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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gradine" data-source="post: 8012124" data-attributes="member: 57112">The closest any Dragon Age game comes to true isometric RTWP is the first one, and even then only in tactical mode. By default, DA:O played similarly to an MMO, with DA2 being closer to an action game and DA:I falling somewhere in the middle.I get that "MMO-style gameplay with pause" and "isometric RTWP" are distinctions without a difference, for the most part, but I think for a lot of people that "most part" makes a pretty big difference. I would never consider Final Fantasy XII a RTWP game, for instance, despite playing functionally very similar to DA:O (down the buildable AI scripts for companions and ability to pause to issue commands).Of course, I say all this while:*Liking the Dragon Age games quite a bit (yes, even 2, don't @ me)*Not being a huge fan of FFXII*Enjoying Baldur's Gate (well at least the first one) quite a bit*Not enjoying POE1's gameplay at all (the stat system seemed great, also liked the VP/HP thing or whatever, but every battle was a chaotic slog and every AOE spell may as well be garbage)*Loving POE's story and worldbuilding and characters a TON but having to stop eventually because I just wasn't having any fun*Vastly preferring turn-based combat in isometric RPGs (playing through D:OS1 and digging the crap out of it right now)</blockquote>