Wrath of the Righteous exists and serves as one of the benchmarks BG3 will be measured against.
A benchmark BG3 already passed for me, even without playing the early access, because I despised so much Wrath of the Righteous I wouldn't play it even under torture

Same. I found Wrath of the Righetous cartoonish, obnoxious and over the top. Put it down after about 5-10 hours and have zero desire to pick it up again.
Got through most of early access for BG3 and wanted to keep going about a year or two ago. Decided to put it down and wait for full release because I knew I'd be playing it a ton upon release.