A bunch of us were crowded around a little computer monitor, one of the only computers in our dorms and we planned for a long night… with Larry. We all knew about the almost 40 year old virgin and his quest to fix that last bit. We all knew that you never truly got to see anything, it was a big tease. Still, we all knew it was great tongue-in-cheek fun and crowded in with a stack of his adventures – the first of which being Leisure Suit Larry in The Land of The Lounge Lizards which is a great place to start as we reload our time with him. The folks at Replay Games have remastered this classic PC game and “reloaded it” for new gamers as well as those that experience it back in the late 1980s.
Official Description:
Leisure Suit Larry is one of the most iconic characters in the history of computer gaming.
The first game in the series, Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards, was first published in 1987 and helped build the Sierra On-Line dynasty. Featured in a score of original software titles since then (not even counting numerous anthologies, repackagings, and cameo appearances), the series’ namesake hero, Larry Laffer, is a bumbling, persistent everyman who just wants to be loved. Is that so wrong?
With the help of Al Lowe, Larry’s progenitor and designer of all of Larry’s classic adventures, Replay Games is remaking the landmark first game for an entire new generation (or two!). Expanded and enhanced in every detail and ready for both mobile devices and PCs, Larry is being reborn for the players who might’ve seen their parents (or grandparents!) playing Larry behind closed doors!
Although the games were marketed as “naughty,” Al Lowe’s Larry was comedic but never explicit, and the remake retains that standard. There’s no full-frontal nudity, no four-letter words, and no on-screen sex. But we do have our comedic priorities: Larry is a story of a man on the make, and the game drips with innuendo, flirts with perversity, and oozes sexuality from every pixelated pore.
• Expanded puzzles, locations, and gameplay
• Gorgeous, all-new high-res 16:9 backgrounds
• Over 3,000 frames of hand-drawn animation!
• Sophisticated lighting and spot animations enliven every location
• Thousands of humorous responses allow Players to enjoy exploring everything onscreen
• Hilarious branching dialogues with the main characters
• All-new Vegas-style musical score
• Fully voiced by the actors who originated the roles
• Redesigned by Al Lowe and Josh Mandel
Hands On:
At its core, Leisure Suit Larry is a point and click adventure. However, given the subject matter of the game and how it is presented to the player, the game becomes such a departure from that genre that it is easy to forget the simplicity of its gameplay. The choices you make can lead anywhere from the bedroom with a buxom beauty to a mad scientist’s laboratory to even becomng a re-animated corpse. There are puzzles to solve like where to get batteries for a remote control to distract a pimp so you can meet a working girl but, it is mostly point and click: Combine objects, solve puzzles, etc. This game is really about the nostalgia of getting back in the polyester party and trying to figure out how to turn cold as ice ladies into putty in your inexperienced hands.
The graphics are nicely cleaned up from the old days as part of the “reload” as is a complete upgrade of the sound and music. Basically, you get all the charm of the old game in a nice, clean, new package. Since the game already had tons and tons of charm to begin with, that actually goes a long ways.
Last Call:
My review of Leisure Suit Larry Reloaded is, as you can read, short and sweet. However, that’s because playing it is such a no-brainer. It is still loads of fun to play and, if you have never played it before, then you really should – not just for the history lesson which it is, but because Leisure Suit Larry in The Land of The Lounge Lizards gave us a gaming icon and franchise that every gamer should experience. The original came out 26 years ago! It is so nice to see it all shiny and new again.
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