Quote Originally Posted by Turnintino View Post
I know you aren't necessarily looking for input in a thread like this... but I'ma toss in my two gil anyway lol.

I do think that SB is a lot more consistent in quality than HW overall, and I think it's more successful at telling a nuanced story about war -- by a wide margin. But for me, I found characters like Ysayle, Estinien, and Aymeric more compelling than pretty much anyone in SB's cast (other than Yotsuyu), which made HW more compelling for me to follow in general. And, anecdotally at least, it seems like that's the consensus among players like me who favored it: they cared more about the characters, so they cared more about the story. SB's just seemed to struggle to hook some of us despite its relative compexity.

In terms of actual content, though, SB absolutely takes the cake, imo.
Doesn't matter to me, mate. Input if you want. I hated Ysayle with a passion personally and wasn't overly attached to Aymeric nor Haurchefaunt but I'm aware I'm in the minority with that. I will say though that SB was not void of unlikeable characters for me. Lyse in particular was quite annoying. I'd rather deal with more Ysayle over Lyse, but overall I liked more SB characters than HW.