Leisure Suit Larry: Uncut & Uncensored

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Summary: An enjoyable sexual escapade & 1 of the best games of 2004!!
Review: "Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude" is the first LSL game in about 8 years, and also the first to cross over from the personal computer to home video game platforms on the Playstation 2 & XBox. As a fan of old Sierra games (even though I was too young to have played the early LSL games), I was incredibly pleased to see the series resurrected and brought to new heights!

Important note: "Uncut & Uncensored" features full frontal nudity and none of the pesky "censorship bars" that are present in the PC version rated "MA" and in the PS2 & XBox versions.

Obviously, nudity is the main selling point of this game. Anyone who says otherwise is trying too hard to justify his or her purchase. The college co-eds are voluptuous, they are animated in a sexy, often provocative, ways, and the main quest of the game is to get Larry laid. Because of the time and attention put into creating realistic (though cute in an almost-anime way), this game is more titilating than any of the "Dead or Alive" series of fighting games, more fun than any of the WWE wrestling video games that feature the so-called [...] matches, and the females are more desirable than Lara Croft ever has been.

The women are mostly stereotypical "college girls" -- we have the head cheerleader Barbara Jo Bimbo (B.J. for short), the Italian castoff from "The Sopranos" Analisa, the Russian exchange student Zanna, the hot but nerdy college professor Beatrice, and so on. Chasing after each woman requires different approaches, and the result is never the same twice. And no, Larry *does not* get with all these babes. I hate to spoil it for you, but he only has actual intercourse a few times during the entire game. But every encounter is sexy, funny, and most importantly, packed full of eye candy!

The gameplay is fun. It is not very involving and has been criticized for being mostly a string of "mini-games." That is true; however, the variety of the games keeps it interesting as you progress through the storyline. The script is absolutely hilarious, and the comedy is equal to the nudity as a selling point for this game. If you are a guy, or even a gal who likes to laugh at guys, you will laugh at Larry and the things coming out of his mouth. He rambles on a lot, gets off-topic, tries horrible pickup lines, lies constantly, and even staggers around drunk and farts. If you've ever known a man who made you laugh simply because he was, to quote Steve Martin, "a wild and crazy guy," then you will enjoy the story of Magna Cum Laude. And the voice acting is wonderful; there is not a bad actor or actress in this entire game.

Now a few words on the Mature Audiences rating: This game is about sex, [...], drinking, jokes, and other things guys find enjoyable. For some people, this is disturbing. Those people need to get a life. I can play Grand Theft Auto, in which my character is able to walk down any street and at any moment cut off the head of a pedestrian with a sword. Or gun down dozens of policemen, only to enter a cheat code and get away with it all at the last possible minute. Yet somehow, the ESRB (game ratings board) finds Larry's girlfriends more offensive when they drop their [...]. Give us a break! Violence is much more detrimental to society & to teenagers than sex is, and yet we still can't get over our fear of pixelated private parts. It's ridiculous!

All in all, I give "LSL: Magna Cum Laude" a totally positive recommendation to anyone old enough to purchase it. It is definitely one of the best games of 2004 simply because it is like nothing else on the market today: a fun, sexy romp through college life. 5 stars! 2 thumbs up! Just buy it!

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Summary: Where's Al Lowe?
Review: Any Leisure Suit Larry game that didn't involve Al Lowe isn't an LSL game at all. What a shame that Sierra wasn't smart enough to employ him.

Message to pointy-haired bosses at Sierra: You can buy the LSL name, you can buy Larry's face, but Al Lowe is the soul of Leisure Suit Larry and if you haven't got him, you haven't got anything.

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Summary: this game is horrible, no option for negative stars?
Review: anyone who likes this needs to get their head checked, and buy some real games.

i have every right to say this because i've beaten all of the previous LSL games which al lowe made. i guess it makes sense that this game sucks, because he had nothing to do with it.

spend your money on LSL6 instead, the graffix are simple, but the fun factor is phenomenal!

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Summary: Horrible, Horrible Game
Review: I am a HUGE fan of the pre-Magna Cum Laude LSL series. If you've ever played any of the old games, you know that there's a bit of thinking involved in winning the game.

Cum Laude, on the other hand, pathetically attempts to pose itself as an adventure game. Realistically, the producers/dorks behind the game obviously have little to no imagination or creative talent.

