a few questions about the PROJECT OVERDRIVE video

Paying·Sep 8, 2015·4 votes·11,058 views

A few questions popped into my mind and I'm sure into many more players mind as well

What happened to Yi that he has these flashbacks.
Who is the guy in the flashbacks, new champ?
Is the mechanic guy in the video the creator of the project skins or is he trying to get his hands on the technology? he seems important because he was shown not only when he drilled Yi's hand, but when Fiora's and Yi's shadows were projected at this wall in one point.
Is the city that they are at going to be some kind of game map for a featured mode in the future maybe?
If a rioter reads this, can you tell us if there are any Easter Eggs in the video for us to look for?

Thank you for taking your time to read my thoughts.

18 Comments

RiotRiot R3DALERTSep 9, 201510 votes

Hey there! This is Nathan from the PROJECT: Overdrive team.

The story definitely raises a lot of questions, so I should lead off by pointing out that the team wanted to make PROJECT an entirely new alternate fantasy.

Yi's visions (and I'll call them visions rather than flashbacks) are a pretty mysterious anomaly. The PROJECT armor was born from an effort to link technology and magic to empower the champions to channel the supernatural ability they already possess (and also to look totally badass). PROJECT is the collision of a lot of opposites: past and future, malice and humanity, magic and technology (to name a few). You smash all those things together inside someone's head with rivets and wires and sensors, and you're bound to dredge up some specters from the depths of their psyche.

You raise an excellent question about the intent of the man in the white coat who would appear to have a score to settle with Yi's forearm. He's a bit tougher to pin down as far as his motives go. His only crime was loving science too much!

As for the city, I really hope it was as epic as the team set out to make it. As a player I would love to grab a hovercar and explore that world for myself. As for having the city show up in the game I couldn't really say, but just like with Overdrive I'd jump at the chance to do more with PROJECT. For now, I really hope that you take the video, the skins, the site, all of it, as an invitation to draw your own conclusions and let your imagination run wild. There's a lot of creative space to fill and questions without clear answers, and that's by design. Clearly one video couldn't encompass everything, certain champions included. As a Leona player and an utterly incompetent Yasuo (AKA the one on your team), the conspicuousness of their absence was not lost on me nor on the rest of the team when the final cast was locked in. The most important thing is to keep telling us what you think. Your passion and your responses to the content we make is what compels us make more of it and to strive to make it better than what came before.

PS. I'm trying to remember where the team came down on putting easter eggs in the video, but my memories seems to be corrupted.

Stars ShaperSep 9, 20151 votes

Skyscrapers writings seem a bit suggestive:

Klone
Roltek
Code
03
Sky

Roni BonesSep 8, 20155 votes

And where the hell was Leona!?

Wero34Sep 8, 20152 votes

1.- Leona? Where?

2.- That new shadow guy, is a shen with project skin?

3.- Zed could be moar badass being the bad, answer, yess, uughh

PayingSep 9, 20152 votes

Actually i noticed that at around 0:17 seconds into the video you can see leona's shield and sword, so maybe she wasn't constructed yet at the time the video took place.

AntiSkillshotSep 8, 20151 votes

Is the mechanic guy in the video the creator of the project skins or is he trying to get his hands on the technology?

It's a Grineer. He's after the technology.

PhoenixSlayer13Sep 8, 20151 votes

To answer #1, one comment on the video came up with a very interesting theory - Project: Yi isn't the original Master Yi, but rather his memories downloaded into a robotic body. That would help explain the glitching between past and present-future that he's experiencing.

Colonel SavageSep 9, 20151 votes

My question - who did the music? Was it in house, or is this a surprise contribution from someone like Daft Punk or The Chemical Brothers?

RiotVonderhamzSep 9, 20157 votes

The music was actually done by one of our very own talented composers ChemicalSeb. He also did the login music and pretty much anywhere else you hear that project theme!