[glimshe]

7th Guest had amazing graphics but I never felt it was a good puzzle game. Most puzzles were too obtuse, unfair and out of place in the game. Despite the cool graphics, the overall story was also silly and poorly acted. Myst was much, much better; no wonder it had longer lasting appeal, despite not having aged as well as, let's say, the Super Mario games.

[allenu]

I remember excitedly asking for it for Christmas, getting it, and being underwhelmed when I actually played it. I was hoping the puzzles would be integrated into the story like a murder mystery, but instead it felt like puzzles were just tacked on. Myst was definitely much better as an overall game and experience.

The game definitely had some creepy vibes, however. The setting was really well done.

[elif]

What really?? I was only a teenager when I played but still managed to complete it. Sure some puzzles took a while but it still felt like an accomplishment when you got past them.

It kinda defeats the purpose of going to a 3D game if you lay out a clear linear path with trivial puzzles.

[glimshe]

Sure, so did I (with the exception of that Microscope puzzle). But they made up for the relatively small number of puzzles by cranking up the difficulty in boring ways IMHO. There is a middle ground between 7th guest and trivial puzzles - Myst, perhaps?

[omoikane]

I thought the only unfair puzzle was the microscope one. It's the only one I used the library for.

[spookybones]

I beat it on my own as a kid, but it required extensive note-taking, anger, and a week worth of trial and error. It still feels like one of my greatest achievements. I'm glad I stuck with it. Nowadays, I would never sacrifice so much time to a single puzzle, in part because it's much easier to get hints nowadays, and that makes me sad.