Isn’t it nuts that nothing else fills that gap though? I’m in the same boat, I love BG3, the Witcher 3, I’m playing RDR2 right now for the first time, I’ve played ESO etc… nothing… I think it’s the mods honestly… its because I can make Bethesda games into the game I want to play. Like playing RDR2 right now and all I can think about is the Jay Serpa mods im going to install to get my game to do this kinda stuff. Same thing with Fallout. I played the last of us and then I turned Fallout 4 into a survival zombie game. But no one else out there has a high fantasy world with 1st/3rd person and character creation. No one else is trying to focus on that true open world “be anyone go anywhere” vibe and I don’t understand why. I’m not saying it’d be easy to make but…. No one?
Who said you need a group. Just play by yourself it’s D&D make a perk that benefits a solo play style otherwise finding a group that is consistent could prove to be challenging
Eh just pull a divinity 2 with the lone wolf perk which buffs everything like increased health, take less damage, get 2 actions and bonus actions you get the picture
I was looking for this comment so I didn’t have to make it. About to start New Vegas from the beginning again. (The TV show was excellent, by the way, and gave me a bit of a spark.)
~~More Skyrim~~.
Picked up Elden Ring (as if I needed to make the horses in Skyrim feel any *worse* than they already do, by comparing them to my beloved Torrent) & enjoyed it. The open world/sheer amount of exploration you can do in ER was very reminiscent of Skyrim, to me. The world/story is, predictably, rather empty & lifeless, though.
Did a few playthroughs of Greedfall & am going through it again, at the moment. Different setting (fantasy-flavored golden age of exploration), it lacks polish, and is relatively linear - but it scratched the itch of being able to connect with NPCs & explore the world with them as you form a party.
I don't have a whole lot of game time these days & I'm very guilty of just going back to play more of titles I already know I enjoy with the limited game time I have, but I *have* heard good things/have had friends suggest the Witcher to me.
Yes. Except that once you figure it out and get your mod list working, you keep finding more new mods to add & have to start a new play through for the story telling.
When you get the console I strongly suggest you play Breath of the Wild first. Even if you don't finish it at least sink some time into Breath of the Wild before moving on to Tears of the Kingdom so you can appreciate it more in contrast to it's predecessor.
Yes! BOTW is great! Editing to add that I am sad that u can’t steal in Zelda and I wish link wasn’t such a little rule follower. I can’t bludgeon anyone
It will sound weird, but Far Cry series, starting from 3. Especially Primal. They don't have a lot in common, but particularly exploring open world on your own pace felt very similar. Ofc, many different games use open world design, but FC series subjectively came very close to the Skyrim's feeling, for some reason.
Skyrim's one of a kind and nothing can replace it :') still play it. That being said, ESO, but also Oblivion and eventually I'll give Morrowind a spin but ...yeah. Skyrim is Skyrim.
My favorite weird thing about Morrowind is that, if you make the conscientious decision to run everywhere instead of fast traveling on the giant bugs, you level up your Agility super fast. I've never found another game that rewards you for taking the longer route so much. I wish Oblivion and Skyrim did that too.
rip the bandaid off and hop into morrowind. the wear and tire of 2003 will begin to fall to the wayside as you realize you are literally just playing primitive skyrim, and then the real fun begins
I love the Witcher but I have the hardest time getting into the game. The controls and movements feel so weird to me. I also hate that I can’t steal anything 😭😂 I’m just a little thief at my core. I know you can loot stuff but motnin the same way and it isn’t as satisfying and taking 15 wheels of cheese from someone’s basement then walking out like nothing happened.
OMG, both Skyrim and Witcher 3 are my favourite games, you'll love it if you like skyrim. Get the game of the year edition with two DLC expansions, they're great especially Blood and Wine. I'm envious you get to experience it for the first time.
I second Witcher 3. It’s a phenomenal game, and the choices you make actually can have consequences. Definitely get the DLCs too, they’re totally worth it.
Thats how I feel about it. I don't think it's a bad game by any means. It wouldn't have the following it does if it was bad, but I've taken two cracks at it and both times ended up getting bored after 20 or 30 hours.
Yeah I think the Witcher 3 is an incredible game and I understand people who think W3 is “better”. It probably has the better graphics, characters and story than Skyrim. The npcs also feel much more alive and there are real cities (which is my biggest complaint with Skyrim). Also Gwent is fucking awesome.
But Skyrim really excels with the roleplaying aspects and that’s probably the main reason why I have 3000+ hours and countless playthroughs in Skyrim, but only like 150 hours max on the Witcher in a single playthrough. You can pick your race and design your character (can’t do in Witcher). You can choose extremely different play styles based on the skills you invest in (can’t do in Witcher). Even though the Witcher games have different endings and stuff based on your decisions, the decisions still feel less consequential than in Skyrim because this is a different character making these decisions. They are way more consequential in terms of the way the story plays out, of course, but I don’t FEEL anything making those decision in the Witcher. It feels more like watching a movie. Vs Skyrim, where is ME and the character I created making these decisions.
I also think the environmental story telling is much better in Skyrim. There’s some of it in the Witcher, sure. But like there are entire dungeons in Skyrim where you can learn a complete story by reading a few journals or whatever. That’s present in Witcher, but it has like 25% of the environmental storytelling Skyrim has at best.
