
For some reason I kept getting killed in the first area in Deus Ex the first time I played it. It seemed like I had to hide, but I should give it another shot.
Escape from Monkey Island was in a 3D world. You had to place yourself in just the right spot to get the text to pop up. I didn't have that problem with the older games ported to Xbox. They were all less free roaming. More 2D.
I loved Half-Life on PS2. But, I'm sure it played better on PC back then, everything usually did.