Umm...
It's not about the system or the setting, but the people you're playing with and the story you're telling.
There are for sure some systems that don't lend themselves to long-running or open-ended play, either because the xp progression means you'll become too powerful for the world too quickly, or because there's a point where you run out of stuff to spend it on or levels or whatever, and as much as I love Svetlana and want to continue her story, I do find Pathfinder and D&D systems to be frustrating for long term play because combat slows everything down.
I guess the genre I most enjoy true open-ended play, with no long-term goal, is something cyberpunk'y, something like ShadowRun. To be honest, it's the only game I have played that way, and I did enjoy it for something to dip in and out of, and for all my protestations on Day 9, I actually kinda miss it and would kinda like to play in a campaign like that again. One day, with more time and more energy...
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