I'm Starting to Appreciate Graves more

KillerGnomestarr·11/3/2018, 12:58:30 AM·3 votes·4,325 views

I always loved Cowboys in past and present culture, back then they promoted a sort of sauntered way of living, and now it represents a time long gone. McCree was always my favorite character from Overwatch (Not just because he's a cowboy lol,) but because I was always intrigued by his story, his morals, and his character design. I understand that people think that in games like League and Overwatch, cowboys are cliche and very niche, and I gotta say it, they are. But they always hold near and dear to people's hearts, and also how most portrayals of cowboys are one of the most 3-dimensional archetypes in fiction. I never cared for Graves so much, because I felt that the idea of him was out of place in League, but not because of him as a cowboy, but because his connections to the lore of league as a whole doesn't feel like it's on the same plane. I may just be rambling, but I hope Riot does more with Graves to develop him in the game more, because yippy caye yay, are cowboys awesome.

So now I leave you with one of my favorite quotes of all time,

See you, Space Cowboy :) Graves

7 Comments

RiotBioluminescence11/3/2018, 3:10:56 AM3 votes

Have you read Burning Tides? He features quite a bit in it, and I know it made me appreciate him a lot more - might do the same for others. It's one of our longer stories, but it's broken into nice manageable chunks if you don't have a lot of time all at once.

https://universe.leagueoflegends.com/en_US/story/bilgewater-story/

Graves TwistedFate MissFortune Gangplank

(Ignore the weird pink chapter indications - it's a bug I think was introduced a little while ago, but the team have been made aware. I blame Odyssey ;) )

Whyte Lyon11/3/2018, 3:50:54 AM2 votes

No one asked for this opinion but I find Overwatch's lore (at least what little there actually is) too cheesy for me taste.

Which im sure people could also say about League's but I see more development, depth and/or emotional gravity behind the characters in this world than the vapid, mostly white-washed one's in Overwatch. (Still irks me Reinhardt isn't very German, and the uncanny fact he didnt speak it in his CG)

Theres also Overwatch's aesthetic, which is a heck of a lot more kid friendly than League tries to be. Or even the heroes kit's are fairly linear in design, say what you want about League's most frustratingly design champs at least new characters like Ornn, Pyke, Zoe etc keep things fresh.

Ik saying that in a forum for League is like a gun restriction advacite protesting in pro gun restriction cities, in other words 'a safe space'. I also don't play Overwatch, so that's an obvious bias but I dont play it because from its small roster of optional heroes none actually engage me in the slightest. Well it's more of a what could I get out of Overwatch that I can't get to some capacity in a free game like League.