Games you enjoy in genres/series you dislike

There are any games you mates consider exceptions in genres or series you usually can't enjoy?

For me, the genre is the cover-shooter: you know, those 3rd person games full of chest high walls everywhere. I dislike cover mechanics in general, and just prefer when you're supposed to keep moving your character around instead of gluing yourself to every wall.

That said, Binary Domain and Vanquish are games I truly enjoy. That's because Vanquish doesn't rely too much on its cover mechanics (you're supposed to only use covers very briefly, while you slide and run around most of the time) and Binary Domain both has some fun squad-based mechanics and a lot of great setpieces that make it play more like a successor to Sega's lightgun shooters (think of Virtua Cop 2, LA Machineguns) than a proper cover-based shooter.

Also, I don't usually play Strategy/RPG games (or strategy games in general), as the battles are too long and there are usually too many mechanics to remember and micromanagement to do - I don't dislike the genre, but it's hard to find enough time to play it properly. But I had a lot of fun playing Valkyria Chronicles last year, to the point that I got every achievement (which needed finishing the game again on hard) and completed every DLC and challenge missions. I'm also a fan of Dragon Force on the Saturn, although I only played one of the campaigns (I intend to play with the other characters soon) and haven't touched the sequel yet.

For kart/combat racers, Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed is my sole exception. By the way, I still have to run against centipede sometime! We'll certainly play it this month. This is just a great game.