I would be very hesitant to call RPGs very original or creative anymore. The vast vast majority of them, including Skyrim, take place in a medieval fantasy setting. Many of them involve swords, dragons, and magic. I'm not arguing that shooters are MORE original, but I'm saying that the same problems you have with shooters seem to be present in RPGs as well. Because of that the whole post comes off as quite biased by ignoring the faults of your preferred genre.
RPG vs shooters - it ultimately comes down to personal preference, so in that sense yes I'm biased. I was hoping that was obvious.
While RPG's may reuse a number of known elements, there's always a unique story in some way. A RPG that just had the same story as the last one but with a bunch of new guns wouldn't get rated very well.
That's not to say all new RPG's are great pr default - far from it. It's quite possible to make a crappy RPG - DA2 comes to mind. I'm worried about the dumbing down of the genre.
But it's still a genre where we do see a fair amount of new and original content (new stories/quests/twists). Games that offer an experience that feels new. I haven't seen a shooter in years that brought anything fundamentally new to the table.
And i should at this point probably repeat that my post is not meant to be objective in any way - it's a personal opinion, take it for what it's worth.