I've never understood 3D games with 2D scenes. It looks like a patchwork. 2D scenes are the domain of Ren'Py and RPG Maker. But if a game is 3D, I personally expect 3D scenes (even if they are on the main game engine and happen directly during gameplay, without detailed design, instead of separate scenes from the main game with higher-quality models), at the very least with animations, and ideally with a free camera, additional poses, and interactions.
For example: you approach a point of interest, there is a chained sinner and something is happening with them, or when you press the interaction button, the interaction animation starts playing directly on the main game map; instead of opening a 2D or 3D interaction scene over the main game when pressed (in cases where the engine does not allow for separate detailed 3D scenes or if there are not enough skills, models, etc., to create them).
