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[darkway1]

Just putting it out there....Fallout 4 is a month away,that should keep any RPG fan occupied for a while.

[NRieh]

It sounds like a typical widthdrawal to me. You enjoy the game, and you want more of it, but at some point you just get tired. You feel like you're not getting enough of fun, but increasing the play time only makes it worse and adds to the frustration. I usually try not to force things during such 'intermissions', play casual small games, or do not play at all. At some point a desire for a new 'bigger' game stepps in, and I buy/play it.

I wish you luck. Also if you say that you love good stories, I'd suggest considering 'Dishonored' as an option. It's neither a shooter nor an action (unless you want it to be one of those), it has great setting and wonderful characters supported by a well-written story with enough choices to make

[Wynterdust]

From personal experience, don't count out Mass Effect. Like you, I had absolutely zero interest in Sci-Fi and had no intention of ever playing it, but I thought, since it's Bioware and I was on a DA:O hype at the time that I'd try the demo of the third one. Thought it was okay so I picked up a copy of the trilogy pretty cheap and I don't regret a thing. Up there as one of my favourite games of all time.

For other games, like others have said, Dragon's Dogma is a good one. (Although, those followers.... Thanks to that game I now know that wolves are weak against fire). Kingdoms of Amalur is pretty decent and the Witcher series as well.  I'd also rate Lost Odyssey as well.

[Mlady]

I've been doing many PT's and I keep changing it up for fun! I did Here Lies The Abyss first, then the Ball, then the Wilds. I like how Gaspard's dialogue changes based on your actions before the Ball.

 

I attempted to break off from DAI and play TW3, but the grinding from sooo many side quests and looting in that game made my OCD overload lol but I will beat it one day!!

[Forsythia77]

I'm going to put in my $0.02 for AC Syndicate.  I've been playing and enjoying the hell out of it.  I love the setting and playing as Evie.  She rocks.  The side missions are fun and in a lot of ways Ubisoft has made it more RPG like with the leveling and the crafting of new gear.  It has given me great joy to find all the beer bottles and read Shaun's tasting notes.  The present day stuff is (so far) pretty unobtrusive.  And London is beautiful.  I will say that I did not hate Unity, nor did I have issues with it being glitchy like a lot of people did.  I did hate ACIII and that game made me question my life choices and devotion to the series.  Like with Dragon's Age, I'm a bit of a fan girl though.  So take that how ever you need to. 

[BSpud]

Just putting it out there....Fallout 4 is a month away,that should keep any RPG fan occupied for a while.

 

 It's 2 weeks away.

[Ghaleon]

Thank you all for the suggestions - and not one snide comment (almost ) so far.

 

I think the fatigue comes from how unbalanced the game is.  It would have made more sense to gate these checkpoints: complete the venatori missions before you can assault Adamant for instance.  But once you've walked the Fade you can go straight to the endgame.

 

Be that as it may, I forgot to mention that I quite loved Jade Empire and Nevewinter Nights.  Never tried those other suggestions but I've heard good, if frightening things about Dark Souls; it's so hard you want to pull your hair out - EVE grade hard I'm told.  But the feeling of accomplishment is incredible apparently. 

 

However an engaging story is more important to me than the satisfaction derived from beating game mechanics.  I'm not a console person so I dislike shooters and I loathe anything requiring precise & coordinated dexterity; many keyboards have ended in the recycling bin over the years whenever I've tried one of those...

 

Maybe Assassin's Creed - it has a historical setting after all.  Or I could go back to my beloved Crusader Kings 2.

 

 

Based on that if you have not played them Star  Wars Knights of the old republic 1  and  2, very fun  games. Since on PC you can mod in the missing content from KOTOR 2.. either  Fallout  3 or new vegas also, they are kind of a shooter? but slow paced, skyrim with guns and a post apocalyptic story set to 1950s style.
 

[Phoenix_Also_Rises]

Hah oh wow do I know that feeling. I'm currently in the middle of my last Inquisition playthrough for a long, looooong time, likely until immediately before the next installment releases, and I'm already looking at things to play next, but nothing seems to be scratching that BioWare itch. I have started playing Tw3 and while genuinely excellent and jaw dropping and intense in all the right ways, the fact that I play a fixed character with a fixed class is what makes me take breaks from it and play DA instead.

As for recommendations, Kingdoms of Amalur has been mentioned and I can't agree more. If you don't mind a silent protagonist and a dash of whimsy, I recommend you check it out. True, it does get a bit mmo-y here and there, but the story is genuinely engaging, the faction quests are surprisingly involved and complex - especially the Warsworn line feeds well into the over - arching narrative - and the combat is just. so. damn. FUN. I can rant for HOURS about how awesome it is that you're given a complete freedom in choosing any class throughout gameplay or even go for hybrid specs (which is what I did and my warrior/mage became an avatar of death and an implement of wanton destruction), all the while keeping gameplay itself balanced and challenging. Also combos. OMG THE COMBOS. Plus, if you are an Elder Scrolls fan, it had some people who previously worked on Oblivion involved in its production (and if you know what you're looking for, you can see it all over the place).

[theacefes]

I just finished Life is Strange - I didn't think I'd like it but it actually turned out to be very entertaining and gave a fresh spin on a very overused plot device. The voice acting for the major characters is top notch as well - kind of crappy for minor characters though. 

 

Tomb Raider - the reboot from 2013 - is also really good, though I would recommend playing on a console or with a controller on the PC - the PC controls aren't great. The graphics are lovely and the game is pretty immersive and has a decent cast of characters. Also, this new version of Lara Croft is written by Rhianna Pratchett, who does a great job of writing the character in a way that is believable and human - this isn't your PS1 Lara Croft.  It's also practically free right now because the sequel comes out on 11/10. There is also a great deal of lore for this new setting so it seems like the publisher/developer is investing in it.

 

I will also recommend Kingdoms of Amalur - super fun combat, decent plot, has a lot of parallels in character development and cinematics that Bioware games have. The class system is fantastic as well - I will second the combos! Met some of the guys that worked on it at e3 a few years ago and it was just great seeing how into the setting and story they were - shame the company went under - I think it's a great setting. It is available on PC as well.

 

If you are a Longest Journey fan, the Dreamfall Chapters episodes are fairly good - I think they're taking too long to come out with the episodes as they have only released 3/5 chapters and the controls are frustrating at times but the writing is pretty good.

 

If you like Skyrim, perhaps give Morrowind a shot with mods? There are mods that will make it as pretty and interesting as Skyrim. Sad to say, not much that can be done about the character models - those things are just ugly.

 

Finally, I didn't see Planescape: Torment in your original list. Be sure to play with the widescreen mod. Great story - graphics did NOT age well. Also uses Infinity Engine and was made by Black Isle.

 

You'll note that almost all of these have you playing a fixed character, however in my opinion, they are very well written fixed characters that let you learn about them as you play the game, instead of having all this backstory you have to consume before you can really enjoy putting yourself in that role. Dreamfall is kind of an exception since it's technically a sequel but it helps you catch up pretty quickly. 

[MrMrPendragon]

Title....That's what she said

[PsychoBlonde]

In less than two weeks, Fallout 4 will release. I think it's set in the future by a couple hundred years but the precedent for the world's setting is what the world would have been like if things went another direction during the golden age, and then nuclear war on top of that. So it is but it isn't, futuristic.

You could try something that isn't an RPG? Lots of enjoyable games out there.

 

The 50's were the golden age?

[MaxQuartiroli]

..or you could just grab NWN1 and NWN2 and try some of the free mods. A lot of good campaigns there, and some of them are even better than many professional games.