What games are better than Skyrim?

[Magic Spazm]

I honestly can't think of any. Skyrim is the best game ever.

[Gimli]

Its a really easy game to come back to that's for sure lmao. Played since it came out and I still find new stuff.

[Ihateeverybody]

Without mods of any kind. Base game to Base Game (Well with OFFICIAL DLCs). Probably many.

Off Hand I can name quite a few. Dragon Age Origins. Mass Effect 1 and 3. Daggerfall. Fallout 4 (But not by Much). Dying Light. Ultima 7: The Black Gate.

Phantasy Star (all 4 main games). Space Crew. Fallout 2. Borderlands 3, Unreal Tournament 3.

Added: Both Red dead Redemptions, Wing Commander 1 and 2, Privateer. Thunderscape. Buck Rogers Countdown to Doomsday (Sega Genesis version), Shadowrun (Sega Genesis), Starflight, Star Control 2. I have played Video Games since the 70's, so I will just say.

Skyrim is not best, but Modded Skyrim I have spent and spend the most time on .

Edit: Added some more. Clarified

[Longhaul]

Originally posted by Magic Spazm:

I honestly can't think of any. Skyrim is the best game ever.

Well... there are a lot! I have been gaming since the early 80's. Adventure, for the Atari... for such a basic game.. we put in way to many hours. The original FF7 for instance for the original Playstation, that game alone I put in well over 4k hours.. got every single materia to max level, got all characters to max level, super bosses defeated. Finished the end game in 3 rounds! Pretty well 100% the game. That game is still among my top pick, I would rather play the original than the updated (which i have).. no problem with the updated.. just like the original.

Final Fantasy for NES. Another game I put way to much time in.. maxed every character.
River City Ransom for NES. One of the all time co-op beat em ups for the NES... great skill system to.

Lots more that can go before Skyrim.

I like Skyrim... my hours prove that (3k+) but I cannot call it the "best" game ever.

[wawawiwa]

Morrowind There's lot of game better than Skyrim actually, Fable, DA:O, FNV, Kenshi, Kotor 1&2, KC:D, Divinity Orignal Sin 1&2, Pathfinder Kingmaker, CDDA, Dark Messiah of Might and Magic, DD:A

[Liquid Inc]

Originally posted by TreeLoverTA1962:

MorrowindDivinity

Divinity Dragon Knight Saga/"Director's Cut" would have been closer to Skyrim than Original sin 1/2, IMHO.

Back to OP;

Better? In what way? There are better RPG's, better "Sandboxes", better combat, better magic spells etc.. in many other games.
Skyrim is loved because it does a bit of everything. It's a jack of all trades kind of game.

[alexander_dougherty]

Baldur's Gate 3, this is probably going to be a one off though, can't see many developers holding themselves up to this standard.

[Gimli]

Originally posted by alexander_dougherty:

Baldur's Gate 3, this is probably going to be a one off though, can't see many developers holding themselves up to this standard.

Yeah they said they're stepping away from the Forgotten Realms, which is pretty disappointing to say the least as there's so much lore to explore in D&D. Great game though, and highly replayable.

[Rez Elwin]

There are better games, a lot, but I assume you mean in the same vein as Skyrim. That's also easy, Oblivion. In my opinion Oblivion is better than Skyrim in every aspect aside from graphics and animation quality. The main quest is better the side quests are better, the Alyied Ruins are better than the Dwemer ones, the factions are exceptional, especially the Dark Brotherhood and the Thieve's Guild. Skyrim's Factions are severely lacking in comparison.

Aside the two things I mentioned, graphics and animation, I can't think of a single thing Skyrim does better than Oblivion.

[datasetmining]

There is better game then Skyrim - "Русы против Ящеров" (google it).

[sansee]

Dark Chambers.

[alexander_dougherty]

Originally posted by Gimli:

Originally posted by alexander_dougherty:

Baldur's Gate 3, this is probably going to be a one off though, can't see many developers holding themselves up to this standard.

Yeah they said they're stepping away from the Forgotten Realms, which is pretty disappointing to say the least as there's so much lore to explore in D&D. Great game though, and highly replayable.

There's a ton of lore for the Forgotten Realms series alone.
If you add Greyhawk, Eberron, and other successful D&D series you have enough lore to fill an actual library....

But yeah, it was a shame that Larian said they aren't doing any more D&D.
I have replayed it several times, mostly because I get so far with a build and get bored...
Best build I did was a Hill Dwarf Wizard, because he started off with armour proficiencies (I forget if it was medium or heavy armour).

[Magic Spazm]

Originally posted by alexander_dougherty:

Baldur's Gate 3, this is probably going to be a one off though, can't see many developers holding themselves up to this standard.

I played Baulders Gate 3 and found it extremely limiting.

[FauxFurry]

Of this type of game with its specific traits...as you said, there are none (at least at the present). There are other games which do other things better but none in the same way.

As much as I enjoy Kingdom Come: Deliverance, for example, it will always be the tale of a peasant boy who is the bastard son of a noble trying to rise in station. It will never allow one to play another character of another race with a different background.

The other Elder Scrolls games have better RPG mechanics but do not control as well and have markedly inferior presentation so I could say that Skyrim is a side-grade to them therefore equals but neither better or worse.

[Magic Spazm]

Originally posted by FauxFurry:

Of this type of game with its specific traits...as you said, there are none (at least at the present). There are other games which do other things better but none in the same way.

As much as I enjoy Kingdom Come: Deliverance, for example, it will always be the tale of a peasant boy who is the bastard son of a noble trying to rise in station. It will never allow one to play another character of another race with a different background.

The other Elder Scrolls games have better RPG mechanics but do not control as well and have markedly inferior presentation so I could say that Skyrim is a side-grade to them therefore equals but neither better or worse.

I found the mechanics of Kingdom Come too limiting.

[SpeedFreak1972]

To OP if it is the best game ever why does it have this many bugs?