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By Liquid07 (Luxembourg)
I was so looking forward to this game when it came out. Having played all the Larry's during my childhood.
No matter how much you like Larry, DO NOT bother buying this game. Probably the worst game I have ever seen or played. I was quite mad at myself having wasted money buying this. I tried really hard to give this game a chance. But after only 20 min of gameplay, i had to stop and almost threw its box and disc off my balcony.
By Stevie G (Manchester, England)
After a troubled development, Leisure Suit Larry was never going to be a classic. But the end result is embarrassing, bearing no resemblance to the Al Lowe originals. This latest adventure sees Larry Lovage working a summer job at Laffer Studios, his Uncles film company. There's a plot afoot to ruin the business, so Larry is asked to work undercover and learn the identity of this mole. Along the way, Larry searches for action, adventure and romance.
In reality, this means frustrating fetch quests and tedious missions around the open world of Tinselwood.
Side quests include 100 Larry awards to collect, races handed out from a Stig lookalike, and Dreamscape sequences with references to film genres. There are a total of 3, Wild West, Horror & Bytanic. In addition, a seduction minigame has Larry trying to impress the employee of the moment. Their details are posted on the notice board, then Larry has to find and seduce them, which involves a fetch quest along the way. At points in the game, a director minigame provides the chance to direct a film sequence. The action plays out, while Larry chooses from three possible camera shots, with a higher score for the correct one. Shooting and fighting sections are included too. However, every one feels like a lazy, unfinished idea that amounts to no more than a button bashing exercise. More interaction is needed in the games environments too.
Mission design is frustrating and thoughtless. One requires Larry to find 11 items in 14 minutes scattered on rooftops around the map. Another mission is exactly like an earlier one, this time removing the items placed before. There are times even the games designers know its getting lazy, with Larry muttering "What a tired and contrived plot mechanic". The simple gameplay is made unbearably frustrating by a jerky camera. It's absolutely horrendous, and along with poor collision detection, makes platform sections a nightmare. Timed sections rage inducing. Graphical glitches are everywhere, with objects popping in and out of sight.
Although Box Office Bust has an 18 rating, and unlike previous games, it doesn't feature any graphic nudity. Any fans of the original will be turned off by the shift in gameplay too. Fraternising with the lay-dees was what gained this series cult status. So it's difficult to understand who this game is being made for. There are plenty of risqué references and a good deal of cleavage, but it's rarely funny.
Load times are horrendous for such a simple game. The loading screens display comments like: Button bashing counts as exercise. The game has almost done loading...almost...seriously...just wait a little longer. And, it's a little known fact your average games player spends 45 dog years waiting for loading screens to finish. They don't make it any more enjoyable.
Ironically Box Office Bust manages to alienate even its core audience. The voice talents of Joe from Family Guy (as Damone LeCoque) dont even raise a smile. It's sad as Leisure Suit Larry has the potential for a good game. But it will take a miracle now.
By Mr. S. DAVIES (East Anglia, UK)
I rented this game for a week & I'm glad I did because I would have shot myself had I wasted the money & bought it.
I like the other "Larry" games with their harmless fun but I thought they would have stepped it up a notch to use the power of the PS3 but they havn't.
It's too frustrating. There are times when you have to make the bloke jump & he should grab a ledge but if you press the button twice he will miss or just slide on the wall, or there are times when I was trying to move him on a ledge and the camera angle is no good or worse still the camera angle changes in mid jump then so does Larry and he misses and falls to his death so I have to start a 3 min timed path again for the 50th time.
Give it a go by all means but wait until it's priced like the PS1 game it is.
Report says - must try harder.
By Speedbox (London)
It's not a great game, packed with glitches and bearing little resemblance to the fun and laughter I've had with previous Larry games. It's ok as a bargain bin special. I had already heard it wasn't going to be great but for me Larry is a game I grew up with so just had to get it for the ps3. Has made me giggle in a couple of places but no real belly laughter of years gone by. controls are easy enough but the glitches make it rather frustrating.
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