• observes_depths@aussie.zoneEnglish
    10 minutes

    Oblivion Remastered - basically Skyrim, start here IMO.

    Kingdom Come Deliverance, 1 and 2 - exacly the same as Skyrim except super realistic and historically accurate.

    Dragon’s Dogma, 1 and 2 - faster paced dynamic combat with a big, vibrant world to explore, but without the finer details.

    Dragon Age, Origins, 2 and 3 - More strategic combat and dialogue, less world detail.

    Mount and Blade, Warband and Bannerlord - ok not that much like Skyrim but similar appeal. You go into battles with dozens of soldiers, command and fight alongside them, plenty of RPG elements and questing but is mainly a sandbox for you to figure out your own goals on your own.

    • defuse959@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      2 minutes

      Was able to get Dragons Dogma 2 from my library last week and boy is it fun. Probably 20 hours in so far and really enjoying the systems and world.

      Pretty darn solid game. I’d second this recommendation for Skyrim fans.

  • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    18 minutes

    Best advice I can give you is to just play Bethesdas other games, with maybe the exceptions of Fallout 4, Starfield, and Arena. Daggerfall has a Unity mod that makes it playable and Morrowind has OpenMW that makes it play nice with newer systems also Oblivion got a remaster a bit ago. The biggest problem with making suggestions past this point is that Bethesda struck gold and folks have been chasing it for over a decade with little success but I’ll give you a list of maybes.

    The original fallout Duology.

    Arcanum.

    Outward.

    Kenshi.

    The S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series.

    Mass Effect Trilogy.

    Dragon Age, but only Origins and Inquisition.

    Now for my probably not but I like them so here’s some suggestions list.

    Colony Ship.

    Age of Decadence.

    Dark souls 1 and 3.

  • Xenny@lemmy.worldEnglish
    55 minutes

    Outward is fun. Reminds me of playing a heavily nodded Skyrim gameplay wise

  • SpongyAneurysm@feddit.orgEnglish
    2 hours

    Have you played Enderal?

    Some call it a mod, but it’s a whole ass game, made in Skyrim Engine.

    • CitizenKong@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1 hour

      Arguably with a better main story and side quests and great voice acting (in the original German version at least). It also incorporates some of thr best Skyrim mods and has a seperate installer so only Skyrim is necessary to play it.

  • Folstar@lemmus.orgEnglish
    4 hours

    Telling people what in particular you like about Skyrim is going to get you much better feedback as there are many, many games that are similar in some ways but not others.

    • StarDreamer@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      48 minutes

      I like the scripting language? It’s stupid easy to edit the bytecode and change something if you want to without needing a full dev environment.

      Edit: honorable mention for worst scripting language in a game: X4. Have you seen a for loop in a xml-like “markup” language? Would you like to?

  • SaraTonin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4 hours

    I can give you older and with worse tech - Morrowind is better than Skyrim

    • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      3 hours

      So is Oblivion, though in terms of “better” it belongs in the middle spot it happens to occupy numerically as well.

      • Allero@lemmy.todayEnglish
        2 hours

        Eh, I tried Oblivion, the Cyrodiil seemed to be quite small, while both Morrowind and Skyrim are quite gigantic for their time.

        • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          1 hour

          The expansion helped for sure, Shiv Isles.

          True though it was for sure smaller (unless you ever tried to “no fast travel” rule yourself then you’ll find out how big it is real quick lmao), but (and I concede Morrowind is just better, it just is there’s no way around it), but while Skyrim was large, effectively “who cares” because it was empty and dull and drab and gray. Cyrodiil is smaller but it’s absolutely gorgeous and vibrant throughout (even in the snow covered regions so that’s no excuse.)

          Furthermore, my fundamental issue with Skyrim is the quests are just…dull. The main line is ok (Oblivion’s was better and Morrowind’s better still), but the side quests are abject dogshit, and the side quests historically were my favorite part. I stole a goddamn Elder Scroll, I snuck past every Ancestor Moth, I became the mother fucking Gray Fox, and in skyrim “hey you remember that same dumb silver vase you stole from one dickhead’s house? Steal it again from another dickhead’s house. Gray Fox? Whodat?” I loosened the bolts on a man’s stuffed moose after sneaking through his crawlspace to avoid his paid security, and got a bonus for it, and eventually became The Speaker. In skyrim “go kill that guy. Cool do it again.” The most memorable part of The Brotherhood in skyrim was from oblivion, by Lucian Luchance’s ghost.

          I’m gonna be real, I kinda didn’t like skyrim and don’t think I’ll get 6. I’ll replay the oldies. My only real complaint with Morrowind is beast races can’t wear helmets and boots (I understand “human ones wouldn’t fit” but think given their existence in-lore it would make sense for them to have seen humans wearing them and gone “hey let’s do that for our shape.” I do however accept that the Cats and Lizards might still not though, Argonians being newly freed and technologically behind, and the Kitties need their claws but should have helmets, even if only leather.) My only real complaint with Oblivion is I wish they’d have left a bunch of shit from Morrowind like crossbows etc.

  • Caveman@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2 hours

    Skyblivion is coming out soon. Not better tech but it’s still exciting

  • NightTitan@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1 hour

    Hogwarts legacy is pretty sick. But yeah, witcher 3 has dlc this year and witcher 4 next. Pretty sick.

  • HubertManne@piefed.socialEnglish
    4 hours

    for breathtaking landscapes I would say elden ring. although style of play is waaayyyyy different.

  • Allero@lemmy.todayEnglish
    1 hour

    The Witcher series is probably the closest one

    Also, World of Warcraft. Sure, it’s an MMO, not a regular RPG, but you can complete it entirely on your own, and you’ll get a rich and vibrant world full of enough stories to keep you there for thousands of hours. In fact, I would advise you to start with the Classic version - a remake of 2004 World of Warcraft - so as not to get overwhelmed with content, before heading into newer ones.

    Also, if you truly insist on solo/coop play, things like AzerothCore allow you to host a private World of Warcraft server for yourself and/or friends.

  • plutopos@lemmy.zipEnglish
    7 hours

    Have you tried Skyrim: Anniversary Edition, Skyrim: Special Edition or Skyrim: Legendary edition? /j

  • Malyca@lemmy.zipEnglish
    2 hours

    The only game I’ve had Skyrim vibes from is Elden Ring

  • Left as Center@jlai.luEnglish
    5 hours

    Skyblivion Coming out this year. I personally think morrowind was the high point in elder scrolls series scenario-wise but is aged very poorly. Patching and modding the hell out of it might be worthwhile. Nehrim is cool. Fallout new Vegas works well. Cyberpunk has already been mentioned several times.

      • Texas_Hangover@lemmy.radioEnglish
        10 minutes

        It’s a banger! Comes on at the perfect time too. I sat there and listened for quite a while lol.

    • Summzashi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4 hours

      I know they stole took inspiration from some elder scrolls elements, but it’s honestly nothing like TES. If anything it really shows how hard it is to make an elder scrolls game.