In many aspects - yes but I always have a soft spot for Borderlands because I have played all the games up to this point but it does get pretty boring after a while so It is always good for a casual session but Skyrim has awesome mods coming out every day. Almost anything you can think up, there is a mod for it. The Skyrim modding community has to be the most robust one in existence.
I used to be good to survival. And the building seems to be good option in that case. but the thing is that some of the time it can be good enough for the time pass most likely.