The original ES creators are long gone. At one point one of them even said he’s happy the company is successful but the games are not games he would have made.
Thier lore guy left after Oblivion.
Todd and Pete Hines have said before their goal is to streamline everything in each game more than the last. That also leads into their you must be able to win everything philosophy that dumbs each game down even further.
Thankfully there’s ESO. They actually have good writers on that. It’s probably the last good elder scrolls game, unless something drastic changes within Bethesda.
Embracer owns far too much stuff. The Lord of the Rings media, Dark Horse comics, Crystal Dynamics, Tomb Raider, Deus Ex, Thief, and Legacy of Kain, Warhorse (the Kingdom Come devs), 3D Relms, Gearbox (then sold off half of that), Zen Studios (the PinballFX devs), the Metro series, Coffee Stain (Goat Simulator and Satisfactory), the Gothic series, Silent Storm, The Guild 2, Alone in the Dark, Red Faction, Jaggied Alliance… And a crap ton more.
All because of one karaoke wii game called We Sing.