10.08.2004

Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude

That's right, baby, magna cum LOUD. This is a review, although I'm listening to Slaughterama by Gwar, so you know my mental state.

Anyhells, LSL:MCL continues the story of Larry, only you play the original Larry's nephew Larry Loveage. You're in college, "getting your BA in T&A". A singles dating program called Swingles is on campus and your goal is of course, to get on and get laid. To accomplish this task, you have to pick up chics and get tokens of affection from them. The game basically has two modes.

Wander mode is just that, you wander around the game world exploring. You can view many of the things in the game world, find secret tokens and cash, buy things, interact with the people, and take photos with your trusty perv camera, photos which you can then sell for a little extra cash. Items you buy either cost cash and help you succeed at the mini-games or cost secret tokens. The secret token items add to the perv value of the game by letting the girls strip while dancing and what not.

Mini-game mode is how you accomplish most of the tasks that progress the storyline. Games include Whack-a-Pole (think Atari pong) for a confidence boost, and varients on Simon Says and Whack-a-Mole, Quarters, and that old Nintendo game wherin people line up in different lines and you serve them before they get angry.

Game play is very simple, as are the graphics. The story is typical Leisure Suit Larry action, which means it's very tongue in cheeck and cheesy. While buying many of the secret items do add a level of nudity and "naughtiness" to the game, you're either hard up for porn or just a teenage if you plan on getting excited by the game. Not to mention it's game animation nudity...

Overall, the game is fun, easy to learn, and jam packed with great (bad) puns, better (worse) pick-up lines, and a continuation of the type of humor veteran (old) gamers have come to expect from Sierra. Since there's a $20 price difference between PC and any of the game consoles, I'd definitely recommend the PC version. But make sure you're 17 or older, or they won't sell it to you. I actually got IDed, and that means either they're IDing everyone or I look 10 years younger than I am. Sweet, I should cruise some high schools.

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