ecopoint Antarctica
Bradley M no shit bro it's 2 years later
Favorite short!
Pov you are drunk trying to keep focus
everyone is arguing over whether the short is good but I just want the camera to stay focused
blonde girl smirk when mei moaned
This is the best short. I mean really. It is. theres finally more to it than fuckin explosions
MEI'S SHORT MADE MY HEART SO SOFT
Hows the camera having a hard time focusing on something so far away?? I'm assuming it cuz the guy in the corner of the screen
Crowd "reaction"
I watched this I cryed so much
I cry everytime
this was a year ago??? holy shit...
Little tip: exposure and manual focus
It's sad that no one in the crowd was very ecstatic. Every Heroes needs a chance in the spotlight but once a Heroe the community dislikes gets a shot no one wants it. Every heroe has a backstory not every short needs action. Me I was kinda a mysterious character anyways so it's nice they made a more serious short instead of action every second which is still nice.
Camera be like : *-.-* *0.0*
Goddamn the focus
I cannot stand how the camera keeps going in and out of focus. Turn the camera on manual focus!
. (sorry for my bad english)
Someone teach this man how to keep a camera focused
Rise and shine mister freeman,rise and shine.....
Sorry,but that is what i was thinking when i see the name of the tittle.
Mei then: *cute and innocent*
Mei now: "Oh my fucking god they have a Mei are you kidding?!"
I cri every tim 😭😭 it’s so sad
They started blowing snow out of the machines. At the point where it was sunny and not snowing. Good job Blizzard, on point as usual.
Rise And Shine
Everything's Not Fine!
Is the camera defocusing or is there tears in my eyes
Girl I’d be tired standing up
'A crowd reacts to "Rise and Shine"' *hears literally nothing from them*
I Miss those Shorts. They were like 6-8 mins long explaining the story by itself and now the shorts are 1-2 mins long. like tf?
Snowball!
Your charging made cryo freeze malfunction!!
Such a great short... BUT GOD FOCUS THE FREAKING CAMERA ALREADY!!!
WINSTON IS A SCIENCETIST
just... just make a movie pleasE!!!
Best short
This is the area where they released the devil.
Just if this dude knew how to lock the focus
Is it that hard to stop the autofocus once you get a clear picture?