I'm not twelve so I really don't need the arcade-like dragon sequences.
I'm going to assume this was a poor choice of words rather than an insult. As for your point, different tastes I suppose. I'm not a fan of twitch games either, nor do I see the dragon combat as one. I've always found the aerial combat to be quite relaxing, myself. It's pretty hard to actually die so I find myself slowly flying around, reducing towers to rubble as I see fit.
It also played one very important role in Ego Draconis, to break up the monotony of simply fighting 4-10 ground enemies at once over and over again until a boss, and then repeating. FoV lacked that, but thankfully the excellent storytelling was enough to keep me from getting burnt out.