Adventure Game Scene of the Day - Friday

Tobbe · 10-21-2005, 04:09 AM

Is that a remake of LOOM?

Gknight · 10-21-2005, 04:57 AM

Nice pictures. You are doing a good job Wreck.

VoodooFX · 10-21-2005, 05:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by t_manelius

Is that a remake of LOOM?

I wouldn't call it remake, just Loom in VGA, 256 colors.

*Melanie68* · 10-21-2005, 05:58 AM

I am hopefully getting that game soon (on eBay) so I can play it and see what the fuss is about.

I'm slowly trying to cure my case of HypoClassicLucasArtsopathy.

RLacey · 10-21-2005, 06:22 AM

I need to replay this game so, so badly. It's a shame that it was so short and easy, really, because what's there is fantastic.

Ninth · 10-21-2005, 07:14 AM

Incredible game. Perhaps the closest to art that computer games have even been.

Wreck · 10-21-2005, 08:39 AM

Yeah this is definately one of the most different games that ever came out. Locations, dreams, physics (floating\flying), respect for the character as you moved along the through the game, as well as the whole idea of the people you were a part of. Basically a band of Weavers that dress like druids. The game could have been longer, but it doesn't matter. I was so engulfed the first and 10th time I played this game, it doesn't matter if it's short.

Rowne · 10-21-2005, 08:51 AM

Indeed, Loom was abstract.

Not abstract in the kind of horrid way that some abstract stories can be, which is just unconnected anarchy (sort of like the somewhat mishandled Hitch-Hiker's movie but I shan't go there). No, Loom was abstract in a special way. A way that made it all feel like a very cohesive dream. I kept thinking of the ending as the character finally waking up and seeing reality for what it truly is, rather than what he'd perceived in his fevered dreams.

It's a shame that games have forgotten to be brave like that. I can honestly say that I would play a game in 256 VGA if it had the ingeniousness that Loom had. Lots of wonderful memories there of turning things into things. Transmutation before Full Metal Alchemist and done decidedly better to boot. Plus, one of the biggest bonuses was that it was one of the only forms of media ever outside of books (as far as I can recall, correct me if I'm wrong) brave enough to try to render, to realize a city made of glass or crystal.

I've always been fascinated by crystalline archetecture but most of it seems quite ...eh. I distinctly remember Loom's being like a glassworks however, it had that 'blown' feel to it, the kind of shapes one would see a glass-blower weaving out of the aforementioned wonderfully unsteady mish-mash of particles. In fact, there's always one thing in every game that stands out in my memory and for Loom, that was it.

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Jazhara7 · 10-22-2005, 12:25 AM

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!

It's time for me to glomp you again, Wreck.

*glomps*

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10-22-2005, 02:08 PM

Who says games isn't an art form?

10-21-2005, 04:05 AM	#1
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10-21-2005, 04:09 AM	#2
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10-21-2005, 06:22 AM	#6
RLacey The Thread™ will die. Last Online: 07-11-2012 11:25 PM Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 22,542	I need to replay this game so, so badly. It's a shame that it was so short and easy, really, because what's there is fantastic. __________________ RLacey \| Killer of the Thread™ I do not change to be perfect. Perfect changes to be me.

10-21-2005, 07:14 AM	#7
Ninth Senior Member Last Online: 08-02-2016 07:52 AM Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Paris, France Posts: 6,409	Incredible game. Perhaps the closest to art that computer games have even been. __________________ ...It's down there somewhere. Let me have another look.

10-21-2005, 08:39 AM	#8
Wreck Shady AGP Last Online: 02-09-2011 12:26 PM Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Maryland Posts: 483	Yeah this is definately one of the most different games that ever came out. Locations, dreams, physics (floating\flying), respect for the character as you moved along the through the game, as well as the whole idea of the people you were a part of. Basically a band of Weavers that dress like druids. The game could have been longer, but it doesn't matter. I was so engulfed the first and 10th time I played this game, it doesn't matter if it's short. __________________ ------------------------------------------------- Game Collector \ Animator \Graphics Design Project in the Works www.josephgoss.com

10-21-2005, 04:57 AM	#3
Gknight Senior Member Last Online: 04-02-2007 07:12 AM Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Here and now Posts: 192	Nice pictures. You are doing a good job Wreck.

10-21-2005, 05:58 AM	#5
Melanie68 Super Moderator Last Online: 05-19-2012 11:09 AM Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,907	I am hopefully getting that game soon (on eBay) so I can play it and see what the fuss is about. I'm slowly trying to cure my case of HypoClassicLucasArtsopathy.

10-21-2005, 08:51 AM	#9
Rowne Senior Member Last Online: 10-18-2006 07:45 PM Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 154	Indeed, Loom was abstract. Not abstract in the kind of horrid way that some abstract stories can be, which is just unconnected anarchy (sort of like the somewhat mishandled Hitch-Hiker's movie but I shan't go there). No, Loom was abstract in a special way. A way that made it all feel like a very cohesive dream. I kept thinking of the ending as the character finally waking up and seeing reality for what it truly is, rather than what he'd perceived in his fevered dreams. It's a shame that games have forgotten to be brave like that. I can honestly say that I would play a game in 256 VGA if it had the ingeniousness that Loom had. Lots of wonderful memories there of turning things into things. Transmutation before Full Metal Alchemist and done decidedly better to boot. Plus, one of the biggest bonuses was that it was one of the only forms of media ever outside of books (as far as I can recall, correct me if I'm wrong) brave enough to try to render, to realize a city made of glass or crystal. I've always been fascinated by crystalline archetecture but most of it seems quite ...eh. I distinctly remember Loom's being like a glassworks however, it had that 'blown' feel to it, the kind of shapes one would see a glass-blower weaving out of the aforementioned wonderfully unsteady mish-mash of particles. In fact, there's always one thing in every game that stands out in my memory and for Loom, that was it. -Edit: s/for for/and for/

10-22-2005, 12:25 AM	#10
Jazhara7 Ale! And keep 'em coming! Last Online: 10-14-2012 06:15 AM Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Beyond the Pattern of Reality...or Germany Posts: 8,527	LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!! It's time for me to glomp you again, Wreck. glomps - __________________ - "esc(x) cot(x) dx = -csc(x)!" Dennis added, and the wizard's robe caught on fire. "Gosh," Dennis said, "and some people say higher math isn't relevant." >>>Inventor of the Mail order-Assassin<<< And This...is a Black Hole - BYE!

10-22-2005, 02:08 PM	#11
SamNMax Guest Last Online: 01-01-1970 12:00 AM Posts: n/a	Who says games isn't an art form?