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To be fair, that game is going places no AAA title in existence today will go. So it’s debatable that anyone visiting that archive will have experienced a conte

To be fair, that game is going places no AAA title in existence today will go. So it’s debatable that anyone visiting that archive will have experienced a contemporary, mainstream game that does the same themes. It even makes the most sense for Archive.org, because the Apple App Store would never allow that game. While I personally find nudity and sex conquest games pretty stupid, and I recognize there are a lot of interesting boundary pushing indie titles out there, it does show how utterly dead games distribution and production has gotten if people find Leisure Suit Larry in Archive.org interesting enough to try.

song 7y ago
From what I remember when I was 14, besides the nudity, the game is still an actual sierra game with good brain wracking puzzles (a bit more unfair and rough than lucasart games) and goofiness... It pushed boundaries and the theme is not necessarily politically correct but below the surface the game is also good and cannot just be reduced to that
tus88 7y ago
Isn't Steam full of games that would make Larry blush? I thought it was a mjor point of controversy. True they are not AAA titles, but it's not like the options aren't there.
- blaser-waffle 7y ago
  Yeah but skewed towards Japanese anime-eque visual novels, plus a lot of low hanging fruit, like tetris... but naked. Source: had a roommate/former coworker that was deep into that rabbit hole.
- romwell 7y ago
  >Isn't Steam full of games that would make Larry blush? Yes, and also there's porn. Larry was an actual game, and a great one, at that. And it never took itself too seriously.
untog 7y ago
I really don't think this is a reflection of the current games industry. It's people's nostalgia for a game they played when they were fourteen and hormonal.
DerekL 7y ago
There's a remake of the original game on the iOS and Macintosh App Stores: > Now Larry’s original creator, the world-famous game designer Al Lowe, has teamed up with Sierra Veteran Josh Mandel, to bring this amazing, perverted game back to life – updated and expanded in every way imaginable! All we kept from the original game is the plot. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/leisure-suit-larry-reloaded/id659661997 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/leisure-suit-larry-reloaded/id... https://apps.apple.com/us/app/leisure-suit-larry-reloaded/id659650855 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/leisure-suit-larry-reloaded/id...

song 7y ago

From what I remember when I was 14, besides the nudity, the game is still an actual sierra game with good brain wracking puzzles (a bit more unfair and rough than lucasart games) and goofiness... It pushed boundaries and the theme is not necessarily politically correct but below the surface the game is also good and cannot just be reduced to that

tus88 7y ago

Isn't Steam full of games that would make Larry blush? I thought it was a mjor point of controversy. True they are not AAA titles, but it's not like the options aren't there.

blaser-waffle 7y ago
Yeah but skewed towards Japanese anime-eque visual novels, plus a lot of low hanging fruit, like tetris... but naked. Source: had a roommate/former coworker that was deep into that rabbit hole.
romwell 7y ago
>Isn't Steam full of games that would make Larry blush? Yes, and also there's porn. Larry was an actual game, and a great one, at that. And it never took itself too seriously.

untog 7y ago

I really don't think this is a reflection of the current games industry. It's people's nostalgia for a game they played when they were fourteen and hormonal.

DerekL 7y ago

There's a remake of the original game on the iOS and Macintosh App Stores: > Now Larry’s original creator, the world-famous game designer Al Lowe, has teamed up with Sierra Veteran Josh Mandel, to bring this amazing, perverted game back to life – updated and expanded in every way imaginable! All we kept from the original game is the plot. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/leisure-suit-larry-reloaded/id659661997 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/leisure-suit-larry-reloaded/id... https://apps.apple.com/us/app/leisure-suit-larry-reloaded/id659650855 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/leisure-suit-larry-reloaded/id...