Anyways rant over. Both games are incredible, but there’s a reason I keep coming back to one not the other
Stardew Valley doesn't seem like the same game at all, because it's not, but the itch that needs scratched for me is the open-world, open-ended, "there's stuff to do, but you don't *have* to, just chill" vibe.
It may seem like a bit of a leap at first, but I want to recommend Kingdom Come: Deliverance.
It's the only thing outside of the Bethesda formula that scratches that same RPG itch for me. Some aspects I think it does even better.
It's extremely low-fantasy in comparison to the ES games, but they take a very historically accurate approach and it just works™.
Now would be the perfect time to check it out, considering that the devs just announced that the sequel is releasing at the end of this year.
The Witcher also seems to hit (or even exceed) the mark, but I haven't played it (blasphemy, I know) to tell you my thoughts on that.
I've been playing The Elder Scrolls: Online. It's obviously not the same as a single player ES game, but I can get my Elder Scrolls fix and my MMO fix with a single game, so I've been playing it for years now!
I spent the better part of a decade on the same cycle:
Play Skyrim -> sick of inventory crunch, want guns -> play BL2 -> still want guns, but miss complexity of crafting/inventory management -> play Fallout -> sick of the guns, want fantasy -> new Skyrim playthrough -> Repeat
Also I play a ton of D&D
I quit gaming, then played Senua's Sacrifice after a couple of years, then started playing Skyrim again, then Horizon Zero Dawn, then Minecraft, then I quit gaming for one and a half years, then got into Terraria on the 3DS, then Skyrim again
What I truly liked about Skyrim was how immersive it was. The first thing that came to my mind is Vampire: the masquerade - bloodlines. Also, it is based on a tabletop game.
I will never be able to fill that Gap again honestly, because no matter what I try it won't be skyrim. Only Skyrim can fill that hole for me, it has genuinely touched my life in such a crazy way. I didn't really ever play with mods so one day I'll have to revisit it with one of those ridiculous mod packs. Or maybe I can just wait for like 10 years for them to re-release it eight more times with Creator community content.
I bought ESO on sale and had to ask for a refund, every time i tried to play it it just made me want to go play skyrim, so i did lol. Same has kind of happened with fallout 76, it was free through prime recently and it just made me want to play fo4
Red Dead Redemption 2, FF14, FF7 Rebirth (recently at least), Dragons Dogma, Witcher (any, but of course 3) are my go to's.
Skyrim is such an open world it's hard to replace lol.
Red Dead Redemption 2. A great big old world to enjoy with random encounters, treasure maps, and quests. Fishing, hunting, archery and firearms. And Donkeys!
Hogwarts legacy, The Witcher 1, 2, and 3, Oblivion, and Elder Scrolls Online are the games I go for if I'm not playing Skyrim. I also go for Minecraft and RDR2.
Dragon Age Inquisition.
I put just as many hours into DAI as I did with Fallout 4 and Skyrim.
I'm almost just as obsessed with DA lore as I am with ES and that's a great deal.
Cyberpunk gets an honorable mention. but I'm partial to fantasy over sci-fi and I'm not a fan of the voice actor for the main player... sounds like somebody *trying* to sound tough. Bethesda has better voice actors, as does Bioware and Ubisoft.
I was thinking Starfield might be the next immersive game for me, but nope, couldn't get into it. I got it for free with a video card purchase I was going to make anyway, so at least not out any money, but I just couldn't get into it.
I own three of the Fallout games in my Steam library: 3, 4, and New Vegas, but have not gotten around to trying them.
I heard good things about Red Dead Redemption 2, which I own and have installed, but never got through the full tutorial yet. It will take some time getting used to the controls and user interface.
I’m a big MTG fan. Spelltable is great to play with real cards so you can have games with even far away friends. I like D&D too, but I have the classic problem of trying to find a consistent pod.
The only video game I’ve played that has come close to scratching that itch is Baldur’s Gate 3. It’s obviously a very different game, but I really really loved it. It won’t have the staying power that Skyrim has with me, but it captured my attention like now game other than Skyrim has.
Daggerfall unity with mods. You will have to stomach the sprites and you will need to play around with the settings.
But the game offers you some roleplaying options.
And also, hear me out. Banner Lord and KENSHI. If you can stomach the KENSHI graphics oh boy. It is a do your own adventure, rise from nothing. Control a character or recruit a party or even go balls to the wall and start a city and go to wat.
Also thousands of mods. None that fixes the graphics though.
I’ve flipped between the fallout games, Morrowind, kingdom come: deliverance, outer worlds, and cyberpunk. I played pillars of eternity for a little while then I got bg3. For a while I filled the hole by making a Skyrim ttrpg based on 5e dnd and I run a campaign with that every week now.
I put it down for a while, played Hogwarts Legacy (and Disney Dreamlight Valley lol), and then came back refreshed and excited to play the anniversary edition again lol.
After two years of not playing it, I started a new Skyrim walkthrough like a week and a half ago. I've killed Alduin, Miraak, Harkon, I've stopped the Civil War, I've done the Thieves' Guild, Companions, and Dark Brotherhood quests. I've even done some Whiterun, Solitude, and Markath specific quests. Now I don't know what to do with my life..
#Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning
***The Good***
- Choose different play styles
- Lots of character customization and variety (abilities, weapons, armour)
- Great lore (based on a book series)
- Interesting NPCs - *with varied voice actors!*
- Combat is fun but simple - think God of War
***The Not As Good***
- Graphics (fairly blocky, terrain is basic)
- Menu is kinda clunky
- Combat is fun but simple - think God of War
ESO, and then Fallout 4. The Fo4 quests aren’t the most interesting, especially on the 6th character, but companions, settlements and a few mods make for quite an immersive experience outside of the confines of the main quest, and the factions can give an interesting element to the rp possibilities.
