Looking for a good looter open world rpg

[Flaak]

Looking for a particular game. Basically world of warcraft but singleplayer open world rpg. A game where you care about exploring killing more stuff and doing more quest so your character looks cooler and cooler. Could be pets mounts cosmetics weapons armor collectibles whatever. Dont tell me elden ring. While this is similar its very different in terms of what im looking for. A couple things come to mind but idunno. Minecraft dungeons is actually not bad. Titan quest also looks enticing. Ive played diablos already. And also dont tell me games like borderlands and torchlight. Just bc a game throws hundreds of loot at you doesnt make it good. I appreciate anyones time in helping me satisfy a craving I cannot get.

If anyone replying also is looking for a good game give me an idea and I will suggest some of the better games ive come across as well.

Also considered witcher but two things turn me off. How massive it is..which really should be a + but i think I have over 130+ hours of it? And the style. Not super into medieval over fantasy rpgs but ill take what I can get if I feel it.

Also can be online or mmorpg but I dont think any newer ones exist today.

[Jaunitta 🌸]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1174180/Red_Dead_Redemption_2/

[Cathulhu]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1041720/Kingdoms_of_Amalur_ReReckoning/
Wait for a deal, should be one starting one Thursday.

[Flaak]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Jaunitta 🌸:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1174180/Red_Dead_Redemption_2/

Eh maybe ill check it out thx.

Oprindeligt skrevet af Cathulhu:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1041720/Kingdoms_of_Amalur_ReReckoning/
Wait for a deal, should be one starting one Thursday.

Yeah maybe this is it..ive actually been looking at this for a long time.. Cant believe in 2022 we dont have any games that are open world and exploration and dungeon crawling. Kinda like skyrim but more fantasy and relaxed. Cannot believe it.

KoA might just be the winner.

Oprindeligt skrevet af Rictumsempra:

As a gamer who was looking for a game like WoW, I can say one thing - it's a useless activity. I only realized that each game is very different from each other. Even talking about Final Fantasy XIV, it's not even close to WoW. Although the genres are as close to each other as possible. It remains only to look for something that gives the same emotions and gives the opportunity to do similar things. And for me, as a casual in WoW, the most emotionally similar game is Genshin impact. But I won't lie - the game bored me and I stopped playing it
I've tried games of as many different genres as possible. War thunder, Witcher 3, Sabnautica, Space Rangers HD: A War Apart, Skyrim, GTA V, Stardew Valley, and even strategy, like Stellaris. Each game reminds me of WoW in some way, but they also have a lot of things that are not in WoW

Suggestions

• If you like exploration, but with elements of survival - Sabnatica.
  https://store.steampowered.com/app/264710/Subnautica/
  
  
• If you like to communicate with all the NPCs, doing a bunch of interesting side quests - Skyrim (but be prepared for the fact that a dragon can attack you just like that. In WoW I am much more relaxed..)
  https://store.steampowered.com/app/489830/The_Elder_Scrolls_V_Skyrim_Special_Edition/
  
  
• If your want to explore, read quests and leveling - Space Rangers (but the game is at level 2000s. just be ready for it)
  https://store.steampowered.com/app/214730/Space_Rangers_HD_A_War_Apart/

I think you just need to try to play whatever you like. I doubt that any of the councils will be able to get to the right place and close all the needs that were opened by playing in

P.S.

While I was looking for something similar to wow, I found the following interesting games for myself:

• Forza Horizon 4 - when I wanna relax
  https://store.steampowered.com/app/1293830/Forza_Horizon_4/
  
  
  
• Hitman/Ori - When I want to strain my brain a little
  https://store.steampowered.com/app/236870/HITMAN/
  https://store.steampowered.com/app/387290/Ori_and_the_Blind_Forest_Definitive_Edition/
  
  
• Visual Novels - when I want to read, but at the same time look at something visualized and listen to music
  https://store.steampowered.com/app/345610/The_Fruit_of_Grisaia/
  https://store.steampowered.com/app/698780/Doki_Doki_Literature_Club/

Disagree. Maybe some aspects that make wow what it is yes. But there should definitely be more open world online dungeon crawl gear looting games. I think many try to replicate and fail instead of just being new and original and making content as it goes. Too many EA fails. Or couple people trying to make more than they can handle. I believe we will see games somewhat comparative to wow eventually.

I mean I get what your saying, like no game is truly like one another but the style and genre. Like guild wars 1 was the greatest mmo imo and i doubt anything will make anything like it. But the missions and how instanced the world is.

Thanks for all the suggestions though there are a couple I might look into which would be space pirates..kinda have my full of space games though. and ori. The others I have not heard too much of and ill check it out.

[Flaak]

Space pirates looks pretty cool.

[Akayrahl]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Flaak:

Space pirates looks pretty cool.

This is the kind of game that can pass itself
You're just a ranger. Especially at first, you will simply be forced to pay bribes to pirates
You can earn for new improvements to your ship, as well as for new ships, in different ways
You can join the corsairs, you can do the usual quests (being a ranger), you can just trade

Progress in the game does not stand still. While you are saving up for a new module - a more perfect one will come out
While you are flying through several systems to buy the cheapest module - prices may vary, the system may be hijacked by dominators or corsairs. or (in some magical way) during the jump between systems - you will be thrown into the very mess of the fight between the rangers and dominators, where from time to time, ordinary traders will appear in the same way as you

[feytharn]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/219990/Grim_Dawn/

[cinedine]

I endorse Titan Quest.
For some reason still the only Diablo-esque I truly enjoyed and played the ♥♥♥♥ out of. And with three new expansions in the last few years, there's plenty of content if you like the gameplay loop.

