Overwatch Halloween Terror 2018: Ranking Every Skin
No one does Halloween like Overwatch.
Customisation and personalisation have always been right at the heart of Overwatch. Obviously, a huge part of that is playing as each character to figure out which playstyle suits you best. Unlike a lot of other games in this genre, support and medic characters have just as much value as the straight up offensive tanks.
But the customisation runs deeper. There are skins and victory poses for you to unlock as well to make your character truly your own. After overblown controversy about Tracer’s pose, these unlockables feel like a core part of Overwatch’s DNA.
The devs have been great with support in this regard, and with the game in general. Summer, Christmas and previous Halloweens have all seen special skins released for fans to dress their favourites up in. This year is no different, with nine characters getting the spooky treatment.
In that mix there’s some of the most beloved heroes, some under-appreciated characters and relative newcomers getting in on the action... but who looks the best?
9. Doomfist - Swamp Monster
How did a Halloween costume make him less scary? It’s not that this is even a good idea badly executed; it’s a bad idea altogether.
Doomfish, as Overwatch fans quickly named this one, is a legendary costume but it’s pretty far below legendary par. It’s propping this list up beneath the three epic skins too. Would it work without the huge arm? Possibly, but then that’s a huge part of his character. They could have given him a gross, infected, boil ridden limb, or even gone the Big Daddy route. They’ve done a character tribute elsewhere in Halloween Terror, and it’s much better than this.
It isn’t his worst skin, not when you consider a lot of his rare ones are mere palette swaps. But looking at his back catalogue, other than his Formal (and maybe his Talon) skin, you see a distinct lack of personality.
Overwatch’s lack of story has never been a huge concern for the fanbase. Characters like Tracer, Mercy and Reaper have enough personality to carry what little story the game implies. With Doomfist though, you sometimes get the idea the game doesn’t know exactly what to make of him.