I most of the times play as Male because otherwise it breaks somehow immersion. When I play games I like to try and immerse myself as much as possible into the game, as if I was the MC. An example would be V from Cyberpunk 2077.
Oof tough question... If I lost my memory and had to replay a game I would probably play The Last Of Us first. But if I could retain it, most likely it would be Call Of Duty Black Ops 2, was my entire childhood.