The acting is terrible, the plot is a mess but there's something charmingly kitchy about 7th guest that I can't help but love. It starts out promising, the glimpses into other character's dramas and madnesses is curious but at times things just get a bit too silly. Why did that woman just turn into a baby? Why is that man a goat? What is going on? The puzzles range from fairly simple to fiendish and infuriating, and having to backtrack to the library for hints is annoying. Several puzzles just flat out take TOO LONG (the piano puzzle for instance, which just never seems to end!) and the ending.... oh god. Never in my life have I screamed "WHAT THE HELL?" louder at a computer screen. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry at the absurdity of it, but it'll go down in my own personal history as most "wtf?" ending for a game yet.
I love this game, I really do. It's quirky, it's unique, it's rather enjoyable however it is NOT without flaws. Firstly, I don't believe it's possible to complete certain levels unless you select precisely the right ghosts right at the start. secondly, oh my god the AI. Particularly in the hospital levels when you NEED a human to go to a certain place, they just won't. Hours is wasted setting lures and hoping like hell the right person will come pick it up and take it to the exact right place you need it inside the wards. It's frustrating and luck in a strategy game just isn't fun. I did enjoy the little stories for each ghost though, the level stories are great fun and it's just marvelously campy amusement. Playing "what's that reference" in relation to names, places and events is entertaining. Sadly however, the game just kinda... ends. No conclusion to the overarching plot, even the later added "extra level to tie up loose ends" really just... doesn't. A shame, aside from dodgy AI the game is really quite entertaining.
I actually enjoyed TWW. Didn't find Sadwick particularly annoying, in fact some of his remarks amused me a great deal. Definitely got some MI 2 vibes from a few scenes which laid the seed for the end reveal. Beautiful graphics and some great puzzles (love the one with spot in the castle, very clever use of that ability) but also a few really illogical ones. However, my only true gripe with this game lays in the false choice at the end of the game. Why give an option then tell the player "nope, you can't do that even though we gave you a choice". It's frustrating. I would have liked that choice to actually have been a real one. It would result in a pretty depressing ending, but I like the option of a good or bad ending for a game and it wouldn't have taken much effort. I was disappointed when I saved prior to my "choice" and picked the "bad" option, only to learn my decision meant nothing anyway.
