Have you ever been in a situation where you had this really funny joke but, due to whatever circumstance, your timing is off and it falls flat on it's face? This trailer is kinda like that by appearing 1 year and two months too late. Nevertheless, it's still pretty ingenious and a sight for sore eyes. The world's longest-running horn ball franchise finally makes a return on the PS3, 360, PC and mobile markets this Fall. If you don't recall the Mad World remix of the Gears of War trailer you'll probably want to hit that before watching. I hope the boss (last boob?) in the window actually makes it in the game. So what does the plot have in store for us?
In this 3rd person adventure game, Larry takes a summer job working on his uncle Larry's movie lot doing odd jobs and trying to uncover a mole from another studio who threatens to air the studio's dirty laundry in the tabloids. Leisure Suit Larry Box Office Bust is a rollicking, innuendo-laden lampoon of Hollywood that features open world sand box game play that includes exploration, platforming, racing and puzzle-solving to complete missions. Additionally, the game will feature an all-new Directors Game that allows the player to create their very own "Larry Feature."
I've always wanted to direct half-balding men in softcore porn in the comfort of my own living room. The game also casts a few notable Hollywood B-hotties (presumably voice over appearances) including Shannon Elizabeth, Carmen Electra, Nikki Cox and Jane Lynch with Josh Keaton as the voice of Larry and Jay Mohr presumably doing his usual likable yet sleezy guy you can't trust thing. The return of the adventure format comes as no surprise as LSL: Magna Cum Laude's minigame mess was an utter failure. In a recent interview the producer promised that nothing is being carried over from the previous game.
Despite the game's promise to return to its roots I'm a little weary about the art direction of Larry (who's makeover lifted 20 years and 200 pounds). Was Jon Lovitz not available for work?
Hi the jump for the full press release.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Sierra Entertainment, a division of Vivendi Games, announced today that the lovable loser, Leisure Suit Larry, is back in an all new side-splitting, pants-busting adventure game, coming to Xbox 360(R) video game and entertainment system, PLAYSTATION(R)3 computer entertainment system, PC and mobile phones this fall.
The Leisure Suit Larry(R) Box Office Bust video game gives gamers an all-access pass to the glitz, glamour and gorgeous women of Tinseltown. In this 3rd person adventure game, Larry takes a summer job working on his uncle Larry's movie lot doing odd jobs and trying to uncover a mole from another studio who threatens to air the studio's dirty laundry in the tabloids.
Leisure Suit Larry Box Office Bust is a rollicking, innuendo-laden lampoon of Hollywood that features open world sand box game play that includes exploration, platforming, racing and puzzle-solving to complete missions. Additionally, the game will feature an all-new Directors Game that allows the player to create their very own "Larry Feature."
True to form, Leisure Suit Larry Box Office Bust will feature sophomoric comedy and bombshell babes thanks to the writing talents of Allen Covert (Happy Madison Productions) and an All-Star cast of actors and actresses, including Jay Mohr (Last Comic Standing), Dave Attell (Insomniac), Shannon Elizabeth (American Pie), Carmen Electra (Starsky and Hutch), Artie Lange (Mad TV), Patrick Warburton (Family Guy), Jeffrey Tambor (Arrested Development), Nikki Cox (Las Vegas), Peter Graves (Mission Impossible), Jane Lynch (The 40 Year Old Virgin) and Josh Keaton (The Spectacular Spider-Man) as the voice of Larry Loveage.
"Leisure Suit Larry is an entertaining adventure that places gamers in the middle of Hollywood's tabloid-filled mayhem to create a fun gaming experience," said Al Simone, senior vice president of Global Marketing for Sierra Entertainment. "The collaborative efforts of Allen Covert and cast make this the most amusing and immersive Leisure Suit Larry video game yet."
The Leisure Suit Larry Box Office Bust video game is being developed by Team 17 and will be rated "M" for Mature. Vivendi Games Mobile is also making Leisure Suit Larry Box Office Bust available for mobile phones throughout Europe and North America. For more information, please visit the game's official Web site at http://www.leisuresuitlarry.com.
Why did they change how larry looked again? He looks retarded (actually retaded). The gears of war spoof is funny enough though. Also, SIERRA CALL AL LOWE THIS INSTANT.
Hahaha.
Oh man.
When I read that paragraph about the new larry it says "rollicking" I though tit said Rickroll.
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Also, c wut i did thar.
cock full of em'
I never played any LSL games, but I always thought part of the charm was the fat balding main character. This sorta makes it somehow even more creepy. Odd how that works.
It's not the original Larry anymore..it's his cousin or something..I think I read that somewhere. Hey it looks wayy better then the horrible last game already that's good right?
Bueller? the game looks interesting, having played magna cum laude and it's horrendous load times. This game is worth at least a look. Perhaps spoofing other movies, kinda like that upcoming movie -Be kind rewind-
Also, after what could have been a hilarious Gears spoof, it swiftly turned into a bunch of references that werent really parodies, but just things that existed replaced with crotches and boobs.
Who... who the hell was that supposed to be in the trailer? It obviously wasn't Larry Laffer, and it didn't even look like Larry Lovage from the last game.* At any rate, the new look is retarded, and I hope it was just some temporary thing for the sake of the trailer parody.
This trailer did nothing whatsoever to instill confidence in me that this game will not be as much of a shitty abomination as Magna Cum Laude was. In fact, quite the opposite, really. It's just one trailer and all, but my interest in this is tenuous at best, right now. Well, whatever. I'll try to keep an open mind about this, but I'm certainly not getting my hopes up or anything. I don't know if even Al Lowe himself could save this from being shit at this point, though.
* - For what it's worth, Larry Laffer himself looked fairly different over the course of the previous (good) Larry games, insofar as far as his face and head were concerned anyway, but at least he was still a guy in a fucking leisure suit, the whole time. Why are they calling these games Leisure Suit Larry, again? You know, aside from the blatant cash-in attempt?
The previous Larry games had tits in them too, but the difference was that they didn't suck ass as games. If I want to just look at tits on a screen, I'll download porn and be done with it.
For those wondering about Al Lowe, and for anyone who didn't see it when it was posted on Kotaku, there was a recent interview with Al Lowe. Here's what he had to say specifically about the new Larry game:
RPS: I read an interview with the development team on the new Larry game, Box Office Bust, where they said they wanted to make a game that you would enjoy playing.
AL: If that’s the case, why didn’t they just have me design it for them?! Maybe they spent all their money on voiceover talent. People are supposed to ooh and ahh because they hired Carmen Electra. That’s not what makes good games. I bet they spent more on voiceover talent than I ever spent making an entire game. I can’t imagine what that list of talent cost them.
I totally agree with him. I don't give a shit that they got a bunch of Big Names to do voices for the game. Hell, they could have just taken Jan Rabson and Neil Ross, put them in a room together, and simply let the magic happen. I'd have been perfectly happy with that.
I have beef with anyone who didn't grow up with the LSL games. You have NO PLACE TO TALK. Larry Laffer holds a fond memory for me. In the days before the Internets, all we had were the BBS's, and I had to do work to get those games. They were hilarious.
I agree entirely with ImOK on this one. Jan Robson IS Larry Laffer. Neil Ross IS the narrator. Celebrity voices are great, and Jay Mohr can come to my house any day and do stand-up, but without Jan and Neil, it's not Larry.
And for the love of god, please let Al Lowe in the door. He wrote the jokes. He is the OG of naughty computer games. At least make him a boss or something.
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