King's Quest VII: The Princeless Bride

King's Quest VII's release in 1994 featured cartoony graphics and animations and in high resolution.

Story

The game sheds some light to the character of Rosella, that shows she is somehow 'rebellous', dnying to be like other 'normal' girls of her age and marry. Also, it's the sole game where Valanice has an important role.

Queen Valanice and Rosella fall in a lake and find themselves drawn into the realm of Eldritch. Valanice finds herself in a desert, and Rosella ends up in the Troll realm, transformed into one, and destined to marry its King. Each must pursue her own course to find each other and help prevent the destruction of Eldritch by the evil fairy Malicia. The action is separated in 6 chapters, each of which the player controls alternatively either Valanice or Rosella. Often they visit the same places and meet up in the end.

Technical

It was met with mixed reviews by longtime series fans, but sales were high. Perhaps most controversial was the use of the cursor that would light up when passed over an object that could be used. Previous games required the player to select Look At, Talk To, Use, and other options with items, and were not given the location of usable items by the light-up cursor.

Although very unlike to the previous games, the game featured many different places for the player to explore, had alternative solutions to some of the puzzles, and two alternate endings, including a happy ending with Edgar, introduced in the fourth game. KQ VII is the only game of the series where King Graham is not shown or mentioned at all; however, there are voice credits listed for him, leading one to believe that he was originally intended to be in the game, however briefly.