Not enough flying animals
During a game’s production, hundreds of ideas are bounced around and a ton of interesting and strange mechanics and characters will get tossed before final release. Concept art often paints a picture of a completely different game. Most times this is for the best, but sometimes those early images leave you lamenting what might have been.
At BlizzCon yesterdayOverwatchgame director Jeff Kaplan and lead character concept artist Arnold Tsang showed attendees some ofOverwatch’searliest concepts, but none was more beautiful than the losthero known as “Jetpack Cat.”
Jetpack cat wasn’t the only more “out there” character theOverwatchteam considered. In fact, multiple jetpack wearing animals, including a monkey wielding a flamethrower, were considered. Kaplan talked about the cat hero withGameSpotback in April, but this was our first look at any concepts I personally find the final game’s lack of flying animals a bit disappointing.
You can check out a more expansive look at this idea board from the early development days. Some of these heroes are even pretty close to their final look, while others are completely foreign. While Kaplan stresses we won’t be seeing Jetpack Cat inOverwatchanytime soon I wouldn’t be shocked to see one of these heroes show up.
Here’s Overwatch’s canceled jetpack cat hero[Polygon]
