Telltale Games

drunkenmonkey · 07/11/2009, 11:53 am

I just played through LOOM again for the first time in years and it brought back fond memories. I remember the LOOM jokes in Monkey Island that introduced me to the game. No doubt LOOM could have been as big as Monkey Island with the right support. The LOOM cliffhanger ending reminds me of wanting to play a sequel that never arrived.

With the technology of today something special can be done with the LOOM franchise and there are many ways in which the story could go, it has great potential. And if you think about the best Lucas Arts adventure games, LOOM is right up there. You have Sam & Max and now Monkey Island. I am confident that these names are in good hands.

I would like to start a petition for telltale games to make the next LOOM game, reply to this thread if you agree.

1. drunkenmonkey.

plrichard · 07/11/2009, 12:09 pm

2. plrichard

Although I just want to see ANYONE make LOOM 2. I'd prefer that Telltale make it but I just want SOMEONE to make it.

SHODANFreeman · 07/11/2009, 12:20 pm

Loom is all kinds of win.

/sign

purple_monkfish · 07/11/2009, 02:11 pm

LOOOOOM! Ahem.. sorry, I think my sig sort of displays how I feel about Loom so yeah...

Zak McKracken · 07/11/2009, 03:10 pm

Most definitely. I've been wanting a sequel to this game for 19 years.

But if it is TellTale who continues this then Brian Moriary must be involved and hopefully more then just a consultant. It's his baby.

Crumplehorn · 07/11/2009, 03:11 pm

Fifthted!

Most people think Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time was the first game to use playing music as a means of solving puzzles. I think a new Loom game could go far further than what was done here. How about 200+ different drafts using more or less than four notes and all 12 pitches? It would become more of a sandbox game with many different ways to play through it than just a staid adventure title. There's so much potential for carrying on the unconventionality that Loom pioneered in.

zmally · 07/11/2009, 03:22 pm

To be honest, after some careful thought and consideration... I'm not signing.

I don't want TTG to just become a LucasArts spinoff company that does LucasArts franchises and sequels.

I'd prefer some more franchises like Wallace & Gromit, or maybe some original material.

Don't get me wrong, more Monkey Island, more Loom, I definately wouldn't say no!! It's just the next few franchises TTG gets will probably shape its future. And I'd like TTG to come up with some other stuff :-)

Please don't have a go at me!!

Secret Fawful · 07/11/2009, 03:31 pm

A LOOM sequel would be great; but the sequels were meant to be full-length games; not episodic games. So I'm in favor of it as long as Lucasarts put their Special Edition team to work to make completely original sequels to LOOM.

So I sign on the condition that it is done by Lucasart's new Special Edition team.

purple_monkfish · 07/12/2009, 03:53 am

As long as the art direction for the MI special edition have NOTHING to do with it.. eugh. I HATE the new character designs for MI: SE.

I always thought it was a bit of a shame that the book of patterns had all these spells you couldn't use. Though, it's a strange setting... if you take the book of patterns as being canon so to speak, they have a guild of accountants? and flower arrangers??

drunkenmonkey · 07/12/2009, 11:47 am

A remake of LOOM would lend itself well to episodic content, because Bobbin travelled from area to area with no reason to go back. I would hope that a LOOM sequel would follow this tradition just as Monkey Island follows its tradition.

One thing I would suggest is to make the spells more user friendly with maybe the forward and reverse spells in a list so that new adventure gamers can use them like actions.

Also there is nothing to say that the main character would have to be Bobbin, or even a Weaver for that matter, which was the plan.

Alucard · 07/14/2009, 09:24 am

I know I said it would be great if Luca.... Telltale games made some original IP adventure games but I really do want to see more LOOM.
good old Bobbin Threadbare....

Scrawffler · 07/14/2009, 09:34 am

I'm not a fan of the idea of Loom becoming a whole episodic series...

... however a 2nd and 3rd game to complete the originally-designed trilogy would be wonderful.

Sign me up ^^

MOKKA · 07/14/2009, 11:34 am

Am I the only one who thinks that LOOM could be a greate RPG?

Talebearer · 07/14/2009, 10:51 pm

I would definitely play more LOOM games, though as has been stated, I would REALLY want them to be the originally intended 2nd and 3rd titles, Forge and The Fold. If Telltale could deliver them, I'd be all for it.

harlequ1n · 07/15/2009, 03:24 am

The sequel to LOOM would have to be a complete game as I don't think TTG's episodic way would suit it. If that's the case, count me in.

