When comparing The 7th Guest: Remastered vs Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, the Slant community recommends Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic for most people. In the question“What are the best Android games without in-app purchases/paywalls?” Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is ranked 19th while The 7th Guest: Remastered is ranked 122nd. The most important reason people chose Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is:
The games story is pretty deep and the text that can be found within that, tells it will take multiple playthroughs to see it all, making for not only a good reason to play many times, but creates the feeling of a very deep universe.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Newly redesigned touch controls
The controls have been completely redesigned for the touch platform, making for an easily controlled and intuitive experience.
Pro Classic point and click puzzling adventure with high replayability
The player will try to make their way through 22 different point and click stages that each contain a puzzle that must be solved to progress. A classic point and click formula that does not stray from the genres roots.
Pro Android OS exclusive
The 7th Guest: Remastered is an Android OS exclusive, meaning iOS and the Windows Phone platforms will not receive the game for sometime. Seeing as how a lot of high quality releases on release on iOS at first, it is refreshing to see Android the preferred platform for a release.
Pro Nastalgia
For those that played the original title, it will be a fun trip down memory lane to play the game again after so many years.
Pro HD graphics that upscale
The graphics have all been redone for HD and have been created with up-scaling in mind to allow for proper representation on the assortment of device resolutions and screen sizes on the Android platform.
Pro Classic graphics game mode
There is an optional classic graphics setting that can be used that makes the game appear as it originally did with a mouse pointer as the input and all.
Pro Longevity through multiple playthroughs thanks to the sheer amount of text and choices to be found in the game
The games story is pretty deep and the text that can be found within that, tells it will take multiple playthroughs to see it all, making for not only a good reason to play many times, but creates the feeling of a very deep universe.
Pro Many mods
You can find many community-created mods that improve the game.
Pro Gameplay holds up well
For what is now an eleven year old game, the classic Bioware RPG game mechanics such as branching dialog and turn based battles similar to a CRPG (where the player must pause the gameplay in order to choose their commands to then un-pause in order to watch their chosen strategy play out) hold up well.
Pro Engaging story thanks to the superb writing
Being a role playing game, KotOR has a pretty long story that the player feels connected to that luckily was written well, making for a good story that is very engaging.
Pro Handles Star Wars license well
Seeing things like Jedi vs Sith and politics in the game that are now staples of the newer movies helps to feel as though the game fits into the cannon quite well. With so many movie license games in the past being quick cash-ins it is great to see the Star Wars license used in a manner that fits with the cannon and of high quality development.
Cons
Con Large file size
The new HD graphics, included full soundtrack and in game full-motion videos take up quite a bit of room on the device, just short of 1GB.
Con Somewhat buggy
Crashes can happen while playing, while not a huge deal they can be annoying.