Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's director weighs in on the real-time versus turn-based debate, saying that younger players 'increasingly favour more real-time experiences in games'

Real-time or turn-based is a debate as unending as Coke vs Pepsi or Unreal Tournament vs Quake 3. Yet regardless of whether you prefer battering your enemies via free-flowing combat or tactical increments, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's director reckons he knows which one is winning. And sorry to all you players who like taking time to think over your actions, but real-time is apparently where the cool kids are at.

Speaking to Game Informer (via GamesRadar) Naoki Hamaguchi said that RPGs and JRPGs are increasingly becoming viewed as "legacy genres" with action-centred games becoming more mainstream. This isn't to say that he necessarily prefers action games, stating that "games where you evaluate the situation, contempla...