Box Office Bust is just that, a bust

User Rating: 2.5 | Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust PC
After playing Magna Cum Laude, I was expecting high hopes from Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust. Sadly, I was immensely disappointed,. First off, if deciding on which version to get of this game, make sure it's either the Xbox 360 or PS3 version or make sure you pick up a controller for your PC.

The controls for this game are really bad. During the rhythm matching portion of the game, instead of telling you to press enter, they pop up B4, space, B1. That would be ok if they actually called the buttons that in the manual or in the game control configuration screen (they call it action # instead of B#). Also, the fact that the first 4 action buttons are space, alt, backspace and enter makes getting ready to press the button in a fast response to the pop-up near impossible.

Then there's the driving. Get ready to get your vehicle stuck quite a bit. I stuck the mail cart you have to drive in one of the missions at least 3 times (one of wish my character was stuck and I had to restart the mission).

The graphics are bad. They would be somewhat ok, if it wasn't for a weird sheen the development team gave to all the characters. If you're going to go with cartoony graphics, go cartoony, not a poor attempt at cell shading. The camera is terrible. In spots were the player could have used an adjustable camera, it's fixed (which is really bad inside of buildings).

In conclusion, it's hard for me to give this game a fair shake, as I am going to have to force myself to play the game again. The game is broken and seems rushed out to meet the deadline. Hopefully, if they do make another LSL game, they pick a developer that does justice to the title and is not looking for a quick buck.