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| 24 OCT 2002 at 7:05pm |
MichalNGrand Inquisitor
Posts : 7058
Joined: 14 SEP 2003
Status : Online | I liked other LucasArts games better (Indy IV, DotT) but Loom is quite good. A truly unique game. I don't know of anything even remotely similar.
The musical puzzles are cool. Harder than it sounds
I forgot my sig.
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| 24 OCT 2002 at 7:51pm |
FlameBoyIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 48
Joined: 12 OCT 2002
Status : Online | LOL, the most I've heard about Loom is when some guy in Monkey Island 1 tries to sell it to me. It looks good but I wouldn't know where to get it, as it must be quite an old game.
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| 24 OCT 2002 at 7:53pm |
MichalNGrand Inquisitor
Posts : 7058
Joined: 14 SEP 2003
Status : Online | Originally Posted By FlameBoy (24 OCT 2002 7:51pm)
It looks good but I wouldn't know where to get it, as it must be quite an old game.
It is old, 1989. If you follow the URL given in the original post, you'll find the game
I forgot my sig.
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| 24 OCT 2002 at 7:59pm |
Agustín CordesGuild Master
Posts : 5696
Joined: 23 OCT 2002
Location: AR, Buenos Aires
Status : Offline | A marvelous and unique game. I have quite good memories of it. The pieces by Tchaikovsky (I hope I wrote it well!!) are perfectly chosen for each scene. If you really liked it, play Trinity also by Brian Moriarty. Another saddly forgotten game
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| 24 OCT 2002 at 9:08pm |
dimidimidimiSchattenjger
Posts : 1784
Joined: 10 OCT 2002
Status : Online | One of the best games ever, and unique to its kind. I don't think we are going to see ever again a game with such an original interface. And the story was just amazing. I actually have the cd version!!! Isn't that cool.
But the first time I played it was in ega with 16 colours and no voices but it rocked anyway! I made a top 10 of adventures in another thread and I forgot to include it! Damn. It is definitely worth a place at least at no. 5 or 6 best adventures of all time (in my humble opinion).
PDF adventure magazine - The Inventory&&http://www.justadventure.com/TheInventory/TheInventory.shtm&&&&What would you give to know the truth?&&http://www.brokensaints.com
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| 24 OCT 2002 at 10:15pm |
Freddie_PharkasSpace Cadet
Posts : 114
Joined: 17 OCT 2002
Status : Online | A truly extraordinary game, quite ambitious for its time. I have nothing but fond memories of it and I am lucky enough to have kept a copy. Now that you mention it, I think I may just pull out the old 486 and give Loom another whirl!
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| 24 OCT 2002 at 10:20pm |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
Posts : 7277
Joined: 16 OCT 2002
Status : Offline | i played Loom on my Amiga, back in the times when everything on Amiga looked and played better i loved the game... i thought it was very original and great fun to play... i recently got the pc cd version so i'll replay it at some point in the future
You have gotten the attention of the mysterious lady. She turns to face you. Her face is devoid of any flesh. You are frozen with horror as she begins ripping your body into a bloody mess.
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| 25 OCT 2002 at 6:17am |
alkis21Schattenjger
Posts : 2112
Joined: 23 OCT 2002
Location: GR
Status : Offline | I played the Amiga version as well. Loom is a masterpiece and like the others said, a one of a kind game in a world of remakes, sequels and clones. The only disadvantage I can think of is that the fantastic interface made the game too easy. One of the games that never had a sequel no matter how much we wanted one.. and before you say that the ending didn't leave much options for a sequel, I'll settle with a different story based on the same world and interface.
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| 25 OCT 2002 at 7:10am |
TiipsiIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 55
Joined: 16 OCT 2002
Status : Online | The day the sky is open
and the three split asunder.
http://www.farfetch.org/tiipsi
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| 25 OCT 2002 at 9:26am |
dimidimidimiSchattenjger
Posts : 1784
Joined: 10 OCT 2002
Status : Online | Anyway I hope that they Lucasarts doesn't make a sequel of Loom right now cause if they did they would probably have you press each tone with a keyboard click, and the guy of loom (don't remember his name) would be able also to shoot with his staff and a different tone would be another weapon or sth.
PDF adventure magazine - The Inventory&&http://www.justadventure.com/TheInventory/TheInventory.shtm&&&&What would you give to know the truth?&&http://www.brokensaints.com
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| 25 OCT 2002 at 10:17am |
alkis21Schattenjger
Posts : 2112
Joined: 23 OCT 2002
Location: GR
Status : Offline | [img]http://www.stopstart.fsnet.co.uk/smilie/eesdl.gif[/img] that 'description' gave me so much pain..
His name was Bobbin Threadbare, by the way. Also mentioned in Monkey Island 3:
Guybrush: "If you kill me, there will never be a sequel, and without a sequel noone will remember you in a few years"
LeChuck: "Of course they will remember me! I'm the Great Lechuck!"
Guybrush: "Ever heard of Bobbin Threadbare?"
LeChuck: "Who?"
Guybrush: "My point exactly"
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| 25 OCT 2002 at 12:49pm |
RavensbreedSpace Cadet
Posts : 156
Joined: 10 OCT 2002
Status : Online | Like others I played Loom on the Amiga. Great game, something truly different. But I remember feeling cheated at the end. It seemed to end just as I was really getting into it. I mean I finished it the first day that I bought it.
Some people are like a slinky. They might not be good for anything, but its fun to watch them tumble down stairs. &&
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| 25 OCT 2002 at 5:01pm |
itsgood2slideIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 35
Joined: 12 OCT 2002
Status : Online | Loom is a lovely game that every adventure fan should play, simply because it is so unique.
Ths sgntr hs n vwls.&&N Vwls? Hw ds t spll?&&Trrbl.
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| 26 OCT 2002 at 3:43pm |
NellieSorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 359
Joined: 12 OCT 2002
Status : Online | Loom had a unique and beautiful concept, but there wasn't much to it as a game.
The whole 'learn commands from the gameworld' and then 'apply commands to objects in the gameworld' idea was great fun, but there was very little to actually do. It could have done with less long cut-scenes, and more obstacles to progression (and so more opportunity to cast the spells) and more interaction generally.
I didn't think the plotting was up to much, either. The guilds all seemed perfectly happy to provide the Clerics with what they needed to conquer everyone, which seemed very silly to me. And I found the ending a little abrupt, too.
Still, it was a lot of fun while it lasted, but I think it could have been so much more...
[b]£1bn -[/b] Amount British government has pledged to paying off debt of poorest nations over next 10 years.&&&&[b]£5bn -[/b] Amount British government has already spent on Iraq campaign.
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| 26 OCT 2002 at 5:06pm |
Armand1880Sorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 223
Joined: 14 OCT 2002
Status : Online | Destiny shall draw the lighting down from heaven
roll its thunder far across the sea
to where I wait, upon the shore of wonder
on the day the sky is opened
and the tree is split asunder
Thats been burned in my mind ever since the first time I played it...definantly one my favorite games. I have the CD talkie version...amazing.
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