There isn't a perfect or better elder scrolls game. They all succeeded.

Bethesda Delivered some very large games, so yea, something will go wrong once or twice, or maybe more. If one was perfect, say Skyrim delivered the perfect Elder Scrolls experience, then no one would play the other ones. IMO, the perfect elder scrolls feel, is the fact that you play in one of the most immersive series ever created. That's just my opinion, but Bethesda has truly created an amazing series, and, even though I have not played arena, daggerfall, morrowind, oblivion, and only skyrim, I feel that Bethesda does the series best, and hope they always will.
They did start it from the beggining
