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Just finished two games the past week:
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - Not the remaster, but the original. Got inspired to pick this up again due to the recent release of the remaster, which I cannot run on any of my hardware and which esthetic choices don't particularly please me. Thankfully the original was on discount on GOG. I played the game a bit back in 2007, but never got very far. Very happy to complete it this time, certainly a milestone in the history of gaming. It holds up very well, and I would even say it fares better than Skyrim in some aspects. Overall the quests are better, and the game has a bit more character to it, I think every town is just super memorable. Sure the dungeons and oblivion gates start to feel a bit copy-pasty after a while, but it did not bother me too much. Neither did I have any issues with the leveling system, but maybe I just didn't level up to the point it gets problematic. I finished the main quest and a good chunck of side stuff, but far from all, was too eager to play some other games I got excited about.

The other game I finished was good old F.E.A.R., another game I remember a lot of excitement about when it released, but I didn't play it until now. Absolutely phenomenal, close to FPS perfection, the gameplay and AI are on another level. Some of the particle effects still impress me and the physics are better than a lot of modern games. Only issue is the somewhat mondane environments. 75 % of the game is essentially spent in office building. Very same looking. It branches out a bit towards the end, but a bit too late maybe.

Now I am playing a bit of Crysis, Hitman: Blood Money, Fahrenheit and Worms: Armageddon.