I need likable characters, mainly the protagonist but not only. Sophia Hapgood (from Fate of Atlantis) is a good example, and so is Joey from BASS. Even Kriminalkommissar Leber from GK2 was pretty enjoyable in his own special way.
Also, some reading can be nice and may give a little more depth to the game (again, Indiana Jones comes to mind), but in Syberia, for example, they just throw a 30-page diary at you at some point (just once? maybe more, not sure... there is another in Syberia II), which really starts to become a chore... You see this thing and you're like "let's save and go do something else".
Lots of travel and exotic places (like someone mentioned above) are also cool.
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