I like that handheld gaming is being used as the platform for throwbacks to the 16-bit and PS1 era. Such as Radiant Historia or any of Nintendo's platformers.

I also like when studios develop new IPs that try to do something a little different. This generation saw the Assassin's Creed and Mass Effect series, which both opened my eyes to possibilities of gaming.

I like that storytelling is being taken to a new level in games. Red Dead Redemption and Xenoblade Chronicles had deep involving stories that had me hooked as much as the gameplay did.