Maybe AI animations? So far from the AI I have seen, their faces look too familiar and lack any uniqueness or appeal imo. I can understand why some people like it though, their faces seem almost perfect. AI animations on the other hand would boost the quality of the game many times over
And just from the top few games like Treasure of Nadia and its siblings, that nope. I agree, these type of games tend to be very grindy. Wish they would just make it easier, less repetitive etc.
I like choices as well, makes the game more engaging but if it locks me out of content then nope. I rather have choices without affecting content. Maybe speech or story? Although, I understand that its quite hard to make those kind of games