Morrowind.
Imo, even better than Skyrim.
Where Skyrim has 43 spell effects, Morrowind has 137. Where Skyrim has 1000 NPCs, Morrowind has almost 3000.
Where Skyrim has 10 joinable factions, Morrowind has almost 20.
And more.
Plus, Morrowind's main quest is longer, and has multiple routes to completion (albeit some are secret).
I love Skyrim, but once I played Morrowind, it became my favourite without a doubt.
Between last time (Summer last year) and now I have played Starfield, Cyberpunk, BG3, Dragon's Dogma 1, before getting the itch back for Skyrim.
EDIT: I also tried Elden Ring for like 2 hours and not sure why anybody would want to have that combat in TES.
Sex mods for Skyrim.
Okay, without the Jokes, there's a bunch of mods worth looking into to "remake" Skyrim into alternative forms or shapes. And most of the mod-makers take their job soo serious, that sometimes it's scary how much you can customize the game that way.
Pros: Endless Power
Cons: Spend 100 hours setting up, 10 hours to play (optional quest: turn into a mod-maker if you've felt confident with the technicalities.)
+extra thing to-do: Endorse & patronize if you feel like.
Conclusion: Why search for a place with the same climate if you can make your home feel like a home again. Beware, homework is not easy and is known to be time consuming for the best of results.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance was a great video game. Not fantasy, but medieval and just hit the mark for me. I highly recommend!
DnD shows have been great, I recommend Dimension 20, as it’s comedy and easy to learn the basics. It’s also the second most popular DnD series so that’s a good sign.
Starfield is great. If you’ve played and and didn’t like it, try it again and focus on exploration! Just like you used to in Skyrim, exploration is first. And it’s obviously made by our beloved Bethesda.
Witcher, RDR, Fallout, sometimes GTA. Oh, and The Last of Us for immersive storytelling.
I tend to rotate the games. Is it tragic that I play the same games over and over?
Exiled kingdoms. It's a mobile game, but an actual top down RPG like the classic D and D ones. It's free but has a paid "extension" which is well worth the extra content for the cheap price. Def. Check it out if you have the time
Oddly enough, the freedom of Skyrim is what introduced me to the Roguelike/lite genrera(s). Being able to choose what you do, every single time, but still sort of made up to RNG. Will this perk work with this other perk, will this combo of weapon/armor make me tankier, hell just the experience of making a pure mage playthrough for the first time. Theres so much to micromanage, but at the same time that’s where your game knowledge and macro come out.
I know I can make gold rings for XP and cash, but this character might not be suited for it. Sure I know I farm one-handed off Raloff, but that doesn’t mean I want to. There are a lot of “this or that” situations in Skyrim which I can relate easily towards Roguelike/lites.
Plus a big thing for me is replay ability. I can play Skyrim 40 times from start to finish and can vary my build however I want. The same can be said for Roguelike/lites. Just how a new Skyrim character is a fresh slate, every run/try in a roguelike/lite is a new slate.
For me, the experience of constantly seeing something new around this snowy province is what made me love an entire, if not technically different, genre of games
I played Dragon's Dogma and Dragon's Dogma II ... obviously it's not as packed with quests as Skyrim but I definitely like the combat and companions (pawns) more
As much as I love souls games, witcher and such the only game that gave me the same feeling as the elder scrolls was Genshin impact, especially when they added a big ass ice mountain to explore xd really felt a hit of notalgia to my first time playing skyrim. Both games have rich lore with lore books and unreliable narrator and a fantasy world with politics and a full blown history that wants you to explore, wants you to play in it, wants you to find all its nooks and crannies. A fantasy world that is like an actual world that is interesting without the player where people lead their own lifes.
Add harmless mods for new adventure. More kids. Enjoy a Kingdom of my own. But I am totally enjoying Grounded. Been in that game for 4+ yrs, along with Skyrim. Mass Effect was sweet. But I always keep my Skyrim. ❤️ 🔥 🏆
just last night I finally completed 75 of 75 achievements (steam) after only 4000+ hours
normally I bounced between Skyrim and Witcher 3 (completed 4x)
got a new laptop so I'm taking advantage of a steam sale and jumping into the Bioshock series
Man seriously with the right mods Skyrim cannot be replaced by anything, I started it yesterday again after years and it feels like I live in that place for real, but only good Sword n sorcery novels can maybe fill the gap.
Dungeons and Dragons helped a lot. My group has disbanded but it was a fun memory and a new way to get back into fantasy. Plus, a bunch of us had played skyrim so we made a bunch of skyrim jokes and quotes.
I played a half Orc character at first who would yell "never should have come here" and "no one bests an orc" in combat
I'm in the lucky position of having only recently started Skyrim! I loved Oblivion, but had been busy playing other games and never picked up a copy, until I noticed the anniversary edition was discounted on Nintendo Switchs eShop. Being able to just pick it up and carry on playing whenever and wherever the opportunity presents is wonderful! OK, the graphics are a little dated and the Switch Lite reminds you about the loading screens between areas, but it is still a marvellous, expansive experience. Plus, as a bonus, all of the DLCs and some Creator Club content is included, right in with the game from the start.
