That really would be a weird alternate universe since Paizo partly justified sticking with 3.5's chassis because they didn't think they could tell the stories they wanted to with 4e. It took them a decade to come around to the idea that maybe they could.
...maybe...
However, and I stress that my sample size is still small, having picked up and read some of the PF2 modules and APs, I'm not convinced they were wrong in their initial assessment. I very much don't feel they are the same or as good as they used to be in the PF1 days.