I honestly totally agree with the OP. They remind me too much of Sacred and stuff like that, really... I'm not gonna pretend anything though, 'cause in the end I'm sure it'll turn out well (since it is Larian-made) :P.

"The attack came at the breaking of the dawn, the sky was turning from a pitch black shroud into a shimmering canopy of red and orange, the clouds were just hinting at the night’s final death knell."