For me, it has to be “souls like”. I don’t get much time to game so when I do, I want linear stories that are challenging but not to the extent that I can’t move forward without dying 100 times.
Also, sims that encourage a lot of DLC purchases - I’m an old school gamer and games used to come with all of the content - for one price. Now it’s just a given we have to hand over more money for half the game content.
I absolutely despise online gaming, years ago it wasn’t really my thing but it was fine but now there’s Micro transactions, half baked games, gambling, etc all while being the most boring repetitive crap you’ll ever play, I mean really, how much cod and fortnite can a person consume? I much prefer single player games with rich worlds and stories, and that I don’t need tethered to a hotspot to play my games