Peek inside the mind of an eccentric astrophysicist who hopes to unlock the secrets of the universe, unaware he’s been turning into a living weapon: Introducing Sigma.
@@heckbrother8242 oh im sure 100% props to all of the people that worked on him was just really amazed by the voice it was really good ofcourse the art and everything else is no less!
Sigma is the only other charachter apart from bastion that I have ever felt sorry for, he is the victim of his own genius and is truly one of the most interesting heros
I feel bad for both of them to be honest But I fell bad for half the characters from blackwatch as, most were evil beforehand, but moria had corrupted and experimented on so many people and turned them into monsters, take reaper as an example, he was already kind of bad but moria just cranked the dial to 100
the full line he was going to say was “I will bring you a new understanding of the universe” but it cuts to him saying violence. u can hear him say the UN - before it cuts to violence OMG THE MORE I WATCH IT I UNDERSTAND IT MORE AND MORE. he was going to say the universe, but him saying violence followed up by the gunshots is TALON brainwashing him and giving him his 3rd personality.. wow this short is brilliant mmm idk, u actually see him in his talon suit before u hear the gunshots.. so actually i think that violent tendency was in him somewhere already ACTUALLY, when he says “RELEASE ME” its a double meaning. Talon initially free’d him, only to tamper with his mind and make him violent. it was foreshadowing.. yea this is brilliant
"It's too much to hold on to." Such an insanely well delivered line. I like to think that this was the last sane thought Sigma had. A final, all encompassing realisation that everything is about to go catastrophically wrong. And there's nothing he can do to change that.
I also believe when ever he's says it again while stripped up is after the accident but now having being able to hold that power he realized it's to much. but as he said at the end, gravity is a harness I have harnesses the harness.
"all encompassing realisation that everything is about to go catastrophically wrong." I like to think of this as Blizzard when that trailer dropped, all downhill from there. that trailer was the last glimmer of talent from that company.
I mean... Quite literally to. If a black hole the size of a pea exists, its mass is basically almost our Earth (at about .42 times). So if one that's about the size of your palm exists, it would most likely weigh more than our solar system. Plus the Hawking radiation would've disintegrated him in an instant and I don't see him wearing any protection gear on his head. It is, in every sense of the sentence, "too much to hold on to".
0:30 the sheer terror and confusion in his voice is kind of spine chilling. It sounds so real. And it really makes you feel bad for him. Sigma definitely has one of the best if not THE best voices in the game. Which is saying something in a game full of phenomenal voice acting. Massive kudos to Boris Hiestand.
It's even worse when you play sigma, every time you pop your ult, you hear the melody, I literally asked myself once "what is that?" Cause it felt so out of place
Keep coming back here every time. How they created such a rich, unique character and just abandoned his potential is mind-boggling. He’s likely one of the most well-known heroes at this point and they literally only have this video that sheds light on his past.
You're preaching to the choir he was done dirty. At least give him a cinematic.Idk why when blizzard has a really compelling character they don't expand on it. Sigma literally could have his own movie or series EASILY and it would be extremely compelling
This is lovecraftian horror. In a toned down way of course, but it is still cosmic horror. The story of the explorer, the valiant and brave, pushing the boundaries of knowledge, understanding, reality. The story of the one that pushed too far. Pushing out of it. On the other side of understanding, being able to know and think and feel in ways the brain is far too primitive for. And then returning back from the void. Back to what is known, but still remembering. Not remembering how you thought, why you thought, how you felt, but remembering only that there is something *more*
@@genghisn7 What, what is it? Why does it sing to me? The universe... IT SINGS TO ME My eyes have opened, I can see it... That melody.. What is it? WHAT. IS. THAT. MELODY *the field it is failing me* No this isn't right... I thought had it! What is happening i can feel it Hold it together, *hold it together* -hold it together-
@@alexlea8398 There are gods in this game so it wouldn't be suprising to have a mix of what you said and knowledge that one cannot handle. Unlike the other geniuses in the game. He quite literally controls gravity
1:03 is probably my favorite part by far, it shows how quickly he changed from a calm collected composer of a scientist, to a confused, afraid, and very dangerous being not of this world anymore. Siebren de Kuiper died when coming into a black hole, Sigma is all that he is now.
This entire video is a masterpiece, an incredible short story, an outstanding voice acting that lets you feel the fear, anger and confusion on his voice, impecable animation that shows us how twisted sigma’s mind is after his accident with the black hole test and incredible bone chilling sound effects that gives you goosebumps no matter how many times i see this origin story, truly a short cinematic masterpiece that gives us an amazing lore and story that leaves you craving for more lore and animations such as this one
"incredible bone chilling sound effects that gives you goosebumps no matter how many times i see this origin story" TRUE. Im in love with this cinematic. Back to 2019 and now these goosebumps are always the same.
Yeah it's really good, I understand that a fully animated short with lots of action would be extremely expensive to make, but they did a fantastic job with the budget they were given
He seems to zigzag in between. He's calm and collected in interactions, he's sometimes panicked when he's using abilities (GIVE ME JUST A MOMENT!) and he revels in the violence on killing blows (TO DUST YOU SHALL RETURN!)
ChorusHM yes. One of the main theories is that he has something like a split personality syndrome. It’s pretty well depicted in the final scene where there is a sigma with a light black hole and a dark black hole. You can also hear him say “release me” in reverse when he is shown with Talon in the last few seconds, as if the good in him is trying to escape
*Sigma in lore:* Mentally unstable scientist being manipulated by a terrorist organization whilst constantly glitching reality. *Sigma in-game:* Quirky high school physics teacher who also happens to manipulate gravity :))
Overwatch could easily create one of the murkier ideas in cosmic horror. The fact that crossing such a physical boundary as controlling a black hole would tear you apart on an inhuman level both mentally and emotionally is terrifying. It can be interpreted as the doctor crossing a barrier to which it is impossible to use a minimum human understanding, to which the brain is not capable of processing what he lived there, permanently altering his reality. Thinking that the universe itself is "singing" to him. Perhaps it was what Sigma saw beyond her experiment. The terror of the unknown is wonderful.
