In keeping with it being supposedly for beginners, Wishbringer's puzzles are very easy, and most have multiple solutions, solvable either through reasoning, or using the Wishbringer stone to wish for some sort of aid. The stone has limitations, however: if you rely too much on the wishes, you may forfeit being granted items that you may need to solve later puzzles. This forces you to think about whether the puzzle you're stuck on is hard enough to warrant a use of the stone, although most people might just "cheat" by saving and restoring as need be. As in Moriarty's other works, the town of Festeron is depicted vividly and in detail, full of colorful and unique characters. While the puzzles are easy, they are not typical – the solutions to many of them are quite creative, even when solved with the Wishbringer stone. I played the game the second time just to use the stone on as many puzzles as I could to see what the alternate solutions are.

In the end, Wishbringer is one of the most fondly remembered games among die-hard Infocom fans, despite remaining relatively unknown to the masses (even while sharing the same fantasy world as the immensely popular Zork trilogy). If you are a novice IF fan and prefer a "gentle" game that you can play leisurely without worrying about grues lurking in the shadows, Wishbringer is the perfect choice. Highly recommended!