I actually went back and replayed Vanilla Skyrim this year because I found myself enjoying Starfield more than Skyrim, and I’ll back you up. Starfield’s quest design is more complex, more apt for roleplaying (multiple options for each major questline so you don’t have to be a psychopath to play both Companions and Dark Brotherhood), and general RPG design, but the world design is more lacking than Skyrim.
I actually went back and replayed Vanilla Skyrim this year because I found myself enjoying Starfield more than Skyrim, and I’ll back you up. Starfield’s quest design is more complex, more apt for roleplaying (multiple options for each major questline so you don’t have to be a psychopath to play both Companions and Dark Brotherhood), and general RPG design, but the world design is more lacking than Skyrim.