Scots Taffer on 7/7/2009 at 01:01
I must have been twelve and completely clueless musically but I got to some puzzle very early on in Loom that stopped me cold. I was staring at some hole in a treetrunk and pressing flashing lights made musical notes and what the fuck
Minion21g on 7/7/2009 at 02:56
I wish they would supply you with the files to run The Dig/Loom on ScummVM without the need for Steam.
Enchantermon on 7/7/2009 at 03:44
:wot:
Heck yeah!
Also, whoever tagged "ask me about loom" and "you can't use that here"...I love you. ;)
Sulphur on 7/7/2009 at 05:21
Quote Posted by Scots Taffer
I must have been twelve and completely clueless musically but I got to some puzzle very early on in Loom that stopped me cold. I was staring at some hole in a treetrunk and pressing flashing lights made musical notes and what the fuck
Yeah, it was completely awesome. They say with age comes X - where X is a placeholder for words of much pith, like wisdom, happiness, disillusionment, cholesterol problems, what have you. I prefer to say that with age come hindsight and nostalgia. You don't often get to choose to apply which one to what, but in your case, you do. I'd say try giving it another go -- unless you really hate Swan Lake with a passion. In which case, you could let your little one have a go at it and see if she likes it instead.
EvaUnit02 on 7/7/2009 at 06:18
Quote Posted by Minion21g
I wish they would supply you with the files to run The Dig/Loom on ScummVM without the need for Steam.
Nothing's stopping you from taking the necessary game files of supported games and running them separately through ScummVM. Ya know, just like using Doom IWADs and Quake PAK files with source ports. Ditto for older DOS games available on Steam that use DOSbox.
Come on, this is obvious shit that should go without having to be said.
mothra on 7/7/2009 at 10:34
no one that likes those games would have had any trouble to get them running on current hardware so lucasarts on steam is pretty uninteresting for me. if they would have gone to GOG that would have been a different story. Hopefully RepublicCommando gets patched somehow because it constantly crashes on my pc.
Matthew on 7/7/2009 at 10:39
You'd be surprised at how difficult it can be to find Loom these days.
Angel Dust on 7/7/2009 at 10:58
Exactly. If LucasArts eventually get their whole back catalogue of adventure games up on Steam it will be a great thing as a lot of those games can be quite hard to find legally. Hopefully the prices are good.
Chimpy Chompy on 7/7/2009 at 11:02
Well count me in as excited. I missed The Dig the first time around so am keen to give it a try, even tho i hear it's sub-par by Lucasarts standards.
And, yeah, I'd love a legit copy of Loom. It's a wonderful experience, even if too short and easy.
nicked on 7/7/2009 at 12:38
Quote Posted by Chimpy Chompy
I missed The Dig the first time around so am keen to give it a try, even tho i hear it's sub-par by Lucasarts standards.
Hell naw! The Dig is a fantastic game.
