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Loom Reviewed 31 Jan, 2003, 11:34 / 11 comments

By Jake


As part of their "Flashback Friday" series, Adventure Gamers has reviewed the LucasArts classic Loom, giving the game a respectable 3.5 stars out of 5. Here's a clip explaining in part where the other 1.5 stars went:
Unfortunately, the game's length is its fatal flaw, as many will feel that despite all of Loom's inherent good qualities, it is too insubstantial to get your money's worth. Although the drafts alter every time you start a new game, this fails to add any real replayability and may leave experienced gamers feeling Loom is over before it even began.
Check out the whole review and some nice screenshots here.
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11 Comments

  • Unno on 31 Jan, 2003, 14:00…
    Cool article. I wonder if the author knows that the floppy version is longer. That might make him happy. :)

    Unno
  • Bobo Donkey? on 03 Feb, 2003, 11:33…
    Where CAN you get the cd version anyway?
  • Bobbin Threadbare on 25 Jun, 2005, 12:06…
    eBay
  • Jayel on 31 Jan, 2003, 17:13…
    Yeah I also noticed that the CD-ROM version has missing content all over the place.
  • Jake on 31 Jan, 2003, 15:54…
    What's longer about it?
  • Marek on 31 Jan, 2003, 16:19…
    The loading times?
  • QueZTone on 31 Jan, 2003, 17:48…
    the 16 colors version (non-talkie) has more close-ups than the 256 (talkie) version. the talkie version (with speech as audio tracks) has almost no close ups! that really upset me :P ive seen close up shots of high quality members of the guild (from the intro) so I suspect they're from FMTowns or smth
  • Jayel on 31 Jan, 2003, 19:53…
    Aren't the dialogues incredibly shorter also?
    I also don't like the way the guild members are frantically waving their hands when they talk. They all look like Stan the salesman.
  • Swordmaster on 01 Feb, 2003, 18:59…
    The dialogue is different between the floppy and CD versions, yes. As for the amount of dialogue, I can't really say but I'd suspect the CD version has less of it.
  • Marek on 31 Jan, 2003, 12:27…
    Wow, what a well-written article. And what a great website, too! I bookmarked it right away!
  • twifkak on 31 Jan, 2003, 14:57…
    Evan should write an article on the "I Already Love Your Website" syndrome.