Given the trajectory of the series (and Bethesda games in general) I have this creeping fear that it's going to be even more watered down than Skyrim is. It seems like with every game Bethesda releases they strip away RPG elements and dialogue and "streamline" everything, effectively making their beloved RPG franchises into action-adventure games like they did with Fallout 4. What are the odds they turn it around and actually make the excellent first person open world RPG the series deserves?
My dream is for TES to get it's own New Vegas, a return-to-form RPG from an outside company that actually knows how to write an interesting video game
The small cities are one of the biggest disappointments in Skyrim IMO. They did a decent job of making them feel bigger, but I remember walking around Whiterun the first time and being like "uhhh this is it?"
I also wish there was some more interesting spell selection (the shouts were cool at least) and that the weapons felt more different. I was able to fix those with mods, but I really shouldn't have to.