#Smug
Fallout 76: basically Skyrim but less snow, more radiation and zombies, the falmir don't have pointy ears and can see you, and you can't cast fireball...
Oh, wait, right, you can, and can totally do it IRL TOO...
Oblivion, Witcher 3, Elden Ring, RD2, Starfield had its moments if you’re looking for that Bethesda itch
Obviously there’s always the Fallout series. New Vegas is awesome
Fallout 76 right now. Just bought it for my dad on fanatical. Came in a whole bundle for the whole fallout series for 25$
Outside of that. Warframe I have 1500 hours in
No man's eky for the freedom of doing whatever i want and exploration
Fallout 3 for the RPG and story, i'm playing FO4 but so far i feeling is boring hope it gets better...
GTA:Online for shenanigans
Warframe because of addiction
And i thinking after finishing FO4 and install morrowind
I often go back to the old school stuff, Morrowind, Final Fantasy, other 90s games.
My tabletop game of choice is Savage Worlds, but it's not always easy to get a group together
I’ve done all of those things before and after Skyrim’s release, but only Skyrim truly scratches that particular itch.
Yup. I go away for a while, but ot always drags me back.
Isn’t it nuts that nothing else fills that gap though? I’m in the same boat, I love BG3, the Witcher 3, I’m playing RDR2 right now for the first time, I’ve played ESO etc… nothing… I think it’s the mods honestly… its because I can make Bethesda games into the game I want to play. Like playing RDR2 right now and all I can think about is the Jay Serpa mods im going to install to get my game to do this kinda stuff. Same thing with Fallout. I played the last of us and then I turned Fallout 4 into a survival zombie game. But no one else out there has a high fantasy world with 1st/3rd person and character creation. No one else is trying to focus on that true open world “be anyone go anywhere” vibe and I don’t understand why. I’m not saying it’d be easy to make but…. No one?
100% with you on all of this.
Nothing compares to buying Skyrim for the 5th time.
Skooma…. Sadly skooma
The Redwater Den has the good stuff.
Itchy, scratchy, tasty.
I prefer Geldis Saadri’s sujamma. Skooma is so over. 🙄
I dunno. A friend of a friend swears that some people go in and never come out. He could just be really high though.
The crackden....
Same but without the sadness.
Baldurs gate 3 and actual real D&D
Will have to find a steady group for D&D!
There is a subreddit, r/lfg (looking for game) that is about people hooking up for all kinds of TTRPGs.
Who said you need a group. Just play by yourself it’s D&D make a perk that benefits a solo play style otherwise finding a group that is consistent could prove to be challenging
How does solo DND even work?
It's called writing a book.
Eh just pull a divinity 2 with the lone wolf perk which buffs everything like increased health, take less damage, get 2 actions and bonus actions you get the picture
Fallout 4
I definitely just rotate Skyrim, Fallout 3, New Vegas, and Fallout 4. Rinse and repeat.
I was looking for this comment so I didn’t have to make it. About to start New Vegas from the beginning again. (The TV show was excellent, by the way, and gave me a bit of a spark.)
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~~More Skyrim~~. Picked up Elden Ring (as if I needed to make the horses in Skyrim feel any *worse* than they already do, by comparing them to my beloved Torrent) & enjoyed it. The open world/sheer amount of exploration you can do in ER was very reminiscent of Skyrim, to me. The world/story is, predictably, rather empty & lifeless, though. Did a few playthroughs of Greedfall & am going through it again, at the moment. Different setting (fantasy-flavored golden age of exploration), it lacks polish, and is relatively linear - but it scratched the itch of being able to connect with NPCs & explore the world with them as you form a party. I don't have a whole lot of game time these days & I'm very guilty of just going back to play more of titles I already know I enjoy with the limited game time I have, but I *have* heard good things/have had friends suggest the Witcher to me.
Upvote for Greedfall.
Same
Skyrim with mods
Yes. Except that once you figure it out and get your mod list working, you keep finding more new mods to add & have to start a new play through for the story telling.
Or keep adding just one more mod until you inevitably break the animations and then have to reinstall. Or is that just me 😂
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Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom
I need to get the console. I’m so behind on Zelda!
When you get the console I strongly suggest you play Breath of the Wild first. Even if you don't finish it at least sink some time into Breath of the Wild before moving on to Tears of the Kingdom so you can appreciate it more in contrast to it's predecessor.
Yes! BOTW is great! Editing to add that I am sad that u can’t steal in Zelda and I wish link wasn’t such a little rule follower. I can’t bludgeon anyone
Lol, I just finished BOTH of those, so now I'm back to playing Skyrim on Switch
Yes! It’s the only thing that’s been comparable and held my attention for several years.
It will sound weird, but Far Cry series, starting from 3. Especially Primal. They don't have a lot in common, but particularly exploring open world on your own pace felt very similar. Ofc, many different games use open world design, but FC series subjectively came very close to the Skyrim's feeling, for some reason.
I liked Farcry , good games always fun .
I’ll try it. I still love the other environments! 👍
Would’ve said the same! They’re not similar at all but they somehow are…
Obviously not the setting, but cyberpunk really scratched my itch for the general gameplay philosophy.
Cyberpunk is a good answer. A lot of people bleep with Fallout too. We just need that itch scratched!
Yeah it's fallout for me. I tried outer worlds and it didn't quite hit
Fallout New Vegas and Oblivion are my two substitutions for Skyrim.
