I read that article too.
Hero
Oblivion: For the customization
Final Boss
Golden Sun2: Doom Dragon was hard as balls, and Alex made for a cool villain.
Party
FF4: Lots of unique abilities make for great battles.
Conversation (Dialogue)
Fallout 3: The people seemed real, that's important to me. Even with bad Voice Acting.
World
Fable 2: Their might not of been many places, but the effect you had on the locations was nice to see.
Art Direction
Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door: The paper style is timeless for me.
Story
Legend Of Zelda Ocarina Of Time: Because of Sheik.
Cutscenes
Fable 2: You could actually affect them, that's a huge plus.
Humor, Cooperative Attacks & Timing
The recent Mario and Luigi games. It was fun, funny to play and it made
Strategy
Golden Sun 2: I hate to say it twice, but the Djinn custom classes were great for making unique strategies.
That's my own Hybrid RPG, now I'm curious to see others.