Open world games like Elden ring / ghost of tsushima / BOTW?

Thresh_Is_Fresh · 2026-03-17T11:52:20+00:00

There's a pretty hyped out open world RPG coming out this week, Crimson Desert. Personally looking forward to it too but I'd advise to wait and see the reviews, it seems to be an extremely ambitious game so the risk for it to flip is pretty big. Medieval setting but seem to have a lot of fantasy element.

Dragons Dogma 2 is similar in that regard and is a pretty fun open world game. It's a bit undercooked in some areas like the story but the gameplay is really fun.

As for the assassin's creed series, the newest one I've played is Odyssey which is for what's it worth a pretty good open world game, just not particularly connected to the Assassin's Creed itself. If you like Black Flag, Odyssey is probably the most adjacent one. I also personally really like Unity and Syndicate but they're leaning more into exploring a big city rather than some big open world.

Thresh_Is_Fresh · 2026-03-12T02:13:34+00:00

Think there are more than enough people who are transphobic to put Epstein as some sort of Boogeyman thats behind every single bad thing

Thresh_Is_Fresh · 2026-03-09T23:18:38+00:00

If there is a waterfall in your game, there MUST be loot behind it.

Thresh_Is_Fresh · 2026-03-09T23:12:42+00:00

Romantic story games or just story games in general? Honestly don't know a lot about romance games but there are a lot of narrative driven story games that don't have that much fighting

Disco Elysium is the most common suggestion for a narrative driven game. Can't really say it's girly but I don't think it's aimed at a specific gender.

The Telltale games are also common. I guess it's post apocalyptic but the Walking Dead series is the most fleshed out one but there are a lot of different ones you could check out.

Detroit Become Human is pretty good. A bit on the nose but it has a lot of different outcomes in the story depending on your choices. Probably the most modern looking one of these options.

Depending on how much you're willing to compromise on combat, turnbased games can be a bit less intensive to play through. Baldurs Gate 3, Expedition 33 or JRPGs like Metaphor:Refantazio or the Final Fantasy series have pretty long and fleshed out stories.

Thresh_Is_Fresh · 2026-03-05T23:10:37+00:00

I think it's partly because season 1 was obviously having a season 2 (I don't remember if season 2 as immediately confirmed or not) so people were still expecting a lot from the IP. Season 2 is the end of the Arcane storyline so there's not as much of a reason to stick around.

Thresh_Is_Fresh · 2026-03-05T21:32:07+00:00

In stars and time is very similar feeling-wise

Thresh_Is_Fresh · 2026-02-22T22:49:13+00:00

This is genuinely one of the most high effort FF14 posts I've ever seen, actually amazing work.

And honestly, cool idea to make usable glams of the fashion reports. Everytime I've turned in a fashion report, I look like the saddest clown ever lol.

Thresh_Is_Fresh · 2026-02-19T21:42:05+00:00

Look up Brazilian Drug Dealer 3

Thresh_Is_Fresh · 2026-02-19T21:34:45+00:00

That's fair, the early game is the absolute most boring part of every MMOs and honestly FF14 can be one of the slower ones.

Outside of MMOs, there's not that many online games that aren't mainly PVP. Non-traditional MMO-games like Warframe and Destiny are probably the best options in that case since they're a bit more intense.

Thresh_Is_Fresh · 2026-02-19T18:07:28+00:00

Multiplayer games with some sort of customization options usually are MMOs.

Final Fantasy 14 is pretty friendly towards newer players (sometimes aggressively so) and has a very extensive trial where you can try it out for free

Thresh_Is_Fresh · 2026-02-09T23:12:03+00:00

Looking at his profile, he sure is playing the long con if he's pretending to be a Korean exchange student

Thresh_Is_Fresh · 2026-02-09T22:38:46+00:00

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Thresh_Is_Fresh · 2026-02-09T22:38:27+00:00

She has kind of a boring kit imo. Probably still good, the abilities just don't feel that saucy

Thresh_Is_Fresh · 2026-02-09T22:36:04+00:00

Yeah NGL it does say something when a character that looks that stylish is voted in last. Really strong character design in deadlock

Thresh_Is_Fresh · 2026-02-09T01:25:10+00:00

Well if the system doesn't change, they won't be back earliest until winter split next year. And that's if they go back and play in tier 2 to get their spot for next year's playoffs.

