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I'm seeing so many people being mad at the Overwatch x Stellar Blade collab but for the wrong reasons. If you come across my profile, you will have no doubt I'm a Stellar Blade fan first and foremost. Honestly, my Overwatch play time is probably <10 hours, from when it first came out.
However, even I understand that these collabs have always been Overwatch characters cosplaying as the characters from the collab IP, and not about placing the collab characters in-game.
The only criticism, if any, would be whether they chose the right Overwatch - Stellar Blade character matchups or not. That being said, Tachy, Eve, and Raven all have Asian supermodel vibes while as characters like Vendetta (big muscular woman) and Freja (European) are obviously not going to "look like" these Stellar Blade characters.
Lastly, the image shown is a key art, not even in-game models, which you can see yourself through many means.
To be honest, I think the real concern and mixed feelings should instead be:
1) It's awesome Shift Up and Stellar Blade as an IP is getting more mainstream exposure, but
2) It would be a tragedy if Shift Up's quest to gain mainstream exposure ends up causing them to go down the path of wanting to be more mainstream aligned or accepted, which only means censorship.
Time will tell.
https://t.co/61zKW5SjOS
The Overwatch x Stellar Blade collab skins are essentially the characters cosplaying so they can only try their best to look the part! For visualization purposes, I put the characters in rough order of the key art.
https://t.co/k9WM0y4pr5 as Lily (operating mechs).
Soldier 76 as Adam (tech and gadgets)
Vendetta as Tachy (big sword)
Freja as Raven (hunter/tracker)
Widowmaker as Eve (femme fatal)