Turn based is no longer the design of choice (hence it is dead)
Weird assertions though,
Turn-based games are more tactical. When each character's turn comes up, I can pick the best strategy based on the totality of the battlefield, not the one foe that happens to be in front of me.
More tactical because you do not have to determine your strategy firmly? Sounds weird. Or this guy has strategy and tactics confused or mixed.
But they also had a couple of features that games like Dragon Age lack. First, you could set the game to pause when certain things occurred, like a character dying or an enemy casting a spell. This allowed you to check things out, re-evaluate, and issue a new set of orders.
DA:O possibly lacks options for auto pauses but it looks like laziness. The battle pace is not that fast you miss death events. Maybe it is better not to get an auto feature as it can lead the player to pause the game before losing a member of the party, planning ahead.
You notice details. In turn based games, when a PC gets an extra attack, you actually notice it, and it makes the battle measurably easier because of it. I can pay close attention to how much damage various weapons are doing.
It joins the strategy/tactics remark. If you have planned a strategy for your party, you cant miss certain 'details' as you might have planned the tactics around the details. You are expecting them.
Combat is only one element in RP. cRPGs have taken a difficult path by putting emphasis on combat. Due to budget limitations, it is difficult to compete with other genres that can allocate more of their budget to combat with no harm while withdrawing money from other RP support features.
cRPGs are fighting a lost cause: other genres got their priority right in this regard as now, they can implement additional features without losing themselves.
cRPGs with their stress on combat, have condemned themselves to lag behind. Like ME, combat orientation means competing with shooters directly, shooters that can allocate a larger share of their budget to combat with little harm to the rest of their core gameplay. The result is that more and more money from a cRPG has to be allocated to combat therefore withdrawing from the support capacity to other RP features.
As a genre like shooter has had its priorities right, now a certain how to do is secured on key points to deliver shooter experience, this genre can progress and explore new features to enhance the shooter experience.
Furthering story, character progression etc… without taking from RPG. On the contrary. Shooters have built their foundations and are now adding on them.
