Similarly, Mass Effect requires a tolerance for a game with lots of dialogue - people with short attention spans who just want to kill stuff need not apply.
There is no such thing as a game that is universally appealing. There are some that are more widely appealing than others, but never universally. (I gather there are even people who don’t like Crazy Taxi. 
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I loved Sacred 2, but I’m a huge Blind Guardian fan. If you aren’t, it’s meh.
Mass effect is great, but there’s a bit of an initial hump to get over. It takes about 4 hours or so to get past the opening, get a few levels and get a grasp on the gameplay.
Once you do it’s great but be warned some persistance is required initially.
GTA is not as good as san andreas but there is a lot of fun with it
I’ve enjoyed all the Fables. Not as good of hack and slash as, say, Bayonetta (which is a 10/10) and not as fun of an adventure as the Zeldas but I enjoy them nonetheless. Since they’re all fairly similar, if you enjoyed any of the Fables then you’d enjoy the others. I think 2 was my favorite so far, though.
I got tired of Halo games, but if you haven’t played any of the earlier ones you’ll probably enjoy it.
I’ve heard so much good about GTA:SA and GTAIV but honestly after GTAIII and Vice City I was pretty much done with that genre.