I'm an artist, writer and composer from Venezuela. I make a living as a comic book letterer. I have been playing computer video games since the 80's, starting on my Commodore 64.
It's a shame Loom didn't get a sequel, it's an interesting world, I would have loved to see it developed further. I also love the music mechanics of the game, so more of it would have been awesome. The art of Mark Ferrari is always amazing, what he did for Loom is no exception, so many beautiful backgrounds!
Finally, I'm done with Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade! This game can be so annoying. I've played it many, many times through the years, but I think this is the second time I've actually finished it, I usually get frustrated with the fights and stop playing. Loom is next in my LucasArts adventure games marathon, that one I like way more than Indy and the Last Crusade, but I don't play it often because I don't like having to write the music notes for spells.
I really, really, really hate fighting in this game! While many fights can be avoided, those in the Zeppelin can't. Fights up there seem to be a little bit easier than normal, but still the damage accumulates and things can go wrong after a few fights, A shame, because other than that the game is very nice.
The improvements for the third game using the Scumm engine, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, were very nice; for the first time there was the option to talk and use dialogue trees and for the first time we were able to use the verb "look" to get a description of things in the room and inventory items. I love the room in the image I've attached, full of easter eggs with references to Maniac Mansion, Zak, the Indiana Jones movies and also the first cameo of Sam and Max.
I finally found some time to finish Zak. I like that the FM Towns version removed the darkness on the Mars mazes, it makes life easier. It also looks very nice, but I would rather play with the Commodore 64 graphics, which is the way I first played this game back in the 80s (and unlike Maniac Mansion, this one I was not able to solve back then). Next game on the list is Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade... I'm not looking forward to the fighting parts, but the rest of the game I find enjoyable.
I continue with part two of my LucasArts marathon with more Maniac Mansion, this time I played the enhanced version and tried a different ending with Wendy geting a contract for the evil Purple Meteor. Next time I'll play Maniac Mansion one last time with the last two kids, so I can get Bernard's ending. And then I'll start wit Zak McKracken.
