In terms of Police Quest and it's likes (basically every adventure from Sierra), it can be a good thing. It makes you want to go back and try and figure out the little secrets that gives you extra points. Also, it also tells you about approximately how far you are into the game.
So, if you have 2000 points and can get 4000 points, you expect to be about halfways. But it really depends on how many extra points you gather throughout the game, say if the game is finished by the time you reach 3200 points, you have 800 points of secrets left to discover.
This is the good things about points.
Then you have the no-points system of LucaArts adventures (most of them at least). This could be compared to how it's popular to remove all HUDs in games today. Like The Getaway or King Kong. You'll never know how far you're into the game by looking at the score, but you'll have to be involved with the story to understand when it's coming to an end.
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