Something to note with dementia is that, music is one of the few things those suffering from dementia can retain (that's why everywhere at the end of time is such a powerful album), so associating Sigma's broken psyche with a constant melody that he recognizes but can't put his finger on makes his condition even more believable
apparently, talon has control over him, using his abilities and research...i haven't found anywhere that says that he's really evil, maybe he would have been agood guy if he wasn't manipulated
I’ve always known what Sigmas backstory was but this is my first time actually watching this, and the amount of chills it gave me is incredible. Mad props to everyone who worked on this, especially the voice actor.
He has 3 personalities apparently. One is polite and kind, absolute cinnamon roll; one is scared and confused and doesn't know what's going on; one is violent and a psychopath.
in game he sounds amazing as well, that feeling of instability is still present at times. So much respect to both the writers and voice actor for delivering such a chilling story
I mean I'm sure the other voice actors could to be as good as this guy but there characters restrict them a lot. I do think Reinhardt is pretty good tho
I can't state enough how much I love this character trailer. First of all the voice acting is incredibly amazing and powerful. The origin too. My favorite character out of the overwatch series.
@@koshmareq I think it's pretty obvious what they're trying to do. Technology and just humanity in general evolve a lot quicker in war and conflict rather than in peace times, and so Talon manipulates the world to start wars so that humanity can evolve.
In terms of lore, Sigma is one of my favorite characters. I honestly really like when games or movies do the whole "Scientist goes crazy studying the thing they're a professional in" trope. Sigma's study itself is extremely interesting anyways. The study of being able to summon, or possibly even control black holes at one's own will, as well as the power to harness gravity. It really makes you wonder just how powerful Sigma is. If he can make black holes anywhere he pleases, he could destroy the world, if not the galaxy. He's the most powerful character in Overwatch lore-wise.
@@boxman7044 Sigma is the antithesis and the other "piece" of Tracer's power, she got physically lost in time and now can control is while sigma "lost" his mind in "space" and now can control it, and at the end one was saved and other is being used, Tracer could very easily become insane like Sigma if she didn't get help and i'm pretty sure she had psychological help once she was stable in time, sigma on the other hand was imprisoned and treated like monster until Talon found him and is now using him as a living weapon
I would die for a comic or animated short of Sigma, he is the most mysterious and interesting character of this game imo. I love his design, story and theme so much
I love how Blizzard made some incredibly deep and well written characters just to do nothing with them except put them in one of the most mid games ever made
I still get chills every time I watch this video. Btw, at first I interpreted this video as different lore than the actual cannon, in that I thought Sigma experiences the fabric of reality/the multiverse in a different way due to his accident, mainly because of his line "Freedom... imprisonment... it's all an illusion" while switching between an asylum setting and the vastness of space. So when he says "Pull it together" it's him focussing on one slice of reality/timeline and even in which direction he's trying to perceive time. Because his backwards messages insinuate that he has even broken through the illusion of time, there is no inherent direction of it. The human mind is not built for fathoming the perception of spacetime like this, which is maddening when it does.
sigmas accident has left his mind utterly fractured yet given him power beyond anyone else in this world (i mean hes got the innate ability to control a fundamental law of the universe). and if his interaction with zenyatta is to be believed. his accident with the black hole gave him a quick meeting with the iris. zenyattas god.
Sigma hears the black hole because some say the black hole sings so he just hears it and it drives him mad the fact that he can hear it and no one else can. It just keeps singing and singing and it never ever stops. He tried to become the universe, but the universe became him. The black hole looks like the iris of an eye from above and Sigma has harnessed that. So "Gravity is a harness. I have harnessed the harness" means he's harnessed the black hole. It's depicted in the final scene where there is a Sigma with a light black and a dark black hole. You can also hear him say "release me" in reverse when he is shown with Talon as if the good in him is trying to escape.
With just a couple images and immaculate writing and voice acting, Blizzard created by far the best, and perhaps most loved, character in the whole game. This is by far my favorite origin story; I think it's even better than most of the shorts. Too bad they’re never going to elaborate on his character.
@@zanerich9460 I would love to have another Mech that was focused on a more hard hitting side, D.Va is more of a tanky bruiser right now so a second mech user from Korea that would hit hard would be cool.
@@SgtTeddybear66 actually. Tracer is pretty young. She can handle time travel. But if the accident was like that then we wouldn't have the iconic character we see.
Based on what just happened, I’m gonna theorize that his investigation and his experiments eventually led him to seeing into the “Iris” that Zenyatta keeps talking about. The Iris has been described as not something specific, but everything and it gives an awakening of consciousness for Omnics. Imagine you are something with no thoughts, and no feelings, and then suddenly, you feel something and everything at once. I think that’s how Omnics “wake up”. You give that to someone that ALREADY has consciousness and intelligence, that would and did spit a mind apart mentally. Which is what we just saw with Sigma. This would explain how he’s able to levitate like Zenyatta can. Either that or the shift of gravity… BUT HEY, THATS JUST A THEROY! A FILM THER-
I have watched this absolute masterpiece over 200 times. and not one time have I not somehow or someway shed tear. the voice acting and story telling is absolutely perfect. in two minitues they conveyed the breakdown of a man who is no longer truly with us. the cryptic messaging and subtle little nods and frame changes show this man's racing mind perfectly. a simple line such as 'release me' is made to have so many different meanings and reasonings. release him from what? release what from him? violence? his conscience from his prison of a mind? talon? the mental asylum? this piece of art makes you feel as if you understand what he's going through when you really will never be able to. the shifts in frames showing the depraved and evil side to him that has been repressed like it usually is has been released. so does he want his evil side to be released or does he want to be released from his evil side. a completely different person. 'what is that melody' is again such a simple line but means so much because we will never truly understand what is going on in his head. is there actually a melody? is it all in his head or has he truly transcended? questions that we will never ever be able to understand. the internal conflict is shown to perfection with two of the simplest lines ever. this could possibly be one of the greatest animated pieces of art ever made. so when you hear sigma screaming "het universum zingt voor mij!!!" just think of what this man is suffering and just say to yourself what is that melody?
