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An enjoyable sexual escapade & 1 of the best games of 2004!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 41 / 43
Date: March 10, 2005
Author: Amazon User

"Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude" is the first LSL game in about 8 years, and also the first to cross over from the personal computer to home video game platforms on the Playstation 2 & XBox. As a fan of old Sierra games (even though I was too young to have played the early LSL games), I was incredibly pleased to see the series resurrected and brought to new heights!

Important note: "Magna Cum Laude: Uncut & Uncensored" has now been released for the PC, and it features full frontal nudity and none of the pesky "censorship bars" that are present in this version.

Obviously, nudity is the main selling point of this game. Anyone who says otherwise is trying too hard to justify his or her purchase. The college co-eds are voluptuous, they are animated in a sexy, often provocative, ways, and the main quest of the game is to get Larry laid. Because of the time and attention put into creating realistic (though cute in an almost-anime way), this game is more titilating than any of the "Dead or Alive" series of fighting games, more fun than any of the WWE wrestling video games that feature the strip matches, and the females are more desirable than Lara Croft ever has been.

The women are mostly stereotypical "college girls" -- we have the head cheerleader Barbara Jo Bimbo (B.J. for short), the Italian castoff from "The Sopranos" Analisa, the Russian exchange student Zanna, the hot but nerdy college professor Beatrice, and so on. Chasing after each woman requires different approaches, and the result is never the same twice. And no, Larry *does not* get with all these babes. I hate to spoil it for you, but he only has actual intercourse a few times during the entire game. But every encounter is sexy, funny, and most importantly, packed full of eye candy!

The gameplay is fun. It is not very involving and has been criticized for being mostly a string of "mini-games." That is true; however, the variety of the games keeps it interesting as you progress through the storyline. The script is absolutely hilarious, and the comedy is equal to the nudity as a selling point for this game. If you are a guy, or even a gal who likes to laugh at guys, you will laugh at Larry and the things coming out of his mouth. He rambles on a lot, gets off-topic, tries horrible pickup lines, lies constantly, and even staggers around drunk and farts. If you've ever known a man who made you laugh simply because he was, to quote Steve Martin, "a wild and crazy guy," then you will enjoy the story of Magna Cum Laude. And the voice acting is wonderful; there is not a bad actor or actress in this entire game.

Now a few words on the Mature Audiences rating: This game is about sex, (...) drinking, jokes, and other things guys find enjoyable. For some people, this is disturbing. Those people need to get a life. I can play Grand Theft Auto, in which my character is able to walk down any street and at any moment cut off the head of a pedestrian with a sword. Or gun down dozens of policemen, only to enter a cheat code and get away with it all at the last possible minute. Yet somehow, the ESRB (game ratings board) finds Larry's girlfriends more offensive when they drop their shorts. Give us a break! Violence is much more detrimental to society & to teenagers than sex is, and yet we still can't get over our fear of pixelated private parts. It's ridiculous!

All in all, I give "LSL: Magna Cum Laude" a totally positive recommendation to anyone old enough to purchase it. It was definitely one of the best games of 2004 simply because it is like nothing else on the market today: a fun, sexy romp through college life. 5 stars! 2 thumbs up! Just buy it!

NAUGHTY FUN

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 14 / 16
Date: February 19, 2005
Author: Amazon User

this game is a hoot! it is definitely the naughtiest PS2 game out there. it's terribly easy to play, but that's because it really wants you to experience it's witty (and dirty) story. you won't believe the stuff you're asked to do in this game. it's really not pornographic as in this console version "censored" bars cover up the nether regions, though the game does feature topless characters. it's about as dirty as a SI swimsuit issue. one dissappointment was that the loading screen girls, pictures of actual girls in the costumes of the game's characters, don't show as much as you might want, especially after being tittilated by the game's sex-hunt for a couple hours. but, regardless, i was cracking up the whole way through this clever, silly, no-holes-barred game. a definite rental if not a must-buy.

Sierra disowns the long time fans...

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 9 / 10
Date: September 16, 2005
Author: Amazon User

More of an attempt to create a Leisure Suit Larry Xtreme Party Games title, rather then a continuance of the classic adventure series, Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude will disappoint a majority of it's long time fans. Instead of talking to women, working out puzzles and trying to persuade them to spend some quality time with you, here you have a number of arcade games to complete to pass the game. It's the most laziest game design I'd ever seen, my heart sank when a majority of the puzzles required you to play Pong or take photos. The comedy in the game is okay, but it does wear out its welcome when most of the jokes rely on swearing and the fact they've all been done before to better effect in previous titles. Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude also has little reply value compared to its predecessors. A game like Larry 7: Love For Sail had heaps of secrets programmed into it that kept the gamers busy for months playing with shortcut keys and program files. In MCL, all you have to do after you finish is keep playing annoying arcade games until you can afford to make everyone nude.

There's almost nothing here for the long time fans except slight nudity and a few cheap references to the previous titles. Although it should be noted, Sierra tried to win the old time fans over by saying the series creator, Al Lowe, would participate in the creation of this title as a creative consultant. However, months went by with Lowe not receiving any word from the developers. People had grown impatient and evidently gave up hope on Sierra making an effort to contact Larry's creator. However, just before the release of the game, Lowe recieved an e-mail from the developers. It turned out the only involvement they intended for Al Lowe was to make him sign a waver that wouldn't allow him to criticise the game when it came out. Lowe humbly refused their offer.

