Your comment brings up a decent question.
"Oh, go back and play the System Shock games."
I LOVED the old System Shock games but many people look at them and say they are dated. In much the same was there are plenty of old games that are considered outdated but are excellent. I would go bananas over an updated Quest for Glory or Kings Quest series. They do it in movies all the time, I think that it would work well in the gaming arena as well. Not saying that there is an excuse to not make new content but the older stuffs selling point was the story and that is somewhat of a lost art.