Connections to LOOM? (LOOM and ToMI Spoilers)
Ok, so this could easily be reading way too much into silly little things in the final chapter of ToMI but hey, no more Telltale series are being released at the moment and the apparent "big news" that is on the way gives us the right (or at least the urge) to speculate.
Given the fact that The Secret of Monkey Island contained an advertisement for LOOM and we all know how much Dave Grossman loves LOOM, I don't think it would be too outrageous for us to believe that Rise of the Pirate God could have possibly contained somewhat subtle hints to an eventual LOOM game by Telltale.
There were three things that I noticed in this chapter that really made me think of LOOM. Two of them are pretty subtle and most people would not notice them unless they have played through LOOM multiple times.
The first of the subtle ones actually appears in The Trial and Execution of Guybrush Threepwood. And it is simply this: the rug in Club 41. If you've played LOOM, chances are you dyed the hanging cloths in one of the tents on "Weaver Island" and you then heard that classic line from the lovable Bobbin Threadbare: "Grass green...I hate that color." As soon as I saw that rug (which is also shaped like the aforementioned cloths) all I could think of was Bobbin saying "Grass green...I hate that color." To my dismay, Guybrush did not make this comment.
The second subtle one, which I realize that I may be reaching with this one, is the Voodoo Lady's possessing of the seagull. I won't elaborate on this one too much because there's not much to be found here but it did make me think of Hetchel talking to Bobbin in the form of a bird.
The final connection which I feel was pretty obvious was the rips that allowed Guybrush to pass between the Crossroads and areas that he has previously visited. At the end of LOOM, Chaos rips the fabric of the universe and which thrusts Bobbin into a "between space" which requires him to travel to areas that he previously visited using rips that are strikingly similar to the rips that Guybrush uses. Personally, I feel that it would be very difficult for anyone who has completed LOOM to not notice this similarity even if the other two mean nothing to them.
Discuss.
Given the fact that The Secret of Monkey Island contained an advertisement for LOOM and we all know how much Dave Grossman loves LOOM, I don't think it would be too outrageous for us to believe that Rise of the Pirate God could have possibly contained somewhat subtle hints to an eventual LOOM game by Telltale.
There were three things that I noticed in this chapter that really made me think of LOOM. Two of them are pretty subtle and most people would not notice them unless they have played through LOOM multiple times.
The first of the subtle ones actually appears in The Trial and Execution of Guybrush Threepwood. And it is simply this: the rug in Club 41. If you've played LOOM, chances are you dyed the hanging cloths in one of the tents on "Weaver Island" and you then heard that classic line from the lovable Bobbin Threadbare: "Grass green...I hate that color." As soon as I saw that rug (which is also shaped like the aforementioned cloths) all I could think of was Bobbin saying "Grass green...I hate that color." To my dismay, Guybrush did not make this comment.
The second subtle one, which I realize that I may be reaching with this one, is the Voodoo Lady's possessing of the seagull. I won't elaborate on this one too much because there's not much to be found here but it did make me think of Hetchel talking to Bobbin in the form of a bird.
The final connection which I feel was pretty obvious was the rips that allowed Guybrush to pass between the Crossroads and areas that he has previously visited. At the end of LOOM, Chaos rips the fabric of the universe and which thrusts Bobbin into a "between space" which requires him to travel to areas that he previously visited using rips that are strikingly similar to the rips that Guybrush uses. Personally, I feel that it would be very difficult for anyone who has completed LOOM to not notice this similarity even if the other two mean nothing to them.
Discuss.
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I would love for them to redo the game of Loom since i believe it is the weakest of all the classic adventure games and i think it would benefit to most of the fans as for Lucas Arts to develop another franchise. I don't understand why people keep encouraging Telltale Games to continue doing franchises that it doesn't own. Let's be honest about this, I believe TTG has the potential to make outstanding games and even better than some of Lucas Arts predecessors have made.
We can look at Ron Gilbert's game and also Vampyre Story which is an awesome game. But i think TTG can develop a game and be an utter success using those other games as a measure of standard to be declared a success. Seeing old franchises rise up again makes it seems that TTG staff had a hard time passing the page of Lucas Arts experience. I agree i would still buy those games and the business idea that it's a guaranteed success to revive franchises. But i think they can do way more if they develop the flexibility to test the water and develop a new franchise. Im rooting for TTG to go in that direction eventually.
1. Because they are good at it, they only own 2 franchises(texas hold em and they do own sam and max)
2.Because telltale likes doing it, if they disliked recreated old franchises then look what we miss, we miss tales, sam and max, sbcg4ap and wallace and gromit, bone, and CSI(although without wallace and gromit i would have owned all of telltales main games.)
I guess that on what i can conclude is that i want TTG to do both, revive and better the franchises and to develop new games. But i have gotten waay off topic.
I think Loom will come back too! And that that it would bring justice to connect some old dots on Bobbyn, but personally i aint a fan of Loom.