Obviously, I won't share any of my comments until their issue hits the streets. I learned about the Computer Games article when I was interviewed for a "sidebar" (a small article that runs beside a larger article). Sierra has had a game under development for over a year, intended for a release date of late 2004. Since I've started receiving a lot of email about this topic, I thought it would be more efficient for me to explain everything I know here once, instead of trying to provide individual (and probably uneven) responses. There has also been a lot of discussion on, Sierra Gamers, and, among others. There has been a lot of talk online lately about an upcoming article in Computer Games magazine's December issue previewing a new Leisure Suit Larry game from Sierra called Magna Cum Laude. If you care, you can read the whole, ugly story below as it was posted. I had absolutely no part in the making of Magna Cum Laude. Off and on over the past two years, I was lead by various Sierra employees to think that the company wanted me involved in the game's development. Those who fondly remember my games will be severely disappointed. Those who seek 3D boobs, profanity, and fart jokes will be pleased.
MCL is definitely unlike the other Larry games. Who wants to play lame arcade games that wouldn't be fun even on a GameBoy? Not even this game's giant breasts are worth this slog. And it's more than bawdy enough.īut… All this ignores the glaring disaster of those damned mini-games! They're distracting, repetitive, and boring. (Actually, "pendulous" would be a better word most of these breasts are too large to jiggle.) There's some humorous dialog. The animation is 3D and wonderfully jiggly.
Like Larry Laffer, it seems to desperately want to fit in. The game works hard, usually too hard, to reference earlier Larry games. Similarities The protagonist is a loser named Larry who has trouble scoring with women. The plentiful load screens show cheesy photographs of average-looking college-aged women who don't look sexy, but rather, ill-at-ease! The "F" word is repeated so often the writers must have used a macro. There's more profanity in the first scene than in all the previous Larry games combined.
Much of the dialog is uninspired and trite. There are no real puzzles, no interactive dialog, no narrator, no character development, and nearly no plot. reports that MCL's reviews across the Net have averaged 64, on a scale of 100.ĭifferences It is not Larry 8! Even though VU calls it a "Leisure Suit Larry game," Leisure Suit Larry's only role is a cameo as the "help voiceover." It is not an adventure game. I expected worse, especially after reading the many reviews across the Net. Although I have yet to finish the game, I have seen quite a bit of it.īut here's my initial impression, and I promise to update this page as I progress through the game. Hundreds of you have asked my opinion of Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude.
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