In fact I hate it we ought to get better than point-and-click games.

In a (good) point-and-click you know in advance what kind/family of action is going to be started thanks to the richer amount of cursors, you know if you're going to interact with the decor or change of scene, you know if you're going to trash an object or explore the trashcan, …
In the interface of a point-and-click game there's little to no surprises by design, the story is the one designed to have traps, but the gameplay shouldn't, because accidentally frustrating the player is the last thing you want.

User Interfaces really should be better.