I have found the exact opposite to be true. During Pathfinder, I’m focusing more on my characters motivations and their social place within the game world, during 5E, it feels like I’m more or less playing diablo. Smashing bad guys and getting loot, fun in it’s own right but it’s not the world of Golarion and it’s rich stories.
Oh and as a quick edit, the motivations for my characters in Pathfinder are easy to find, such as I know this character’s race or culture originates from say, Kwanlai, but the Adventure takes place on the other side of the world in the west, so there’s one basic motivation, they came, they saw the world, they’re homesick and then, adventure happens. During 5E, there’s no consistent overworld that I’ve ever been introduced to and none of the 4 Dm’s I’ve had so far have sold me a world that I can connect to like Azeroth or Golarion.