Starcraft ignited my love for strategy games

Sims 2 on the PS2 = Simulation games (Animal Crossing)
Pokemon Diamond = Turn Based RPG

I'm a big fan of RPGs, but it's not one game that made me like it; the reason I like it a lot is because of so many different games that are really fun

I had played the likes of Keen, Wolf3d, Prince of Persia (bit-era), Command and Conquer and even MarioKart until I popped in the first CD of Final Fantasy 7 into this borrowed Playstation.

I was skeptic because I had seen my little brother play FF8 for five minutes and thought it was kind of awkward but hey I am a curious person.

So I guess FF7 has changed my life. Never before I had owned a console, let alone played games on my television since a decade. Videopac 2000 says hi ;p.

After that... Jrpg after Jrpg...

Gran Turismo - Sim Racing
Final Fantasy X - RPG
Mario 64 - 3D Platform/Action/Adventure

Those three games took me from a kid that liked games, to a person that wanted to dedicate their life to gaming.

Thier have been many other greats throughout the years, but I specifically remember the first time I saw and played those games.

Turn based - Persona 4 Golden
Hack n Slash - Devil May Cry
FPS - Doom
Open world - GTA 3
MMO - Runescape

Mario Kart 8 for Mario Kart...?

Seriously I used to hate all kinds of kart racers, racing sims and arcade racers, tried out Mario Kart 8 and fell in love with it. Enough so that I would not instantly dismiss, say, diddy kong racing for example :P

Pokémon was probably the biggest thing that happened to me in regard of which genres I play now. Until I played Pokémon Gold, I was limited to games with very basic mechanics like Adventure Island, Tetris or Galaga. Pokémon Gold was my very first "complex" game. After that, not only I became a fan of RPGs in general, but I also venture with other genres as well like 2D and 3D shooters, adventure games, fighting, strategy...

Super Mario Bros, platformers
Dragon Quest 3, RPGs, particularly the arenas portion.

Those are the only two genres I play a lot of.

RPGs/Morrowind - I had played RPGs before, but something clicked with Morrowind

RTS/StarCraft - this genre has always intimidated me but StarCraft was too great

FPS/Turok - I had dabbled in Doom and Wolfenstein, but only with Turok did I truly appreciate the genre

Open World/Body Harvest - I didn't know it at the time but I was falling in love with the freedom of an open world