I am in the “Breakpoint is significantly better than Wildlands” camp, actually. Only played it with immersive mode though. I enjoyed its more RPGish structure and didn’t mind all those dialogues and story additions. Its “Elon Musk” figure is misguided, but not some evil caricature (that kinda falls to Jon Bernthal’s character). It was more immersive and less…gamey than Wildlands, which I prefer, and Nomad is much more of an actual person (although completely different one than in Wildlands).
Also, the DLC for Breakpoint, the one with Sam Fisher, was great. Kinda showed how open world Splinter Cell could work.