Given the choice I would also choose Larian because of Owlcat's bad habit of releasing buggy games - the initial release was buggier than any of the early access patches and the 'core' difficulty was terribly misnamed it should have been 'hardcore'.
But the party banter, slow moving romances, 6 person party, lack of chain mechanic, alignment . . . all make me prefer Wrath. To me it's not new vs old because BG3's mechanics feels like *old* DOS2 it's instead are you willing to exchange some dazzling visuals for workable mechanics.
Again, BG3 is fun now and will be fun when it gets full release but, thus far, I consider Wrath to be the strongest contender in the "spiritual successor to BG2" contest
