Adventure / Point-and-Click / Narrative Games

I just played through The Dig a few weeks ago, and can confirm. Maybe the biggest problem is that after programming your sequence, you had to wait a minute or whatever to see how the drone actually performed.

Seriously, it always amazes me how some of even the biggest titles don't seem to have had proper testing to ensure a smooth user experience. Another one that would be useful would be having at least two difficulty modes, with the option to fall back to the easier level for particularly difficult puzzles.

Oh, and back to The Dig! I remembered just now a puzzle where you need to trap an alien rodent in a little cage by herding it in just the right direction. Unfortunately, this requires waiting for it to randomly appear in the correct way, and then walking around in a specific way, with many opportunities to easily screw it up and have to start all over.