Total War Rome II with one of the big mods.

The mods give it incredible detail and make the AI a bit smarter.

Total War Napoleon if you want musket warfare, worth it for the mortars alone.

Sin from FFX was hard core.

Returns every 10 years after someone kills themselves to kill it, and never allows society to get beyond a weird magic-bronze-age because it squashes big cities better than Godzilla does.

Lord of the Rings with the game mechanics of Chivalry 2.

Its still in the rumour phase, not even pre-pre-production. It will probably remain in the rumour phase, but the idea is very cool.

The soundtrack is brilliant. Top class shit and I don’t mean just the reworked FF tunes from other games. Its a great soundtrack.

Been a long time since I’ve played it, stopped at the end of Heavensward and don’t have the time/patience to go back to an MMO myself. The fetch quests wore me out.