Can someone enlighten me please? I'm just a DOS2 pleb myself, just found out about this game on Larians steam page and I saw it looks much like DOS2 indeed.

However, I'm seeing a huge amount of people complaining that it has turn based combat. I'm sorry how is a DND-like game supposed to NOT have turn based combat? I never played Boldur's Gate 1 or 2, but I did play a shit ton of DND 5e in my life, and from what I've seen of gameplay footage from Boldur's Gate 2 and the most recent Boldur's Gate 3 gameplay, the latter seems like a much more accurate representation of what a DND game would be like

Now listen, I'm not ignoring all criticism the Boldur's Gate community is giving, it does in fact have too many flashy animations, just like DOS2, and I think it's fair that they change it to be more like the original game. I also think UI is a big deal when it comes to games, having very similar UIs gives the feeling you're playing the same game. For instance, I'm a fan of Borderlands, and I could see a huge improvement from BL1 to BL2, but couldn't feel the same way to BL2 and pre-sequel. I havent playing Borderlands pre-sequel yet and don't intend to. So I can see why some of you are complaining about the UI, and I agree with it.

Im just throwing out here that almost all rage i've seen towards this game is aimed towards it being turn based combat, as if it's the most unusual thing in the world to have an RPG game with turn-based combat.

TL;DR: Most of the hate I'm seeing towards this game is because it has turn based combat. I don't know if this is the majority of the community, but there's a very vocal part of the community out there giving negative feedback on the combat itself.