Growing up I would say that the Coles as a partnership were the writers who I enjoyed the most. I played Quest for Glory 1, 2, and 4 over and over again (never got 3 til the GOG days, but it was a joy too). It was such a joy that even if you were stuck, looking at different things and exploring areas seeing the clever descriptions of everything was still entertaining. This absolutely captures that feeling. I haven't played far into the game, but exploring the environment and speaking with the characters you can see the touch of experience and professionalism from truly talented writers. They maintain an honest, pleasant, and clever voice, and have no problem using even the cheapest of pun or rhyme to keep the tone light and humorous. The music is really well-done, this is a game that's worth playing with the music on. Each scene has the mood set by high-quality instruments playing well-designed instrumentals. I've not experienced much of the combat, but it does seem to be the weak spot of this game. Hopefully it will become more interesting as time goes on, but I've also read that it's not essential to progress in the game. Nothing especially wrong with it, it just seems like a very basic turn-based situation, and I can't easily see many ways to change the tides (either you have enough skill/damage to defeat enemy or you have to run); but I'm sure as I progress I will find new items that make it more interesting. The game has a lot of 'paintings' and painted scenes that are beautifully done, and the environments of the school look quite good as well. The character models and animations are only so-so, but I didn't find them immersion-breaking. There are all these fantastic portraits for the characters when they speak or during 'cut scenes' so the 3d models aren't your primary view of characters in any case.
