Nowadays, I think turn based RPGs are a bit...archaic.

[Gnizmo]

Soriku said:

Gnizmo said:
I think tea is archaic now-a-days with the advent of soda! Your entire premise is extremely flawed. Action RPGs are not an evolution of turn based. They have been around for nearly as long at this point. They are simply a different mode of play. To proclaim an entire style of play is archaic simply because you no longer enjoy it as much is simply out of touch. So long as the two types of games play differently then neither one can make the other archaic, out dated, or bad. Any claim is a person projecting their own values on the entire market through either ego, or ignorance. If it is based on ego, then there is nothing to be done. If it is based on ignorance, then people responding here saying they do not share the same opinion should prove the point.

For me it's becoming a bigger preference than before, not something about ignorance or ego or whatever. It'd be something about those if I said I totally hate turn based now which I obviously don't.

You misunderstand. Allow me to elaborate. Your claim is that action RPGs supplant turn-based RPGs because they are more fun. In essence there are only two reasons to make this claim. First one would be that you think your gaming preference should be the universally accepted one. As such if you find a flaw in a game style then it is inferior to one you do not find a flaw in. Should a person prefer FPS to RPGs they would claim the FPS genre is simply better, and anyone who disagrees doesn't know what they are talking about. I don't believe this is your motivation, but I am certain others will attempt to (wrongly) push their opinion onto others.

The second would be ignorance of other gamers taste. You view it as an evolution, and see turn based as simply a technical limitation that has long since been solved. As such you do not think other people could possibly want turn based over action as you have not been exposed to someone who dislikes action RPGs, but enjoys turn based immensely.

This isn't to say that you don't have a right to your opinion. If you would prefer RPGs be action based then more power to you. There is plenty of game developers out there so that both of our needs can be met. The attempt to universalize your opinion is something I would object to. My commentary was meant to be on your sweeping claim, rather than your personal opinion. I am not concerned in the least as to why you prefer action RPGs to turn based so long as you do not try to claim that everyone else should as well.