As August approaches, Blizzard's Overwatch team has finally unveiled its 31st new hero, Sigma, a mad scientist from the Netherlands, after a gap of five months.
The astrophysicist, whose real name was Shelbren de Köigber, had spent his life's work and passion on the study of black holes, and his whole life had been trying to grasp the secrets behind gravitational energy.
Just when he was about to make a major research breakthrough, the failed experiment on an international space station completely changed the trajectory of his life, and the small black hole that appeared in this experiment gave him a preliminary insight into the mysteries of the universe, giving him the power to control gravity, but also making his entire thinking crazy.
Is this setting familiar to you? In DC's classic comic book Watchmen, physicist Jon Osterman, who accidentally underwent quantum transformations to gain great power, became the government's most powerful humanoid weapon after that. Coincidentally, the Doctor also has a code name, which is "Manhattan".
As DC's old enemy, Marvel has a character closer to Sigma - the supervillain King of All Power. Franklin Hall, another physicist, combined with gravitational particles in an experiment to gain the ability to control gravity. The character is not only a supervillain, but also highly consistent with Sigma in terms of often emotional instability.
The ensuing plot naturally became familiar, and the doctor, who was identified as uncontrollable, was officially held in solitary confinement (SCP Foundation Serious Face) and was dubbed "Subject Sigma", which has not been known to the outside world ever since.
Just when he was about to despair, the Black Claw infiltrated the government organization, helped him successfully escape through the plan of The Bao (Bao) Miao (Li), and then became a member of the organization...
Sigma here is actually a transliteration of the Greek alphabet ∑, which is also a summation symbol in mathematics, basically implying that it has the ability to control gravity. Incidentally, the Coyber in the Doctor's name is also homophonous with the "Kuiper Belt" in astronomy. (Probably also a tribute to the hypothesis's perfecter, Gerald Kuiper.) ）
The launch of this hero, the first thing worth congratulating is undoubtedly the "cute and charming" villain organization "Black Claw" in Overwatch, from the earliest "Death God + Black Lily" when the father and mother developed to today can finally put together a team of "full of evil people", I don't know how many fans have cried.
In the current official information, the role of the 62-year-old scientist is reloaded, and the age is just one year older than Reinhardt, which is most likely also a deliberate arrangement of the designer. (Shouldn't the IMBA ability to control gravity sound so much be an output?) ）
However, in addition to the above slot points, the role still has a lot to discuss.
In the background given by the official, Sigma has been mentally in a state of "fragmentation", which is basically to show that the character is schizophrenic.
The same type of setting first appeared in the classic novel Doctor Incarnate, which also contributed to the classic separation of Dr. Jekyll and hyde, a pair of murderous maniacs.
Let's compare the protagonist of the classic split personality movie "The Hand of Olak" with Sigma, and the classic image in its poster is really a bit similar? Combined with its black claws, it is also in the state of "tool man", does this mean that the new members of this villain organization are likely to be a time bomb that may be anti-water?
In addition, in the map of Oasis City, it has been shown that there are five major directions in the field of scientific research under the worldview of Overwatch. So far, Aunt Mo, who represents genetics, and Sigma, who represents physics, have officially landed. Does this mean that Overwatch already has a longer-term plan for the hero setting?
In short, we have arranged the script, and the world needs not only more heroes, but also many scientists (laughs)