Leisure Suit Larry Box Office Bust coming everywhere Fall '08
Box Office Bust will see Larry in "mission-based exploration, platforming, racing and puzzle-solving" and the script is penned by Happy Madison Productions' Allen Covert -- LSL series creator Al Lowe isn't mentioned anywhere. The game will be developed by Worms studio Team17 and is expected on Xbox 360, PS3, PC and mobile phones. Hopefully, a new game with fresh blood will get Larry standing at attention again after being flaccid for the last ten years.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Jerk Face @ Jan 17th 2008 2:11PM
So, seriously, are these games any good? I've never played one and I can't possibly imagine them having a fan base. But perhaps there is just something I don't know. Enlighten me, people of the interwebs!
GRANTED @ Jan 17th 2008 2:28PM
i also demand an explanation. is it just dirty jokes and a pervy larry chasing tail?
Rich @ Jan 17th 2008 3:11PM
I played "Leisure Suit Larry: Looking for Love in Several Wrong Places" (which I think was the second in the series, the first was Land of the Lounge Lizards), back on my Amiga. And for me, that's when it peaked.
Killjebus @ Jan 17th 2008 3:15PM
the pc 1 from years and years ago was mildly amusing.
unfriendly_cat @ Jan 17th 2008 3:20PM
Sierra 'quest'-type games as a whole did have a significant fanbase, and the first couple of Larry games were genuinely funny. At least that's what I remember; haven't played them for at least 12 years now; I might find find the jokes less entertaining now than I did as a kid.
Another part of Larry's initial appeal was that it was one of the first adult-themed games (certainly one of the first well-made ones).
I was actually waiting for the old Larry games to show up on Gametap with the other early Sierra stuff they have to see if they hold up, but it looks like it's not going to happen (by the way, Space Quest is still amusing, but feels a bit like a chore to play now).
kastonie @ Jan 17th 2008 4:18PM
Jerk Face,
Why does your face change so much? Every day I look at your face and its from a different angle....and sometimes it says wtf....
Vapor187 @ Jan 29th 2008 2:12PM
The PC versions were good, they were mostly point and click adventures. That version that came out on Xbox a while ago was crap. It was just a bunch of mini-games. The original PC versions had real storylines.
plyx @ Jan 17th 2008 2:11PM
Set phasers to suck.
Nick the Hero of Canton @ Jan 17th 2008 2:16PM
Pun intended?
deaftly @ Jan 17th 2008 2:13PM
I guess Nintendo owners aren't old enough for LSL
Matt_M @ Jan 17th 2008 2:31PM
That headline made me wretch.
Jerk Face @ Jan 17th 2008 2:32PM
Ha ha! Oh noes!
hvnlysoldr @ Jan 17th 2008 2:46PM
Oh cum on! I mean the Wii screams for this kind of game. Especially with the jacket sleeve and vibrations.
Chris @ Jan 17th 2008 2:52PM
No Al Lowe = No buy.
ZippyDSMlee @ Jan 17th 2008 3:13PM
LSL was one of the premier adventure games back in the day, it had a good story even if it was prevy, the humor is an acquired taste tho...
Now we have the new game which is just a drinking game with bewbs it lacks the wit and humor the old ones did...and I bet the movie will be a wannabe natl. lampoons or American pie........
doom saber @ Jan 17th 2008 3:33PM
It is actually not a movie, but rather an upcommin game called Box office Bust(which is not a pun made up by Joystiq BTW.)
As for it bein like American Pie, you are right. According to the producer of Box Office Bust(link is http://pc.ign.com/articles/846/846123p1.html,) he said that the game will have no nudity. Moreover, it seems that the game reads like an action adventure game where you have to do mission objectives.
Chicken Eater @ Jan 17th 2008 3:13PM
LOL @ the article title.
Shagittarius @ Jan 17th 2008 3:14PM
I'd rather see a new point and click only adventure game Larry from Al Lowe.
unfriendly_cat @ Jan 17th 2008 3:26PM
Point-and-click is for the weak, AGI ftw. Few things compare to the satisfaction of finding a new word the interpreter understood (especially as English is not my first language).
BananaPoo @ Jan 17th 2008 3:58PM
man I already feel dirty... this series has to be put to bed... no pun intended...
Man Larry is a perv...
ZippyDSMlee @ Jan 17th 2008 4:05PM
doom saber
Well if the writing is good it dose not need nudity..but tis kinda sad nudity is hated on so much.
Side rante anime has been censored to death these past 6ish years....we will never again see a show like Ranma half were comical nudity is nothing.....*sigh* of all the things to learn from us westerns why on why is it the censor nanny's and fou morals....
Umgawa @ Jan 17th 2008 5:38PM
Box Office Bust will see Larry in "mission-based exploration, platforming, racing and puzzle-solving"
So, it's basically going to be crap like Magna Cum Laude was. Not an unexpected occurrence. I don't think it necessarily has to be point-and-click (because the original EGA version was from the pre-mouse days, and we had to use the keyboard to type out commands!), but mini-games aren't exactly conducive to problem-solving, as we all remember from the original LSL what happens when you fornicate with prostitutes without prophylactics.
doom saber @ Jan 17th 2008 7:46PM
It sort of sucks if it does play as MCL and I agree that LSL doesn't have to be point and click to be like the old adventure games. If I recall, I don't think Monkey Island four was point and click, then again I can be wrong.
I think Vivendi should license the next game to TElltale since they seem to get it right with Sam and Max.
doom saber @ Jan 17th 2008 7:49PM
Well, the writing in LSL MCL was good, but it did not help the game from sucking; I like MCL for its humor and script, but the game is littered with so many repetitive mini games that it played like a licensed game.
As for nudity, I have to agree with the producer that it shouldn't really matter since Al Lowe's LSL series had a reduction of nudity in the later games (if you do not count the easter eggs or the nude swimming pools in 6 and 7.)
WedgeTalon @ Jan 18th 2008 8:16AM
"Larry in 'mission-based exploration, platforming, racing and puzzle-solving'" == EPIC FAIL
Synner @ Jan 18th 2008 2:22PM
Wow, you'd think people would be smart enough to realize that the same trick (namely that of packaging shit in a new nostalgic box for the fans of the real thing) wouldn't work twice... Or are people dumber than I give them credit for?
This is like rather than Coke bringing back Coca Cola Classic in the 80's, they would have just put New coke into the old style cans.
What fucking Knobs.
Vincent @ Feb 23rd 2008 6:59PM
Dude Leisure Suite Larry has always been one of those games where you can kick back and have a good laugh at, its not ment to be the best game in the world and its by far not the worst. Its best to sit back relax and have a great time with the larry games. i think they should make more.