Loom is very, very special to me, as it was the first LucasArts (or Lucasfilm Games
)game I played, waay back in 1991 or something.
But as great and wonderful as this game is, it really bothers me that there is no "ultimate" version of it. The CD-ROM version has got wonderful graphics, and voice acting, BUT: It removes all the *beautiful* close-ups of the characters (and instead uses more detailed animation on the characters), which is a great shame. Besides, the dialouge is completely rewritten for the CD-ROM version, it is actually been quite simplified, thereby losing a great deal of its original poetic appeal, which is also indeed a great, great shame.
After playing both versions to death I have to stick to the original EGA version, simply because the dialouge and the close-ups are so staggeringly beautiful that they manage to overcome the awesome graphics of the CD version. I wish I could understand why they did not keep the original dialouge and the close-ups for the CD version...
