Best game per genre

[Mystrome]

They are making a sequel you know: http://www.carmageddon.com/reincarnation

That.... is..... beautiful....

[theWocky]

Damn... with my (fairly) recent re-entrance into PC gaming, based on what I've played (obviously) I would say:

RPG: Skyrim
MMO: World of Warcraft
Shooter: Warface / America's Army
Strategy: Civilization V (Brave New World)
Simulator: War Thunder
action: Kingdoms of Amalur / Wolverine / Castlevania Lords of Shadow
stealth: ... some Hitman (I assume as I've not played it yet :P)
Racing: Burnout Paradise City
Sports: NONE - hate sports games

[Skorpionss]

RPG : Mass Effect 2
MMO : WoW
Shooter : Battlefield Bad Company 2
Strategy : Warcraft 3
Action : Advent Rising
Stealth : didn't play that many but either Deus Ex HR or Dishonored
Racing : NFS Underground
Sports : Fifa 2002/world cup 2002 but only because there are no "other" good soccer games with super powers and stuff

[Mystrome]

another Racer is used to play a LOT: Interstate '76

The music is pimpin'.

[Fencers]

The most exemplary in various genres;
RPG: Planescape: Torment
MMORPG: Rift
Shooter: Quake
Real Time Strategy: Starcraft: Brood War
Turn Based Strategy: Heroes of Might & Magic 3
Action: Might & Magic: Dark Messiah
Racing: Trackmania
Adventure: Monkey Island
ARPG: Diablo 2


My favorites in various genres;
RPG: Bladur's Gate 2
MMORPG: Guild Wars 1
Shooter: Fear
Real Time Strategy: Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War
Turn Based Strategy: Heroes of Might & Magic 3
Action: Hotline Miami
Racing: Interstate '76
Adventure: Grim Fandango
ARPG: Path of Exile

[Lyoncet]

RPG: Dragon Age: Origins, Morrowind, and the Exile series by Spiderweb Software are virtually tied
MMO: WoW (Vanilla for immersion and lore, BC for gameplay but wow that was an epic lorefail)
Shooter: Goldeneye for Nintendo 64, but Turok and Turok 2 are close though for the exploration element
Real-time Strategy: Warcraft II/Beyond the Dark Portal
Turn-based Strategy: Master of Orion II and Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword
Action: Batman: Arkham Asylum (liked it more than City, mostly for the Resident Evil creepy mansion throwback vibe)
Stealth: Haven't played enough to give a verdict
Racing: Haven't really played/enjoyed one in forever, but I sunk a ton of time into Virtua Racing for Sega Genesis back in the day
Sports: Same as above, but with Baseball Tonight

Space Sim: Escape Velocity (classic)
Turn-based Tactical: Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
Puzzle Platformer: Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
Flight/Combat Sim: Descent 2

[The Casualty]

For that one I'd personally nominate Injustice: Gods Among us. That Zatanna Zatara dlc ftw.

While I have been deeply in love with the Street Fighter and Soul Calibur series, Injustice has me drooling. I've seen a few youtube videos of gameplay and cutscenes, and it looks gorgeous. I'll probably end up picking it up in the Steam Christmas sale, I imagine it will be at least as discounted as it was during the November sale (and hopefully a little bit more).

[Deleted]

RPG : Neverwinter Nights
MMO : WoW
Shooter : War Thunder
Strategy : Starcraft and Civilization (can't decide)
Action : Bayonetta
Stealth : Splinter Cell
Racing : Need For Speed series
Sports : NHL Series

[Edge-]

RPG: Dark Messiah of Might and Magic.
MMO: At the moment, probably Rift.
Shooter: Either Call of Duty (the first one) or Counter-Strike
Strategy: Emperor: Battle for Dune
Action: Saints Row 3/4
Stealth: What's a stealth?
Racing: What's a racing?
Sports: What's a sports?

