Status Update: May 2025

RPGs

Old-School Essentials

We continue with the first campaign. As all the party members recently had a spike of intense work (we're all in the same team), we lowered the frequency of sessions, but things should be back to normal now.

Videogames - Finished

None since the last update 😬. Although I played a lot of GTA-like titles: GTA 3, GTA: Vice City, GTA: San Andreas, Mafia and Mafia 2.

Videogames - Ongoing

The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion - Remastered

Oh boy, so many memories from the past, and yet I'm enjoying it as if it was my first playthrough.

Funnily, it contains the same issues and bugs as the original, but people already came up with updated mods and fixes for everything. I'll probably write a post soon with the list of mods that I'm using.

Diablo 4

In the end, I bought the expansion heavily discounted, and I admit that it adds a decent amount of end-game content. The story advances just a few steps, but it is pleasing to watch (the 3D engine is so good and detailed) and play once or twice.

I'm now playing from time to time some of the seasons, as they at time have decent story lines (e.g. as of May, Belial has returned). Creating a new seasonal character made me try the classes I had pending, so not bad. I'm currently levelling up a werewolf-druid that goes around with another 3 companion werewolves, and it feels more of a tank than the barbarian 🤔.

Dwarf Fortress, KeeperRL, Ancient Domains of Mystery

Grouped these three, as they are in the same status: Not fully postponed, but also not actively playing them.

Earthbound

A friend recommended me to play Earthbound on the SNES "if I like Final Fantasy like titles", so I picked it up and I'm slowly starting. Such a weird beginning, but it is best to not spoil anything.

Videogames - Postponed / Discarded

Zelda BOTW and TOTK

I'm almost 100% decided to get a Nintendo Switch 2, which means I'll replay both open-world Zeldas from the beginning. So, I'll wait to have the console.

Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom

The whole echoes idea is cool, but I got tired mid-way of the general gameplay. Companions have poor artificial intelligence, quite a few segments become repetitive, and while I applaud the initiative of not having Link as the main character, I got the feeling that this title is too experimental. Plus all those objects and entities you can spawn, and most of the times you'll just use over and over a tiny selection.

The Elder Scrolls: Morrowind

I bought the game and prepared my guide about how to upgrade it for modern times, but at the same time I also purchased The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion Remastered, so I've decided to play Oblivion first.

Miscellaneous

I'm doing some crafts, like this wooden flower: