This is what the patch notes say:
New Control Map: Oasis
Oasis is one of the world's most advanced cities, a shining jewel rising from the Arabian Desert. A monument to human ingenuity and invention, researchers and academics from around the region came together to found a city dedicated to scientific progress without restraints. The city and its inhabitants are governed by the Ministries, a collection of brilliant minds who possess many secrets, which have attracted the interest of powerful organizations from around the world.
"Oasis is set in the Arabian desert in Iraq. It is a technologically advanced city founded by scientists who wanted to push the boundaries of human science. They accomplished this by turning an inhospitable desert into a thriving settlement. The Vishkar Corporation desires to have a presence in the city." (overwatch.gamepedia.com/oasis)
This map seems interesting to me because its a city in the middle east within Overwatch's world. More importantly its in Iraq in a war game with guns and tons of explosions. They definitely did this on purpose because Iraq had such a strong impact on the American viewpoint of war.
But other than that Americans tend to think of the middle east as some sort of impoverished and third world countries but this isn't always the case. There are some cities in the middle east that make LA and New York look like Milwaukee. I've heard of ski resorts in the middle of the Arabian desert and stuff. They're rolling in dough just like Americans.
Anyways, check out the map here. As you can see there's a lot to the map but its basically a futuristic Arabian city with some super fast cars on the edge of the map. There's a lot of artistic detail here but when you're in the heat of battle you don't focus on it much, if at all. But I should give more credit where credit is due because the artwork here is absolutely fantastic. I'm going to play games just to walk around the map and look at every detail.
I will also look around the map more and find out all the areas to utilize for attacking and defending. From what I've played so far I feel like Pharah and Symmetra are super strong on this map. Pharah because its such a big open space with lots of places for her to land and take flight again. Symmetra because there's a lot of closed spaces where she can get in and just murder you with her laser.
This map was a nice surprise for the new year. Blizzard said that it wasn't going to go live until next year. Well, this is really early next year and we already got it. Splendid.
Cheerio!
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