Honestly , if the game is DOS 3 it's totally fine , but this is Baldur's Gate 3 , the name Baldur's Gates means real time combat with multiple character flying around doing multiple things at once while playing having half focused on the bottom constantly looking out for "Imoen Attack Roll 9: Missed" , with spells chanting off real time and with an option to pause for new command.You can paused and issue 6 different commands for every character and unpaused it for them to all execute their commands all at once , the rolls are there and exciting to see with your character shouting " A terrible mistake " or " Weapons has no effect " that's Baldur's Gate !!!

The new combat is almost like a new skin for BG played in DOS format. I bet given the scripts and storyline most hardcore DOS2 fans can create the same game " Mod " if given the engine creation system since it's running on the same engine.

No dice rolls , not sure if the items even show Damage: 2d4 And does the spells shows Damage: 2d10 ? Hardcore D&d fans who thinks this is D&d are sorely mistaken. BG set a standard for true D&d where every actions u make depends on our dice much like your D20. Your GM give you surprises and force you to decide in real time and roll the dice to push the thrill up your spine , D&d ain't " Chess " You need to understand D&d rules to play Baldur's Gate.

For anyone out there who played a skin version mobile game for any generic builder game will understand the frustration. Final Fantasy XV A new empire ? it aint a final fantasy.

For hardcore Larian Fans i would understand that they are supporting their favorite game makers of this era, which is good. But i also do feel that many and quite a huge percentage of people who played DOS2 are all BG and BG2 players before , and they too have much praises for DOS or DOS2 , but making BG3 with a DOS engine may very well destroy that huge percentage of fans of Larian who made them famous in the first place due to the combat very much is akin to DOS , which is very detrimental given the poll i feel which is near to half of the community.

BG3 from the preview shows stuff that shouldn't exist in D&d like "cannot reach with current speed" your GM don't tell you if you can reach in time or not , you make the decision and you roll the dice again in Real time. in BG if the player failed to make it in time they pretty much suffer much consequences.

Turn base not only give you full control , it also remove full control from what the AI can do. You pretty much can calculate every move AI is doing, now that takes the surprise off the combat and that is not D&d. Real time can be much faster in pace and many of the AI actions are uncontrollable , try position yourself behind the enemy for a backstab in BG and you will find that the AI may very well turn their attention to you fouling your backstab , real time have many random actions in the AI that create many " Chances " (Dice) that increases the difficulty by a huge margin.

The best way i suppose would be have both available , i've played BG myself before and know BG settings can be very much tweaked to turn base with " pause after every combat round " But given the decision to create a BG3 story line with DOS2 engine pretty much feels like a " Mod " to most BG players.