If the game ends up being turn=based combat, then it will be an easy call for me to pass on it (or at least wait until it is on sale dirt cheap to take a look at it).
I think that's a price I'm willing to pay.
That said, action combat can also be interesting for sure. It's just that most developers opting for the action go the dumb combat route. Or as Bioware put it: "We want Call Of Duty's audience". RPG studios increasingly trying to make RPGs for people who don't actually like RPGs -- it's happened way back with Ultima already.
https://www.filfre.net/2021/02/ultima-viii-or-how-to-destroy-a-gaming-franchise-in-one-easy-step/ This is a different time though with more games out on the market than ever before. It's about specialization
Yeah, that's the thing, though: I don't hate action combat in itself, I'm just more than a bit skeptic about Larian having the expertise on it to pull off an action combat I would genuinely enjoy.
They can't exactly boast From Software's track record in that area.
Then again in their defense very few can.
Which is why I think they should "stay in their lane", so to speak, and offer something they can excel at.
