So, think I should just stick with things like strategy games, kart racers, plat formers, lego games and what not for now?
I have a new found love for strategy games now, I love empire at war
I don't know if you were still looking for some strategy game suggestions, but I wanted to throw a couple your way just in case. These are RTS games, so if you like the more turn based strategy these won't fit that bill. Just an FYI, I'm absolutely terrible at the genre, but there are a few that I've had a blast playing anyway.
The Age of Empires games are great. 2 might be my favorite, but 4 is really good as well.
Age of Mythology is fantastic as well.
If you want to see the beginnings of the genre, Dune 2 is where to start. It's pretty primitive, but it's a great history lesson of where it started.
Command and Conquer is another series that I really like, especially the early titles.
The Total War games are highly regarded, but they are a little too in depth for my brain. Extremely high quality though.
Total Annihilation is great. It's pure chaos and just a ton of fun. It was also the first RTS to use 3D models and structures for everything.
Myth is good one. It was made by Bungie before their Halo days.
Blizzard's craft games are also fantastic, but as you know they aren't the same company now as they were back then, so it's hard to full on recommend them anymore. What happened to Warcraft 3 will forever haunt me.
Sorry if these have been mentioned to you before. I just really like to point out games for people to play that they may not have heard of. There's a lot more out there of course, but I'm a scrub at these games and these are the ones that I've really enjoyed playing.