I’ve been replaying it and it just captures something I can’t quite describe.

  • fortified_banana@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Maybe try out Kingdoms of Amalur? I don’t know if it’s quite in the same spot for me, but it’s pretty similar in a lot of ways.

  • MrKarato@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    2 years ago

    There’s the obvious Monster Hunter, of course. Other than that, Shadow of the Colossus, maybe Dragon Age for the tactical combat. If you just want to fight absurdly large bosses, God of War, Asura’s Wrath, and Jotun are great for that. Maybe Horizon: Zero Dawn, it’s very different but it does have you fight enemies larger than yourself and force you to consider your approach. The Witcher 2 & 3 are in a similar vein to Horizon (just ignore 1, this isn’t a suggestion).

    I only played a bit of DD, so take these with a pebble of salt.

  • Anosyn@feddit.deEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Man, that’s a tough find, tbh. Luckily they announced a sequel recently, so there’s that. :)

    In the meantime, I’d recommend the following:

    • Newer Monster Hunters (World or Rise): Gameplay wise the closest one I’ve come across so far.

    • Elden Ring: I mean… Kind of? Similar Fantasy world, character building, even somewhat similar plot (in my opinion). Obviously it’s more FromSoft than DD, but I think it’s worth a comparison.

    • Dragon Age Inquisition: Now, I get that this one’s kind of far fetched, but I mean it. Especially the freedom of character building (except locking into a class at character creation), traveling with npc companions (tough with more personality) and the general fantasy-world vibe

    • Shadow of the colossus: If you’re mainly into climbing huge monsters and defeating them (primarily) that way, this is one game I would greatly recommend! Tough, this gameplay, a stamina system and the vague fantasy setting are the main comparisons.

    Bonus: I read somewhere that with a plethora of mods you can nudge Skyrim more in a DD direction (and who would be surprised about that), but I don’t know any pointers on that one. Google might help, tough.

    Hope this list is somewhat helpful :D Maybe you could describe what you liked about DD?

    • TurnWest@midwest.socialOPEnglish
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      2 years ago

      I have actually played all of these, except for modded Skyrim. I might have to look into making it like DD. But I really enjoy it’s gameplay on top of it being pretty light on story until you decide to go in, I enjoy just being plopped into a fantasy world and being able to just go and do stuff without worrying about the story unless I want to.

      Thanks for the suggestions though!

      • Anosyn@feddit.deEnglish
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        2 years ago

        Well, in that case… Maybe you’d like:

        • Outward (literally getting thrown into a survival-exploration-RPGs), didn’t play much, but liked what I saw. Seems to be very deep in it’s systems.

        • Elex (plus Sequel, I didn’t play): Techno-Fantasy-mix by the guys who made Gothic 1-3 (also good contenders, but a bit old), so expect some good eurojank. This one’s a bit more story heavy, though.

        If I can think of more, I’m try to post here again 👍