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

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 193 / 216
Date: December 05, 2004
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: "Uncut & Uncensored" features full frontal nudity and none of the pesky "censorship bars" that are present in the PC version rated "MA" and in the PS2 & XBox versions.

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 so-called [...] 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 [...]. 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 is 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!

Just when you thought you had seen it all...YOU SEE IT ALL!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 80 / 91
Date: December 17, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude was released earlier this year for PC, PS2 and Xbox. LSL: MCL is the first LSL game released in over 7 years and brings the LSL legend to the 21st century gamer by taking Larry Laffer's college-student nephew, Larry Lovage, on a trek through a series of mini-games to do what every red-blooded American college student wants: to get a little piece of T&A.

The only major problem with MCL is the fact that for a game rated Mature, the game gave you plenty of T and little to no A due to the fact that even if you got the requisite number of Secret Tokens to go into Nude Mode, you would see the girls topless, but not bottomless thanks to a pesky censor bar.

Not anymore...

Sierra has finally released a new modified version of MCL, Leisure Suit Larry: Uncut and Uncensored. This new edition of the game makes the censor bars a thing of the past by running the entire game uncut and without a censor bar to block the view, meaning that when you get a challenge that allows you to get the girl naked, she will be COMPLETELY naked!

In addition, the new version also adds a never-before-seen sex scene that for some reason never made into the original MCL versions for any system.

So far the PC version is the only one that has been released to the public. There aren't any known plans to release the Uncut and Uncensored version for either PS2 or XBox, but you never can tell what could be coming down the pipeline...

Old Larry Laffer this is not, but fun in its own ways

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 15 / 17
Date: March 06, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The title of this game is "Leisure Suit Larry: Magnum Cum Laude, Uncut & Uncensored." This is almost identical to the "Leisure Suit Larry: Magnum Cum Laude" game, except that this is more like an NC-17 version, with T&A bared for geeks like us to enjoy late at night.

Our hero Larry is Larry Lovage, nephew of the famous loser from the late 80's, Larry Laffer. The original creator of the LSL series, Al Lowe, was unfortunately not involved in the development of this game at all, so what we have is not the old, very enjoyable adventure game, but more like a puzzle game with silly mini-games that you win in order to see things.

Apparently some people felt hugely let down by this change. I would have preferred the old LSL style myself, but find this game quite tolerable, actually, make that enjoyable. The 3D girls are gorgeous, and the humor not bad at all, and the mini-games are pretty fun to play and easy to beat. The gameplay is pretty much linear but, because the games are not impossible like true puzzle games like Myst, or even the old LSL series which involved a lot of running around, backtracking and digging and searching, the entire experience is on the lighter side. This game won't win any award, but it's easy to play so in the end is still an enjoyable game, esp. for geeks like us late at night.

Oh, I see that Amazon has raised the price on the game since I bought it. If you can find it for under 30 bucks, and you enjoy computer-generated 3D T&A, you should give this a try. Of course, defintely go for this U&U version, not the other one.

Corporate Whore Larry In The Fort Of The Frat Fools...

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 15 / 19
Date: September 15, 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. It was a wise move not to make the game about Larry Laffer, but his nephew born from market research, Larry Lovage. 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 replay 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.

The bottom line is any Leisure Suit Larry title where Larry dosen't even wear a leisure suit is just going be trying too hard to be hip.

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.

If you like the old LSL games, keep away from this.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 23 / 36
Date: February 01, 2005
Author: Amazon User

If you're just interested in seeing a bit of pixelated T&A and playing lots of arcade-like games ad-nauseum, then this is the game for you.

If you fondly remember all the old Al Lowe LSL games, and are looking to revisit some of their wit and challenge, then stay far away.

Unlike the old AL Lowe games, all that's required to bed these pixelated babes (or quite often barely miss bedding them), is skill at a few different arcade-like games. There's not a lot of variety in these games, and they quickly become irritatingly repetitive.

Basically, there's no thought required to play the game at all. The "Little Black Book" tells you exactly where to meet each babe. All you have to do, is show up at that location, wear the right clothes, play the arcade-like game, and watch the cutscenes of Larry scoring or not quite scoring.

So far, I've not even had to search a single trash can. What kind of Al Lowe or LSL game is that???

Also, one other very irritating thing about the game is the fact that while you're playing these tedious arcade games, you often miss out on what little humor is available in the game.

One of the most frequent arcade type games, is one where you have to navigate a sperm through a minefield of conversation topics (this is how you converse with the babes in the game).

Unfortunatly, I often find myself trying so hard to navigate the minefield succesfully, that I miss out on the actual conversation that is going on at the same time.

The one up side to the game, is the abundance of pixelated (and sometimes real (during some of the load screens)) babes throughout the game.

So basically, there's lots of eye candy, but absolutely no intelligent game play.

If you're looking for a fun LSL game; with lots of humor, challenge and fun, scrape up an old copy of LSL7: Love for Sail.

If you just want pixelated nudity and boredom, buy this game.

Funniest game I ever played

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 10
Date: August 24, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Before you buy this game, you should adjust your expectations a bit. It is not a cartoon porn show. Larry doesn't score with all the girls (at least the first time through the game).
This game is a comedy, kind of like role playing in an American Pie or Porkys movie.

