New Overwatch hero Shion was the talk of the game’s community with her initial reveal last week, and much of it had to do with her visual design.
First off, yes, Shion is an Omnic, despite her human-like face, which devs confirmed to me is a mask. Lead narrative designer Miranda Moyer explained in an interview last week that Shion is “very, very heavily modified to have the appearance of more of a human” compared to her fellow Omnics like Zenyatta, Ramattra, B.O.B., or Bastion. And there are reasons for it.
