This new title may have the same name, but should not be grouped with the original. The original was fun in it's perverted, yet classy and funny way. This Leisure Suit Larry is full of just over-the-top humor that isn't funny. When answering the phone, picking up any of the Larry awards, or during many of the conversations, Larry always throws out one liners that just aren't funny and you're left asking yourself "How was that funny?". The camera is horrible to use, especially when you're doing important missions. In some cases, you can't move the camera at all. During the Horror Dreamscape, you have to move across a beam that has a swinging blade that moves back and forth. As you're walking, the camera makes it hard to judge your distance and if you aren't far enough back, the pendulum will hit you and hurt you, also pushing you off, frustrating the player, as it takes a bit of time to work your way up to that point.The driving is set up pretty bad, especially the racing sequences. You have to twist and turn your way around obstacles and your vehicle has the response time of a 75 year old blind man. There are many other things that this game could have improved on, such as the save setup, the climbing, the combat, and many other things. To give this game some credit, though, they did do a great job with the director's challenges. You have to listen to the direction of the conversation and watch three screens to know when to change the camera to eventually lead to a rating of how well you made the movie flow. The director's game could have been a little more challenging, but it was fun anyways. The art style of the movie lot was neat and made it fun to run through, though the people could have been better built. The game had some interesting ideas and had some nice direction going, but in the end, they couldn't pull it together. This game is not worth the $20 they want for it and if you really enjoyed the first one, chances are you won't enjoy this one.
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