I was looking for anyone else who cried/got teary eyed. This is my first time watching this, and I bawled. Just the sheer suffering of it all. Such painful internal conflict on a level that none of us could fathom, yet a lot of us can somehow relate.
i 100% agree with your “release me” line. i personally think it has something to do with him wanting his true power/ knowledge released, but he somehow cant do it
Totally, the way he's unsynced from the flow of time is a cool concept, and this nonlinear trailer was fascinating! I just wish his ingame design went beyond "if Lex Luthor was in Battle Born."
The "Melody" he's hearing could very well be a distorted perspective of what NASA scientists have picked up as the audio of a Black Hole. To those wanting to look it up, it sounds existentially horrifying. I could Imagine Sigma hearing that right into his ear when everything went wrong.
Sigma in lore: “I will show you a new understanding of- VIOLENCE.” Sigma in game: “Can a single grain of sand make the difference between heap, and not heap?”
well they did give his ult a maniac laughter in the background and whenever you use his accretion or kinetic grasp in a more silent enviroment, you can actualy hear whispers inside Sigma's head. Although I feel like they could increase the colume because you can't hear any of it mid-fight, save for the ult's sounds.
Maybe trying to harness the black who didn't shatter his mind but it merge his mind with alternate versions he wants to be released is the true one the second is the one holding it together becoming insane which takes us to his universe that's why he is in chains and the flashes of him with the suit on is the one that was able to fully manipulate the black hole energy
So everyone agrees that's sigmas voice actor should be paid extra?
Yes
next to Berkut's
The voice is good but I'm sure the writers player a larger part in creating the character
@@heckbrother8242 oh im sure 100% props to all of the people that worked on him was just really amazed by the voice it was really good ofcourse the art and everything else is no less!
Not gonna lie but this is probably the best voice actor in the game.
Turns out Junkrat is a pretty balanced person.
1 dimensional really, but at least he's not insane ;)
The sheer fact that this makes any sense at all, worries me so much lol
Sandler Studio lol😂😂😂😂😂I’m dead
Sigma ballz
Just your friendly neighbourhood explosive-loving psychopath.
Most sane tank player after 1 game of comp
true
kek
Sigma is the only other charachter apart from bastion that I have ever felt sorry for, he is the victim of his own genius and is truly one of the most interesting heros
Yesss
Then he gets manipulated into helping a an evil terrorist organization
@@mossypotato9899 this is also true
I feel bad for both of them to be honest
But I fell bad for half the characters from blackwatch as, most were evil beforehand, but moria had corrupted and experimented on so many people and turned them into monsters, take reaper as an example, he was already kind of bad but moria just cranked the dial to 100
same. i feel bad for a lot of ow characters though, but sigma is just so sad.
Widowmaker: I can snipe
Reaper: I can't die
Doomfist: I can punch
Sigma: I control one of the four fundamental forces of the universe.
I cant die is pretty powerful too
@@surge_4380 I wish.
Weak nuclear force, Strong nuclear force, Eletromagnetism and Gravity.
Physicists have no sense of cool.
@@Ilkdjan123 yeah but i want to control the universe not to live forever dude
@DeftieGamer mmmhh.... thats true
Moira: I can succ
Step 1: Oil floats in water
Step 2: Wait until it goes rain
Step 3: Cover yourself in oil
Step 4:
The harness incident
Step 5 : 1:05
@@mikeknight1778 V I O L E N C E
Sigma balls
You would be still wet but only change is that instead being covered by water but oil.
"I will bring you a new understanding of-- VIOLENCE."
The coldest line I've ever heard. It still sends shivers down my spine, hearing this.
Reminds me of Rammatra saying "I WILL SPEAK TO YOU IN A LANGUAGE YOU UNDERSTAND, VIOLENCE!"
Maybe its just the violence part.
Gravity is a harness, I have harnessed the harness.
DENSITY 🗣️MASS 🗣️ MOMENTUM 🗣️ ITS- it’s too much to hold onto…
the full line he was going to say was “I will bring you a new understanding of the universe”
but it cuts to him saying violence. u can hear him say the UN - before it cuts to violence
OMG THE MORE I WATCH IT I UNDERSTAND IT MORE AND MORE. he was going to say the universe, but him saying violence followed up by the gunshots is TALON brainwashing him and giving him his 3rd personality.. wow this short is brilliant
mmm idk, u actually see him in his talon suit before u hear the gunshots.. so actually i think that violent tendency was in him somewhere already
ACTUALLY, when he says “RELEASE ME” its a double meaning. Talon initially free’d him, only to tamper with his mind and make him violent. it was foreshadowing.. yea this is brilliant
He meant to say i will bring you a new understanding of the universe but this still gives unnaturally chills
"It's too much to hold on to."
Such an insanely well delivered line. I like to think that this was the last sane thought Sigma had. A final, all encompassing realisation that everything is about to go catastrophically wrong.
And there's nothing he can do to change that.
I also believe when ever he's says it again while stripped up is after the accident but now having being able to hold that power he realized it's to much. but as he said at the end, gravity is a harness I have harnesses the harness.
"all encompassing realisation that everything is about to go catastrophically wrong."
I like to think of this as Blizzard when that trailer dropped, all downhill from there. that trailer was the last glimmer of talent from that company.
@@kayandjaygamimg3387❤
I mean... Quite literally to. If a black hole the size of a pea exists, its mass is basically almost our Earth (at about .42 times). So if one that's about the size of your palm exists, it would most likely weigh more than our solar system. Plus the Hawking radiation would've disintegrated him in an instant and I don't see him wearing any protection gear on his head. It is, in every sense of the sentence, "too much to hold on to".
This comment just made me feel so sad thanks a lot 😭😭
This guy makes junkrat seem like a normal person.
