It’s summer in the Northern Hemisphere. Per tradition, this means that the Overwatch team must give somebody abs, or face dire consequences. So Pharah is a lifeguard now. Cue the entire internet dramatically leaping into the ocean and pretending to drown in hopes that somebody ” nobody specific, of course ” might come save them.
It would be an understatement to say that Overwatch is in a weird place right now. With Overwatch 2 in development, the original game continues to receive balance tweaks, granular new features, and the very occasional new hero, but a mix of stagnation and unpopular changes have led many to say that they’re done with the game. Overwatch League is also reports of exceedingly poor employee pay.
Despite all of that, Pharah’s new lifeguard skin, which arrives today as part of the game’s annual Summer Games event, has some lapsed Overwatch players considering another swim in the game’s choppy waters. It’s a testament not only to the internet’s unquenchable thirst, but also to the talent of Overwatch‘s artists. Here’s hoping they’re getting paid what they actually deserve.
me after seeing lifeguard pharah pic.twitter.com/dqQckycAlO
— Bad Pachimari (@BadPachimari) August 3, 2020
Lifeguard Pharah please save me I’m drowning ???????? pic.twitter.com/lWQNALvxKi
— PHΛЯΛӨH (@PharaohOW) August 3, 2020
the new pharah skin tho ???? pic.twitter.com/xw1jvDP8DW
— mir @ scanlan #1 fan ???? (@yukesart) August 3, 2020
God, Pharah is so damn cool. I really wish I had one fuck to give about Overwatch anymore. Or Blizzard. https://t.co/JkyucjkNKW
— Matt McMuscles (@MattMcMuscles) August 3, 2020
I don’t even overwatch anymore and this alone might bring me back https://t.co/z2uuI66cvX
— Manda Manda (@Manda_AMSBT) August 3, 2020
i haven’t played overwatch in months but pharah…. pic.twitter.com/9LVlqQ2yOe
— angel (@teamtakas) August 3, 2020
No matter how many great and amazing skins they add I will never reinstall Overwatch. As a Pharah main I really do want that lifeguard skin, but I still have many problems with the game balance and Blizzard to ever go back.
— Dan – CodePhoenix (@DanCodePhoenix) August 3, 2020
So THAT’S why Blizzard decided to show off that new Pharah skin for no reason…#FizzVsGaming https://t.co/a8FuHTuXiy pic.twitter.com/MbTzGnJcA9
— Michael Scally ????✊????✊????✊???? (@FizzVsTheWorld) August 4, 2020
oh thats why we’re getting barefoot Pharah https://t.co/Cd9NkJYF6h
— Windows 98 Tech Support (@Win98Tech) August 4, 2020
me tossing myself headfirst into the Atlantic Ocean so that way lifeguard pharah can save my life pic.twitter.com/IZ3YxFKigE
— LIFEGUARD PHARAH (Arianna) (@nycpharahstan) August 3, 2020
I hear Pharah got a new skin??? @PlayOverwatch @heyitsjencohn pic.twitter.com/lnFUH3RmGu
— PON4RA // Commissions OPEN ????️ (@ArtofPonara) August 4, 2020
i did a thing ,,, #pharmercy #mercy #pharah #overwatch pic.twitter.com/pWeJinrswB
— Lexa ✨ Lifeguard pharah ily (@rocket_bird) August 3, 2020
#Overwatch #pharah pic.twitter.com/PklNCi2MLb
— PERI (@peri_____art) August 4, 2020
My addition to the pharah hype#Overwatch pic.twitter.com/vNNaD1KRP4
— ✨ ???????????? ✨ ???? COMMISSIONS CLOSED! (@Vee__XX) August 4, 2020
i cant sweem #pharah #overwatch #lifeguardpharah #lifeguard #junkrat #beachrat #overwatchfanart #fareehaamari pic.twitter.com/nZqwtzRMGa
— ???? mae ???? (@maegimaki) August 4, 2020
The summer games arrived … and a new lifeguard too!????️☀️#OverwatchSummerGames #Pharah #FareehaAmari #Mercy #AngelaZiegler #Pharmercy #McCree #OverwatchFanart pic.twitter.com/nWts21TAGu
— ɴᴇᴋɪᴛᴏᴏᴛᴏᴛᴏ ???????? ???? (@nekitoototo) August 4, 2020
pharah mains really won this year pic.twitter.com/QAI2lERLU2
— Charlie ???? (@Neqtuen) August 3, 2020
Now I know why I like this skin so much. ????#overwatch #Pharah pic.twitter.com/cITVaAA2sX
— Faceless_Doodle (@DoodleFaceless) August 4, 2020
Me in the distance watching lifeguard Pharah work
— Sage @ Absolutely Losing It (@McEuropeskies) August 3, 2020
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2 responses to “Even Lapsed Overwatch Players Love Pharah’s New Lifeguard Skin”
This almost makes me want to reinstall Overwatch.
Almost.
And to think this game started off with people getting upset over Tracer’s butt pose.