Lorewatch: Symmetra - Overwatch Lore & Speculation
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- čas přidán 23. 06. 2016
- Born into chaos and poverty the young Satya Vaswani lived her early life in the slums of Hyderabad, India. As her country began to rebuild they turned to the hard light architects from Viskar Corporation to lead the way. With the ability to wield hard light effectively extremely rare when Satya was identified and chosen it marked the changing of her life forever.
Becoming one of the best architechs in the world in short order, as Overwatch fell and the ambitions of Vishkar grew Satya began to take on a new role. Given the name of Symmetra she was trained in covert ops and sent in secret to undermine Vishkar's enemies and ensure their brand of order was the one imposed upon the world.
Symmetra has her own sense of justice however and will not kill for the sake of it - unlike her employer. As the possible return of Overwatch nears, will she hold true to Vishkar, or will the temptation to be part of something greater be enough to bring her to the side of good?
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- The awesome Pl511 for the Overwatch Theme Remix - Check her out here: / pl511
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Uatopea (the city symmetra helped build) should be a map! Hardlight construct everywere :D
Would be a fantastic map. Could reshape itself on the fly maybe? Walkways there one minute, gone the next. Would be difficult to balance maybe, but fun!
Utopia*
jmj0202 its called Utopaea lol not Utopia
Rudy Yeye I love when people believe they are so smart correcting others when the one they're correcting is right just to be wrong themselves haha
It’s gonna be in Overwatch two I think!
I was just thinking how badass a overwatch movie would be to explain the lore
IKR!
+Devyat nine tv or internet show?
+Devyat nine ye
I had captions on and it called the omnic crisis the omelet crisis
So Australia went mad max Because of omelets?
Indian tech support is the best concept for a hero ever.
This makes me want a Rio de Janeiro map really badly. I'm just imagining a map split between the favelas and a futuristic sky-scraper dominated downtown.
This aged well 😎
Ok
He is the messiah
I've got good news for u
i have autism and i like playing symmetra :D
Osu! Guy I hope there will be a hero with another mental illness (maybe ADHD cuz that’s what I have)
I like how they potray sorry not a great speller characters with special needs as an Inspiration
I really hope if symmetra ever gets a animated short it goes deep into her autism like “the last bastion” showed the effects of PTSD.
I don't think Symmatra's a villan. She's just doing her job and doesn't realize what her bosses are doing.
I think she would consider Overwatch to be chaos, they would be an other disruptive element in the world, the more you have the greater the chaos.
Man.... I love these lorewatch vids, the music, the voice, the story everything is good!! Keep it up!!
Glad you enjoyed ^_^ will do our best
Kermit the frog narrating the Overwatch history.
Feel good? Making fun of something he has no control of? get a life
Go fuck yourself. It's not a disability and if you can't spot the difference between light hearted fun and an insult keep your fucking mouth shut.
+ProksenosPapias never said it was a disability, don't put words in my mouth xD just said it wasn't cool to make fun of someone's voice lmao (and take a chill pill please)
Oh I guess you released your daily dose of holier-than-thou and now you're pretending to be chill again. ok.
+ProksenosPapias k, this is pointless, have a good one man!
I just thought she was just a tech support person at the wrong place
aj Lopez same
when are u doing D.va
I love these, you're like the Nobbel87 of Overwatch!!! You deserve more subs
These videos give me chills. Keep it up man.
Hope she stays on the more bad/grey side
+Barcod Noh me too, find her more interesting this way
Agreed. Grey-area characters are the best anyway.
I've always like the dark side of things better
Most of the characters on Overwatch are on the good side already and it's boring as hell. We need more bad guys.
She will work for which ever corporation has the power to dominate. 1 ruler is better than chaos
if only these could come quicker I love these
+Charlie Worrall doing our best! This week has been a bit mental :( hopefully back to normal next week.
+LowManaGamers I think Symmetra is Lawful Neutral.
so you made ana but where is bastion and dva and all the other are you working on them?
Sweet. Now i know not only how to play as her but i know her story AWESOME!
Nice video mate!