Yeah... and that’s the scary part 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 is someone makes Junkrat look normal.... oh boy
MorphikNull can u do me a favor and drop a sub on my channel and maybe drop a like on the video I posted today.
Never liked junkrat anyways :)
This guy did some of that toad venom I think. He’s on some serious psychedelics.
Is that guy on drugs
Anyway... that's how I lost my medical license.
Under-appreciated comment right here, I love this.
Archimedes?
*histerycal laughter
Lmao
Let’s go practice medicine
*evil smug smile*
0:30 the sheer terror and confusion in his voice is kind of spine chilling. It sounds so real. And it really makes you feel bad for him. Sigma definitely has one of the best if not THE best voices in the game. Which is saying something in a game full of phenomenal voice acting. Massive kudos to Boris Hiestand.
IT SO GOOD ESPECIALLY TGIS PART😭
I have harnessed the harness.
now Ramattra is a very good contender to be the best voice in the game...
Like the sound of his voice.. Oh my god
@@_ins0mniac_ yea I know he sounds amazing as well. Goated voice acting. Torn between the two
_"Het universum ZINGT voor mij!"_
Sigma yelling "Release me" when nano'd in OW2. Perfection. Chills every game it happens
It's even worse when you play sigma, every time you pop your ult, you hear the melody, I literally asked myself once "what is that?" Cause it felt so out of place
@@yeetusthyself-music now that’s emergent storytelling
@@timhill5764immersive not emergent you dingus
That's easily the hardest nano voice line in the game imo
Sigma just has the best lines in the whole game
@@Name-wf5px😂
When Lucio said “Give yourself to the rhythm!” I don’t think he meant this.
maybe there will be a a voice line between them like when lucio says "feel the beat" sigma will reply like "trust me you don't want to"
Im the 666th like
Lol
@@roseantigoni6709 this HAS to be added to the game now
Buddiebot I will be upset if this doesn’t happen now.
Lucio: “Move to the beat”
Sigma: “WHAT IS THAT MELODY?!!!”
You see, I really want a Lucio cinematic. Now I'm juggling that with wanting one for Sigma.
I LOVE THIS xDDD
Wisplus LMAOOO YES
Lucio: "Give yourself to the rhythm."
Sigma: "Okay." * head starts shaking back and forth so fast it blurs *
lmfao
Keep coming back here every time. How they created such a rich, unique character and just abandoned his potential is mind-boggling. He’s likely one of the most well-known heroes at this point and they literally only have this video that sheds light on his past.
also, I love how you can hear "release me" multiple times throughout the video. Truly, Sigma is Talon’s prisoner.
You're preaching to the choir he was done dirty. At least give him a cinematic.Idk why when blizzard has a really compelling character they don't expand on it. Sigma literally could have his own movie or series EASILY and it would be extremely compelling
Now pve is going to be a shell of what it was going to be
overwatch be like: "
here is a character with a very deep and interesting backstory....
...we will never expand on it by the way"
@@rocu5036Hehe. PvE. Remember when that was the whole point of the "sequel"?
This is lovecraftian horror. In a toned down way of course, but it is still cosmic horror.
The story of the explorer, the valiant and brave, pushing the boundaries of knowledge, understanding, reality. The story of the one that pushed too far. Pushing out of it. On the other side of understanding, being able to know and think and feel in ways the brain is far too primitive for. And then returning back from the void. Back to what is known, but still remembering. Not remembering how you thought, why you thought, how you felt, but remembering only that there is something *more*
And for black holes to ultimately be a piano melody is… fundamentally terrifying in many ways.
@@genghisn7
What, what is it?
Why does it sing to me?
The universe... IT SINGS TO ME
My eyes have opened, I can see it...
That melody..
What is it?
WHAT. IS. THAT. MELODY
*the field it is failing me*
No this isn't right...
I thought had it!
What is happening i can feel it
Hold it together, *hold it together* -hold it together-
@@genghisn7 the piano melody is what he was listening to before the accident so it got permanently stuck in his head
No, it's not. It has cosmetic similarities to cosmic horror. But Sigma isn't experiencing an information hazard, his brain is just scrambled.
@@alexlea8398 There are gods in this game so it wouldn't be suprising to have a mix of what you said and knowledge that one cannot handle. Unlike the other geniuses in the game. He quite literally controls gravity
My entire career had been devoted to this idea to this moment ....decades
Echo:Copy his ult in second
Sigma:
是老鼠 The universe is singing to me
HET UNIVERSUM ZINGT VOOR MIJ!
Adaptive circuits engaged
@Death Trooper I heard that in his voice
WHAT THE
*Sigma* had never seen such bullsh!t before
This dude looks like he's going to steal the moon
Lol he sure does
I'm freaking screaming from that.
Your comment was on Tumblr and I came here just to find it and like it
YOU TAKE THE MOON
AND YOU TAKE THE MOON
AND YOU TAKE THE MOON.
IM DYING PFFFF
1:03 is probably my favorite part by far, it shows how quickly he changed from a calm collected composer of a scientist, to a confused, afraid, and very dangerous being not of this world anymore. Siebren de Kuiper died when coming into a black hole, Sigma is all that he is now.
his dialogue shows that theres a mix, he’s just deluded
This entire video is a masterpiece, an incredible short story, an outstanding voice acting that lets you feel the fear, anger and confusion on his voice, impecable animation that shows us how twisted sigma’s mind is after his accident with the black hole test and incredible bone chilling sound effects that gives you goosebumps no matter how many times i see this origin story, truly a short cinematic masterpiece that gives us an amazing lore and story that leaves you craving for more lore and animations such as this one
Watch it backwards
@@a7x5631 how
"incredible bone chilling sound effects that gives you goosebumps no matter how many times i see this origin story" TRUE. Im in love with this cinematic. Back to 2019 and now these goosebumps are always the same.
bro what just happened in this comment, have I gone crazy? am I losing my mind? WHY IS NO ONE SAYING ANYTHING? WHAT IS THAT MELODY?
