10 Video Game Characters Fans LOVE (That You Never See)
2. Harold Winston - Overwatch
Much like Team Fortress, Overwatch has quite a bit of lore happening outside of its typical gameplay of capturing points and getting sniped by an enemy Widowmaker halfway across the map.
The game’s actual story has been mostly delivered by Blizzard in the form of short videos uploaded to YouTube and the company’s official website. Some of them even feature characters that don’t appear inside the game, and one such character, Doctor Harold Winston, has managed to capture the hearts of Overwatch fans.
As his last name suggests, Harold is the adoptive father of the brainy gorilla scientist Winston. The short related to his character shows Harold as a kind and nurturing person who teaches Winston what it means to be a hero while he’s still an infant on the Moon colony.
His bond with Winston, combined with his empathetic views regarding the animal test subjects on the Moon, as well as his tragic death in the subsequent uprising of the gene-modified experiments, is why he’s both a popular and fascinating character; one that can change your entire perspective on Winston, despite never showing up in the game.