Junkrat and roadhog HYPE. Subscribed, keep up the good work
Wow! Nice video! You definitely deserve a lot more mana!
these are awesome man.. keep it up.. im very interested in more junk/roadhog also
the series is informative and concise, I like it.
I was waiting for this one :D
Your video's are awesome. Keep On doing This soft of stuff. And nice name by the way. XD
Why would someone dislike this? There is literally no reason to.
he said about most youtube videos
phantom dislike is quite funny
Why are these videos so emotional? 0-0
I think symmetra will be like mercy, having overwatch as a nice thing, but not necessarily having her life changed by it.
Yeah, it blew my mind when I read the comic. Symmetra is a villain. Very interesting.
Symmetra just a brain washed tool of the Viskar Corporation. I think down the line she gonna break free and either join overwatch or go solo and try to undo all the fucked up stuff Viskar did
Dick Cop that's unlikely.
Vishkar has done a LOT of good.
Specifically, they have brought order to a lot of chaos.
Symmetra values Order over most things.
Sometimes that includes ethical or moral obligations like confessing to her company masters crimes.
As long as she can promote order, she might be convinced to do a lot of wrong.
THAT is a good villain.
I really hope they don't shit it up by giving her some random crisis of conscience for no good reason. That's boring.
Even when she's beginning to have doubts at the end of her comic she still believes completely in the purpose of Vishkar. Not sure what would need to happen for a crisis of conscience to occur if that didn't trigger one.
As for Vishkar, no doubt they have done a lot of good, but it seems the more they've done & the bigger they've gotten the more ambitious and arrogant they've become. The way they work now seems almost dictatorial - you WILL be helped by them, you have no say in the matter.
LowManaGamers I think at this point, the way to make her turn was if it turned out an omnium was secretly in charge, and Vishkar was some kind of...second-gen omnic front. Straight up warfare didn't work. This would be another way to create pure order (a very mechanical desire).
Seriously? I always thought she was good, looking at her clothes.
So her arms a 3D printer then
Symmetra is a templar
freedom but chaos
I have a theory that symmetra was a test subject of aperture laboratories and then escaped the company broke. And she moved to vishkar and used stolen schismatics of aperture’s tech and made created her gun and that stuff.
But that’s a stupid theory hehe oh well.
She's just wants to reach the cake
Low Mana Gaming well in my theory she ate the whole thing!
Vishkar definitely experimented on her. I think she went along with it as her thought process is the greater good and in the long run 1 ruler is better than hundreds fighting it out
Yay! Lorewatch!!!
when do you plan to do the lorewatch for D.va, i'm sure you probably get questions like this a lot so i apologize but i just subbed today so i'm unsure love your vids btw
+Sarah2Cold thanks for subbing! D.Va will probably be late July at a guess, hoping for a few more things from Blizz first :)
Really like y'alls vids. Just wanted y'all to know
I feel like the developers are gonna make an omnic crisis DLC story and if not DLC a separate game
Because their characters are so deep and interesting, they could get so much money from people who are desperate to find out about them
tbh i would kill for a story mode
maybe blizzard is working on that right now xD
+darkblade989 I think I have seen blizzard stating that they might make one, but not in the near future
I think it was in the overwatch forums, and it was Jeff Kaplan that replied to it.
+JY Yew (PisspoTato) oh i see,thanks
it is overwatch "origins edition". I bet there's more to come lol
true loremaster
PLEASE Do Junkrat and Roadhog in the same video... I can't wait to hear their stories
Lucio would be a good topic for the next one.
could you do lúcio after junk rat and road hog he has always interested me as a character
+xogameing think that's very likely the direction we'll go yes :)
+LowManaGamers do d.va please
+LowManaGamers yes please add D.Va
+Toxic Marshmellow yeah I would love to now her back story
you do there's a wiki for overwatch lore, but it's still to be able to watch video on it too.
my life!
how do u not have more subs
May I ask where you get this lore from? I know the comics have some but is that all?
