I’m looking for any games on PC (preferably Steam) that plays like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

Mainly, I’m looking for large, open-world games, with lots of things to do, with an over-arching narrative/destination available. Think Minecraft, with but an actual definitive objective to complete.

I’m aware of Fromsoft’s work (Elden Ring), but I’m looking for non-soulslike games.

    • Mr. Wobble@thelemmy.clubEnglish
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      21 days ago

      Probably because you’ll just get tired of it. After the initial whiz bang faded, the HUGE beautifully rendered world was not enough to carry the absolutely dogshit story, repetitive unvaried encounters, and overwhelming plethora of shallow, poorly explained systems.

  • Toribor@corndog.socialEnglish
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    21 days ago

    I haven’t seen Sable suggested, but it’s a very pleasant indie game with a lot of BotW in it’s DNA. It’s not as large and content filled as some of these suggestions but it does have a great sense of style and is more tonally similar to Zelda.

    • Davel23@fedia.io
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      22 days ago

      Occasionally Ubisoft will make something worth playing. Immortals: Fenix Rising is one of them. It’s BotW without weapon breaking and no weather to make travel miserable.

      • knuk@piefed.caEnglish
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        21 days ago

        I worked on that one, it still makes me happy to see good comments about it, and annoyed that ubi went on to cancel the sequel.

      • edible_funk@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        21 days ago

        Ubisoft makes good games that they then riddle with bloat and grindy upgrade paths to encourage micro transactions.

    • farting_gorilla@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      22 days ago

      Just looked it up on wikipedia, one of the negative comments on it was that it was considered too similar to BoTW 😂

    • thingsiplay@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      22 days ago

      Unfortunately it’s Ubisoft

      The reason why I don’t buy and play the game on Steam is, it “Requires 3rd-Party Account: Ubisoft Connect Account”. Didn’t even bother purchasing it for 4 Euros because of that.

  • mercano@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    22 days ago

    I kind of cringe at suggesting this, but Genshin Impact is if Breath of the Wild used a gatcha payment model instead of $60 up front.

    • M137@lemmy.todayEnglish
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      22 days ago

      I played for a couple of hundred hours a few years ago and didn’t spend any money at all on it. It’s perfectly fine to just ignore the gatcha stuff outside of the free pulls (or whatever it’s called) you get every now and then. I also don’t like Anime at all but this was one of the few things where it was alright.

  • phar@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    22 days ago

    Horizon Zero Dawn is on steam. Amazing game. Open world. I haven’t played the second one yet but I need to.

    • 007Ace@lemmy.caEnglish
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      22 days ago

      They both check the boxes here. First one I got near complete. The second one I’m still working through. Lots to do.

      • phar@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        22 days ago

        I believe it’s the first 3D game I ever got all of the things in. All the little items and collectathon stuff. Germany I don’t do that I don’t really care enough but I just enjoyed walking around the world and sniping and setting traps enough that it was worth it. Even the DLC was great and worth it

        • Hadriscus@jlai.luEnglish
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          21 days ago

          How I understand. I can’t imagine having to collect every item in Germany

          • phar@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            21 days ago

            lol I didn’t even notice that. I believe I meant generally. But I guess now I got to take a flight and it’s going to be a while. Wish me luck

    • DaTingGoBrrr@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      22 days ago

      I really don’t get the appeal of Horizon Zero Dawn. I made it more than halfway through and then I quit.

      It just felt like I have played the exact same game before just with another coat of paint. It felt completely uninspired gameplay-wise.

        • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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          21 days ago

          The story gets really dumb at the end. Plus, the final boss is a type of robot you kill about a dozen of on the way to it, yet for some reason it’s super powered

    • Voroxpete@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      22 days ago

      Agreed, Horizon: Zero Dawn is a truly excellent game. It’s saddled with the usual Ubisoft design elements (map full of things to tick off, towers to unlock areas, etc), but none of that gets in the way of how fun the gameplay is and how good the story is.

      It’s one of the few video game stories that has really, really stuck with me. Some moments in that game are genuine gut punches that will leave you reeling.

  • fruitdealer@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    22 days ago

    Elden Ring really gave me botw vibes.

    All that exploration, shrines, random story lines and gigantic map and biome variety.

  • Strider@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    21 days ago

    Saints row iv.

    Well no, not really. But it does unexpectedly have some commons.

    You could also go for dying light. Both feature the points you mentioned though.

  • Pistcow@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    22 days ago

    Have you tried Legend of Zelda: Vreath of the Wild for PC? They even have it for Steamdeck. I love my Nintendo Steamdeck. I even got a Nintendo Steamdeck 2.

      • Katana314@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        22 days ago

        Look up the “Twintail Launcher”. Pretty easy entry point for several anime games. Theres even a version of proton, dwproton, that’s recommended for several of them.

        • user_6282638282@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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          21 days ago

          Did this on Steam Deck. Holy shit 100GB download just to start the game followed by another 16GB download once logged in + glacial “verifying integrity” progress bar…

          Enjoying the menu theme music though :)

    • Donebrach@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      22 days ago

      It’s not. It’s like playing breath of the wild on three different consoles and it also being every game idea (and none of it very fun).

        • Donebrach@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          21 days ago

          Totally.

          What made me give up was opening radial menus. After contorting my hand into a sign that should’ve caused a spell to be cast IRL, the game didn’t slow down. the whole point of radial menus is it slows down the game. that is why they exist. but no, everything still running, boss still doing its nonstop attack animation. best part was when i highlighted an item it didnt become equipped because I didn’t press the button to select it. other best was that I hadn’t selected the item to be in the radial menu.

          Then it was like “okay, now it’s time for colony sim management for some reason.”

  • lucientheluckless@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    21 days ago

    I enjoyed botw and totk, so you might also enjoy Enshrouded. Open world, lots of craft ability, base building and combat is fun and challenging. It’s a little less cartoony than Zelda but definitely not as intense as Elden Ring. They are still in early access but the next big update should be 1.0.