That is so true--all the Gabriel Knights did, and somehow I didn't object! I don't know why, but it wasn't as frustrating. Maybe because the action elements actually were better integrated into the plot, or maybe because some of the ones you get today are...well, they get sprung on you without your having the faintest idea what's coming or what to do and some of them just seem... extravangantly difficult. Lots of people objected to the laser puzzle in Still LIfe, but I didn't so much because at least it made some kind of sense plotwise!
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