Leisure Suit Larry

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Post by radagaisus » Tue, Apr 03, 2012, 5:05 AM UTC

Re: Leisure Suit Larry

#2

Post by coderdude » Tue, Apr 03, 2012, 5:30 AM UTC

I never played the LSL series but I'm a big fan of the classic adventure games (Space Quest and Full Throttle -- if you've never played them, you've been robbed). Maybe if this works out we'll see some more revivals. This genre in this style was completely lost in the rush to move everything to three dimensions. There are moments and feelings that simply can't be captured by other genres. The fact that they hold the rights and have Al Lowe on board makes this unbelievably cool. Good luck, guys!

Re: Leisure Suit Larry

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Post by gcp » Tue, Apr 03, 2012, 5:39 AM UTC

coderdude wrote: post #2

I never played the LSL series but I'm a big fan of the classic adventure games (Space Quest and Full Throttle -- if you've never played them, you've been robbed). Maybe if this works out we'll see some more revivals. This genre in this style was completely lost in the rush to move everything to three dimensions. There are moments and feelings that simply can't be captured by other genres. The fact that they hold the…

Full Throttle

I had an interesting OMG moment a while ago realizing that was also one of Tim Schafer's games.

Re: Leisure Suit Larry

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Post by minikomi » Tue, Apr 03, 2012, 5:40 AM UTC

I think this genre of games is ripe for a comeback on iOS. Just try to avoid having the keyboard pop up all the time and it should be great.. Although discovering the secret commands and hidden jokes by randomly trying words was half the fun of the old Quest titles.

Re: Leisure Suit Larry

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Post by kennu » Tue, Apr 03, 2012, 5:56 AM UTC

One interesting fact: Leisure Suit Larry is pretty much directly based on the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softporn_Adventure text adventure game. If you try it, you'll find the plot and the surroundings very familiar.

Personally I discovered this while reading http://www.amazon.com/Hackers-Computer-Revolution-Anniversar... which I recommend to anyone.

Re: Leisure Suit Larry

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Post by jaredsohn » Tue, Apr 03, 2012, 6:00 AM UTC

If you want to play King's Quest I, Police Quest I, Space Quest I or a few other Sierra games legally in your browser (HTML5) right now, go here: http://sarien.net/. The blog says that they used to also have Leisure Suit Larry but had to take it down since Activision had sold the IP.

This was posted on Hacker News a couple of months ago: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3591342

Re: Leisure Suit Larry

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Post by chubs » Tue, Apr 03, 2012, 6:11 AM UTC

minikomi wrote: post #4

I think this genre of games is ripe for a comeback on iOS. Just try to avoid having the keyboard pop up all the time and it should be great.. Although discovering the secret commands and hidden jokes by randomly trying words was half the fun of the old Quest titles.

I've started an ios game in the spirit of SQ2, have done a lot of the code, production artwork for a few scenes, and scribbled artwork for all the rest. I'd love to finish it but my designer is too busy to continue.

Re: Leisure Suit Larry

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Post by thetron » Tue, Apr 03, 2012, 6:15 AM UTC

If amazing adventure game developers of yesteryear continue to start Kickstarter projects, I am going to end up seriously broke.

Re: Leisure Suit Larry

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Post by gcb » Tue, Apr 03, 2012, 6:19 AM UTC

now even kickstarters are going for the 'sequel' trap?

LSL is dated now. it was fresh when it was made.

how much more time they could have put into an ORIGINAL product if they haven't filled the pockets of big-game-studio?

hint: to people that actually likes games, a title that sports some well know adaptation is often associated with a bad experience to come. It's often the cheap game made to cater to parents buying xmas gifts without a clue.

Re: Leisure Suit Larry

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Post by jaredsohn » Tue, Apr 03, 2012, 6:26 AM UTC

gcb wrote: post #9

now even kickstarters are going for the 'sequel' trap? LSL is dated now. it was fresh when it was made. how much more time they could have put into an ORIGINAL product if they haven't filled the pockets of big-game-studio? hint: to people that actually likes games, a title that sports some well know adaptation is often associated with a bad experience to come. It's often the cheap game made to cater to parents buying…

They're remaking the original Leisure Suit Larry games (at least the first one), not creating a sequel (although they said they might also create the nonexistent Leisure Suit Larry 4: The Case Of The Missing Floppies if they are successful.)

Also, I don't think these particular games are a good example of games made to cater to parents buying xmas gifts. :)

I do agree that the games feel dated though (even if they update them slightly as they suggest.)