Overwatch<\/em> hero Mei’s new Winter Wonderland skin is festive, but some of the game’s players aren’t happy with it. They expected more given that Mei is the winter-themed hero, after all.<\/span><\/p>
On the surface, Mei’s legendary skin\u2014called Mei-rry\u2014isn’t too different from her everyday wear. The colors, of course, have been updated, and Mei now dons a Santa hat. As is, this sort of skin would typically be designated as epic or rare, costing much, much less than the 3,000 <\/span>Overwatch<\/em> credits it takes to buy it now. This skin, however, has a secret. While using Mei-rry in-game, Mei no longer freezes herself into a block of ice. Instead, she turns into a snowman\u2014something fans have been clamoring for.<\/span><\/p>
“Our reasoning for it being legendary was that we completely redid the visual effects for cryo-freeze (we turned the ice block into a snowman),” game director Jeff Kaplan said on the <\/span>Blizzard forums<\/a>. “We thought that was pretty special and we had done it specifically based on community suggestions from months ago when people were speculating that we might have a winter event.”<\/span><\/p>
