Overwatch Myths Confirmed and Busted in New Video

The YouTube channel that brought you The Division Mythbusters has tackled Blizzard's first-person shooter Overwatch. It turns out that there are some pretty unique strategies players can utilize if they're creative enough.

DefendTheHouse tested eight myths to see if they're true or not. It investigates the effectiveness of using more than one of the same type of healer, Tracer's Recall ability through destroyed teleporters, and whether you can attach turrets and trips to props like basketballs. You can see which myths get busted in the video below. It's marked as Volume 1, so it seems like there might be more on the way.

Some of the other myths include whether you can charge and pin a self-destructing D. Va mech with Reinhardt, whether placing a turret on a health pack is a good idea, and if Mei can crush enemies by activating her Cryo-Freeze in mid-air. Some of the myths do get busted, but the ones that get confirmed have given me some new ideas to try out in the game.

In other Overwatch news, players should see the game's Competive Play mode release in June with its first big update. More story videos are also on their way, including one that focuses on hook-and-shotgun user Roadhog.

It turns out that Overwatch's hit marker sound effect comes from opening a bottle of beer. The game's Visual Sourcebook says that finding the right sound was "extremely challenging."

"It went through tons of iteration. Finally, one night I thought, 'It should be satisfying to hit an enemy.' Just think about what's satisfying: beer. So I literally opened a beer bottle. Pssht."

If you want to get better at Overwatch, GameSpot has released guide videos that teach you how to master each character. There are more coming every day until the full roster has been covered. You can check them out here.

Overwatch received a score of 9 in GameSpot's review, in which critic Mike Mahardy said, "Overwatch is an intelligent cascade of disparate ideas, supporting one another, pouring into one another, and coiling around themselves as they flow into the brilliant shooter underneath."

If you want to check out more of GameSpot's video coverage, you can through the links below:

• Ask The Reviewer - The Lobby
• Who's Your Favorite Hero? - The Lobby
• Overwatch Livestream Marathon!
• Opening 50 Overwatch Loot Boxes
• The Story of Overwatch: The Fall of Titan