Yeah it's really good, I understand that a fully animated short with lots of action would be extremely expensive to make, but they did a fantastic job with the budget they were given
(In game)
Zarya: *launches ult*
Sigma: *Vietnam Flashbacks*
Truth
I made an exact comment like this, WHERE MY
LIKES?
@@unholylemonz7356 shut up
sigma more like ligma
hahahahahhaa
Sigma in lore: “I will show you a new understanding of VIOLENCE....” Sigma in game: “Dr. Zhou. I've read your work; it's brilliant. :)) “
He seems to zigzag in between. He's calm and collected in interactions, he's sometimes panicked when he's using abilities (GIVE ME JUST A MOMENT!) and he revels in the violence on killing blows (TO DUST YOU SHALL RETURN!)
ChorusHM yes. One of the main theories is that he has something like a split personality syndrome. It’s pretty well depicted in the final scene where there is a sigma with a light black hole and a dark black hole. You can also hear him say “release me” in reverse when he is shown with Talon in the last few seconds, as if the good in him is trying to escape
:)))
@@Plasma476 Or the evil is.
Really hoping OW2 has an arc on Sigma's character and how tormented he is.
*Sigma in lore:* Mentally unstable scientist being manipulated by a terrorist organization whilst constantly glitching reality.
*Sigma in-game:* Quirky high school physics teacher who also happens to manipulate gravity :))
"Gravity is a harness, I have harnessed the harness"
Next to "WHAT IS THAT MELODY" this is one of my favorite Sigma voice lines
Overwatch could easily create one of the murkier ideas in cosmic horror.
The fact that crossing such a physical boundary as controlling a black hole would tear you apart on an inhuman level both mentally and emotionally is terrifying. It can be interpreted as the doctor crossing a barrier to which it is impossible to use a minimum human understanding, to which the brain is not capable of processing what he lived there, permanently altering his reality.
Thinking that the universe itself is "singing" to him. Perhaps it was what Sigma saw beyond her experiment.
The terror of the unknown is wonderful.
Sigma is a woman?
It really is. Really wish more people explored this concept bc it’s so cool
@@xx_treewinter_xx5634i think "her experiment" refers to moira. but this comment is ancient by now so who cares lol
Her??
@@WallNutBreaker524 it was moira's experiment
everyone gangsta till the science teacher starts flying
cooking meth u mean?
@@Edusturluson technically nah
just random showerthoughts
This is Physics you uncultured swine!!
@@Janiols not get a boulder to the face!
Hah! Simple arithmetic!
Orisa: CEASE YOUR RESISTANCE
A determined Sigma: CEASE YOUR EXISTENCE
i can imagine that in-game......
I WILL UNIFY THE WORL- oops wrong Sigma
CairoGamer I told you- to stop existing
Something to note with dementia is that, music is one of the few things those suffering from dementia can retain (that's why everywhere at the end of time is such a powerful album), so associating Sigma's broken psyche with a constant melody that he recognizes but can't put his finger on makes his condition even more believable
Everywhere at the end of time flashbacks.
1:07 if you listen carefully, you can hear the Talon operation to bust sigma out like what was mentioned in the Reaper story. Kinda cool ngl
Brig: “I want to help others and become like Reinhardt!”
Sigma: *“G R A V I T Y”*
SomeBlu Productions Do you believe in Gravity?
"GRAVITY SQUEEZE!"
Yoinking jokes from someone else WeirdChamp
he also enjoyed wolfs rain...
Zarya
And then you realize he's surprisingly one of the nicest characters in the interactions department.
Insanity doesn't make you a bad person. It just makes you more interesting.
(Sorry If I offended any people in the replies)
@@underrateddolphin5941 Fair point. I'm sure if Sigma realized what Talon was actually up to, he would jump ship at the first opportunity.
apparently, talon has control over him, using his abilities and research...i haven't found anywhere that says that he's really evil, maybe he would have been agood guy if he wasn't manipulated
Imagine for a second that he is a good guy in ow2 ..
Yep i am a - mei - zed
His "thank you" voice line is one of the most genuinely greatful sounding ones in the game
I’ve always known what Sigmas backstory was but this is my first time actually watching this, and the amount of chills it gave me is incredible. Mad props to everyone who worked on this, especially the voice actor.
Sigma nuts
If you watch it backwards he says more, and theirs also a hidden message that says save me in Dutch
It’s literally a crime that Sigma’s lore is not explored beyond this.
the crime that would have no one arrested cause no one gives af
Sigma in lore: maniac, insane, and unstable
Sigma ingame: polite, sweet and nice
He has 3 personalities apparently. One is polite and kind, absolute cinnamon roll; one is scared and confused and doesn't know what's going on; one is violent and a psychopath.
Facts
He's holding it together, both are accurate he is just trying to act normal
He's a sweet, nerdy old space grandpa. Let him live in peace Blizzard...
Wish they used the lore-version of him in the game, love it so much better
honestly giant props to the voice actor his voice literally gave me chills
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Everyone just agrees.
@@generalkenobidaily4642 lmao
@@generalkenobidaily4642 Lol
Dutch precision engineering
*_I have harnessed the harness_*
I am begging blizzard to give this man another short a 3d animation to really give him yhe cool factor he deserves
If they made a movie based on sigma, I genuinely think that it could win an Oscar.
right? the idea of a man managing to make a black hole and it tearing him up psychologically would make such an interesting movie.
Could we convince them?
Snap back to reality
Whoop, there goes gravity
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What is that melody?
My ultimate is ready
Watch yo profamity.
Centre of gravity
@@Man-Options OH THE HUMANITY
Sigma sphagetti
I think this is the most emotion I've ever heard from a voice actor for overwatch.
in game he sounds amazing as well, that feeling of instability is still present at times.
