Whatever it is:
[b]When you press a button, something awesome has to happen.[/b]Wouldn't be another RPG heavy hitter trying to grow ever larger if Larian opted out of that. Can't break that rule. ;-) See also:
Origin's Ultima 1-7 -> Ultima 8
Westwood's Eye Of The Beholder/Lands Of Lore -> Lands Of Lore 2+3
Bioware -> Anything post BG/NWN
Bethesda -> Anything post Morrowind and prior also Redguard + Battlespire
Square Enix -> any modern FF