> Funny to think I can still vividly remember this 18-19 years later but can hardly remember the plot of many of the recent AAA titles.

Might also be age related ;).

Joke aside, I recently spent some time partially replaying the two games I most vividly remember (Baldurs Gate II, FF7 PC version), and it's by far not as memorable now as it was back then. And I haven't played at all the last 12-15 years, so it's not that I got used to different types of games.