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 tell
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. If you play in multiplayer you can
select a starting point, depending on your character level. 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){:target="_blank"}
I really love those older video games and I unironically think that most of them
are better than the games that are released today.