Interested in trying out Divinity 2: Ego Draconis?
Very unlikely to change if they have a playable form of the engine. Just pointing out the potential flaws of real time.
'Tales of the World (psp) & 'Dungeon Siege' (pc, http://www.gaspowered.com/ds1/content.php?loc=requirements ) were good for me, in terms of controlling the party. Dungeon Siege 2 (pc, http://www.gaspowered.com/ds2/minspec.php), Neverwinter Nights 1&2, Summoner 1 & 2, Persona 3, Ephemeral Phantasia, Dragon Quest VIII (monster arena), .hack//:infection, PSU: Ambition of the Illuminus for PS2, the party AI controls caused far more trouble. (in spite of better hardware requirements ). Often other party members will execute the current command at most, & then return to AI based incompetence. Manual control FTW.

I do agree with the original poster, for loot balancing. Just posting here, because topic mentioned party's.