I haven’t played the other games (yet) but Loom has a simple story: Hero travels through the world to save the world. The locations and the UI are a little bit unusual. But the story itself is simple.
Here again: I have only played the fist part of the series. And beside that the journey was indeed long the game had a basic story - again, in an unusual setting. I can’t remember any great plot twists.
Well if you boil it down like that…
If you want to play just one of those, let it be the Cat Lady! It´s amazing!
But don’t you boiled MI down in that way too? 
Yes, it’s still on my list. Like Oxenfree, the two Longest Journey chapters, … Argh, I really need more spare time!
I’ve been enjoying MI2 but now I’m stuck 
Just to start with, can someone please answer this question with a yes or no:
At the ship where the men of low moral fibre are hanging out, do I need to get the mouse in the box? (I’ve propped it open with a stick)
Oh! I think I’ve figured out why it’s not working… Cheese squigglies 
It’s always when you write out a question that the answer comes 
Uh…yes! 
Gaaaah. I must’ve tried every item with that pile of spit except the paper (until now)…
Overall though, so far I’m finding MI2 easier than MI1.
It´s way longer though and gets quite convoluted later on, while MI1 is more streamlined.
Hm, be interesting to see how it pans out then. Maybe it’s sucking me into a false sense of security!
Yeah, don´t be deceived by the first act where the difficulty is on the low end of the curve. It´s a bit different than Thimbleweed Park that way.
That means you haven’t gotten very far then 
Probably you’re still in Part 1. Wait until you reach Part 2, which is the best imo.
Are you playing the classic edition or the special one?
That’s a trick question… there being only a single correct answer.
She said she was quite fond of the new graphics of the first one actually, but then again she posted a pic of the classic mode graphics today praising them, so she might have gone with that.
But I´m obviously not her, so I wouldn´t know.
Obviously she is playing the Ultimate Talkie Edition as there doesn’t exist any other one.
Yep. Just one more thing to acquire to leave Scabb Island (AFAIK - shh).
I’m playing the SE but keep toggling between classic graphics and remastered. I want to play it how it was meant to be played, but the graphics are so much clearer in the remastered mode (especially on a big monitor).
I really like how the verb/inventory controls work in the remastered version too. Very efficient.
I toggled between the two modes a lot when I played the special editions, quite possibly in each and every room.
How do they work? I mean, it’s been almost a decade…
I’ve been doing that a lot. It feels smoother moving around in SE mode, but when I’m still I like to see how things look in the old style - plus it’s interesting comparing.
Right-click, then move the cursor left or right between the default suggested options. I guess that kind of gives the player a clue, though, as it only presents the ‘useful’ options. It does a similar thing if you click the scroll wheel to bring up the inventory - it suggests what to do with the item and you can select an option. It’s a bit hand-holdy, but it’s much easier.
My amiga graphics for the first MI didn´t have inventory icons. Just words.
So I didn´t grow up with:
And the like. I guess only with MI2 everyone had icons.
I’m fairly sure the PC version I played first didn’t either.
Oh yeah, I meant to add that the 10 Adventures collection didn´t have them either, which is why I saw the icons the first time when I played the SE (and was surprised to see them still there when I toggled classic mode)