Gibbeynator · 07/15/2009, 08:37 am

Maybe LucasArts will revisit the old Loom sequels if Loom sells well on Steam.

Tramb · 07/15/2009, 08:57 am

I'd love to see Brian Moriarty on board for the Loom sequels too...
I don't believe in this though.

kksmith · 07/15/2009, 11:08 am

Right, I am in support of this but I definately agree that an episodic format doesn't really work well. Like someone else said, give us Forge and The Fold. They'd probably also need to do a SE of the first game as well to get interest up (and also, the first game flat out needs a version that isn't missing key things... there is no "one good version" since the CD version is the only talkie, but it sacrifices so much to do that!)

Edit: An interesting little blurb from the game's creator Brian Moriarty I stumbled on today:
http://www.adventureclassicgaming.co...nterviews/212/

Quote:

How likely is it in the future that you or LucasArts be involved in making a sequel to Loom or even a remake of the original Loom? What may it take for a revival of the franchise to occur?

Some years after I left LucasArts, I had a conversation with the then-current president of the division about the possibility of a remake and/or sequel to Loom. But he left soon afterward in a corporate upheaval, a Lucasfilm specialty. At this point, the franchise seems unlikely to be revived.

This was from 2006 of course. It's interesting in that if LucasArts does go that direction, it sounds like he might be open to being involved with such a project. But again, this was quite awhile ago, so maybe that's no longer true.

PariahKing · 07/15/2009, 06:39 pm

The new president loves Monkey Island. He's a fan.

I think we adventure gamers are in for a super treat for years to come. I wouldn't count LOOM out.

zmally · 07/15/2009, 06:42 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by PariahKing

The new president loves Monkey Island. He's a fan.

...Who isn't? :P

07/11/2009, 11:53 am	#1
drunkenmonkey Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 75	LOOM 2 petition I just played through LOOM again for the first time in years and it brought back fond memories. I remember the LOOM jokes in Monkey Island that introduced me to the game. No doubt LOOM could have been as big as Monkey Island with the right support. The LOOM cliffhanger ending reminds me of wanting to play a sequel that never arrived. With the technology of today something special can be done with the LOOM franchise and there are many ways in which the story could go, it has great potential. And if you think about the best Lucas Arts adventure games, LOOM is right up there. You have Sam & Max and now Monkey Island. I am confident that these names are in good hands. I would like to start a petition for telltale games to make the next LOOM game, reply to this thread if you agree. 1. drunkenmonkey.

07/11/2009, 12:09 pm	#2
plrichard Wanna-Be Pirate Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 597	2. plrichard Although I just want to see ANYONE make LOOM 2. I'd prefer that Telltale make it but I just want SOMEONE to make it. __________________ Using staple removers on tremendous dangerous-looking yaks since the 90's.

07/11/2009, 02:11 pm	#4
purple_monkfish Dread Pirate Necromancer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: UK Posts: 462	LOOOOOM! Ahem.. sorry, I think my sig sort of displays how I feel about Loom so yeah... __________________ "you ignorant fools! Do you comprehend what you have done? None of us can pass across this rift your weaver mischief has so blindly created! Your pious meddling has brought the end of my dream! You will hear, for all eternity, the cries of those you have abandoned, Bobbin Threadbare! You will always know that you have left them under my rule!"

07/12/2009, 03:53 am	#9
purple_monkfish Dread Pirate Necromancer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: UK Posts: 462	As long as the art direction for the MI special edition have NOTHING to do with it.. eugh. I HATE the new character designs for MI: SE. I always thought it was a bit of a shame that the book of patterns had all these spells you couldn't use. Though, it's a strange setting... if you take the book of patterns as being canon so to speak, they have a guild of accountants? and flower arrangers?? __________________ "you ignorant fools! Do you comprehend what you have done? None of us can pass across this rift your weaver mischief has so blindly created! Your pious meddling has brought the end of my dream! You will hear, for all eternity, the cries of those you have abandoned, Bobbin Threadbare! You will always know that you have left them under my rule!"

07/14/2009, 09:34 am	#12
Scrawffler Pappapisshu!! Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: England wink wink nudge nudge Posts: 607	I'm not a fan of the idea of Loom becoming a whole episodic series... ... however a 2nd and 3rd game to complete the originally-designed trilogy would be wonderful. Sign me up ^^ __________________ I'm not crazy; I'm sanely-challenged.

