I like both kinds personally, both action and turn based, I just prefer turn based because the pacing is a bit easier to get on with. Different expectations for different games, as far as I'm concerned, I guess.
Yeah, I've been playing them since I was about 6 or 7 so I definitely recognise I'm probably a bit biased, but it's nice to not have to be crazy on your toes all the time, and allow the battles to play out at whatever pace you want them too.
OT: I also dislike the notion that something has to "move with the times" (outside of turn based combat
). Again, that kind of thinking ruined (for me, YMMV etc) a couple of series I really loved, such as Resident Evil and Halo. At least Resident Evil has made an attempt to bring back the survival horror in its' games, but the next Halo is likely to be filled with just as much bloated garbage as 343 can fit in.