No contest - respectfully - BG3 kicks WOTR into a cocked hat. I was so excited for it, desperately wanted it to be good - I had terrible RPG cravings with nothing new on the immediate horizon and I foolishly bought the deluxe edition in excited optimism. I then slogged my way through 70 hours of the game but sadly, the story and characters aren't engaging enough (I can't remember anyone now or what happens), the ruleset is used as cudgel to punish, rather than as a set of tools allowing the player to be inventive. The battle/armies mechanic is bizarre and out of place, and smashes what narrative there is into a pulp. The word 'tiresome' really encapsulates my experience.
Complexity and granularity aren't a substitute for good game mechanics or world building, and sadly I stopped playing feeling frustrated, bored and irritated.
My experience with BG3 is the complete reverse, am dreading the game coming to an end but when it does, I'll spin the party around and immediately start all over again.
Edit: why did my brain write 'encaptures' - no such word! Doh.
