No, sadly I think the design is too new. Morrowind was 22 years ago. It is the direction I'd like to see them go again. A complex world that feels lived in, and actually gives players options to play how they want and figure things out for themselves. The newer boring "design for everyone" approach sucks. There's no soul and nothing interesting.

FromSoft is somewhat notoriously old-school. Their game design has directly evolved from their older games. Look at King's Field and then look at Dark Souls. There's so much similarity. Yeah, ER is more cleaned up with a fuck-ton more money and technology available, but it's essentially the same design.

Obviously Balder's Gate 3 is just an evolution of classic RPG design, and it did very well. I'd argue CDPR also has taken classic RPG inspiration more than modern ones. A modern RPG design wouldn't do half the stuff Cyberpunk did, because it's not targeting everyone (and no one).

Modern AAA design doesn't pick a target. Their target is everyone and everything, so they do nothing well. Classic design is knowing who your game is for and making a game for them and not anyone else. Bethesda is doing the former.