My experience is slightly different, 'cause - in a branch of my studies - I'm dedicating myself to interactive forms of storytelling. So, I tend to analyze the games I play, particularly in terms of player's response to authorial intention. I studied this field in literature (reader response criticism, for example) and now my specialization focuses around interaction between "receptor" (general for viewer/reader/player), object (book, film, game) and author (writer, director, designer) 
Apart from this, when I play adventure game, what I primary search is a good story, and characters I can relate to.
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Top Ten Adventures: Gabriel Knight Series, King's Quest VI, Conquests of the Longbow, Quest for Glory II, Police Quest III, Gold Rush!, Leisure Suit Larry III, Under a Killing Moon, Conquests of Camelot, Freddy Pharkas Frontier Pharmacist.
Now Playing: Neverwinter Nights, Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box
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