Reception
Original reviews were mixed, but some considered the game to be a tremendous letdown after its predecessor's groundbreaking success (KQ6 had received 5 out of 5 stars in a review by Dragon magazine). Critics and fans of the series felt betrayed by the use of Disney-style cartoon graphics and the elimination of the SCI interface in favor of an overly-simplistic interface which required players to do little more than click on hotspots on the screen throughout the game. To these critics King's Quest VII felt more like watching a cartoon movie catering to young children than playing a puzzle solving adventure game.
In 2003, retro review, Adventure Gamers gave the game three-and-a-half stars out of five, while Allgame gave it four-and-a-half stars for the Macintosh version, and three-and-a-half stars for the PC version.
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