In my own point of view Larian has actually made me LIKE RTS games for the first time in my 28 years with their card system and layers. I'm still not that good at it (I think there is hardware limitations also involved as I'm using a laptop) but that doesn't stop me loving the game (I just need an actual desktop and not laptop like I have just now).
So it doesn't feature just aerial combat? I'd be more upset if it did. I like how the different troops mix together in the current game, but that's my POV, had it remained purely aerial I would probably have taken my metaphorical hat off to them and wished them good luck and tried my bf's copy or the beta version before I got the actual game myself.
For every person that loves an aspect of a game, there will be people that hates it, I personally love the RTS even though the dragon lags and dies with a handful of fireballs to the face before I can even get it to respond from spawn properly, last night pre-patch was a good example of it when I played another player with a superior army in my hand (I had something like 10 hunters before the battle even began) and had to pull out because of laggy dragon controls (as I said before may be due to the fact that I have a laptop and not a desktop which would be preferable).
The strategy map is very interesting, with cards that can be used to good effect and I can't wait to see what they do in the single player game. I have no doubt that the single player is what I'll love most about the game, but for me the entire package is looking to be a good buy for me.
