I'll do yah one better. Pick one of these. It's a collage of my top nine favourites, and pick which one catches your eye. (Except the top right. Kinda fell outta love with that game and I need to get around to updating this picture.)
It's a difficult question because the reasons for any one game are different genre to genre, game to game, etc. etc. You'd have to pick one, and start asking there. To compare to movies, you wouldn't love Mission Impossible for the same reasons you'd love Asmodeus. But they can both deeply connect.
Advice: The gameplay is as its best when you engage with the core concept of an apocalyptic delivery man trying his best. GET those extra packages. Risk that extra weight. Plan out your route and equipment for what you've got. If you just 'go through it' as easily as possible, it'll feel very lame.
Voices of the Void, if you haven't already.
Actually gorgeous portrait. Hate framing is keen.
Oh geeze, *actual* amazement I LOVE this shot. I need to get into some wild ones like this.
Non-FFXIV related, here's a reccomendation video I made for a small game called Space Beast Terror Fright. For real! Go play it. Games awesome. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuFY...
YouTube video by Something Hank
Oh you have some GREAT stuff. Dynamic as hell, color palette is *crisp*, there's motion here. I'm here for more.