My favourite games are the ones where I dont have to micro-manage every aspect of play and can concentrate on overall strategy. The original Populous would be a good example of this.
My least favourite game is the type where you are almost certain to get killed and sent back to the very beginning. The game can only ever be completed by repeating the same stages over and over again. Alex Kidd in Miracle World was particularly annoying example.
Fav is football manager 2010 and fifa 10 manager love these games also the new transformers game is brillant aswell oh and command and conquer the first one on ps1