Great review !
I played Stick of Truth and really enjoyed the story, animation, and how it did feel like one long episode or movie. I'm not the biggest fan of turn based combat, for the reason you stated of it making battles take longer, I prefer real-time combat. But it doesn't bug me enough to ruin my experience.

Reading your description of the turn based combat combined with positioning in Fractured But Whole makes me think I can wait a little bit, and pick it up on sale !