Either / Neither It all depends on player´s choice.
I can be painfully wrong, but I do think that action rpgs came to existence mainly to please western audiences, because turn-based franchises like DQ, SMT, Pokemon etc. have always been huge in Japan.
I personally prefer turn-based rpgs. It wakes my senses of strategy and reasoning. But there are some really, really cool action rpgs out there. Xenoblade Chronicles, Kingdom Hearts, The Tales series....








