they are the same thing just done in a different way... the point is 'Pause' is bad for multiplay so modern games don't do that

welcome to Gog

p.s, Developers don't come here much at all mate so prob better to go to their forums to post your question
https://forums.larian.com

you still prob won't get an answer but at least they may see it?

Thank You! I will link them to this topic : ) are you after real-time game events too?
greetings

edit: email with a link sent and replied (Thanks Julian!)

"Larian Support via freshdesk.com

Wed, 19 May, 20:29 (11 hours ago)

to me
Hi,

Thank you for your feedback.

Regards,
Julian"

edit:
✨ Re: Thank You as for me and most of my Baldur`s Gate Friends is to play or not to play.
...option of real-time required. ✨

I wish Larian's "Baldur's Gate 3" was more like "Baldur's Gate", and not like "Divinity: Original Sin".

Call me crazy.

I prefer turn-based. Good luck to you guys, though.

While I would vastly prefer RTwP too, I think that ship has long sailed. From what I've seen though, BG3 should be quite an enjoyable D&D romp regardless, so unless you absolutely cannot stand TB combat, I'd recommend giving BG3 a go anyway. :)

In development, and I just cannot even try without the option of real-time, as for a big big Baldur`s Gate fan, turn-based system in BG is something unthinkable.
I guess one less fan would not make a difference but for a sake of my top 5 games, I had to try for a chance to try : )

bg1 and bg2 are also turn based... if you ever had your character just stand there while bad guys bet on him in combat it's because he is waiting for his turn to drink that health potion or turn invisible

I've accepted the turn-based combat, but not all of us have the time for it. It's too slow, especially when there are many enemies and turns. My husband was so excited hearing about BG3. But since we pre-ordered it and he saw the combat, he just gave up on it. He can only afford so much time a day for enjoying a game. As someone who has to leave house early morning and come back late evening. And in case of turn-based combat, a fight can easily take an hour or even more when you want to play it with some challenge (not on easy difficulty mode).

Also, we prefer to continuously play a story driven game like BG3 until the finish. Not to wait for a weekend and try to remember what goals we've set in the last playthrough and what events were there two weeks ago. So, we are sad that this game is not RTwP. Though I understand the motives of the developers and will definetly play the game.

Please tell your husband that he hasn't seen the game yet...;) He has purchased a small fraction of the game in this Early Access release. 3/4-2/3 of the game will not be released until the game ships sometime within the next 12 months. Your husband bought an Early Access game--he did not buy the full game--which hasn't been finished or released. He's already paid for the full game, but that is still several months away, imo. So with the EA it is impossible to "play until it's finished." Because it is a long way from being finished by Larian. (Doesn't anyone read anymore before pressing the 'buy' button?)

Baldur's Gate3 is going to be a nice, long game taking dozens of hours to finish--so it doesn't look as if the difference between RTwP and turn-based is going to make much difference at all in the longevity of the game. I'm trying to make sense from your post, but it's difficult...;)

I've been looking for an estimated ship date... did Larian ever say they'll be shipping in the next 12 months?

I've played through enough times/variations that I'm pretty sure I've seen all there is to see in the existing demo. Waiting for the rest of the game is killer....

They have a lot of work to do. The early access demo is longer and more detailed than some full release games I've played. If they want to keep this consistency throughout the whole game, it is going to take some time. The statement the devs left on the Steam page I think is a good answer for your question. I, too, am itching to play the rest of the game. I know it sucks...but we gotta wait.

source:https://store.steampowered.com/app/1086940/Baldurs_Gate_3/

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?
“Though Act 1 (the content for Early Access) is defined, Act’s 2 and 3 are work in progress. It’s therefore difficult to predict when 1.0 will launch. We anticipate Baldur’s Gate 3 being in Early Access for at least one year but we’ll have to see how it goes. It’ll be ready when it’s ready.”

Edit: typo and formatting

I am a D&D player and I really like them matching things to the RP game. I have tried 'real-time' RPG and I quickly quit because I die. RGP's should not be rushed. Rushing through the game is missing the game.

I'm also glad that it is turn based. BG3 should simply be very close to the DnD5 rules and it is known that this is played strictly according to rounds. Solasta is also a lot of fun for me at the moment. But there is nothing against introducing another combat mode, similar to Pathfinder Kingmaker, which then takes place in "real time with pause" (we all know that there are still 6 second rounds in which everyone involved simply carries out his actions at the same time) as in BG 1 and 2. But first they should finish the game.

They said in the readme on the Larian site and the Steam site that it could be a year, or longer, before the full game shipped--that was several months ago on day 1 of the EA availability--it looks as though it could be a lot longer than that, unfortunately.

The scope of the total game will be far bigger than the EA--the EA doesn't even get us to Baldur's Gate...!