I have played this game four times, thrice through the expansions and the level of choice is as clear as something like the newer, lighter RPG's like games from Larian studios. It lacks emergent stuff from those games but there's more to this, it is so nuanced here that you can't see the details in choice cause it does it so well. Whole sections of the game will be withdrawn from you depending on your choice, so much change from one playthrogh to the next. Things can happen hours apart that change how the stories unfold, sometimes dozens of hours apart. I've played choice based games like Detroi become human and been less impressed by the sprawl of the choice here. 

I think they done it too well, they didn't make light of it and because it's scripted and not dynamic as with older RPG's nor is there a character creater people write this off. I have spent so much time this playthrough fucking up and the reloading saves cause I know there's a better outcome than I got.

This game had everything that defines an RPG apart from a character creator but fuck silent characters. 

I think the W3 is a mediocre game that is way over hyped. I tried to play it 3 different times and got bored 10 hours in, every time. I would call it a rpg, just a very boring one with sub par battle system.

Now, now. Depression is a treatable illness and you shouldn't go on suffering. 

Lol, I really don't get the love.  With the free upgrade I am going to give it one final try this holiday.  Either way, it is an rpg.  So is oblivion.

Not every popular games clicks with everyone.  I know plenty of big jrpg fans that didn't enjoy Clair Obscur Expedition 33, or platform fans that didn't feel Astro Bot.  You can't satisfy everyone with a game.