LSL

[lordnacho]

Anyone have $5k I could borrow. 
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1451923705/make-leisure-suit-larry-come-again

[ark_ader]

What for more...?



I'd rather pay $6k for a C&D

[lordnacho]

 

[lilshawn]

you want to be a person screaming "pervert!" in the store?

[lordnacho]

I hang out in Walgreens on Friday nights yelling this at high school kids

[DaveMMR]

What for more...?



I'd rather pay $6k for a C&D

Considering it was a ---smurfette--- getting most of the LSL games to run on a computer from 1997 (e.g. the infamous "workout glitch" from LSL2), I don't think rereleasing these games onto modern devices is such a horrible idea. Plus they have Al Lowe involved, the person sorely missing from the crappy "new generation" Larry games.

[saint]

I'm in!

[Le Chuck]

I roomed next door to Al Lowe's nephew at MU '98.  I was playing Love for Sale when he walked by my open door and we struck up a conversation about Al.  At that point Al and sierra had just split and sierra was in self destruct or was getting there.  According to my friend Al hadn't wanted to keep making Larry games after the first three and was sick of the genre.  He was more interested in his children and educated oriented programing at that time.  He got roped into the games and was trying to separate himself from them because in his opinion they were not worth his time.

I always took this revelation with a grain of salt because I envisioned Al just saying that to family at Thanksgiving gatherings to get them off his back, like "Yes, I know it's toilet humor, the first one was fun but after that they just wouldn't let me stop, I hate it, I do" when in reality the maker of games this cool had to like making them as much as I liked playing them. 

Now, watching the video I think his nephew had the clearer read.  Al is on board but his eyes are saying that this is just a paycheck.  It may be new and great for the audience who is dying to return to Lost Wages but for Al it really is more of the same hash.  If the game makes it to fruition I'll bite but I don't think Al's heart is in this so I'll be keeping my wallet closed for now. 

[lordnacho]

I'll admit the intrigue has worn off since I first saw this.  I'm sure it will be on sale on steam shortly after release for less than the price of the lowest kickstarter donation.  So I'm paying extra for what exactly?  To help it get made and that's it?  I'll pass as well.  Anyways, I bought the Monkey Island remakes and never played them.  I guess in memory they are greater than they really are.

In the FAQ, Al said if they make more money than the goal they will add new levels/puzzles.  But they really should do that no matter what.  I don't recall the original game taking very long to beat.  Although I was around 10 when I first played it and had to ask my friend's parents for the age verification questions at the start.