Not that these videos don't suffice, but I always like to see the source.
this is great
+Christina Jones cheers Christina glad you enjoyed :)
+Christina Jones cheers Christina glad you enjoyed :)
I have no doubt that her and lucio are going to have a mission together
SYMETTRA ILYYYYY
It makes me think. Why does Symmetra build these awful tiny turrets with 1HP and not giant miniguns and attack choppers. It's beyond me.
If anyone knows Beleza from skies of arcadia... she has the exact same story arc as symmetra
I would really like to a see a lore watch on zarya
i'm kinda sad because you didn't bring up the fact that Lucio's gun is stolen tech from Vishkar. i assume you'll cover it in the future though, keep up the vids!
+jacob pacheco tried to do a subtle hint at it with Lucio's cameo in the vid but yes we'll analyse it fully in his Lorewatch
+LowManaGamers woot. keep up the good work.
Just wondering. Where do you find the info for these videos?
plz do diva next
LowManaGamers i love these vidoes they for me make the game i love even more enjoyable i hope to be able to keep enjoying them in the future also Blizzard has released the new character for overwatch Ana Pharah's mother could that be the next video please after the next one that is planed obviously
Will actually be the next one, bumped ahead of the Junkers (sorry Junkrat & Roadhog fans, you'll have to wait a few more days!)
+Low Mana Gaming few more days or months? Like, cmon. I need my fix.
Love her
Symetra is obsessive compulsive, and for all appearances, a slave to her employer. someone's going to have to save her from herself. I'm betting on genji/zennyatta. . both are in harmony with themselves, and would understand her inner turmoil.
Just wanna point out that it says this in the description "The following artists for their brilliant Pharah artwork" Shouldn't it say "The following artists for their brilliant Symmetra artwork"?
+ManUtdBoy13 thanks! Screwed by my own template :( fixed now
Can we get a Utopaea map please? I would love to play on a map made of hard light.
+telperionsr I had the exact same thought when writing this! Could be amazing
yo i like your videos very good i dont like however the fact that SYMMETRA IS OP AS SHIT
idk if u will see this but can u do mei. next I'm really curious what she is about?
We see it :) we'll do Mei for sure, but she has the least info on her out of all the characters
That's great I'm so happy, gl on scavenging info for her. Thanks again! I really enjoy your videos. P.S sorry for the late response :3
symmetra is a portal gun easter egg
i suspect that symetra would stay neutral and not really pick any side. in war there are never 2 sides, theres the civilians in between and profiteers seeking opportunities. although due to overwatches vision i would think that she would side with them first but despite their intentions they'll fuel whatever war as much as the other guys.
no i think symetra will go freelance instead. her forte is construction. she will go to civilians first and foremost
Just like Mei and Mercy. Overwatch or not, they both have good intentions in helping the world.
do dva next pls
I can't remember who's video I watched but they were talking about how many over watch characters have metal limbs, they included Symmetra but I think it's something covering her arm, am I right?????
I've never found an overwatch comic. Can you link me to website with them.
Sure thing - I'd recommend the animated comics as they're the most rewarding reads. Can find them here: madefirestudios.deviantart.com/
+LowManaGamers
Thanks!
what about her comments of being "on the spectrum"? I understand it might be a touchy topic but it would be nice to mention it at least, especially since yoy showed those pannels
+AngieThe Cat going to examine it a lot in her comicwatch as that's where we have the relevant infkrmation. Felt like a better place for it than here
+LowManaGamers ah that explains it then, great video btw ~
Hope they add Utopea to the game. And build up the lore.
So... I'm just a tiny bit confused. What is hard light? Does it need a constant energy sources to stay in solid form? What if a poor city has a blackout? Does the building glitch away and get destroyed? I know I'm looking way too much into this but it just confuses me. Also is the Vishkar corporation evil and planning world domination? Or is it just greedy and corrupt?
I think the light construct permanently transitions into a physical being. In a way, it kind of reminds me of 3D-printing: you basically turn digital images into a reality, but with light in this case.
whats the background music ????
