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

10 Epic Metal Songs

Today I'm gonna be tackling ten of the most epic metal songs I know. By epic I don't necessarily mean in its literal sense, e.g. songs with lots of orchestral strings and huge soundscapes and whatnot. In my view, an "epic song" can mean it's just a huge, bombastic, great composition. Like the song is a journey, or has a great build-up which makes it moody and powerful.

Bear in mind, though... This is not a list of chronological order, nor a list of the "10 best". It's simply just a collection of ten favorite epic songs of mine. But why keep on draggin' this out, let's get started!


10. Power Trip - The Hammer Of Doubt

Probably the best riff-mad thrash/hardcore act out there today. This is the closer on the band's debut. Eerie intro with an old movie sample put in, riff fest, hardcore-thrashy breakdowns, and then a fading intro of just bliss. "Manifest Decimation", in-fucking-deed.


9. Bathory - Blood On Ice

Bathory, or Quorthon, didn't exactly fall short on epic numbers. Very much the opposite in fact. However, this one always was close to me. You can really the spirit of this song come to life.


8. Faith No More - The Real Thing

Although this excellent band is argubly most known for their song called "Epic", I as a fan always found many of their album tracks to be of better value. This is without a doubt my favorite FNM song. Pretty long, quite repetitive, but very powerful.


7. Jane's Addiction - Three Days

Probably not a song non-fans would recognize or associate this band with, but for fans this is not rarely their most ultimate track. "Three Days" has been said to be made of three songs put together, each of all describing one of three days which the band's lead singer experienced (I believe the album art also depicts this, but don't take my word for it).


6. Iron Maiden - Hallowed By Thy Name

Maiden certainly is another of those bands which doesn't fall short on epic songs. This is undeniably the most known classic epic piece from them, and for good reason.


5. Type O Negative - Love You To Death

A case of a song perhaps not being epic in its literal sense, but there's no other love song which is more powerful than this, in my opinion. This is truly one of my favorite songs of all time. Just listen, feel the build, and all the fucking whiney emos from ten years ago could only wish to make something as powerful, real and genuine as this. This, this is love and heartbreak truly put into music.


4. Devin Townsend - The Death Of Music

Closing Devin Townsend's first solo album, Ocean Machine, it's just a clear proof of what amazing talent this man would come to provide for the twenty years ahead (so far). It's a long and repetitive piece, but very powerful and emotional. The end game of it is just the epitome of epicness. This live clip only further proves it, as the man himself has goosebumps singing his own words. That's how epic this is.


3. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath, one of the truly best bands of all time, if not the very best. The first album, the first song, the title track. No other band in history launched their musical career in a better way than Sabbath. This song is the birth of metal.


2. Amon Amarth - Embrace Of The Endless Ocean

I know a lot of people has got shit to say about this band, and quite frankly I don't care. I fucking love Amon Amarth! People do, however, seem to miss out on the greater tracks of theirs, only focusing on tracks which were made singles/into music videos. It makes me a bit angry with them, as this song is better than anything they ever put on video. My family descends from ancient swedes so maybe I am just biased, but I really feel the sorrowful yet courageous last journey of vikings in this.


1. Watain - Waters Of Ain

Without a doubt the most epic song of all time. No more words are needed.

The irony of morons

Lately I've been victim and/or a witness to a lot of stupid people in several places on the Internet. Places which particularly come to mind are Instagram, GTAforums.com, Last.fm and YouTube. Now this probably isn't a surprise for most people with an average IQ or better, but personally I feel like the idiocy on the Internet has really gotten strong this year.

When I watch videos on YouTube I usually read the comments a lot. This is a place were many people show their true knowledge and comprehension. YouTube is possibly the worst place on the Internet right now for this, and I find it quite scary to be honest. I can watch/listen to some metal on YouTube and when I get to the comment section, it's just like a warzone of words between people.

The first thing that comes to mind is, "it must be kids", because younger teenagers or whatever tend to be pretty ... well, stupid and immature. But no! There are a lot of adults, men in particular, who sit there acting like metal elitist children and trying to insult other people. Metal elitists and fucking hipsters who imply things should be negative to be good (what?!). What kind of mindset is that? How can these kids between 10-18 and adults between 18-50 be that stupid and immature? It's truly beyond me!

A classic example of this could be something like this:

A: I think Metallica is good and all, but I think newer stuff like Evile is better.
B: how dafuq can u say they better? metallica is fucking awesome, their da best! poser

I see a whole lot of shit like this. People who can't seem to accept that others' opinions differ from their own. Even middle aged men are behaving like this (including the inability to spell or speak grammatically correct, like I showcased). I know this isn't anything new, but you think it will have to end and get better at some point? Apparently not yet for another good while, it seems.

Last.fm is another place where elitists let their immature hatred breed and (try to) feed off of open-minded people's opinions. The ever-going Metallica vs. all, Metallica vs. Megadeth, Pantera sucks, Lamb of God sucks, [insert unreadable band logo here] is the only trve metal. You know, this shit could almost go on forever. It's really tiresome.

We have Instagram, which I suppose most people use these days (at least so it seems). That has been a relatively mature and good social media platform from my point of view, until recently that is. Big accounts like 9gag or other famous people/brands who's got a lot of followers have started to get some really ignorant and stupid commentators. These are often kids, I can admit, but that leaves me wishing for a "kids ban" option. Trust me, in many cases an 18 minimum sure is required.

So why am I writing all of this? Am I offended? No, I am not offended. I'm probably the biggest and most hateful misanthropic dick you'd meet, but at least I don't jump others unprovokedly (I'm a misanthropic asshole; I stay away from people as much as I can). With that said, when I see moronic people attacking others, I just feel like being the better asshole. I get my facts straight, first and foremost. I keep it mature and try to do my best grammatically, although English isn't my mother tongue. That is the difference. I'm an asshole against assholes just being assholes, and I fucking hate assholes.

At the end of the day, what bugs me the most is the irony of it all. How these assholes for most part, really, attack others for being "kids" and posers and whatnot, while they themselves can't even fucking spell or speak properly. I've encountered so many people whose mother tongue is English, and they can't even speak it nearly as good as me. Middle-aged men who can't spell, acting like 13-year-olds know-it-all:s. I mean, how pathetic isn't that?

The funniest assholes are the ones trying to insult you because they unknowingly misunderstand you, and when you put 'em in their place, or "own them", they bail like beaten dogs with their tail between their legs. Talk about the insult being on yourself. That's so damn ironic, I really love when that happens!

Then we also have all the smartasses out there who think "irony" is the same thing as "sarcasm". Congratulations, morons! You are truly superior everybody else!