So much respect to both the writers and voice actor for delivering such a chilling story
Cheers love, the cavalry's here
True, out of all the characters he shows the most emotion out of all of them. Along with bastion i guess :P he could be super smart for all we know
Right
I mean I'm sure the other voice actors could to be as good as this guy but there characters restrict them a lot. I do think Reinhardt is pretty good tho
"I have harnessed the harness"
That line is so Raw
I can't state enough how much I love this character trailer. First of all the voice acting is incredibly amazing and powerful. The origin too. My favorite character out of the overwatch series.
Moira: I'm the mad scientist of the game.
Sigma: That... is *adorable.*
Insane scientist
Moira is the chaotic neutral scientist. She's still VERY sane.
Moira was never insane!
Samuel Bilskie Yea i agree. She maybe has a little bit of a God Complex but she isn‘t really mad or insane.
Samuel Bilskie well she is a sociopath. It helps to not have any emotions if you're trying to keep your mentality stable
I like the part where Blizzard creates an amazing character with an interesting background and then they never expanded on it ever.
Lol
Maybe Overwatch 2 maybe?.. maybe?
@@feasibilyheretical I hope to god they do something with sigma in OW2
@@moop8996 I hope we get more about Talon in OW2
@@koshmareq I think it's pretty obvious what they're trying to do. Technology and just humanity in general evolve a lot quicker in war and conflict rather than in peace times, and so Talon manipulates the world to start wars so that humanity can evolve.
All these cinematics are awesome. But wouldnt it be cool if there was a *story mode* that elaborated on these characters?
😹 blizzard scammed mankind
Imagine Sigmas final boss is his own insanity
Still coming back to this after all these years, just bc its so great. Absolute S-tier VA and origin story
Sigma is sounds like he speaks cursive
He's Dutch so I get that
*What does bold sound like?*
@@kittycat-sc7je german
@@liam3491 He's not german he's dutch
@@kenanefendic6582 i know, look who im replying to -_-
Overwatch team, let whoever wrote/designed this character take the lead a bit more often.
This has been one of your finest yet.
Most certainly, this was incredible
God loved his voice
probably a team of writers not one person
Deadass
Agreed
In terms of lore, Sigma is one of my favorite characters. I honestly really like when games or movies do the whole "Scientist goes crazy studying the thing they're a professional in" trope.
Sigma's study itself is extremely interesting anyways. The study of being able to summon, or possibly even control black holes at one's own will, as well as the power to harness gravity.
It really makes you wonder just how powerful Sigma is. If he can make black holes anywhere he pleases, he could destroy the world, if not the galaxy. He's the most powerful character in Overwatch lore-wise.
Besides maaaybe tracer if she could control the full scope of her time powers
@@boxman7044 Sigma is the antithesis and the other "piece" of Tracer's power, she got physically lost in time and now can control is while sigma "lost" his mind in "space" and now can control it, and at the end one was saved and other is being used, Tracer could very easily become insane like Sigma if she didn't get help and i'm pretty sure she had psychological help once she was stable in time, sigma on the other hand was imprisoned and treated like monster until Talon found him and is now using him as a living weapon
tracer can only control herself in time not her surroundings her power is much more limited compared to Sigma@@boxman7044
I would die for a comic or animated short of Sigma, he is the most mysterious and interesting character of this game imo.
I love his design, story and theme so much
Overwatch should really do the dark, mature vibe more. This gave me chills
Agreed!
FallenAce I like this a lot more than "hey kids look at our funny hampster ball guy"
@@malartrack5674 Hamster is okay as long as we don't get ones like that too much
Facts
Its about time more dark and mature ideas and characters are coming in
This pretty much shows what you go through after playing too many games of competitive Overwatch.
hold it together...
It's too much to hold onto
Hahahaha ha ha. Ha
SR is a harness
Zarya mains in comp that always land their ult be like
I love how Blizzard made some incredibly deep and well written characters just to do nothing with them except put them in one of the most mid games ever made
The fact that Sigma to this day still has not gotten a short is mind blowing
unfortunately hes considered a “side character” in OW lore
Easily the most disturbing and creepiest character introduction. Great job Blizzard 👍🏾
“The universe! It’s singing to me!”
That’s a deep quote. Wonder what chaos he’s been experiencing...
@@starsfalldown1234567 name checks out. Now go away.
I was confused more than disturbed
That Guy is nutz
"If Muslims countries still exist in their time line" Your racist.
"I will bring you a new understanding of the univ-"
*"V I O L E N C E"*
1:04
The creation of the atomic bomb in a nutshell
Pap pap!!! (Gunshots)
@@mookiez18 Universal Violence
XD
I love that little touch. Talon made him a weapon when he wanted to be a hero.
3 years ago we get this masterpiece, now we get flower boy who can troll teammates
😢
He's so stunning though. And brave.
I still get chills every time I watch this video. Btw, at first I interpreted this video as different lore than the actual cannon, in that I thought Sigma experiences the fabric of reality/the multiverse in a different way due to his accident, mainly because of his line "Freedom... imprisonment... it's all an illusion" while switching between an asylum setting and the vastness of space. So when he says "Pull it together" it's him focussing on one slice of reality/timeline and even in which direction he's trying to perceive time. Because his backwards messages insinuate that he has even broken through the illusion of time, there is no inherent direction of it. The human mind is not built for fathoming the perception of spacetime like this, which is maddening when it does.
sigmas accident has left his mind utterly fractured yet given him power beyond anyone else in this world (i mean hes got the innate ability to control a fundamental law of the universe). and if his interaction with zenyatta is to be believed. his accident with the black hole gave him a quick meeting with the iris. zenyattas god.
"Gravity is a harness.
I Have Harnessed The Harness."
I love that line
Sigma hears the black hole because some say the black hole sings so he just hears it and it drives him mad the fact that he can hear it and no one else can. It just keeps singing and singing and it never ever stops. He tried to become the universe, but the universe became him. The black hole looks like the iris of an eye from above and Sigma has harnessed that. So "Gravity is a harness. I have harnessed the harness" means he's harnessed the black hole. It's depicted in the final scene where there is a Sigma with a light black and a dark black hole. You can also hear him say "release me" in reverse when he is shown with Talon as if the good in him is trying to escape.
its so cool this origin story it creeps me a lottt
It just cuts off to
*I H A V E H A R N E S S E D T H E H A R N E S S*
and I think that's fascinating.