[TheLastTrueCryptid]

The big Steam Summer Sale is in 2 days so i recommend waiting for that before buying anything because it's the biggest sale of the year usually. Yes i'm really excited for it myself!

1.Metro Exodus-Is there a game out there with a more beautiful environment/atmosphere? You get gear and feel cooler like you mentioned.
2.Fallout Series- Fallout 76 is an mmo and is amazing i hear. It checks all your boxes and each region looks unique and alive. Check it out .

[Brian9824]

Oprindeligt skrevet af UnknownOrginiZm:

The big Steam Summer Sale is in 2 days so i recommend waiting for that before buying anything because it's the biggest sale of the year usually. Yes i'm really excited for it myself!

1.Metro Exodus-Is there a game out there with a more beautiful environment/atmosphere? You get gear and feel cooler like you mentioned.
2.Fallout Series- Fallout 76 is an mmo and is amazing i hear. It checks all your boxes and each region looks unique and alive. Check it out .

Fallout 76 gets a lot of hate, but its really worth playing if your a fan of the Fallout series. Its just not Fallout 5, but lots of fun, and well worth the $10-20 it will be on sale for

[Phoenix]

The description given by OP is just to generic to actually be useful, and using WoW as an example kind of illustrates the problem - nothing WoW did was actaully new, it just dumbed down mechanics that that already existed in other online games.

Just to throw something else into to mix - waht do you think about Outward?

https://store.steampowered.com/app/794260/Outward_Definitive_Edition/

Oprindeligt skrevet af brian9824:

Fallout 76 gets a lot of hate, but its really worth playing if your a fan of the Fallout series. Its just not Fallout 5, but lots of fun, and well worth the $10-20 it will be on sale for

Remind me of how Bethesda turned up the grind to push their in-app purchases.

No, it's absolutely not "worth playing" for the simple reason that the underlying idea of locking away content this way is deplorable. Please don't support this BS.

[Brian9824]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Phoenix:

Remind me of how Bethesda turned up the grind to push their in-app purchases.

No, it's absolutely not "worth playing" for the simple reason that the underlying idea of locking away content this way is deplorable. Please don't support this BS.

I've played it from Day 1, and have never seen them "lock away content", nor is there any real in game content locked away by in-app purchases. A few random misc items with mild effects, that are unlockable for free via the in game events, and they give you a ton of currency for free to unlock anything you care about.

Its one of the LEAST grindy games unless your talking about farming for your BIS end game gear which is pretty normal in most MMO style games. Leveling is super easy.

[Phoenix]

So I guess this didn't happen then.

[Flaak]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Phoenix:

The description given by OP is just to generic to actually be useful, and using WoW as an example kind of illustrates the problem - nothing WoW did was actaully new, it just dumbed down mechanics that that already existed in other online games.

Just to throw something else into to mix - waht do you think about Outward?

https://store.steampowered.com/app/794260/Outward_Definitive_Edition/

Oprindeligt skrevet af brian9824:

Fallout 76 gets a lot of hate, but its really worth playing if your a fan of the Fallout series. Its just not Fallout 5, but lots of fun, and well worth the $10-20 it will be on sale for

Remind me of how Bethesda turned up the grind to push their in-app purchases.

No, it's absolutely not "worth playing" for the simple reason that the underlying idea of locking away content this way is deplorable. Please don't support this BS.

I can see how it came off generic but maybe just the topic is overall donezo. But I gave many different examples of games of which are not what im looking and also what I am so idk I feel like that was good?

Outward seems okay but the reviews turn me off...not that a low rating does but just what people are saying.

[Flaak]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Rictumsempra:

Oprindeligt skrevet af Flaak:

Space pirates looks pretty cool.

But the game has one big minus. To play normally and not break your eyesight from a shallow interface and sometimes unreadable text (especially if you have a resolution of 2K or more) - you ideally need to switch to HD resolution (just as it is written in the name of the game :D). However, with HD resolution, the picture will be stretched and personally I solve this issue with the help of a button on my monitor, which narrows the picture, while creating black stripes on the sides
Full immersion in the 00s

Yeah I understand. Appreciate all the info about the game. It sounds good just when I can dedicate more time to it. Currently I have games that id play over that and want to finish it first but I think I will end up buying it. I recently wanted to get achievos on steam for fun so ive been doing all my favorite games but just dont have any open world rpgs that are a certain itch I need to scratch. But once I knockout a bunch of games. Space pirates should come up again.

[Flaak]

Oprindeligt skrevet af UnknownOrginiZm:

The big Steam Summer Sale is in 2 days so i recommend waiting for that before buying anything because it's the biggest sale of the year usually. Yes i'm really excited for it myself!

1.Metro Exodus-Is there a game out there with a more beautiful environment/atmosphere? You get gear and feel cooler like you mentioned.
2.Fallout Series- Fallout 76 is an mmo and is amazing i hear. It checks all your boxes and each region looks unique and alive. Check it out .

I played aloooooot of division 2 and burned out on this type. Would be hard for me to play another like that but is it?

Never could do fallout or borderlands for that matter. Really think borderlands is overrated. The end game cheats always ruin it for me too.