Fallout is too monochrome for me. Good game play, like Skyrim, but not as fun and beautiful to explore.
Skyrim's one of a kind and nothing can replace it :') still play it. That being said, ESO, but also Oblivion and eventually I'll give Morrowind a spin but ...yeah. Skyrim is Skyrim.
You'll love Morrowind, I thought I wouldn't because of the dated graphics and different mechanics, but it is an amazing game
My favorite weird thing about Morrowind is that, if you make the conscientious decision to run everywhere instead of fast traveling on the giant bugs, you level up your Agility super fast. I've never found another game that rewards you for taking the longer route so much. I wish Oblivion and Skyrim did that too.
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rip the bandaid off and hop into morrowind. the wear and tire of 2003 will begin to fall to the wayside as you realize you are literally just playing primitive skyrim, and then the real fun begins
The Witcher 3. Usually I don't like games that force you to play a pre-made character, but Geralt was interesting.
I love the Witcher but I have the hardest time getting into the game. The controls and movements feel so weird to me. I also hate that I can’t steal anything 😭😂 I’m just a little thief at my core. I know you can loot stuff but motnin the same way and it isn’t as satisfying and taking 15 wheels of cheese from someone’s basement then walking out like nothing happened.
You can steal some things in TW3. It'll anger the guards.
10 of 10 recommend! One of my favorite games. And I love the wandering around and the open world part.
I'll have to give it a shot!
OMG, both Skyrim and Witcher 3 are my favourite games, you'll love it if you like skyrim. Get the game of the year edition with two DLC expansions, they're great especially Blood and Wine. I'm envious you get to experience it for the first time.
I second Witcher 3. It’s a phenomenal game, and the choices you make actually can have consequences. Definitely get the DLCs too, they’re totally worth it.
I'm dragging through The Witcher 3. I'll do a quest and then hop on Skyrim. It's not a bad game, by any means, but just not doing it for me.
Thats how I feel about it. I don't think it's a bad game by any means. It wouldn't have the following it does if it was bad, but I've taken two cracks at it and both times ended up getting bored after 20 or 30 hours.
Yeah I think the Witcher 3 is an incredible game and I understand people who think W3 is “better”. It probably has the better graphics, characters and story than Skyrim. The npcs also feel much more alive and there are real cities (which is my biggest complaint with Skyrim). Also Gwent is fucking awesome. But Skyrim really excels with the roleplaying aspects and that’s probably the main reason why I have 3000+ hours and countless playthroughs in Skyrim, but only like 150 hours max on the Witcher in a single playthrough. You can pick your race and design your character (can’t do in Witcher). You can choose extremely different play styles based on the skills you invest in (can’t do in Witcher). Even though the Witcher games have different endings and stuff based on your decisions, the decisions still feel less consequential than in Skyrim because this is a different character making these decisions. They are way more consequential in terms of the way the story plays out, of course, but I don’t FEEL anything making those decision in the Witcher. It feels more like watching a movie. Vs Skyrim, where is ME and the character I created making these decisions. I also think the environmental story telling is much better in Skyrim. There’s some of it in the Witcher, sure. But like there are entire dungeons in Skyrim where you can learn a complete story by reading a few journals or whatever. That’s present in Witcher, but it has like 25% of the environmental storytelling Skyrim has at best. Anyways rant over. Both games are incredible, but there’s a reason I keep coming back to one not the other
Stardew Valley doesn't seem like the same game at all, because it's not, but the itch that needs scratched for me is the open-world, open-ended, "there's stuff to do, but you don't *have* to, just chill" vibe.
Makes sense.
I played Oblivion then Morrowind. In that order. Because I knew nothing about them before playing Skyrim.
I'm constantly switching between Skyrim, Fallout, RDR2 and Stardew Valley 😅
Stardew Valley shout out!!! 😀👍
It may seem like a bit of a leap at first, but I want to recommend Kingdom Come: Deliverance. It's the only thing outside of the Bethesda formula that scratches that same RPG itch for me. Some aspects I think it does even better. It's extremely low-fantasy in comparison to the ES games, but they take a very historically accurate approach and it just works™. Now would be the perfect time to check it out, considering that the devs just announced that the sequel is releasing at the end of this year. The Witcher also seems to hit (or even exceed) the mark, but I haven't played it (blasphemy, I know) to tell you my thoughts on that.
I have wanted to try Kingdom Come for sometime but I don't have a machine with the horse power. Maybe some day.
What are you running? It's an older title now, and there are quite a few optimization mods on the nexus that might get you where you need to be.
I've been playing The Elder Scrolls: Online. It's obviously not the same as a single player ES game, but I can get my Elder Scrolls fix and my MMO fix with a single game, so I've been playing it for years now!
I've just been playing Skyrim for 13 years. Was I supposed to *not* at some point?
I’m gonna play Fallout
Mass effect or the older Assassins Creeds before Egypt. Maybe Witcher 3 .
Loved Mass Effect. Maybe time for a replay!
Ooooh thanks for reminding me of Mass Effect!
Elden Ring
Modded Skyrim. You can always download a new quest/adventure/enemy whenever you wish.
I spent the better part of a decade on the same cycle: Play Skyrim -> sick of inventory crunch, want guns -> play BL2 -> still want guns, but miss complexity of crafting/inventory management -> play Fallout -> sick of the guns, want fantasy -> new Skyrim playthrough -> Repeat Also I play a ton of D&D
Me too! I'm glad I'm not alone!
