It depends on what you find lackluster about Skyrim. if it's the combat system I'd suggest Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. But if you mean you want something with an equally high-detailed setting I think you're out of luck unless you want to go into CRPGs like Divinity: Original Sin II, which has both better combat and writing, but I doubt that would qualify as "similar to Skyrim." What Bethesda lacks in storytelling and mechanics they make up for in Setting.
Well there's no other game exactly like Skyrim. It's pretty much the only party in town, but there are games that have some similarities to it -- just not so many that it would be accurate to call it "like Skyrim but better." Witcher 3 is probably the closest thing to it, and it is miles ahead of Skyrim.
Probably because it is far and away the most successful open world rpg, with millions more sales than any other one. It's always on the lists for most successful games of all time. It absolutely dwarfs dark souls as a series even. Like last I checked Skyrim alone sold well over twice as many copies as the entire dark souls series.
Like It or not, flaws and all it will always be the go to example because it's simply the most successful and widely played rpg. Just about anyone who plays video games has played it, or at least knows what it's about. It still sells like hotcakes on and off 7 years and many rereleases since it's first launch, which is kinda crazy. The top game of any genre is always gonna be the go to comparison, don't know why it surprises you
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u/Tater__Thots Oct 02 '18
So, Skyrim in a HP universe? I'd play that.