I still can't get over The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Are there any games that can replace it? I want to try something newer, with better technology, but I hope they can be as rich and interesting as Skyrim.
The VR version with a ton of mods lol
Man I haven't played Skyrim since the Xbox 360 days on my CRT. Other Bethesda games I played recently were Fallout 4 and Starfield.
FO4 was disappointing and Starfield was fine but I never finished it
Bethesda just lost their spark. It's all live-service pseudo shooters now in an outdated engine that bothered no one when they made good RPGs, but is woefully behind for shooter action as primary gameplay loop.
And it was still the best part of FO4 for me :( the shooting and gunplay I mean
Gotta be more specific. What about Skyrim are you seeking elsewhere?
If you want the same world building and hadn't given it a try, Elder Scrolls Online is still great, can be acquired for cheap (even the base game has a lot of content), and be played almost fully solo!
If you didn't mind the "floatiness" of Skyrim Combat, ESO is great, has a lot of world building and exploration, can be quite immersive at times, and basically has the look of a modded Oblivion.
I spent a good 400h on it, mostly on lore discovery, main and side quests, and farming not for equipment but to get furniture for my house! (and if I recall I still didn't reach the max level, not a pro-player).
I never played it as an MMORPG, but more as a coop RPG while still playing solo most of the time. So I can't judge on the quality of the MMO aspects (though the cyrodil constant battle system is quite fun and intense).
Yeah, +1
I think most write this off as a “MMO,” with the grindy hotbar and such, but it doesn’t feel like a WoW clone. Like (unfortunately) SWTOR did to me.
I still haven't played through Skyrim.
Lucky. I wish I could experience it for the first time again.
It's worth playing through to the end.
Breath of the Wild
Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon is on sale on Steam right now. I've only played through the prologue, but it seems pretty good so far.
Ok you want something as rich and interesting as skyrim, so I'm assuming open world games are your jam.
There are three games you should play.
Red Dead Redemption 2 - it's a Western, the world is very believable, and it makes you feel like you're really part of it. You can follow the main story line, or you could spend your days hunting and fishing. You could travel from town to town playing every poker game you can find. You can conduct train robberies, breed horses, really, there's just a whole lot to do.
Cyberpunk 2077 - this is RDR2 but in a scifi dystopian future where the corpos own everything, sex is for sale on every billboard and every ad break, and the only justice is what you can achieve on your own. You've got a ticking time bomb in your brain and no time to fuck around. In this world where you can't trust anyone, somehow what really matters are the friends you make along the way. (seriously)
The Witcher 3 - from the same studio that made cyberpunk, the Witcher 3 is truly a masterpiece of storytelling. The one caveat I have for this game is that it starts hard, almost "souls-like". But get past that first rough hour and there is an extremely rich world with a seemingly unending collection of stories to become a part of. This may be the most skyrim-like of the games listed here, but you're in for a treat, because this is a much better game than Skyrim.
All three of these games are gonna make you feel real feelings, they're all actually better at telling stories than Skyrim is. The Witcher 3 in particular loves to live in the grey zone, it'll make you make ethical choices that matter, and you probably won't like any of the possible outcomes. But this is a good thing!
Have you tried Skyrim: Anniversary Edition, Skyrim: Special Edition or Skyrim: Legendary edition? /j
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