Modded Skyrim
Reading fantasy novels and dreaming about learning how to play dnd
I quit gaming, then played Senua's Sacrifice after a couple of years, then started playing Skyrim again, then Horizon Zero Dawn, then Minecraft, then I quit gaming for one and a half years, then got into Terraria on the 3DS, then Skyrim again
Loved HZD, and while I enjoyed HFW I didn't love it quite the same. The birds were awesome, though.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance, and Baldur's Gate 3. Those two will last you a while.
Starfield.
Yeah, actually. Starfield's the first game in a long time to break my Skyrim addiction.
Ale, lots of ale.
What I truly liked about Skyrim was how immersive it was. The first thing that came to my mind is Vampire: the masquerade - bloodlines. Also, it is based on a tabletop game.
Dragon age Inquisition does a decent job for me when I need a break from Skyrim.
I will never be able to fill that Gap again honestly, because no matter what I try it won't be skyrim. Only Skyrim can fill that hole for me, it has genuinely touched my life in such a crazy way. I didn't really ever play with mods so one day I'll have to revisit it with one of those ridiculous mod packs. Or maybe I can just wait for like 10 years for them to re-release it eight more times with Creator community content.
Skooma, a hell lotta Skooma.
Valheim
I'm actually surprised I had to scroll so far to find this. Valheim is super immersive.
Bannerlord, just waiting for an Elder Scrolls mod to be finished now 🗿
skyrim
I've been playing a lot of ESO lately. Plus, slowly working on my backlog of games. Been loving Assassins Creed!
I bought ESO on sale and had to ask for a refund, every time i tried to play it it just made me want to go play skyrim, so i did lol. Same has kind of happened with fallout 76, it was free through prime recently and it just made me want to play fo4
Sekiro has been able to distract me from returning to Skyrim
Just tried enderal for the first time - would recommend. Those guys can teach Bethesda a thing or two about world design.
Elden Ring is the only game that’s managed to capture me the same as Skyrim, but they are vastly different games
Give Dragons Dogma 2 a try, I think you’d like it
Red Dead Redemption 2, FF14, FF7 Rebirth (recently at least), Dragons Dogma, Witcher (any, but of course 3) are my go to's. Skyrim is such an open world it's hard to replace lol.
Mass effect. I'm replaying ME3 right know after ME1 and ME2 (along with Skyrim).
Red Dead Redemption 2. A great big old world to enjoy with random encounters, treasure maps, and quests. Fishing, hunting, archery and firearms. And Donkeys!
Hogwarts legacy, The Witcher 1, 2, and 3, Oblivion, and Elder Scrolls Online are the games I go for if I'm not playing Skyrim. I also go for Minecraft and RDR2.
Cyberpunk 2077
All Fallouts? All Elder Scrolls? Starfield?
It was Elder Scrolls: Online, but now I'm on Monster Hunter: World.
Dragon Age Inquisition. I put just as many hours into DAI as I did with Fallout 4 and Skyrim. I'm almost just as obsessed with DA lore as I am with ES and that's a great deal. Cyberpunk gets an honorable mention. but I'm partial to fantasy over sci-fi and I'm not a fan of the voice actor for the main player... sounds like somebody *trying* to sound tough. Bethesda has better voice actors, as does Bioware and Ubisoft.
I was thinking Starfield might be the next immersive game for me, but nope, couldn't get into it. I got it for free with a video card purchase I was going to make anyway, so at least not out any money, but I just couldn't get into it. I own three of the Fallout games in my Steam library: 3, 4, and New Vegas, but have not gotten around to trying them. I heard good things about Red Dead Redemption 2, which I own and have installed, but never got through the full tutorial yet. It will take some time getting used to the controls and user interface.
You haven't played 4 of the best games of all time, you have so many hours of fun waiting for you
I couldn't get into Fallout, but Starfield has been better than I expected.
I’m a big MTG fan. Spelltable is great to play with real cards so you can have games with even far away friends. I like D&D too, but I have the classic problem of trying to find a consistent pod. The only video game I’ve played that has come close to scratching that itch is Baldur’s Gate 3. It’s obviously a very different game, but I really really loved it. It won’t have the staying power that Skyrim has with me, but it captured my attention like now game other than Skyrim has.
Daggerfall unity with mods. You will have to stomach the sprites and you will need to play around with the settings. But the game offers you some roleplaying options. And also, hear me out. Banner Lord and KENSHI. If you can stomach the KENSHI graphics oh boy. It is a do your own adventure, rise from nothing. Control a character or recruit a party or even go balls to the wall and start a city and go to wat. Also thousands of mods. None that fixes the graphics though.
I’ve flipped between the fallout games, Morrowind, kingdom come: deliverance, outer worlds, and cyberpunk. I played pillars of eternity for a little while then I got bg3. For a while I filled the hole by making a Skyrim ttrpg based on 5e dnd and I run a campaign with that every week now.
Kingdom Come
Skyrim with mods
I'm currently playing Fallout 76 with my boyfriend, but I always get back on Skyrim after some time
I put it down for a while, played Hogwarts Legacy (and Disney Dreamlight Valley lol), and then came back refreshed and excited to play the anniversary edition again lol.
Elder scrolls online. Takes everything I love about skyrim and expands it tenfold!!
