All of the Sierra games, as much as I loved them, would just piss me off with dying constantly. Having to do a specific thing at a specific time or dying. You had to do SUCH specific things. I remember the park/lake scene and pulling people over driving in PQ being impossible until I found hints.

I'm not sure I ever beat a Sierra game outside of LSL. Maybe a KQ and potentially a QFG, but I definitely didn't beat a PQ. I LOVED PQ3. I think out of all of them that SQ was the one that really, really pissed me off, and scifi is my favorite genre, with no other scifi adventure games back then (other than beneath a steel sky which I also got nowhere with), total bummer.

Whenever I discovered LucasArts (DOTT I think was first), Legend of Kryndaria, Discworld, etc, it was such a breath of fresh air. There was a Black Cauldron game that I LOVED.

I remember all of these games so vividly. I don't think I remember many other games nowadays to that degree. Baba Yagas hut, the wizards house, cleaning the stables in qfg, Otto standing outside the bar.. Could very well be because I died so much and played scenes over and over..

edit: This made me want to give them a go again.. https://playclassic.games/games/point-n-click-adventure-dos-...

edit2: I forgot how slow you walk.. ugh. There are a LOT of modern Adventure games now on Steam. It's had a bit of a comeback and they're usually affordable games. I'm playing the Plague Doctor of Wippra right now. All of the Wadjet Eye games are really cool too.