There is a new light in my life, a wonderful, charming bit of perfection that gives me a reason to smile every time I wake up in the morning.

Naturally, I’m talking about Overwatch, a new TF2-esque team shooter.

My time with it thus far has been woefully brief.  I played a bit of it on Monday at Rich’s on the last day of the open beta.  Sadly, I only messed around with it for two hours and now it won’t be playable until May 24th or so.

Nuts.

Some observations:

• It’s totally TF2, not just in the style of gameplay, but in the modes and visuals
• It miiiiight have too many playable character types, not sure yet
• MEI IS THE BEST CHARACTER EVER LOLOL

Follow up on Mei… she has this ice gun thing with two modes of fire: short range ice stream that can slow/freeze enemies and a long range sniper-esque pistol shot.  She can also encase herself in ice to heal.  Her ultimate cooldown move tosses out a device that freezes everyone in an AoE.

…but let’s talk about her best ability, the ice wall.

Wanna block a hallway?  ICE WALL.

Wanna toss a character?  ICE WALL UNDER THEM

Wanna trap a character?  ICE WALL BEHIND THEM

ICE WALL ICE WALL ICE WALL ICE WALL

The ice wall is the best and silliest thing every and I absolutely love it.

…I’m sure some of the other characters are neat, too.