If you want a game that shares the Larry series traits, look over eBay for Freddy Pharkas, Frontier Pharmacist.
If you're just after a little computer nudity, can't you find cheap Hentai instead?

P.S. The difference between the uncut version and the censored version is that the censored signs have been removed, and there's slightly more graphic version of the Barbara-Jo ending.

Nudity!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 15
Date: March 21, 2006
Author: Amazon User

a lot of t=ts but no p=ssys or d=cks...

you have to talk to chicks a whole lot
before you can score .Just like real life.

Pretty fun though.
Hard to play with one hand.

And you thought YOU were a loser

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: January 21, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Okay, I've read reviews from some diehard Leisure Suit Larry fans, saying that this game doesn't share the format of the past games and didn't involve the creator. Unfortunately, I can't make that comparison because this is the first LSL game I've played.
What I can say is that this game is hilarious and one of my guilty pleasures. The reason the fun rating is much higher than the overall score is because this game is really just dumb fun, with gags above, below, and lower than low. You can spend 'secret tokens' scattered around to unlock goodies like 'naughty' loading screens, early drawings for the game, and other extras for salivating teens like 'nude' and 'naughty' modes for the game girls, strip quarters, strip dancing, strip...um, spanking, and so on. Sophistication is sweet.
Anyway, as far as I can tell, Larry Lovage, the permanent college student with a big head and a small brain, decides to prove he's just as good with the ladies as his Uncle Larry (the hero for the past games) by attempting to get on Swingles, a dating show hosted by diva Uma. To get on, he has to go through 5 rounds of girls, getting 'objects of affection' from enough to get on. There are 4 rounds with three unlocked girls and another with two, so getting 2 objects gets you higher up. The girls are all stereotypes: dumb blonde cheerleader Barbara Jo (BJ! HA!), sexy teacher Beatrice Robensenita, creepy-but-cute band chick Harriet, campus bicycle Luba, animal rights activist Charlotte, sorority leader & criminal mastermind Tilly, bookish Ione, wannabe actress Bilzarbra, and so on. Jokes of every size are thrown in, most crude and adult, most funny, and the ones that bomb BOMB.
The game is basically a bunch of minigames like quarters, smooth talking (a happy little sperm swims through, hitting good and bad pick-up lines), trampoline jumping, drink-making, slap contests, passing out of drinks, fliers, and food, and others. All of these are intermixed in the dates with the girls, and the only one that doesn't get repetitive is the smooth talking because of the thousands of things you can say (telling a farm girl one of her favorite musicians has 2 butts may not get you a romantic night).
So again, maybe all this is not LSL style. I enjoyed it, even though it's usually sexist and crude (cough, always). It's a game for friends to play and snicker at because of the various words for the male and female body parts on display. Hey, Ron Jeremy's your Porn Fairy! Come on!

Dissapointing sequel to a great series

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 07, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I've been a long time fan of LSL & have played the games since I was about 12 & snuck onto my dad's computer. I was overjoyed to see that there was going to be another outing for this series & was looking forward to it, even when I heard that the series was not going to surround our favorite hero, Larry. However when I actually played the game I was incredibly dissapointed.
Unlike it's predecessors, the game is entirely a series of minigames instead of the point & click first person interface of the previous ones. That wouldn't have been so bad except they were the same exact mini-games that repeated with each character you pursue. The plotline was actually pretty watered down for a LSL release & was obviously missing the signature Al Lowe humor that made the previous ones so popular. There were some funny moments in the game (such as the 'Summer Loving'-esque song in the gay bar), but they were few & far between. Ultimately I was glad that I'd rented it for my PS2 instead of actually buying it. I have to say that I didn't entirely expect it to be great when I discovered that it was due for the PS2 as well as for the computer, but I didn't expect it to be as terrible as it was. For people who just discovered the series, they are sure to be pleasantly surprised when they discover how much more entertaining the original games are, but for the rest of us... well, we'll always have the originals.

The most stupidist game ive evered played

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: June 20, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game was not fun at all, if you like college strip tease and stuff then this is for you. All you do is walk around their's women and college student's you play strip and other stupid game's. This game was just dumb, this is what any other college student dose so this game was a waste of time.

LSL is Terrible.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 9
Date: July 25, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Hi!
This game was really, really, really boring. You play a bunch of mini games within this game, and they are totally lame. You repeat the same stuff over and over and over and over..... Don't waste you're money. Buy a XXX DVD movie, or buy a great game, such as Gran Turismo 4, Brothers in Arms, or Siren.
cliff
MCI

Escudo

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: November 11, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is a fun little game and pegs college life pretty well with the beer drinking, streaking, hounding girls, and so on. Larry certianly has to earn his quality time with the women. Some have refered to it as a bunch of "mini games" but, in reality, as the game progresses there are alot of different and challenging opportunities to keep the interest going.
I withheld a star only for the fact that, while you are trying talk a girl into bed you are so busy playing a version of " Simon sez" or manuvering a simling sperm passed a bunch of obstacles that can make or break your chances of scoring, when you finally do "get down" it's hard to visual enjoy the fruits of your labor.Other than this I would recomend Leisure Suit Larry, It is a fun game.

This is a half-step below the best

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 10
Date: April 12, 2005
Author: Amazon User

It's a little slow at first but you quickly get caught up in the storylines and challenges.

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