I think some people get too uptight over losing the minigames. This is not a game that you should get a competitive attitude about. It's fun to lose some of the games as well (like if you goof in the game in conversation, Larry says some hilarious things). And if you lose a minigame, no big deal, you lose some of your confidence score. Confidence can easily be gained back by drinking more beer. If a game gets boring, you can cash in "secret tokens" to bypass the game. It's incredibly easy to get the tokens. They are hidden all over campus and you earn them by passing minigames. The game is generous enough in handing out tokens that you will never be stuck in a minigame that you don't want to play. Money is also easy to get. It's hidden all over, and you can always go to the quarters table on the frat house porch and win money and get a free buzz. Thus, this game is intended to be an entertainment venue, and not a big competition.

So, part of the game involves sharing Larry's frustration. Understand that. Laugh at some of the funny endings when Larry ALMOST scores. It took me about 8 hours of gameplay before I saw my first topless scene, but it makes the game fun to see Larry finally get to 2nd base. (If you do things in a different order or are faster at the minigames, I could see you reaching that point maybe after 4 hours).

The minigames add a lot to the game (otherwise every encounter with a woman would be over with in 5 minutes, and you'd finish the game on the first night).

I don't want to spoil the game by mentioning some of the funny stuff, but trust me, it's hillarious. Also, don't get too frustrated, the game seems to get racier as you progress through the levels.

I haven't finished the game yet, but this is a game that I look forward to playing every night. It's the perfect game to load up after a hard day at work after you've had a beer or two and want to relax. If you want a complex strategy game, look elsewhere. If you want to laugh and be entertained, get this game. Also, definitely get the uncensored version. I've seen the other version, and it's incredibly lame to see those "CENSORED" bars.

I hope they make a sequel to this game, because it has provided me with many hours of entertainment, and I still haven't finished yet.

Ok, I know this review was very disjointed, but I'm in a bit of a hurry. Lubla is waiting for me at the trampolines :) If you've read this far, I know you want the game, so just order it right now.

GREAT GAME!!! IGNORE THOSE TOUTING COMPLAINTS!!!

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

This is a great game! Sure I read the reviews from others that Magnum Cum Laude is nothing more than a string of mini games...??? But I took a chance and boy am I glad I did. This game is so much more than I expected. It is definitely NOT Cheesy or poorly conceived. My best description of it is an adult uncensored version in the likes of Zelda or Link. After all in Zelda you had to master several different opponents by playing a mini game within a game. The same pricipal is used in Leisure Suit Larry Magnum Cum Laude. The only difference is that instead of trying to "kill a bad guy" you are trying to "make it" with a college hottie and there certainly are a lot of hotties in this game! You also have to perform certain tasks that have you moving all over the virtual worlds just like in Zelda. Again instead of trying to "save the world" you're simply trying to get laid! or to catch a glimpse of some incredible T&A. The only thing worth mentioning that may or may not be of concern is that the game takes up a minimum of 3.5 Gig. For some with slow or older systems with small disk drives this could be a concern but if you look at it like I did. Wow the game has 4 disks and requires a minimum of 3.5 Gig. It has to be one heck of an involved game and that is most certainly what it is. To those who are slamming it I can only surmise that you bought it expecting for some quick sexual relief and when you saw that it actualy required a brain and some coordination that bothered you. Personally I'm glad the game is so much more than I expected. I have been up every night until 3:30 AM playing this game just to see what will happen next because according to some "cheat code" sites on the net after you beat the game is when it really gets good! You then start over and things really heat up!!! If you're over 18 and enjoy both a mental challenge and the titilating stimulation of seeing incredible (although animated) HOT college girls in full frontal nudity then buy this game you will not be disappointed.

This is not your old Leisure Suit Larry

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 16 / 28
Date: January 20, 2005
Author: Amazon User

One of the first games I played on my PC was Leisure Suit Larry I (and then II and III). These were played with the keyboard, and you had to type in commands.

This latest incarnation has very little in common with the originals. Whereas the originals had some clever humour and puzzles, the new one is more of a mashing the buttons / get your timing down type of game. You will be chasing gold coins down for the most part.

There just isn't enough to this game. The puzzles are very repetitive, and the control leaves a lot to be desired. Stay away from this one, unless you have a need to own every LSL title.

Rubbish

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 16 / 28
Date: October 23, 2005
Author: Amazon User

When I first saw this game on the shelves I almost did a back-flip. The memories it brought back! But what a dissappiontment.
This game has virtually nothing in common with the originals.It is an adult game made for kids as you have to be lightning fast on the keyboard to play all the silly side games.
The humour can be funny but to hear it all you have to be able to conquer these side games. As a 50 year old who enjoyed the LL series this game lacks imagination and I find my reactions too slow to be able to play this game.

A diversion but nothing more

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 7 / 9
Date: July 31, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game is fun enough for one time through. It has some funny moments, and the girls are looking notably better than the girls in Leisure Suit Larry 1 ;)

However, nothing can really make up for the fact that this game is extremely repetitive. And I mean really repetitive. Like the most repetitive game ever. Broken record repetitive.

The game is essentially a sequence of a few mini-games that get replayed over and over again, getting a bit harder over time to be sure, but ultimately just the same old stuff over again.

The game also has three alternate endings, but you don't really have to choose between them, because you can save just before the last sequence and quickly go back and see the other two.

In the end, the game transforms the Larry series into something less than what it once was. There's more nudity (at least in the Uncut & Uncensored version), but that does not in itself make a good Larry game (consider that the originals were fun despite having very little except as easter eggs). I can still go back and play the original Larry games and have fun with them, but I can't think of any good reason to go back and play this one again.

And did I mention that the game is repetitive?

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