Thoughts and opinions on: OVERWATCH

I recently started playing Blizzard's recent FPS shooter Overwatch. I'm not previously too familiar with Blizzard and their games. My girlfriend plays World of Warcraft a lot so I know that much about them. I also know they've made at least one Diablo game, but I don't play those games. I'm not really the biggest fan of shooter a.k.a. deathmatch-type games. I do play shooting games but it's more like sandbox games and story-based FPS games. Think of the GTA franchise and Fallout 4, that's my kinda deal.

Now, some of you might think I'm being contradictious here right now, playing GTA but not liking shooter games. I love GTA (except for the awful GTA V story mode) but I don't really like the PvP aspects of it. When playing GTA I mostly drive around on motorcycles doing my own random shit, or hangin' out with friends doing missions and whatnot. I never play deathmatches or adversary modes though. I just don't enjoy it that much, despite being a rather good player if I may say so myself. Bored psychotic 10-y-o kids just ain't my definition of fun, you know?

So a while back my dudebro Dee got this Overwatch game and wasn't really impressed by it. In fact, I didn't even know he'd gotten it. Maybe he told me about it but then it must've been in the wind somewhere. A while later, however, he slowly got more into it and started to like it a lot. He started talking about it frequently and encouraged me to get it as well. I was skeptical judging by the fact that it's a pure deathmatch-type game. My old CoD (1+2) reflexes are pretty much long gone.

After much nag about the game, I finally got it and made my buddy a jolly little fellow. For starters I wasn't really that impressed by it either, nor very interested in playing it to be honest. I did like the art style a lot, however, which made me invest some time into the game. After a day or two I was rather enjoying it. In fact, my buddy seemed to have a lot more fun with it now as well, and we've just been goin' at it for a few weeks now.

This is Reaper, my favorite character. I have thing for big guns and he wields dual shotguns. He looks rather "metal" as well, don't you think?

You know, at first look Overwatch might seem like a kids game and I'm sure a lot of its players are kids as well. Looks can be deceiving though. "Never judge a book by its cover" is a quote which really comes to mind regarding Overwatch. Going from highly skeptical and overall uninterested in the game, I am now somewhat addicted to it. I get these urges to play it a lot.

So how did my playing urge come to pass? The characters! You know, there isn't a lot of details or general information about the characters within the game. None at all, really. You're just left with a bunch of characters all of which have special powers and abilities. Now that's an aspect I like a lot! Instead of the old CoD/Battlefield kind of gameplay you are now a unique team each round you play. That creates a lot of diversity not to mention longevity to this kind of game. Overall I think this is very well executed.

One of the several short animated movies you can watch to get some more depth to the characters.

The art style is fantastic! It reminds me a lot of WoW and I think the reason is rather obvious. The characters do have some informative videos on YouTube which you can look up, and there's also the regular kind of Wiki pages around for it as well. That way you can (and will) get to know the characters as well.

Overall I am glad I decided to get the game. I'm enjoying it a lot and I think there is great potential for it in the future as well. A simple formula which creates something greatly effective. Although I'm not at all good with all the characters, their diversity creates a lot of fun. You win some, you lose some. What matters is you're having a good time, and I know I certainly am.

This is Torbjörn, a Swedish viking-like character. This is one of his several outfits you can get and equip. Possibly my favorite character outfit in Overwatch. A Swedish viking biker? Hell yeah!

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided and its microtransactions

Hello all gamers out there! Today I'm gonna rant a bit and voice my disappointment with the new Deus Ex game. Nothing too surprising perhaps, but I've gotta get my word out there.

A bunch of players out there are sure to be familiar with the Deus Ex series, it goes back quite a while now. Personally I didn't play any of the franchise's installments before Human Revolution in 2011, but that one really sold me. It's one of the best stealth games I've played and it also boosted my interest in the genre as a whole. I was looking forward to the next Deus Ex for a few years after that, and just recently Mankind Divided was released.

Although it's already been out for a little while by now, I actually haven't gotten around to get it for myself yet. The reason behind this is because I've been kind of broke as of late. I recently bought myself a new gaming PC as my old faithful friend finally gave in after 10 years, although nothing was playable on it for the past five years.

I've been a console player (again) for the past 6-7 years, and thus I played Human Revolution on my old Xbox 360. I really like my new PC, but I've lost a lot of my practice and skills from back in the day. I'd still like to play Mankind Divided on PS4 to get a similar experience to that which I had with its predecessor, but seeing as I'm not currently playing a lot of PS4, the game's been put on further hold for me.

I was actually looking around some webstores for new games now, as I'm a bit curious about Watch Dogs 2 (even though the first one was pretty damn bad), only to remember about this game being released recently. I went on to look it up some more, only to find out the game has gotten microtransactions this time around.

Microtransactions are really something that's like an infection from my point of view. They're like a cheap and greedy way of cashing in more and more from us consumers, and I think it's pretty damn disrespectful to us faithful gamers. This trend is particularly annoying considering how we are presented with largely unfinished games these days, or there are five different editions where all of them come with some kind of exclusive content.

I know all of this is such old news but still! Wherever did the good old customers' satisfaction value go? They split their products up into pieces, often over-pricing them (as DLC:s) as well, and then find ways to milk even more out of the effin' things. There are, of course, a few who does this microtransactions bullshit but still do it somewhat okey. Rockstar Games is one company that does it, for instance. They have 'em, but they also released all of GTA Online's DLC:s for free, and you do earn enough from just actually playing the game and having fun. If anyone's gonna incorporate micro's, then at least do it decently.

Pre-order bonuses, *insert fancy-ass name here* edition exclusives, Gamestop exclusive, remastered edition, complete anniversary edition, cash-4-cash, pay-to-win, etc... FUCK YOU, and kiss my ass. Honestly, are you so fucking dry on new gaming ideas that you have to remaster all your games from two years ago? Unbelievable.

I'm not a stock holder, I'm not their CEO or whatever, I'm just the customer ... and that doesn't seem to be worth a whole lot these days. But you know what? I do have the power, we all do, we - the customers. We have the power to say no, keep our wallets in our pockets, and let all of them fucking starve. If they're gonna be greedy, then let them. We'll be cheap.

Eidos Montreal, Square Enix and whoever else that has helped fucking the gaming business up. All I can say to you is how disappointed I am. As a customer, I hereby decline the offer to buy your new product. I, your former customer, feel like I've had enough of this shitty business model of your industry, and I will no longer support it.

Games with old fashioned expansions are one thing, but this DLC and now increasing microtransactions industry has gone too far. I encourage all other players/customers, like me, who feel forgotten and cheated for years to stand against this greedy business evolution.

A big shoutout to the one and only great gaming studio I can think of today - CD Projekt Red. The Witcher 3 ... now that's a full game with expansions ("DLC:s") done right.

#makegamesgreatagain #couldnotresist