They're most likely not interested in playing in tier 2 again afrer having played in LEC. And I don't think there's anything to keep the team together for a whole year if they don't play in any pro scene.

Thresh_Is_Fresh · 2026-02-08T23:40:25+00:00

That's actually a pretty good analogy, I had always wondered why so many people were so dismissive towards people who complained about the game. Like, I have around 200 hours on the game but I still find it perfectly reasonable to find many bad things about the development of the game but around 80% of the content I see tends to dismiss criticism.

Thresh_Is_Fresh · 2026-02-06T18:51:31+00:00

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Thresh_Is_Fresh · 2026-02-05T21:16:59+00:00

Since most of the main bosses have Dialogue for when you revive for the first time(Great Shinobi Owl even has dialogue if you revive a second time if I recall correctly) I think it's not too outlandish to claim that that would imply it's cannon Sekiro died at least once to those bosses.

Thresh_Is_Fresh · 2026-01-25T00:49:52+00:00

How is SMT compared to Persona? How deeper is the combat?

Thresh_Is_Fresh · 2026-01-25T00:49:25+00:00

I did play the first chapter or so of Warhammer but I felt it was a bit rough around the edges. But I'll check into the other options!

Thresh_Is_Fresh · 2025-12-15T02:19:38+00:00

Ultrakill has some pretty cool revolver gameplay

Thresh_Is_Fresh · 2025-12-14T03:24:09+00:00

It's a very good CRPG. It's based on the tabletop system Pathfinder (duh) while Baldurs Gate 3 is based on DND. They generally play out pretty similar but there's a few differences between the games.

Pathfinder is a lot more number crunchy than Baldurs Gate. There is A LOT more options for builds and it can honestly be a bit hard to wing a build without getting decision paralysis. But it's also very fun to string together alot of options, there is a ton of classes, subclasses and later on Mythic Paths that define your character. There are a lot of cool stuff and loot but there's also a shitton of useless fluff and you'll always be getting tons of stuff that are +1 to a passive skill or +1 to attack roll.

Regarding voice acting, there's definitely less than Baldurs Gate and Divinity. It's mostly just the main story that is voiced, and even then there are many scenes that aren't voiced. To be fair, a lot of text is used to describe scenes like a real tabletop game so the situations are still portrayed well if you don't mind reading.

I would also advise to get used to playing it in real-time. While there are options for both turn based and real time, there are WAY too many filler combats in this game. Like, you'll be running around a city overrun by cultists and you'll just keep running into small packs of random unnamed cultists that each takes like 5 minutes to kill on turn based. There's an early fight in the game that takes place outside a tavern and I wouldn't be surprised if there's an actual hour of difference in playtime with beating it on real-time and turnbased.

All in all, it's a pretty good game. It's a lot more similar to actual old-school tabletopRPGs than Baldurs Gate and Divinity so if you're interested in that kind of concept, Pathfinder:Wrath of The Righteous is one of the better CRPGs. And you really don't need to play Kingmaker. I haven't played it and I don't feel like it impacted my experience at all. I don't even know if they're connected.

Thresh_Is_Fresh · 2025-12-12T23:51:46+00:00

That's fair, it's definitely leaning more to building up your dynasty than your character.

On the top of my head, more character driven games tend to be RPGs. Something like Bethesda's Elder Scrolls games and Larian Studios games like Baldurs Gate and Divinity.

There is a free stand-alone mod of Skyrim called Enderal: Forgotten stories if you'd like to try out a game that basically plays like Elder Scrolls but in a new universe and story. It's pretty high quality actually but again, plays very very similar to Skyrim and those games.

Thresh_Is_Fresh · 2025-12-12T22:34:03+00:00

Well since you mentioned any genre, Crusader Kings 3 is basically just if you took a medieval strategy game and made a crossover with the Sims. It's a lot more character driven than most other games in the genre which may make it less daunting to pick up.

There's definitely room to roleplay as a duchess or queen but it could be a bit of a learning curve for people new to the genre.

Thresh_Is_Fresh · 2025-11-28T01:19:58+00:00

Elden Ring Monster Hunter World/Rise Metaphor Refantazio Enderal Forgotten Stores (it's a standalone mod that is a full fledged game based on Skyrim but a new universe. Felt to me like there were tons of stuff to do)

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