Even in Pool of Radiance Amiga (1990) (IIRC) developers could animate the goblin monster portrait as it made a move hitting you. Now 30 years later the developers couldn't bring themselves to make that mongrel do a dog-attack move by standing on its hind legs and biting the party. Pathetic!!
It does seem kind of weak, at least at this point. Perhaps some future updates/patches might be incoming, and if that happens I might be on board with picking up this version. If not, I'll stick to the classic one, which works fine for me.
I picked it up and have to say I'm not a fan. I enjoyed the Bard Tale Remasters but not this. Just don't have the patience for all the skill checks and attribute checks.