I've used the harness to harness the harness
an even better thing that nobody us noticing is that literally after that 1:48 he says release me backwards
Sigma: What is that melody
Medic: The sound of progress my friend
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*Archimedes intensifies*
Rubicon Prime you cannot believe *How much this hurts* -scout
Any that how I lost my medical license :)
Only 419 likes because Zoomers never played TF2
Errm what the Sigma
Leave it to blizzard to drop the coolest video and lore of all time only to follow it up with literally nothing
Blizzard is the definition of wasted potential. Sigma deserves to be in the hands of another more talented developer and IP.
Sigma coming out of area 51 knowing what the melody is
LMAO
LMAO
UNDERRATED AF AHAHHA
i have found it. the perfect comment
Are you sure he isn't what they keep in area 51?
This video is actually very scary the way he shakes and screams is terrifying
yeah its super intense idk if my scaredy cat brain can handle it XD
was looking for a comment like this.
115 likes is this a cod zombies refrence
Yes
And the music
Is it just me or is "Gravity is a harness. I have harnessed the harness." One of his coldest lines
With just a couple images and immaculate writing and voice acting, Blizzard created by far the best, and perhaps most loved, character in the whole game. This is by far my favorite origin story; I think it's even better than most of the shorts. Too bad they’re never going to elaborate on his character.
I feel sorry for the next hero that has to somehow compete with this...
Echo might be interesting hopefully
QuatorRise it’d have to be one players have been wanting, like mauga or junker queen
@@NougatNate both of those are boring af xD
"Releases one of d.vas teammates"
@@zanerich9460 I would love to have another Mech that was focused on a more hard hitting side, D.Va is more of a tanky bruiser right now so a second mech user from Korea that would hit hard would be cool.
This is if tracers accident went *WAY* worse
"WHAT IS THAT MELODY, LOVE?!"
SgtTeddybear59
*distorted British national anthem plays*
@@SgtTeddybear66 actually. Tracer is pretty young. She can handle time travel. But if the accident was like that then we wouldn't have the iconic character we see.
“THE CHIVALRY IS SINGING TO MEE”
LOL
deserves a game by himself. an amazing story and voice acting.
Year's later, this is still one of the best trailers for overwatch. Honestly, my top 3, maybe even top 1
You see?
This is what happens when you divide by zero.
Underated comment
I would say this is memory overflow... 😃
Well, he did kill Zero in X5
Remember kids:
Never divide by zero.
Okami Howl or this could also be my mind while doing a Maths test I didn’t study for
3 personalities. The eccentric scientist, the violent sociopath, and the one who just wants to “hold it together.”
Good job at summing it down
STE Jambo
Basically he’s just Medic but with SpACe PowErS
Just 2. Scientist are also ones who search for answers.
The old man who just gave up should replace the one who wants answers
Personalities
Based on what just happened, I’m gonna theorize that his investigation and his experiments eventually led him to seeing into the “Iris” that Zenyatta keeps talking about.
The Iris has been described as not something specific, but everything and it gives an awakening of consciousness for Omnics. Imagine you are something with no thoughts, and no feelings, and then suddenly, you feel something and everything at once. I think that’s how Omnics “wake up”.
You give that to someone that ALREADY has consciousness and intelligence, that would and did spit a mind apart mentally. Which is what we just saw with Sigma. This would explain how he’s able to levitate like Zenyatta can. Either that or the shift of gravity…
BUT HEY, THATS JUST A THEROY!
A FILM THER-
sigma also has a voice line with zenyatta that says he's met the iris
"The universe is singing to me!" - What I say whenever my tinnitus gets really bad.
Lucio: *playing music in spawn*
Sigma: what is that melody?
British Goof *CAN’T STOP WON’T STOP*
Ze'classics, HASSELHOFF
Hooo hooo hoo hooo hooo jackpot
Gravity will stop DAT bish
PETITION FOR A SIGMA CINEMATIC
Signed
Yessir
I was gonna like that comment, but it had 69 likes and im not changing it
@@aeygi9686 bro you're not wrong
No. AN ENTIRE MOVIE
I have watched this absolute masterpiece over 200 times. and not one time have I not somehow or someway shed tear. the voice acting and story telling is absolutely perfect. in two minitues they conveyed the breakdown of a man who is no longer truly with us. the cryptic messaging and subtle little nods and frame changes show this man's racing mind perfectly. a simple line such as 'release me' is made to have so many different meanings and reasonings. release him from what? release what from him? violence? his conscience from his prison of a mind? talon? the mental asylum? this piece of art makes you feel as if you understand what he's going through when you really will never be able to. the shifts in frames showing the depraved and evil side to him that has been repressed like it usually is has been released. so does he want his evil side to be released or does he want to be released from his evil side. a completely different person. 'what is that melody' is again such a simple line but means so much because we will never truly understand what is going on in his head. is there actually a melody? is it all in his head or has he truly transcended? questions that we will never ever be able to understand. the internal conflict is shown to perfection with two of the simplest lines ever. this could possibly be one of the greatest animated pieces of art ever made. so when you hear sigma screaming "het universum zingt voor mij!!!" just think of what this man is suffering and just say to yourself
what is that melody?
I was looking for anyone else who cried/got teary eyed. This is my first time watching this, and I bawled. Just the sheer suffering of it all. Such painful internal conflict on a level that none of us could fathom, yet a lot of us can somehow relate.
