Fight Real-Time With Pause
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Tyranny’s combat is described as challenging, classic and tactical, with real-time-with-pause at its centre rather than turns.
Real-time with pause
The store names tactical real-time-with-pause combat as the system, which means the planning happens while the fight is running. That structure rewards pausing often and thinking about the whole encounter rather than reacting to whatever happens to be closest to your character at any given moment.
Party-driven mechanics are the new part
The combat also brings new party-driven mechanics and a modern presentation. Since companions are described as unique and memorable, the party is doing narrative work and mechanical work at once, and the mechanics are the part the store singles out as new for this particular game.
A classic-styled RPG, an original story
Tyranny is described as a classic-styled RPG with an original story, shaped and molded by your actions, from the team behind Pillars of Eternity, Fallout: New Vegas and South Park: The Stick of Truth. That combination is the reason to expect the systems to feel familiar while the setting does not.
The authority that combat protects is covered in playing the Fatebinder. The choices it settles are covered in deciding what your power is for.