Last month saw another welcome entry in the “Lucasfilm Games Rewind” series over in the blog section of Lucasfilm.com, this one being a tribute to Loom.
It’s indeed a nice little writeup on the 1990 classic, but the irony of its devout tone might be a bit too rich for some to digest, considering that Lucasfilm only offers the VGA version of the game - drastically re-written compared to the EGA original, the artwork for which is a high water mark of the 16 color era - through Steam and GOG. It also happens to be a version of the game loathed by creator Brian Moriarty, who is solicitously quoted throughout the piece.
But some things in life just must be accepted, and we should all humble ourselves to the reality that this issue is literally impossible to address.
Source: Lucasfilm.com
LuigiHann
I would so love to see a remaster of this game in the painterly vintage Disney style that so clearly inspires it. It'd actually be amazing to let Moriarty make the planned trilogy into one game with the remastered game as the first act. It was so ahead of its time, in its resemblance to the style of the more linear "narrative adventure" games that have become quite popular over time. I can dream, anyway.
Interestingly, I seem to remember a Moriarty quote where he said that if he did a remaster/special edition of the game, it would have the original EGA art. It would be a modern game running in 4k etc, but it would ostensibly look exactly like the original EGA version. I don't know where this memory is coming from though, so I might be mistaken!
In any case, I'd be happy with any kind of remaster/special edition of Loom personally. I'd also be happy if the original EGA version were available.