@@zeldacerezasigma is certainly Overwatch's most interesting character
i 100% agree with your “release me” line. i personally think it has something to do with him wanting his true power/ knowledge released, but he somehow cant do it
I really, really wish they'd make a full cinematic for sigma... man, that would be straight FIRE
-Gravity is a harness
Step 1: wait for it to black hole
Step 2: cover yourself in brain damage
Step 3: harness the harness
Thats some troll physiks right there
When you start playing fortnite: 1:cover yourself in brain damage,
2: repeat step 1
@@Mayomonster38" fortnite bad, people can't like fortnite because I'm echoing something I saw off reddit!" -You
Problem?
March 2070, "The Harness" incident
It sorta makes sense how a stun stops his ult, like hes getting snapped back to reality
Op, there goes gravity
Op there goes rabbit, he choked he's so mad but he won't go that easy nope
@@ryantimmsjr7639 he wont have it he knows
@@Dream-ys3ny his whole back's to these ropes. It don't matter, he's dope, he knows that...
@@Thetruthiscosmic but he's broke
He's so stagnant, he knows, when he goes back to this mobile home, that's when it's
The last coolest thing Overwatch has made.
This deserves a 40 minute netflix special
hopefully now that Microsoft owns Overwatch they actually do something with these stories and characters. And not just ruined it more with greed :/
That was the most intense disturbing and amazing origin story overwatch has ever released
Bruh
Evan Fanara yep
Totally, the way he's unsynced from the flow of time is a cool concept, and this nonlinear trailer was fascinating! I just wish his ingame design went beyond "if Lex Luthor was in Battle Born."
Here I thought a centipede type of character was gonna have a scary origin. Just look at centipede Kaneki for Tokyo Ghoul.
@@jiado6893 Did you forget Tracer was unsynced from time and space until Winston made her chronum accelerator?
Overwatch: employs an elderly woman who shoots a dart gun
Talon: employs a god that can control gravity
Not to mention an old dude with back issues vs a death god able to turn into smoke and avoid damage and TELEPORT
Actually Ana was one of the first overwatch founding members, and Widowmaker took a few lessons from Ana when she still was sane
Ana is a god, the god of darts.
i mean ana was only the best sniper in the world and jack's second in command for a good long time but you do you my dude
Ana was a founding member of OW and was part of it as a young woman....
WHAT IS THAT MELODY
the best OW origin story to this day
Sigma: *"What is that melody?"*
Lúcio: *"That's how you get tinnitus!"*
As a person with constant tinnitus, I love it
Mwap....mwap
Lucioh-OHS!
Sigma: "What is that melody?"
Reinhardt: "It's kids today with that Techno music!"
Lucio: "I can't EVEN take you seriously right now!"
@@Mbrace818 *Offended frog noise*
1:12 "the universe is singing to me" then smiles for a split second. Whoa.
i will never unsee that lol
I didn't notice that until you mentioned it
How did you even see that?
That’s creepy
He also disappears at 1:11
The "Melody" he's hearing could very well be a distorted perspective of what NASA scientists have picked up as the audio of a Black Hole.
To those wanting to look it up, it sounds existentially horrifying. I could Imagine Sigma hearing that right into his ear when everything went wrong.
WITH HEADPHONES THIS HITS HARD BRO
Zarya: Let's make gravity an ultimate
Orisa: Let's make gravity an ability
Sigma: let's make gravity a character
*GRAVITY IS E V E R Y T H I N G*
Lunar space colonie: let's make gravity a map
Don’t underestimate the gravity of this comment
*WE HAVE HARNESSED THE HARNESS*
You dont understand the GRAVITY of the situation. Your puns are a bit FORCEd
Zarya: "Gravity Kills."
Sigma: "That, is a understatement."
Zarya: fire at will!!!
Sigma:( use His ability) I have harnessed the harness
an* ?
An*
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Still one of the greatest character trailers and voice acting displays. I dont even play the game
I have still yet to find another video that can, on command, give me goosebumps like this one
This is darker than what Overwatch usually does. I LOVE IT
Do you even Widowmaker lore?
Alan Cardenas Overwatch is dark if you investigate, but it's not focused
Make sure to watch it backwards
"RELEASE ME"
Even this guy is tired for not getting released in the game for so long
It was the lore screaming lol
Happy Bert LMFAO!!!!!!!! Best comment here. Lol
best comment ever
@@apolashimself *J O K E*
Ok i'm pissing my pants right now this new villain is OP as f!@#k 😨😨😨😨
Sigma in lore: “I will show you a new understanding of- VIOLENCE.”
Sigma in game: “Can a single grain of sand make the difference between heap, and not heap?”
This guy could have an entire game based on him
would love that
I would pay for that game.
A Psyh-horror Possibly?
I would literally sell my soul for that
@@brandymrgan3976 😶rlly?
Really do wish he’d talk like this in game. Three tones of voice coming in and out, backwards lines of monologue, three voices speaking at once.
well they did give his ult a maniac laughter in the background and whenever you use his accretion or kinetic grasp in a more silent enviroment, you can actualy hear whispers inside Sigma's head. Although I feel like they could increase the colume because you can't hear any of it mid-fight, save for the ult's sounds.
Honestly tho. That was the one disappointment
@@MrKlausbaudelaire Overwatch 2 needs that as an option volume wise...
@@MrKlausbaudelaire I've never been able to hear them.
@@JaggedBird as well as lucio's music. It's there for like 5 seconds then goes away
Heyo, coming back after seeing Lifeweaver's origin video and seeingt how Sigma's is STILL THE BEST!
Same
Same. Sigma's origin still is the best and has the most emotion in it.
Maybe trying to harness the black who didn't shatter his mind but it merge his mind with alternate versions he wants to be released is the true one the second is the one holding it together becoming insane which takes us to his universe that's why he is in chains and the flashes of him with the suit on is the one that was able to fully manipulate the black hole energy
Moira: Alas I am the evil scientist in the game with a cool back story.
Sigma:Hold my black hole.
sigma and moira deadass fit together
Comedian Dwayne
Moira: Is that a threat or an attempt to pick up the figurative gauntlet?
I don't think Sigma is evil
Id rather not hold it, thanks
I think he was brainwashed into being a part of talon... he is a living weapon like widowmaker 😢😢😢