Huh, didn't expect the thread to still be going, especially after 4 days of silence. Good thing that it still does because it turns out I'm actually in need of more suggestions.
In the meantime I got myself a copy of Darksiders 2, and it turned out to be not what I was after. Don't get me wrong - in general I'd say it's a good game, and one clearly very inspired by Zelda, but turns out the creators seemed to be so enamored with the adventures of our androgynous elf boy in green, they decided to put every design choice from that series into their game, including the terrible ones, such as a very small, barren world map, with literally nothing of note on it apart from the main dungeons, and literally every sidequest being exclusively of "bring me this" or "kill that" variety, making it the exact opposite of what I wanted in that regard.
Unfortunately, I didn't get to try Two Worlds because my disc of it was too scratched up to work, and I don't really feel like rebuying it, especially since the overall game is... well... not good. Infamously so, even. So if I'm to spend any more money, I have to make sure it gets spent on something that's objectively good.
Now onto the posts themselves.
pearcinator said:
Zelda: Breath of the Wild is what you want to play but it's not on PC.
Thank you, Captain Obvious. How did you figure all of this out? Well, maybe at least you have some useful suggestions...
pearcinator said:
Clear some space or buy another HDD and get The Witcher 3.
Dragon Age: Origins or Dragon Age Inquisition...you probably don't have the space for either.
Based purely on the title (and not the other criteria you said in OP) then I have several recommendations.
No, you don't... Okay, next.
Valok said:
I'll keep it short. Looking for a good atmosphere?
Yes.
Valok said:
Wanna get yourself immersed?
Yes. Very much so.
Valok said:
No, not really. I want to roam around, explore interesting locations, kill monsters, and find cool treasures.
Alma Mare said:
It's a bit of a crapshot, but take a look at Divinity: Dragon Knight Saga.
I got it recommended in a few other places. I thought it was
the game I was looking for, since it seemed to fit perfectly in every regard, but turns out it isn't, unfortunately. Why? Because it's not open world in a sandbox sense, and instead does the same thing Witcher 1 & 2 do, where every chapter takes place in a small, semi-open hub area, and while you can go off free-roaming and questing, the game doesn't offer much in terms of exploration.
9tailedflame said:
Planet explorers is worth trying. It's kindof like minecraft.
Checked it out. I don't meet the minimum requirements, unfortunately - it requires more RAM than I have on board. If it was CPU or GPU, I wouldn't be concerned in the slightest since those two are always blown out of proportion in the system requirements, but I tried running games I didn't have enough RAM for a few times, and it never ended well - the game was constantly freezing and the load times took forever. So yeah, not gonna risk it.
josemlopes said:
In terms of open world exploration? No, it isn't. Not in the slightest. The game world consists only of one town, one city, and a few major dungeons the game sends you to constantly. The rest of the map that's inbetween those is just empty fields of grass and some random trees.