Ooh you should give the 2nd another chance, they f’ed up the combat (I think they wanted to copy Souls games) but the story is great and honestly it still looks fine for a 2011 game

It’s more war/politics oriented, and the story is about clearing your name and recovering memory and less about saving someone/the world

If the combat part is the issue, some mods can improve that (or make you hard to kill)