Demifiend: Our ideals are basically the same, and you're probably around the same age as I am as well(I'm 30, started gaming in 1989) so shit like DLC abuse replacing unlockable secrets and even cheats is very jarring and offensive to us, as it should be since this is our hobby. I'm not a fan of FPS games(generally speaking) either but I'm mostly just tired of games that are basically just big, slightly playable cutscenes with tutorial sections/hand holding that guide you through the entire game, and with open world games like Skyrim, like you said, companies use consoles' internet connections as an excuse to release broken ass games with zero polish. I like a balance between linear hand holding bullshit with no challenge and open world games with tons of unpolished, broken content.
MGS3 is a pretty good example of a balance, but I'm probably just mentioning it because I've been on an MGS3 kick for the last several weeks and it's a seriously awesome game. Plenty of cutscenes and shit but you can also explore large areas and fuck around a LOT as well, and the gameplay, while wonky at times by today's standards, is pretty damn good if you learn how to play the game, and it doesn't hold your hand too much especially on Hard.
EDIT: Lack of game genre diversity is certainly a big problem as well. I miss the loads of goofy, quirky ass Japanese games(especially mid-tier budget stuff) from the NES-PS2/GC/XB days.
Amusingly, I'm not from your age, i'm a little more young, i have 16 years, with a birthday in 4 months, the thing was that when i was little i used to have an old computer with a sega genesis emulator, back then, i didn't understand why it was called genesis, i though it was something from the bible or whatever (laugh), anyway, i used to play a lot of Sega Genesis games, including Sonic, Quackshot, Mortal Kombat, Castle of Illusion,etc.
In 2005, although the PS2 was released some years ago, instead of receiving a PS2, i got a PS1 from birthday, and i must say, it was awesome, it was completely different that the games i was used to play on my SG emulator, so, i was really impresed back then, in fact, i used Internet mainly to write codes, button patterns on a notebook, and then, use those codes into my PS1 games, one of the games that i remember mostly is Crash Bandicoot 1, an awesome kickass game, that with a code, you could unlock every single level on the game, including boss fights and action stages, i was really surprised back then, and it was really enjoyable, i did the same things with some other PS1 games aswell, like DBGT Final Bout, again, with another code you could unlock every character on the game, including Goku in SSJ4.
And, those are the consoles i played most, in handhelds i usually played with my GBA that sadly, i gave as a gift, and if you could believe it, i lost a Gameboy Advance Micro Famicom Edition, they are worth 200 to 250 dollars as today, and even a standalone GBA Micro are rare, but i was in First Grade when i lost sight of it, so, that was quite some time.
I received a Wii in december of 2008, it was awesome, i played that thing for hours, and hours and it's still functioning as today, i must say that, while the 7th generation had some serious downsides, the NDS and Wii were kickass, a shit-ton of games for the DS was impossible to overlook, and the Wii did far better than the Wii U, mainly because third party games were treated nicely, the hardware wasn't too complicated to program, and finally, because of good advertisement, and some solid launch titles.
I love the NES games, the SNES, GBA, XB, GC, and PS2, mostly, those are the kind of games i play the most because they are fun, and of course with my PS1. Easily, the best 5th generation console, because the games there were awesome, man, when technology evolves it makes thing harder than it should, back then, almost every japanese company could publish and develop the games they feel like creating, nowadays it's almost impossible, it's more of a dream to develop a good RPG for the PS4 or the Wii U, it doesn't have the same quantity of variety that it has with the SNES or the PS1.