Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Mega-threads and Guides The Turn-Based/Real Time with Pause topic

I think by technical definition, it isn't a matter of better or worse, but of static vs dynamic. TB is static. RT is dynamic. TB is proactive (you think about the moves before they happen, and extrapolate). RT is reactive (you make your moves based on the immediate inputs).