Overwatch 2 received a brand new recreation mode on Tuesday referred to as “Mischief and Magic,” and it’s a Prop Hunt — which implies that gamers have been attempting all method of methods to imitate inanimate objects in-game.
Prop Hunt has by no means been obtainable in Overwatch earlier than, though it’s been a basic mode in multiplayer shooters since its first look in Counter-Strike: Supply in 2012. Mainly, it’s a hide-and-seek scenario; one workforce is made up of gamers controlling numerous in-game objects, hiding in plain sight. The opposite workforce goes on the hunt, looking for the disguised “prop” gamers by attacking them.
In Overwatch 2’s model, the “prop” gamers are technically enjoying as Kiriko, disguising herself utilizing her fox spirit powers (as a result of, positive). The props even have the flexibility to stun and flashbang their opponents, giving them an opportunity to flee even when they’re found. The gamers on the searching for aspect of the hide-and-seek equation play as Genji, slashing their blades at something suspicious.
This model of Prop Hunt may appear simpler than others at first, as a result of the Genji gamers aren’t punished for slashing at objects that aren’t gamers in disguise. In idea, the Genjis might simply slash at each object they see till they discover their marks, since each prop participant can solely face up to one hit earlier than dying. However the prop groups have found out they will struggle again — as a result of their melee attacks still work.
In a video submit on the Overwatch subreddit by consumer Reticulum217, titled “Ikea 2: The furniture fights back,” it’s clear that props can get the higher hand in the event that they gang up on an unassuming Genji participant. Within the video, gamers inhabiting barrels, a bush, and a plank of wooden encompass a Genji participant and overtake them with flashbangs and melee assaults. It’s like the top of Magnificence and the Beast, when the enchanted family objects assault all of the unsuspecting townspeople storming Beast’s fortress.
Hiding in plain sight remains to be a fairly good technique if you happen to can handle it, although. A submit by Reddit consumer SammyIsSeiso, titled “To hide as a prop, you must become the prop,” demonstrates the super-smooth operation of disguising oneself as a minecart on the Blizzard World map. “I plugged my controller in so I might transfer this easily,” defined SammyIsSeiso in a touch upon the submit.
Within the video, SammyIsSeiso by no means will get caught. The cart simply glides by way of the whole degree, seemingly unnoticed by the encompassing Genji gamers. Kiriko’s grandma could be proud.