07/11/2009, 12:20 pm	#3
SHODANFreeman Mute Ruler of Insects Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 3,741	Loom is all kinds of win. /sign

07/11/2009, 03:10 pm	#5
Zak McKracken Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 6	Most definitely. I've been wanting a sequel to this game for 19 years. But if it is TellTale who continues this then Brian Moriary must be involved and hopefully more then just a consultant. It's his baby.

07/11/2009, 03:11 pm	#6
Crumplehorn Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: UK Posts: 36	Fifthted! Most people think Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time was the first game to use playing music as a means of solving puzzles. I think a new Loom game could go far further than what was done here. How about 200+ different drafts using more or less than four notes and all 12 pitches? It would become more of a sandbox game with many different ways to play through it than just a staid adventure title. There's so much potential for carrying on the unconventionality that Loom pioneered in.

07/11/2009, 03:22 pm	#7
zmally mega monkey modester Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Hull, UK Posts: 428	To be honest, after some careful thought and consideration... I'm not signing. I don't want TTG to just become a LucasArts spinoff company that does LucasArts franchises and sequels. I'd prefer some more franchises like Wallace & Gromit, or maybe some original material. Don't get me wrong, more Monkey Island, more Loom, I definately wouldn't say no!! It's just the next few franchises TTG gets will probably shape its future. And I'd like TTG to come up with some other stuff :-) Please don't have a go at me!!

07/11/2009, 03:31 pm	#8
Secret Fawful Fearless Oathbreaker Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Stuck In This Pose Sexiness: Off The Charts! Posts: 5,140	A LOOM sequel would be great; but the sequels were meant to be full-length games; not episodic games. So I'm in favor of it as long as Lucasarts put their Special Edition team to work to make completely original sequels to LOOM. So I sign on the condition that it is done by Lucasart's new Special Edition team.

07/12/2009, 11:47 am	#10
drunkenmonkey Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 75	A remake of LOOM would lend itself well to episodic content, because Bobbin travelled from area to area with no reason to go back. I would hope that a LOOM sequel would follow this tradition just as Monkey Island follows its tradition. One thing I would suggest is to make the spells more user friendly with maybe the forward and reverse spells in a list so that new adventure gamers can use them like actions. Also there is nothing to say that the main character would have to be Bobbin, or even a Weaver for that matter, which was the plan.

07/14/2009, 09:24 am	#11
Alucard Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 482	I know I said it would be great if Luca.... Telltale games made some original IP adventure games but I really do want to see more LOOM. good old Bobbin Threadbare....

07/14/2009, 11:34 am	#13
MOKKA Dideldudeldei! Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: You REALLY want to know this, right? Posts: 8	Am I the only one who thinks that LOOM could be a greate RPG? __________________ Equal goes it loose!

07/14/2009, 10:51 pm	#14
Talebearer Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 3	I would definitely play more LOOM games, though as has been stated, I would REALLY want them to be the originally intended 2nd and 3rd titles, Forge and The Fold. If Telltale could deliver them, I'd be all for it.

07/15/2009, 03:24 am	#15
harlequ1n Hellish Caribbean mulato Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Barcelona Posts: 187	The sequel to LOOM would have to be a complete game as I don't think TTG's episodic way would suit it. If that's the case, count me in. __________________ no gods or kings, only man

07/15/2009, 08:37 am	#16
Gibbeynator Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,088	Maybe LucasArts will revisit the old Loom sequels if Loom sells well on Steam.

07/15/2009, 08:57 am	#17
Tramb Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 17	I'd love to see Brian Moriarty on board for the Loom sequels too... I don't believe in this though. __________________ You got, you got, you know what : a bird trouble

07/15/2009, 06:39 pm	#19
PariahKing I Have Arrived Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,327	The new president loves Monkey Island. He's a fan. I think we adventure gamers are in for a super treat for years to come. I wouldn't count LOOM out. __________________ It's OK to eat fish - they don't have any feelings.

Thread Tools	Search this Thread
Show Printable Version Email this Page	Search this Thread: Advanced Search

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Petition: Sam & Max Plush Toys	Guybrush Threepwood	Sam & Max Series Discussion	452	05/05/2013 06:46 am
Which to buy, Loom or Dig?	LuigiHann	General Chat	65	07/21/2009 10:31 pm
PETITION to Telltale Games to translate Tales of Monkey Island into SPANISH	trape	Tales of Monkey Island General Discussion	198	07/18/2009 04:37 pm
Loom PC CD longplay (and audio drama)	Armakuni	General Chat	7	04/29/2008 12:47 pm
Petition: Release the season 1 cover art as a poster print.	chrisff1989	Sam & Max Series Discussion	45	09/03/2007 03:08 am