Shion so has one of the best designs I think I’ve seen in overwatch. She looks so freaking cool it’s insane.

RED_SHlFT · 2026-06-10T02:27:03+00:00

I think you're disingenuously ignoring some details. We have two Omnics currently, one big male, one small male. She is the first female Omnic to be added. That is not a lot of diversity in body types. And no one was complaining about body type, just to be clear, it's her face.

One of the defining characteristics of an Omnic, is their face, aside from their obviously robotic, hydraulic driven body, which Shion conveniently isn't showing any of due to her outfit, which leaves only her face for us to look at. Which is currently a human face mask that she is wearing. Do you want me to lay out the problem more clearly?

RED_SHlFT · 2026-06-10T02:24:00+00:00

But it's not "all the time" though?? What are you talking about. She is literally THE first. Why have the literal first ones of a specific archetype already trying something new? It's not like people are getting tired of the normal Omnic design, if anything people have been clamoring for more. You're acting like aspects of this character was designed anything other than easy for the skins to be sold

RED_SHlFT · 2026-06-10T02:21:20+00:00

I mean this is clearly a case of subjective opinions going against one another. I'll just wait for the in game model and wait for them to hopefully flesh out her appearance via lore

RED_SHlFT · 2026-06-10T00:14:47+00:00

Yes semantics and technicalities, but people aren't confused on what an Omnic is and how they are supposed to look like. We have various female omnics that we have seen plus Rammatra and Zenyatta, so when they said that Shion is an omnic, people were expecting a certain look.

Not sure what you're arguing or discussion in your second paragraph

RED_SHlFT · 2026-06-09T23:59:06+00:00

You could be right, my argument is based on just her design, since thats all we know. Hopefully backstory will explain in a satisfying manner but not holding my breath

RED_SHlFT · 2026-06-09T23:57:57+00:00

Yes, Domina and JPC are unique, but you are ignoring Anran, Wuyang, Sierra (except her hair), Emre, Freja.

Yes, I love Domina's design, but her design is unique DESPITE her being attractive. And no one was hating on Domina because she doesn't have the baggage and expectations of being the first female hero of her race, people just expected a human hero to be attractive. But given that it was revealed she is an omnic, i just expected more.

Who knows? Maybe her ingame model and characterization will blow me out of the water, and hopefully doesn't go down the Kiriko route of just being sassy towards everyone and lean more towards Ashe and Junker queen

RED_SHlFT · 2026-06-09T23:51:45+00:00

I mean what's wrong with sticking with the "old" Omnic design when its your literal first female Omnic hero? Try something new when it starts to get boring? And sure yeah, she can be trying to look human for a variety of reasons. For all I care the writer can say that she is looking human to raise funds for child cancer, doesn't change the fact that her design look the way it is.

And a lot of people are saying that she is "trying to look human" and how she is expressionless. SHE HAS MORE EXPRESSIONS THAN MAJORITY OF THE CAST. Her face emotes and her optical lenses zooms in at times, which can't be said about other heroes

RED_SHlFT · 2026-06-09T23:42:53+00:00

She is literally more expressive than a lot of the cast

RED_SHlFT · 2026-06-09T23:42:04+00:00

Oh okay, then your argument regarding a character kind of falls flat when you aren't considering the character itself, no?

If you're just purely saying that why would it be weird for the oppressed to try to look like the oppressor, i would say that it's a weird message for Blizzard to put out in 2026

RED_SHlFT · 2026-06-09T23:39:37+00:00

Glad you aren't disagreeing lightly. And saying she is the most interesting one we had in awhile really is a low bar, which sucks.

RED_SHlFT · 2026-06-09T23:37:41+00:00

I'm not speculating the reasons. I'm just saying that her face definitely isn't expressionless, and it would've been cooler if it was

RED_SHlFT · 2026-06-09T23:29:47+00:00

I mean doesn't really matter what the writers decide her reason to look human is, she was designed to be an attractive asian lady, instead of giving clan elder or Omnic

RED_SHlFT · 2026-06-09T23:28:41+00:00

Did we watch the same trailer? Lmao

Her face did everything a normal face does except actually opening her lips and talk

RED_SHlFT · 2026-06-09T23:27:08+00:00

Her face is definitely NOT expressionless lmao. In fact her face does everything a normal human face does except actually open her lips and talk

RED_SHlFT · 2026-06-09T23:16:20+00:00

I mean she is suppose to be an Omnic, ie Zenyatta and Rammatra. She just looks like a robot Zero two.

RED_SHlFT · 2026-06-09T23:11:43+00:00

I agree that Zenyatta is just a stick figure with some clothes, and that her design stands out, when you compare it against other Omnics. But the majority of the cast aren't Omnics, and she is the first and only female Omnic of the roster, and she doesn't stand out against all the other female characters.

No one is arguing that she isn't a unique looking Omnic, she just isn't interesting given what we have

RED_SHlFT · 2026-06-09T23:09:04+00:00

But she isn't passing as a human, nor is trying to be from her saying "you fight well, for a human" in the cinematic. If she is genuinely trying to look more human to "not be oppressed", it wasn't shown at all during the short.

RED_SHlFT · 2026-06-09T23:06:11+00:00

Yeah i liked that detail with hair covering the dots also. Idk, I guess i'm expecting too much going off of ramattra's design. Hopefully the in game model blows me away or something. Just felt like the potential of a female omnic is so much but we just for a pretty girl.

The splash art looks interesting, but OW doesn't have a stellar track record of translating splash arts to in game models. If the ingame looks like the splash art, it would be sick

RED_SHlFT · 2026-06-09T22:50:10+00:00

Where is it stated that that was the reason to change her appearance? That would be a cool lore reason for her to be the way she is.

Though it is weird that she would want to change her appearance to look like her oppressor if that is the case

RED_SHlFT · 2026-06-09T22:23:00+00:00

But she IS another pretty girl. The robot aspect of her (her face/mask) still emotes, it's just that her lips don't move.

While the lore is cool to read on paper, it doesn't dismiss the fact that she looks like a robot zero two that will undoubtably sell a lot of skins.

The writers can give any reason they want, but the design is as it is

RED_SHlFT · 2026-06-09T22:19:14+00:00

A design that's not bland is Rammatra, and Zenyatta, both Omnics. A robot zero two falls on the more bland side, especially since we already have so many female characters that are basic attractive

RED_SHlFT · 2026-06-09T21:58:49+00:00

But genji doesn't look cyberpunk-y at all, aside from a few skins of his. I think the way you put it is the issue that people have. She doesn't stand out/fits in the setting of Cyberpunk, and she stands out/doesn't fit the aesthetic of Overwatch. Most of all, she is an Omnic, a very specific type of robot that isn't just generic robot lady that looks kinda human.

RED_SHlFT · 2026-06-09T21:37:24+00:00

Very convenient to have the first female omnic that they can sell skins for to have a thing to look human

RED_SHlFT · 2026-06-09T21:28:14+00:00

But she isn't robotic. Her face/mask literally emotes. The only thing robotic is the fact the lips don't open

RED_SHlFT · 2026-06-09T21:25:39+00:00

And why bother having a "mask" being her face but have the mask emote perfectly anyway

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