Posted April 07, 2023
Music: Tie
Both games seem to have excellent sound tracks.
Voice Acting: BG3
The voice acting that is in WOTR is good, but BG3 is better and is fully voiced. You will need to read a lot in WOTR.
Difficulty: WOTR
BG3 has only 1 difficulty mode that has to work for all players. WOTR has I think 7 levels of difficulty and a slew of custom options related to it. Even if this changes on release, there's no way BG3 can offer as much challenge as WOTR for those that want that.
Writing/Story: Tie
From what I can see, they both have excellent writing and story. I don't see any clear winner here.
Presentation: BG3
The cinematic dialogues, graphics, and slickness of presentation are far better in BG3. Even in early access this is obvious.
Technical: BG3
The engine and general coding in BG3 is far better than WOTR. WOTR is not very well optimized. And when the "final" versions of these games arrive and there are no more patches I am certain BG3 will be the less buggy & more optimized game.
Length: WOTR
I know the full BG3 is not yet revealed but I'm almost 100% certain BG3 has to be a smaller game than WOTR. WOTR is massive and has lots of reasons to replay it.
Character Builds / Leveling Complexity: WOTR
The options available in WOTR (even if you didn't factor in the mythic paths) is far, far beyond anything in BG3.
Combat/Gameplay: WOTR
BG3 has a turn based combat only. I think a lot of people will like this. But WOTR has both turn based mode and real-time with pause that can be toggled on demand whenever you want. Having that flexibility even in the middle of a battle with a key press is nice. BG3 has a 4 char party, WOTR has 6. And again the difficulty can be so much harder on WOTR if you want that challenge. So I think if only for giving more options WOTR wins here.
Multiplayer: BG3
WOTR has no multiplayer, BG3 does. So this is easy. I don't know how many people can play a deep 100+ hour RPG with other people, but if you can, BG3 is the only option.
Enemies: Maybe WOTR
I think both games basically cover the same types of enemies. But I kind of doubt BG3 will have as good boss battles as WOTR. I can't know this for sure, I'm just doubtful.
Exploration: BG3
Exploring the world is just far more immersive with more hidden things and surprises in BG3 than walking thru a map in WOTR. I'm not saying WOTR is not immersive, but that BG3 is just far more immersive.
I think it's obvious BG3 is going to be amazing. But I still think WOTR is going to be preferred by some.
Both games seem to have excellent sound tracks.
Voice Acting: BG3
The voice acting that is in WOTR is good, but BG3 is better and is fully voiced. You will need to read a lot in WOTR.
Difficulty: WOTR
BG3 has only 1 difficulty mode that has to work for all players. WOTR has I think 7 levels of difficulty and a slew of custom options related to it. Even if this changes on release, there's no way BG3 can offer as much challenge as WOTR for those that want that.
Writing/Story: Tie
From what I can see, they both have excellent writing and story. I don't see any clear winner here.
Presentation: BG3
The cinematic dialogues, graphics, and slickness of presentation are far better in BG3. Even in early access this is obvious.
Technical: BG3
The engine and general coding in BG3 is far better than WOTR. WOTR is not very well optimized. And when the "final" versions of these games arrive and there are no more patches I am certain BG3 will be the less buggy & more optimized game.
Length: WOTR
I know the full BG3 is not yet revealed but I'm almost 100% certain BG3 has to be a smaller game than WOTR. WOTR is massive and has lots of reasons to replay it.
Character Builds / Leveling Complexity: WOTR
The options available in WOTR (even if you didn't factor in the mythic paths) is far, far beyond anything in BG3.
Combat/Gameplay: WOTR
BG3 has a turn based combat only. I think a lot of people will like this. But WOTR has both turn based mode and real-time with pause that can be toggled on demand whenever you want. Having that flexibility even in the middle of a battle with a key press is nice. BG3 has a 4 char party, WOTR has 6. And again the difficulty can be so much harder on WOTR if you want that challenge. So I think if only for giving more options WOTR wins here.
Multiplayer: BG3
WOTR has no multiplayer, BG3 does. So this is easy. I don't know how many people can play a deep 100+ hour RPG with other people, but if you can, BG3 is the only option.
Enemies: Maybe WOTR
I think both games basically cover the same types of enemies. But I kind of doubt BG3 will have as good boss battles as WOTR. I can't know this for sure, I'm just doubtful.
Exploration: BG3
Exploring the world is just far more immersive with more hidden things and surprises in BG3 than walking thru a map in WOTR. I'm not saying WOTR is not immersive, but that BG3 is just far more immersive.
I think it's obvious BG3 is going to be amazing. But I still think WOTR is going to be preferred by some.
Post edited April 07, 2023 by EverNightX