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+I've recently been getting back into video games. Unfortunately, modern games -
+with a few exceptions - aren't really my thing. Games in the last decade I
+enjoyed were Cyberpunk 2077, the latest update of The Binding of Isaac, Monster
+Hunter and the NieR games. I wasn't in the mood to play any of these games, so
+I went digging through my CDs and found Dungeon Siege: Legends of Aranna. This
+was my first ARPG, even though there's not much of roleplaying in this game, and
+it was in fact the very first PC game I've ever played. The first video game I
+ever played was Rayman for the Sega Saturn.
+Anyway, Dungeon Siege is a very simple game: You left click to walk around, you
+left click to attack enemies and you press H to consume a health potion. That's
+basically it.
+No, really. You just walk through the world, click on enemies and wait until
+they're dead. The worst thing is that, as is common in some older games, you
+have a chance to hit. So there are times when you're missing five or more
+attacks in a row, which is pretty annoying. A joke my brother and I used to say
+was that Dungeon Siege is probably the best screen saver ever. Put you character
+on free movement and auto attack and leave the game running while you're reading
+a book or doing some work.
+When I installed this game I expected that all my good memories with it were
+just feelings of nostalgia, but it kept me engaged until the very end. Now I'm
+at my favourite part of the game: The second to last starting point, where you
+can grind the last quest for powerful loot. And that is the thing that keeps me
+so engaged. The loot in this game is extremely random and when you finally get
+something really good it feels incredible. Most modern ARPGs have certain
+best-in-slot items that you can fairly reliable farm or craft. But in Dungeon
+Siege, it is completely up to chance. That is the thing I love about this game.  
+I am still on the first difficulty. There's standard, veteran and elite. One
+loot run takes me about 30 minutes. If I do two runs a day, I expect to make it
+to elite in about three months. The experience you get really takes a nose dive
+once you are on veteran. But that doesn't matter a bit, at least to me.
+Another thing about this game is that the soundtrack is incredible. [Just listen
+to this.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxwCsV2nzTw)
+I really love those older video games and I unironically think that most of them
+are better than the games that are released today.