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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.
Tainted grail: fall of Avalon.
Its janky, but pretty cool in its own way.
its janky
Ahhh! The true Skyrim experience.
Have you tried Skyrim: Anniversary Edition, Skyrim: Special Edition or Skyrim: Legendary edition? /j
Echoing what others said about the Witcher 3. I have over 1500 hours into both games. Skyrim is great if you like open world games with minimal storyline and just want to explore. Witcher 3 is very story heavy, but you can also just spend hours and hours ignoring the story and exploring the world. There's quests and random little treasures and easter eggs hidden everywhere. In the Witcher you can climb up a mountain in the middle of nowhere and come across a treasure chest or a skeleton with a book of poetry, or wander through the wilderness far away from any map markers and stumble into a side quest or an interesting place to explore. It's also just heartbreakingly beautiful.
The story does follow the events of the books and the first two games and is more enjoyable if you have experienced them, but the first time I played I hadn't yet read the books or played the other games and it still stole my heart and became my favorite game. You might not fully understand the politics or the characters or the choices you're asked to make for certain supporting side quests, but there's a good journal where you can read everyone's backstories and all the information you need for choices regarding the main quest is in the game.
Skyrim is actually the last skyrim-type game to be manufactured until Bethesda announces Skyrim 2 hopefully sometime this year.
The Bloodline has been on my list for a while. I haven't grabbed it yet due to time, but it looks fun.
There's the older elder scrolls games, or Dread Delusion which is a spiritual successor to Morrowind. There's mods that change Skyrim up like ordinator. There's not much thats really like Skyrim.
Witcher 3. That castle ruin over there? Might have some loot. Or a Cockatrice. Or a psychological horror story of 10 parts. Or nothing at all, who knows. And you might stumble over Excalibur by that lake.
Also get the "Blood and Wine" DLC, absolutely worth it, even if you're not into the story. And the HD Reworked mod if you like it more realistic and dark, one of the best reworks ever.
Edit: there's now Next Gen too, huh.
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!
Avowed. The combat feels like an upgraded Skyrim, and the world exploring feels very similar. My only complaint was that the game was too short.
I am in a same boat as you, and there isn't really anything on consoles that comes close. I am a patient gamer though, and haven't played some of the suggestions mentioned here yet.
Witcher 3 is a very good game, I loved playing it and the expansions, had lots of fun, but it isn't Skyrim. It is still a game you should play though, and depending on what you liked about Skyrim, you may end up liking Witcher 3 much more.
Fallout games come close, character building is different, the world is different, the setting (sci-fi, not fantasy) is different, but it is probably the games that come closest to Skyrim.
People here have mentioned Red Dead Redemption 2 and Cyberpunk 2077, I haven't played either, but I have played Red Dead Redemption 1, and this is a completely different game. It's GTA in Wild West, a very good game, but nothing like Skyrim. Cyberpunk 2077 can be a good option, it's by same devs as Witcher 3, and they know how to make a good RPG and I know people who swear by it. So definitely worth a try.
There are currently a few games in development, that seem to capture the Skyrim feel from the trailers, but we will have to wait for the release and review.
There might be some games on PC, maybe smaller in scope but still capturing the same feeling, but I haven't explored those yet.
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.
Looks interesting, anyone knows if it can run on Linux?
Grab the DLC, too, or no?
I was about to recommend this too. Probably the closest thing to Elder Scrolls that isn't actually Elder Scrolls or a mod. Excellent game, and quite an impressive achievement considering it's an indie developer with nowhere near the budget of a Bethesda game.
I am curious about this one - what’s combat like? I’m pretty picky when it comes to mechanics.
Somewhat similar to Skyrim combat with the addition of parrying, dodging, and quick-swap hotkey consumables like potions, throwable potions (called splashes), throwing knives, food, and weapon oils (flame, frost, poison). I think magic combat is much better than Skyrim. Spells have light and heavy attack options, and you can wield any combination of spells and weapons (other than if you have a 2 handed weapon). You can have up to 4 sets of magic and/or weapons in your inventory slots to quickly swap between. Stealth combat is more difficult than Skyrim. Sneaking close to enemies requires more situational awareness, and the stealth skills aren't as overpowered as Skyrim.
A bit absurd, in my limited experience. I did a bow with a one-handed rapier-like sword and a parrying dagger in my one playthrough so far. The bow was irritating to aim and arrow flight seems weirdly inconsistent on distance, but when it lands it’s about as overpowered as sneak archery in Skyrim.
The parrying is similarly strong — enemies could kill me if I wasn’t paying attention, but you can parry the majority of attacks, including things that seem impossible, like parrying a bear biting you, and the parrying dagger’s window is overly forgiving and overly spammable to the point that I had to stop myself from using it sometimes. I think parrying with other weapons is less silly, but I didn’t mess with them enough.
I also didn’t try the magic, so someone else can pick that part up, but it looked pretty extensive.
Finished it recently and will certainly play it another round to catch things I missed. Nice game...
This might just be too obvious, but nobody's mentioned it... Have you played the other Elder Scrolls, like the Oblivion remaster?
I'll be the third person to mention Cyberpunk 2077. They genuinely perfected the Bethesda formula. I've put in hundreds of hours over half a dozen full playthroughs; it's absolutely exceptional.
I've bounced off this game twice, the early PS4 disaster and another attempt admittedly before all the fixes.
I have a PS5 now, so maybe it's finally time to give it another try
It is. Easily one of the best games of all time.
Have you played the Fallout games by the same dev? 3, New Vegas, and 4 play very similarly to Skyrim just in a different genre.
With New Vegas being vastly superior to the others in story and characters.
I preferred 3, tbh. With the smallest exception of the glaring dumb plot hole at the end, though they did patch that.
I am playing Fallout 4 these days, and it's giving me an itch to go back and play Skyrim 😀
The witcher does a pretty good job IMO.
If you're fine with a preset player character. That's a big difference, I never could get into any of the Witcher games because of it.
By contrast in games like Skyrim or BG3 I can come up with my own character with their own backstory, personality, motivations and, essentially, their own story (within the confines of what's in the game).
I feel like Skyrim is gonna become the next OG Doom.
No.
I had a ton of fun with Dragon's Dogma 2. The quests are kind of basic, but the combat is incredible and the traversal is actually compelling.
They do very interesting mechanics with the open world, too.
Baldurs gate 3 is not quite the same thing, but has similar themes. You are an adventurer saving the world (most of the time) who collects an inordinate amount of items. It's one of the only other games I have over 800 hours in.
Have you looked at the gothic remake? It's probably not as big but it should scratch a similar itch. But it's not as free form, you're playing as a set (male) nameless hero.
Otherwise... no not really. I could recommend wildly different games and genres that also feature exploration, but skyrim is just very good.
Omg playing this now and good lord this game was and is incredible.
It’s been so long since I played it that I forgot everything and it’s so fun to play the remake!
I still miss my first playthrough of oblivion. We should be able to combine the games if they can build a data center the size of Manhattan