The absolute worst part of the game takes place during the dialogue sequenses between Larry and other characters. Every time you have a conversation with someone, Larry talks while you navigate a sperm through an obstacle course of dookie (metaphorically speaking). In order to have a positive interaction with the other character, you have to navigate the sperm smoothly & not hit items along the way. It's funny at first, but then it's like, man, this is so dumb! What ever happened to picking out your character's dialogue from a list of possible statements?

I gave the game one star, b/c the Quarters game is amusing.

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Summary: If you like the old LSL games, keep away from this.
Review: If you're just interested in seeing a bit of pixelated T&A and playing lots of arcade-like games ad-nauseum, then this is the game for you.

If you fondly remember all the old Al Lowe LSL games, and are looking to revisit some of their wit and challenge, then stay far away.

Unlike the old AL Lowe games, all that's required to bed these pixelated babes (or quite often barely miss bedding them), is skill at a few different arcade-like games. There's not a lot of variety in these games, and they quickly become irritatingly repetitive.

Basically, there's no thought required to play the game at all. The "Little Black Book" tells you exactly where to meet each babe. All you have to do, is show up at that location, wear the right clothes, play the arcade-like game, and watch the cutscenes of Larry scoring or not quite scoring.

So far, I've not even had to search a single trash can. What kind of Al Lowe or LSL game is that???

Also, one other very irritating thing about the game is the fact that while you're playing these tedious arcade games, you often miss out on what little humor is available in the game.

One of the most frequent arcade type games, is one where you have to navigate a sperm through a minefield of conversation topics (this is how you converse with the babes in the game).

Unfortunatly, I often find myself trying so hard to navigate the minefield succesfully, that I miss out on the actual conversation that is going on at the same time.

The one up side to the game, is the abundance of pixelated (and sometimes real (during some of the load screens)) babes throughout the game.

So basically, there's lots of eye candy, but absolutely no intelligent game play.

If you're looking for a fun LSL game; with lots of humor, challenge and fun, scrape up an old copy of LSL7: Love for Sail.

If you just want pixelated nudity and boredom, buy this game.

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Summary: Just when you thought you had seen it all...YOU SEE IT ALL!!
Review: Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude was released earlier this year for PC, PS2 and Xbox. LSL: MCL is the first LSL game released in over 7 years and brings the LSL legend to the 21st century gamer by taking Larry Laffer's college-student nephew, Larry Lovage, on a trek through a series of mini-games to do what every red-blooded American college student wants: to get a little piece of T&A.

The only major problem with MCL is the fact that for a game rated Mature, the game gave you plenty of T and little to no A due to the fact that even if you got the requisite number of Secret Tokens to go into Nude Mode, you would see the girls topless, but not bottomless thanks to a pesky censor bar.

Not anymore...

Sierra has finally released a new modified version of MCL, Leisure Suit Larry: Uncut and Uncensored. This new edition of the game makes the censor bars a thing of the past by running the entire game uncut and without a censor bar to block the view, meaning that when you get a challenge that allows you to get the girl naked, she will be COMPLETELY naked!

In addition, the new version also adds a never-before-seen sex scene that for some reason never made into the original MCL versions for any system.

So far the PC version is the only one that has been released to the public. There aren't any known plans to release the Uncut and Uncensored version for either PS2 or XBox, but you never can tell what could be coming down the pipeline...

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Summary: This is not your old Leisure Suit Larry
Review: One of the first games I played on my PC was Leisure Suit Larry I (and then II and III). These were played with the keyboard, and you had to type in commands.

This latest incarnation has very little in common with the originals. Whereas the originals had some clever humour and puzzles, the new one is more of a mashing the buttons / get your timing down type of game. You will be chasing gold coins down for the most part.

There just isn't enough to this game. The puzzles are very repetitive, and the control leaves a lot to be desired. Stay away from this one, unless you have a need to own every LSL title.

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Summary: Horrid Game
Review: The originals were so much more fun. I wish they'd get Al Lowe back. The mini games are super annoying and movement within the game is very difficult for someone not experienced with keyboard movement. After an hour or so of not enjoying the game I shelved it.

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Summary: This games better then the original one!
Review: This game rocks!!!!!! You get to do the girls you did'ent get to do in the first one.