And the answer remains unanswered in detail.
I am not entirely sure myself, but the desired effect occurred after I made that statement. Hmmhmmhmm.
How about you contribute to the topic instead of calling me out.
For adventure type games I really enjoy collecting things. For example, Donkey Kong Country 2 and 3, Banjo-Kazooie etc.
For all games, an interesting story/plot with matching characters, takes the cake. The Longest Journey (never played but listened to the majority of it while my wife played), Snatcher are two th at come to mind. As well as a good handful of RPGs, Chrono series included.
I can say one thing that breaks a game is when a developer buys a preexisting franchise and rapes the F out of it to produce their own 'vision' of the game. Yes, I am looking at you Bethesda. Whores.