[Mongoose19]

RPG: Baldur's Gate series
MMO: WoW
Shooter: Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Strategy: Red Alert 2
action: Tomb Raider 3
Racing: Need for Speed Porsche
Sports: Pro Evolution Soccer 6
Hack n Slash: Diablo 2

[Xargoth6634]

RPG: Might and Magic VI, FFVII re-release
MMO: WoW, SWTOR when it dropped but not now.
Shooter: Quake I, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Bioshock I, CS 1.6.
Strategy: Heroes of Might and Magic III
action: Amnesia
stealth: Amnesia
Racing: Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed, Burnout 3, Excite Truck.
Sports: FIFA or Backyard Football

EDIT: Needs Horror and Simulator categories, so I'll add them to mine.

Horror: Amnesia
Simulator: War Thunder (amazing game is amazing, I can't stop playing it and I don't usually even like sims)

[Draenox]

RPG: Skyrim
MMO: WoW
Shooter: Bioshock Infinite
Strategy: Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne
Action/Adventure: Ratchet and Clank: A Crack in Time
Stealth: Sly Cooper 2
Racing: N/A, don't play racing games
Sports: Haven't played a sports game for years either, but when it was current, Fifa 2003.

[Deleted]

OP, you have listed zero games that are older than a few years old. I know it's your opinion but it's really narrow. There's so many games better than all of those BY FAR. The only game I can't debate on in your genres listed is WoW.

RPG: Deus Ex
MMO: WoW
Single-player Shooter: Half Life
Multiplayer Shooter: Quake 3
RTStrategy: Starcraft: Brood War
TBStrategy: Rome Total War
Action/Adventure: Grand Theft Auto
Stealth: Thief
Racing: Mario Kart 64
Sports: Don't care

[Deleted]

RPG: FF8 and 10 and Neverwinter nights
MMO: Rift
Shooter: dont like 'em.
Strategy: HoM&M and red alert
action: Resident evil and God of war
stealth: Tenchu 2
Racing: Need for Speed underground
Sports: Def Jam Vendetta 2 (if any)

[Meto]

RPG: Diablo I and II, PoE
MMO: Ultima Online: Renaissance and probably WoW
Shooter: CS 1.6 and really enjoyed DoD
Strategy: Red Alert, Civ 5
Action: Uncharted 1 and 2, Borderlands 1 and 2(could be a shooter as well)
Stealth: Generally don't enjoy these games, I did enjoy Assasins Creed Multiplayer though, which kinda plays a bit like a stealth game at times
Racing: GT2, Trackmania, Mario Cart
Sports: NHL just because I enjoy BeAGm.

[Borfl]

RPG(PC): System Shock 2
MMO: All equally bad
Shooter: Wolfenstein ET
Strategy: Starcraft BW
action: Forge
stealth: Hitman Blood Money
Racing: Sonic & Allstars Racing Transformed
Sports: Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2

[May90]

Strategy: Emperor: Battle for Dune

It's nice someone still remembers the Dune franchise. I personally didn't like Emperor that much though for some reason. But Dune 2 was the only strategy game I had known before 1997, and Dune 2000 was my unshakable love until Age of Empires 2 came out.

[Edge-]

It's nice someone still remembers the Dune franchise. I personally didn't like Emperor that much though for some reason. But Dune 2 was the only strategy game I had known before 1997, and Dune 2000 was my unshakable love until Age of Empires 2 came out.

Dune 2/2000 were absolutely fantastic games. Loved the hell out of them years ago. I can see why Emperor is kinda contentious, but I still feel it's one of the finer examples of RTS gameplay despite its overall simplicity.

[Djuntas]

RPG: Diablo 2
MMO: WoW
Shooter: Quake (Don't play FPS, but I liked Quake)
Strategy: Don't know, so many to choose, but Warcraft 3 proboaly wins. Trough I love Age of empires 2, as I also still play it.
Action: Don't know what Action might is?
Stealth: No idea, but since Im a dane: Hitman
Racing: Need for speed Underground 2 Classic old game. Im sure its not good by todays standard, but the car game I played the most.
Sports: No idea, but my brother likes Fifa...Yea, Im not into thoes games ever.

[jvbastel]

RPG: Chrono Trigger, Diablo 2
MMO: WoW
Shooter: RTCW, Goldeneye
Strategy: Age of Empires 2
action: Shadow of the colossus
stealth: Mark of the ninja I guess, I almost never play these
Racing: Super mario kart!!!
Sports: Premier manager 97?