User blog comment:The Heir of Isildur/Oblivion Character Builds/@comment-4113369-20130316002024

"if you guys know any other Elder Scrolls like games [...] can you please suggest some"

I've been meaning to get Dragon's Dogma, which I've heard essentially mixes the exploration of Skyrim with the difficulty of Dark Souls. It also focuses more on group combat, from what I understand (you have some AI henchmen with you). Maybe that's something to get?

Dark Souls itself is also superficially similar to Skyrim, but offers quite the different experience. A much less casual one: clunky menus, simplified or outright lacking tutorials, greater focus on dodging and/or blocking, a difficulty curve that's quite steep (and inconsistent) for a game from 2011, etc. There are also a few areas that lag pretty badly unless you're running it on a fairly beefy PC.