>>10102In some ways it definitely is, but it's still better than the modern garbage they make. While it did try to tone down a lot of the uniqueness of the setting to capitalize on the success of the Lord of the Rings movies, it also did try to incrementally improve on certain elements of Morrowind (Schedules, NPCs traveling between cells, physics, etc.) In the end it's still an inferior game to Morrowind but it was a new entry in a series back when people were still innovating.
At this point in time Skyrim actually is a masterpiece compared to games being released in current year.