My condolences for your loss, Error, but...
No, maybe CINGs games didn't reach quite that standard. I won't pretend that their writing was better than the classics of literature. But apart from maybe the AceAttorney-series (which, funnily enough, is also often claimed to be "not a game"), I cannot think of a game in which the story not only took such a prominent spot, but which also told a tale so gripping as those games did.
Myst. 5 released main games, one huge MMO solely on cooperatively adventuring into unknown places and finding out what happened without a single form of fighting involved, three book novels and a fourth coming up. The story of the D'ni race is one to emerge in and not coming out of it for a long time to come. Funny thing; Cyan Worlds went bankrupt too, but they crawled up again. Not able to host the online game anymore, they released it opensource because they didn't want the world of Myst Online to die. Fans take over, designing their own ages and stories, and so it grows again.
Those games are out there, CING is not the end. Perhaps you should search for them and give them a try.
Sincerely,
Joozey
