QuoteIt would have looked better in 1st person, but most people get bored easily by this kind of game and nobody would have played it.
I think you should had done in 1st person. My recent AGS game (with graphics of Half-Life engine) was in that style, and nothing wrong happened because of the first person view. http://adventuregamestudio.co.uk/games.php?action=detail&id=642
Good luck with game developing, anyway...