Leisure Suit Larry was a big deal when I was a kid, in a "the parents are out shopping, time to play as much as we can while they're gone" kind of way. If you've never heard of it, don't be surprised, as the game was a novelty back in the days of dial-up internet, before "shocking" things popped up on your screen every two minutes, and typing random, innocuous words into google didn't bring up porn half the time.
Leisure Suit Larry is an adult-themed video game series created by Al Lowe, way back in 1987. The games follow Larry Laffer, a balding, double entendre-speaking, leisure suit-wearing man in his 40s, who is a bit of a crass idiot. The gameplay revolves around him attempting, usually unsuccessfully, to seduce attractive women, as you attempt to learn from your mistakes and get him laid.
Now, the series has definitely shown a lot of age, and the problem is mainly that the culture around women, sex and decency has shifted quite a bit since 1987. This time around, the devs are taking advantage of that, transporting 80's Larry into the here and now, banking on the comedy of this fish out of water premise. Here's the actual description:
"Hey ladies, I'm back in business! My new adventure, Leisure Suit Larry - Wet dreams don't dry, takes me - whatever the route or twist of fate - from the end of the '80s directly to the 21st Century and wow, how the world has changed! While my view of the world and women from way back in the 1980s collides with modern reality harder than the breasts of a lusciously stacked blonde jogging along a beach, I'm all set to date my way across the modern world!
"In a point & click adventure I'd call typical for the genre we mutually experience how I fall head-over-heels in love with Faith, the hot-to-trot assistant to the boss at Prune, a technology enterprise successful worldwide. Since even dating is done digitally nowadays, the first thing I have to do is to work on my score at Timber, the totally hip, can't-get-anywhere-without-it dating app where I date women, satisfy their needs, and accordingly pick up points for my Timber profile. And whenever I get a chance in between, always briefly check out a few new bikini pix at Instacrap - the 21st century is gnarly smill!"
See what I mean? Who knows how this one is gonna turn out, but if you like your point and click crass and (hopefully) humorous, you can check out Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Don't Dry on November 11th, 2018.