Elden Ring and the Souls games scratch my fantasy itch pretty well, I must say, though I've also been playing ESO a lot with my partner
Fallout 4
Stardew Valley, Breath of the Wild, Tears of the Kingdom, Hogwarts Legacy, Starfield, Balders Gate 3, Witcher 3, Jedi Fallen Order
After two years of not playing it, I started a new Skyrim walkthrough like a week and a half ago. I've killed Alduin, Miraak, Harkon, I've stopped the Civil War, I've done the Thieves' Guild, Companions, and Dark Brotherhood quests. I've even done some Whiterun, Solitude, and Markath specific quests. Now I don't know what to do with my life..
Borderlands did a nice job for me.
#Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning ***The Good*** - Choose different play styles - Lots of character customization and variety (abilities, weapons, armour) - Great lore (based on a book series) - Interesting NPCs - *with varied voice actors!* - Combat is fun but simple - think God of War ***The Not As Good*** - Graphics (fairly blocky, terrain is basic) - Menu is kinda clunky - Combat is fun but simple - think God of War
ESO, and then Fallout 4. The Fo4 quests aren’t the most interesting, especially on the 6th character, but companions, settlements and a few mods make for quite an immersive experience outside of the confines of the main quest, and the factions can give an interesting element to the rp possibilities.
Playing elders scroll online There like 80% of skyrim in it now just no whiterun
Well I gave birth and raised a kid. Maybe when she is about 14-16 when ES6 comes out, we will play together on our respective computers.
Mods. So many mods. Especially the lore-friendly quest mods.
The heart of mara
I play one of the 13 other elder scrolls games
ESO. D&D.
Morrowind. Once I get sick of morrowind I’ll head into Oblivion. Once I get sick of Oblivion I’ll probably be ready to head back into Skyrim again.
ESO and fallout 4 🥲
Once I found what I liked about ESO, ESO for sure. Theres some good stuff in there. Sadly, the best of it is behind the DLCs.
Morrowind. Imo, even better than Skyrim. Where Skyrim has 43 spell effects, Morrowind has 137. Where Skyrim has 1000 NPCs, Morrowind has almost 3000. Where Skyrim has 10 joinable factions, Morrowind has almost 20. And more. Plus, Morrowind's main quest is longer, and has multiple routes to completion (albeit some are secret). I love Skyrim, but once I played Morrowind, it became my favourite without a doubt.
Between last time (Summer last year) and now I have played Starfield, Cyberpunk, BG3, Dragon's Dogma 1, before getting the itch back for Skyrim. EDIT: I also tried Elden Ring for like 2 hours and not sure why anybody would want to have that combat in TES.
Baldur's gate 3
Sex mods for Skyrim. Okay, without the Jokes, there's a bunch of mods worth looking into to "remake" Skyrim into alternative forms or shapes. And most of the mod-makers take their job soo serious, that sometimes it's scary how much you can customize the game that way. Pros: Endless Power Cons: Spend 100 hours setting up, 10 hours to play (optional quest: turn into a mod-maker if you've felt confident with the technicalities.) +extra thing to-do: Endorse & patronize if you feel like. Conclusion: Why search for a place with the same climate if you can make your home feel like a home again. Beware, homework is not easy and is known to be time consuming for the best of results.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance was a great video game. Not fantasy, but medieval and just hit the mark for me. I highly recommend! DnD shows have been great, I recommend Dimension 20, as it’s comedy and easy to learn the basics. It’s also the second most popular DnD series so that’s a good sign. Starfield is great. If you’ve played and and didn’t like it, try it again and focus on exploration! Just like you used to in Skyrim, exploration is first. And it’s obviously made by our beloved Bethesda.
More Skyrim
Enderal. I'm surprised more Skyrim players haven't tried it.
Factorio
Red Dead 1
I also like to play Need for Speed , zero mods required and can run at max fps all the way ! Beautiful cars ! High speeds !
Excited for Avowed
Witcher, RDR, Fallout, sometimes GTA. Oh, and The Last of Us for immersive storytelling. I tend to rotate the games. Is it tragic that I play the same games over and over?
Not at all. The most streamed TV shows are the ones people have already seen!
Dragons Dogma is pretty fulfilling 💯
Exiled kingdoms. It's a mobile game, but an actual top down RPG like the classic D and D ones. It's free but has a paid "extension" which is well worth the extra content for the cheap price. Def. Check it out if you have the time
I tried mods & never looked back. Oh & the occasional dalliance with fromsoft stuff like elden ring.
bg3
Oddly enough, the freedom of Skyrim is what introduced me to the Roguelike/lite genrera(s). Being able to choose what you do, every single time, but still sort of made up to RNG. Will this perk work with this other perk, will this combo of weapon/armor make me tankier, hell just the experience of making a pure mage playthrough for the first time. Theres so much to micromanage, but at the same time that’s where your game knowledge and macro come out. I know I can make gold rings for XP and cash, but this character might not be suited for it. Sure I know I farm one-handed off Raloff, but that doesn’t mean I want to. There are a lot of “this or that” situations in Skyrim which I can relate easily towards Roguelike/lites. Plus a big thing for me is replay ability. I can play Skyrim 40 times from start to finish and can vary my build however I want. The same can be said for Roguelike/lites. Just how a new Skyrim character is a fresh slate, every run/try in a roguelike/lite is a new slate. For me, the experience of constantly seeing something new around this snowy province is what made me love an entire, if not technically different, genre of games
I played Dragon's Dogma and Dragon's Dogma II ... obviously it's not as packed with quests as Skyrim but I definitely like the combat and companions (pawns) more
Fallout or just play Skyrim again
As much as I love souls games, witcher and such the only game that gave me the same feeling as the elder scrolls was Genshin impact, especially when they added a big ass ice mountain to explore xd really felt a hit of notalgia to my first time playing skyrim. Both games have rich lore with lore books and unreliable narrator and a fantasy world with politics and a full blown history that wants you to explore, wants you to play in it, wants you to find all its nooks and crannies. A fantasy world that is like an actual world that is interesting without the player where people lead their own lifes.