Hey can you do bastion? especially because he has an omnic crisis skin
bastion was a model for omnics that fought in the omnic crisis
+You look like a pinecone But what is his full story because pretty much all the battle omnics (don't know the official name) and why wouldn't they have destroyed him if he is a big threat
he was the only Bastion unit (mass produced combat mech) to not been scraped due to showing that he runs on a sole purpose to learn and not destroy. That's pretty much his entire story
+The Dark Swaggerhood if he had been made to learn not destroy why would he be fighting if they see him as a big threat and he seems broken down and the overgrown skin seems like he had been broken down and hadn't reactivated in a while and had been activated most likely lead in to him killing the person who reactivated him so he repaired himself but how should I know
If you look at the omnic crisis "skin", its actually a different "Bastion/Omnic". However its odd that the legendary and rare Bastion "skins" have birds. This is odd mainly because they are not Bastion. Just another omnic.-Dylan Blythe
She is the hottest character
Who is that lady tearing the wires out if the omnic at 1:39?
Ana Amari - Pharah's mother
where do u get those ow comics ??
They're animated by a company called Madefire - you can check them out here: madefirestudios.deviantart.com/
Low Mana Gaming thanks bro !
symmetra is bea
Anything for Zarya soon? Her country is in the center of the second Omnic crisis so...
+Liang Cruz yup, she's my (Kurze speaking btw) favourite character so really want to do her justice. Hoping for a little more info from Blizzard to be able to make it as epic as I want it to be :)
Have you done torbjorn
+Robster The Lobster yes long ago. He'll be due for a revisit in a few months
If the power went out in Utopaea...
Haha yeh, pity the people in the skyscrapers when that happens!
Wait so symettrra is just a regular Indian taken into tech supporters
so did she lose an arm or is that some special kind of sleeve/glove she wears and not an advanced prosthetic?
I believe - need citation - that from the recent lore panel with Michael Chu it was stated it's a prosthetic of sorts. Surprised me tbh.
+Low Mana Gaming I had heard it was a prosthetic from another vid on youtube, just wanted to make sure if it was true or not. Glad to know it's been confirmed!
LunarChibi
there's a lot of 'prosthetic speculation' in Overwatch. I tend to assume limbs aren't prosthetic unless obviously so (Junkrat, McCree etc) or specifically stated in lore
It's just a sleeve. Her Vishkar skin even shows her fingers.
When are you doing lucio
D.Va lore please
3 months later
Wow she looks... wow 2:35
Some very talented artists out there. Just glad they decided Overwatch is a fitting subject!
+LowManaGamers Your so right
I thought that symmetra accidentely teleported into overwatch
no i was i watched it when it was 13 seconds away
she is a portal blue lantren
Your logo looks like a bong brah
Hey LMG can you do a lore watch for roadhog
Working on it :)
Thanks
Fun fact: Roadhog is based off the Polynesian demigod Maui who had a magical fish hook that pulled islands out of the sea and slowed down the sun
How do u no this?
Where does the clip at 0:44 come from?
yea, where did it come from?
It's from the 'We Are Overwatch' trailer - can watch it here: czcams.com/video/IBIwGKDwnWY/video.html
Thank
You
I gotta say I absolutely love your lore breakdown history vids for this wonderful series.
so she's a green lantern
powers at least
I am from HYDERABAD too!!!!!!
But what happened to her arm?
6:18 "For more on Symmetra & links to autism" wut
you forgot about Mei and D.Va
+Joe Vete Still waiting for them to have enough Lore to cover, still a few left for us to cover. - Dantier
How could you even power a city like Utopia?
I'll tell you how... SCIENCE! And, um, lemons...
And lots and lots of potatoes I assume?
i would think a kind of hydrogen or thorium reactor
meanwhile the net speed is hyderabad is so bad you can't play over watch without laaaaaggggg
didnt knew she was frm hyderabad my city
Can you do road hog please that would please me
+Banker Cat next week
is there a lucio video
No sorry, hasn't been enough to go on for us to justify an episode on him just yet :( soon hopefully
Thanks for the reply! Yeah and Zarya too
yes do Lucio
In the game's story/lore is she a villain?