Your gameplay style sort of dictates whether it feels more like a turn-based strategy or RPG with turn based combat. I always played avoiding combat as much as possible and focusing on exploration and trade, so it felt more like an RPG.
You are right again. I kept thinking when in map / management mode, it's also turn based, but I was wrong. Only the combat was turn based. Playing in the map and entering towns/cities were all real time.
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