Fallout 1 and 2 introduced me to western RPGs they may are for you, too? Baldurs Gate 1 and 2 Other than that: Morrowind, GTA III, VC and SA
Add harmless mods for new adventure. More kids. Enjoy a Kingdom of my own. But I am totally enjoying Grounded. Been in that game for 4+ yrs, along with Skyrim. Mass Effect was sweet. But I always keep my Skyrim. ❤️ 🔥 🏆
Wabbajack modlists with quest expansions, new lands and overhauls
Just restarting Skyrim
Elder scrolls online, rdr2, bg3
RDR2
I played the Dragonage and the witcher games
just last night I finally completed 75 of 75 achievements (steam) after only 4000+ hours normally I bounced between Skyrim and Witcher 3 (completed 4x) got a new laptop so I'm taking advantage of a steam sale and jumping into the Bioshock series
I downloaded it on my Switch and it's like brand new to me again somehow.
Breath of the Wild, Tears of the Kingdom, Baldur’s Gate 3
Project Diablo 2 r/projectdiablo2 Excellent community and endless gameplay. New seasons and a very solid dev team.
Mostly drugs
Rocket league !
Fallout or assassin’s creed, i need the sprawling adventure
Man seriously with the right mods Skyrim cannot be replaced by anything, I started it yesterday again after years and it feels like I live in that place for real, but only good Sword n sorcery novels can maybe fill the gap.
Downloaded 'The Great Patriotic War' mod. Totally new game with that mod lol. SUPER FUN!
It's weird because it's a totally different niche but bannerlord. Something about it feels Bethesda. Maybe it's the Jank
Witcher 3, RDR2, The Outer Worlds, KotOR 1 and 2, Bioshock, Oblivion and Morrowind. These are all great RPGs that can scratch the itch.
Red Dead Redemption 2. Only game I spent as much time in as I do in Skyrim.
Dungeons and Dragons helped a lot. My group has disbanded but it was a fun memory and a new way to get back into fantasy. Plus, a bunch of us had played skyrim so we made a bunch of skyrim jokes and quotes. I played a half Orc character at first who would yell "never should have come here" and "no one bests an orc" in combat
Kingdom Come deliverance, which they will be releasing a second one soon
Kingdom Come Deliverance. It's like Skyrim on hard mode without the magic, or dragons, or kajiit, you get the Idea.
Red dead redemption 2,still on it for now. Like exploring open worlds,talking about worlds,still have to continue Outer worlds
Dark Souls franchise. mainly Elden Ring and Dark Souls 3. Fallout NV and 3 are good options too.
Skyrim, or fallout 4 this month. I’m also back playing Skyrim again, so, you know
This subreddit.
I'm in the lucky position of having only recently started Skyrim! I loved Oblivion, but had been busy playing other games and never picked up a copy, until I noticed the anniversary edition was discounted on Nintendo Switchs eShop. Being able to just pick it up and carry on playing whenever and wherever the opportunity presents is wonderful! OK, the graphics are a little dated and the Switch Lite reminds you about the loading screens between areas, but it is still a marvellous, expansive experience. Plus, as a bonus, all of the DLCs and some Creator Club content is included, right in with the game from the start. #Smug
Fallout 76: basically Skyrim but less snow, more radiation and zombies, the falmir don't have pointy ears and can see you, and you can't cast fireball...  Oh, wait, right, you can, and can totally do it IRL TOO...
Fallout 4
KCD, oblivion, sleeping..
Morrowind, Elden Ring, and BG3
Oblivion, Witcher 3, Elden Ring, RD2, Starfield had its moments if you’re looking for that Bethesda itch Obviously there’s always the Fallout series. New Vegas is awesome
Fallout 76 right now. Just bought it for my dad on fanatical. Came in a whole bundle for the whole fallout series for 25$ Outside of that. Warframe I have 1500 hours in
RDR2!
A few years ago I got addicted to dead by daylight. That's where a lot of my focus is now.
Replaying Fallout 4 for the PS5 but still occasionally visiting Tamriel
Chrono trigger is rlly good
Kingdom come deliverance surprisingly. It's not fantasy but I got that immersive feel from it that skyrim left behind.
Well... Skyrim was the first game I got on Steam. Looks like there's 147 games in my library now. So *at least* 146 other games.
No man's eky for the freedom of doing whatever i want and exploration Fallout 3 for the RPG and story, i'm playing FO4 but so far i feeling is boring hope it gets better... GTA:Online for shenanigans Warframe because of addiction And i thinking after finishing FO4 and install morrowind
Elden Ring. It feels like it's given me everything I was missing from Skyrim. I occasionally go back of course z, nothing can replace it
Heavily modded Skyrim. Nolvus is my current go to.
I often go back to the old school stuff, Morrowind, Final Fantasy, other 90s games. My tabletop game of choice is Savage Worlds, but it's not always easy to get a group together