I read a ton of Fantasy and SciFi stuff so I liked the concepts of CRPGs from the start.
A lot of it was the fact that I was looking for something that had more story and more detailed interaction than an action game had. I am a thinker and not much of a hands on person. Action games are ok but they bore me very quickly (usually well under 10 hours) and also tend to be more frustrating.
I started with Dragon Warrior, Ultima 6, and just kept going.
I mainly buy CRPGs. My second most common genre is simulation and then occasionally if I am looking for something where I don't have to think at all, I will play an action game. Of course, I usually cheat so the action game isn't frustrating but.. *shrug*
