I like both types if the games are good. If the games give the player a party to control, usually turn based is better, but action can be very good too if it's pausable., like Planescape: Torment and Myth I and II.

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Why not both ?

Thanks to the mobile boom and the RPG expansion on the handheld market over the last 15 years, turn-based games are more popular now than they were in the 80s and 90s. I am not sure how power comes into that equation.

i very much prefer action oriented games. if a game is turn based i usually dont even bother looking at it. the sole exception being South Park. and thats because its South Park.

Because the examples I gave are from the most recognizable and critically aclaimed franchises?

Man, sometimes I think you are intentionally giving bad opinions.

I like turn-based better, but that's personal preference talking. Neither is superior. Just like I like strategy games more than action games, but that doesn't mean one is better than the other.

I personally think games should offer players a choice. Do you want to play the next FF game in real time or turn based? That way fans of both sides can get their way.

Action oriented preferred, but I can do some Turn based such as Divinity original sin and wasteland 2. Turn based like pokemon though are becoming unbearable to me however.