Leisure Suit Larry creator wasn't consulted on latest game, points out horrible reviews

It was so bad. It was awful. It was worse than Two worlds, the other game that scorches my gamer card with 10 gamerscore. They could have at least tried to make the character models a bit sexy.... oh how I miss outlaw golf and my stripper golfer and caddy.

At least I didn't buy it.

Sucks you can never delete games from your gamerscore. My brother said he'll kill me if I ever play Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 on his gamercard. : P

At least I dont have Avatar.

Reppy nailed it. I'm personally disappointed that gaming has dived headlong into the sewer in the past two years (try finding a new game that doesn't have R-rated language, for example). But when you try to use gratuitous smut to elevate a POS game, that's just pitiful.

Yeah. As far as I can tell, the dev team thought that the original series was porn for it's time, and tried to make MCL and BOB into porn for our time. But yeah, that's never what the series has been about.

Actually there is no nudity in this game and it's only $20(pc)-$30(360). But yes, you're correct, fans would rather have a good old fashioned Al Lowe LSL.

I haven't played BOB, so I wouldn't know if there is nudity in it or not, to be honest with you.

I'm not going to play the game either, even if it was a somewhat decent game, out of principal that they should've had some involvement from Al Lowe, or at the very least his stamp of approval.

Amen to that.

Agreed. I didn't even have any idea there was an VIII. Last one I'd touched was VI.

Even a few other non-adventure games of theirs were great; Jones in the Fast Lane anyone?

I miss em too man. I've found the DS to have a nice little revival going on though. The Phoenix Wright series really captured that adventuring gaming golden age feel to me yet having a feel all their own. Good stories, fun characters, some good tongue in cheek humor, etc. The upcoming "Perfect Prosecutor" spin off looks even more like the old point and clicks.

I also enjoy the current crop of Telltale games, but, man, what I wouldn't do for another SpaceQuest or Maniac Mansion, etc..

Police Quest ftw.

It always boggles the mind when I see people wearing nostalgia glasses for Sierra. The things I most remember them for are games with ridiculous conventional memory requirements needing both mouse and soundcard. And trial-and-error puzzles with ludicrous solutions. And Outpost, a game that shipped with two thirds of the features mentioned on the box and in the manual missing.

Just because MCL and BOB suck doesn't automatically make the old LSL games good.

Also, BOB is much, much, worse than MCL. MCL at least understood the "Larry tries to get laid with a varied assortment of girls." concept. BOB is a PG13 GTA clone without any real sidequests where all the girls you attempt to sleep with are exactly the same in looks, concept, and horrible southern drawl. If Leisure Suit Larry is Revenge of the Nerds, and MCL is Road Trip, BOB is the tv edit of the Road Trip direct to video sequel.

Anybody who began gaming on a PC with EGA graphics and old school Sierra games have earned the right to wear nostalgia glasses as much we want.

That this evolved into Outpost, which you mentioned, and I bought, was insanity. It wasn't a complete game, and it drove me nuts. The PC requirements were a little too taxing, and it was intriguing, yet meh overall.

I'm simply glad that I still got the good Escape From Monkey Island before they pretty much killed the genre.

I should correct myself, it's actually $20 on the 360 as well, just not on Amazon. Gamestop sells it new for 20.

I couldn't agree less. Having played the new game I found the writing to be completely amatureish, the in-game physics to be great for a game marketed towards toddlers, and the camera control to be useless. The only reason you will find new games at $20 is if they put zero production money into it or they know it's just a POS game.

Any LSL fan will only find themselves dissapointed by this pathetic title and will only wish they could remove it from their games played list on xbox live.