I think this is a strawman. Most people don't avoid Solasta due to their strict adherence to 5e rules, but rather because franky, it's ugly as hell, and barely an rpg. It's a combat simulator, and if people are looking for that, then awesome. Trying to argue that strict 5e rules are boring/slow/etc isn't fair. And this is coming from someone that doesn't particularly like 5e.
+1
Honestly by the time I got to the end of Solasta I was relieved to not have to deal with the combat anymore, it was just stifling.
That and the "uncanny valley*" faces of the characters. So creepy.
However, I am grateful that on some level it made me a better player and gave me a better understanding of 5e rules.
*The uncanny valley phenomenon can be described as an eerie or unsettling feeling that some people experience in response to not-quite-human figures like humanoid robots and lifelike computer-generated characters.
