Hm, difficult … I almost play everything.
Except first person shooters. But then I played Half-Life … maybe because it is one game where you not only shoot quick but walk mostly around, searching the exit, having a thrilled atmosphere and a nice story.
I like adventure games. Maybe because of the same: good story and atmosphere. And you don't have to dodge bullets. But then I am not the one solving each and every riddle. When I'm stuck more than 20 minutes, I either go and read the walkthrough or go outside for a walk. After coming back the solution mostly falls into my hands. :-)
Strategy games are nice. I like it when I have plenty of time for planning, so turn-based strategy comes to me. Playing Alpha Centauri was always fun. But also quite complex, so I mostly prefer real-time strategy. But not the warfare part (of both TBS and RTS), so I'm more playing easy levels or games like Alien Nations, Anno or Patrician, where you concentrate on trading, building and growing a civilization. :-)
Also a favourite genre are racing games with fun factor (example: Flatout). And fun-action games in common, like Trine (wonderful game I finished at the beginning of 2013), Freelancer, Lara Croft: Guardian of Light (which makes way more fun than the standard 3D-based Tomb Raider titles), or even the arcade loot game Deathspank.
Post edited January 12, 2013 by ZivilSword