Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
Doing my first playthrough at the moment. It's effectively Witcher 3, but it came out two years earlier, some really nice mechanics and good combat. Goated lantern mechanic (it just is), a level of teambuilding that isn't so overplayed it kills the action at all and NG+ with a hard and easy mode (because base difficulty is not that easy)
Punishing but not in a dark souls way, it feels good to play and progress I highly recommend it.
Like, Griffon hunt in Witcher 3 was pretty meh as far as it goes, but in DD: DA it has you traverse treachourous terrain, fighting manticores and elementals on the way to ascend this giant arena it took as it's roost. Makes you feel like a certified badass.