I always had the worry that Starfield would be up to the typical Bethesda standard but stumble in trying to expand that to a whole new style of open world game - and I think that has kind of been what happened with the game. I think there was definitely some weird expectations of the game - and I’m glad they took an experimental risk with their format, but I don’t think it all played to their best strengths.
That said, I am not worried about ES6. I don’t see any reason why it won’t be a more traditional Bethesda game and i think they can really do what they do best with it.