Favourite video game franchises/genres

[Dystopia]

I'm feeling bored and curious so I felt like asking you (gamers) what are your preferences when it comes to franchises and genres of video games... If you wish you can include the platform you prefer.

I played on PC when I was a kid, then I switched to the PS2 and then the PS3, now I'm going back to PC - Playing on a shitty laptop but I will soon buy a better gaming PC.

Here's my list - I will include the name of the franchise and my favourite game from that specific series (you can discuss if you want):

Platform:
- Rayman - Rayman 2
- Crash - Crash Bandicoot - The wrath of cortex
FPS:
- Half life - Half life 1
- Wolfenstein - Return to Castle
- Call of Duty - The first ones (up to COD 3) and COD Black ops 1
3rd person action/adventure games:
- Tomb Raider - TRII/III
- Resident Evil - RE4
Strategy games:
- AOE - All of them
- Civilization (I've only played IV and V, I can't really say for sure)
Open world/RPG:
- GTA - San Andreas for me
- I'm not really a fan of RPG's, so no elder scrolls or anything
Hack and slash:
- God of war - GOWII
- Devil may Cry - DMC3
Stealth (probably my favourite genre):
- Metal gear solid - MGS2
- Splinter cell - Chaos theory/double agent (6th gen version)
- Assassins creed - ACII and AC revelations - I'm not sure if AC is a stealth game though
- Hitman - H:Blood money

And of course - Gameboy games:
- Pokemon up to the 4th generation (all games)

And now sports:
- I've always liked PES and FIFA, depending on the mood and platform
- I also liked NBA2K a lot, at least the ones I've played

Feel free to rant.

[ShaMan]

Splinter Cell.

[DramaQueen]

The Hannah Montana game

[Dystopia]

Splinter Cell.

Just wondering did you enjoy blacklist? It's the only one I haven't played yet, but I didn't like some of the new mechanics much (I watched some videos) .

[The Valkyrie]

Skyrim
Fallout 3 and New Vegas
Mass Effect 1 and 2.

[Darkstar]

I have over a hundred hours on both of these:


There's also the Mass Effect series and Dragon Quest IX...

I'll stop there, lest the definition of "favorite" become watered down.

[ShaMan]

Splinter Cell.

Just wondering did you enjoy blacklist? It's the only one I haven't played yet, but I didn't like some of the new mechanics much (I watched some videos) .

Well I'm afraid I'm no help in this regard, because the last Tom Clancy game I played was Pandora Tomorrow on XBOX

[Jackalope]

In no particular order -

Franchises -

The Elder Scrolls franchise.
Civilization (all of them)

Individual titles -

Fallout 3 + New Vegas

There's a lot of shooters I used to play a lot but I'm pretty tired of the whole genre - though I used to really love the old Rogue Spear titles. Pretty dated these days.

For retro gaming, X-Com: UFO Defense is fun. I have the recent remake, and that's pretty fun as well.

[Napoléon]

Mass Effect 1 and 2.

Not 3 as well?

[Esquilax]

Dark Souls is easily my favorite series of all time. A year or so ago I would have said Mass Effect, and I still love Mass Effect like crazy, but having played Dark Souls 2 now, I have to say that any series that can have a game literally be a knock-off version of an earlier game and still be brilliant is clearly doing something right. I can't justify not calling that my favorite now.

Other than that, I've been a Nintendo fan since I was a kid, so I have an enormous soft spot for Super Smash Brothers. That shit is like concentrated nostalgia for me, with the added benefit of just being a lot of fun to pick up and play. I'm loving the new one, right now.