Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude: Uncut and Uncensored!

I totally used a pick up line from this game... and... it worked! Haha! But seriously, this isn't a bad game. Back when it was on the shelves in game stores, the game didn't look too interesting to me, especially since I didn't have the money to buy the game, and I was two to three years too young to buy the game anyway so it wasn't going into my gaming console considering the cover and title alone. But, fortunately GOG (the only online vendor that I know of that has this game) sells this game! But really, I did use a pick-up line from this game and it worked. Maybe if you're a guy whose not too good with speaking to the ladies, buy this game and absorb the lines of the pick-up line meister.

All of the above mentioned are masterfully blended into a piece of art that defines the lazy, crazy and drunk college frat house generation. This is honestly such a great game. Extemely fun. Super creative dialogue. Just try it!

Yes, I said it. Hear me out. Here are the 3 complaints everyone has about this game: "Mindless mini-games"- Yeah, they get repetitive. Honestly though I would take any of them rather than have to sit through another insult duel segment of some Monkey Island game. For some reason everyone loved those though. In Cum Laude, you put up with mostly tolerable mini-games that can go on longer than they should so you can great to some great writing. "It's not an adventure game!"- You do not solve infamous Sierra logic puzzles, true. I contend that this is not a bad thing. Sierra puzzle logic were what eventually killed adventure games in the first place. People wear rose colored glasses when they look back on those. "It's immature boob jokes aimed at 12 year olds!"- Okay, THIS one...seriously? What the heck serious mature games were these people playing? Because they sure as heck weren't Leisure Suit Larry games, the franchise where you distract pimps by playing porno on the TV and die of an STD if you don't wear a condom after typing "f*** hooker". This is like fans of the movie Porky's calling American Pie immature. Without the blindness of nostalgia, Cum Laude definitely has the best comedy writing of any game in the series. It is the game's primary strength and where it shines. Once you get through some repetitive, but tolerable mini-games, you get to the conversations which are the delicious meat of the game. Much like David Lynch perfectly captured the anxiety of meeting the in-laws in Erasure head, the conversation mini-game here perfectly captures the social mind field of hitting on chicks. Then there's the countless humorous monologues you get when Larry examines items; there's always another one around the corner as you explore the campus. Ruining some hippy's hacky sack game never gets old. So, it's a funny enjoyable experience once you get past the mini-games and realize that a lot of the original LSL jokes have aged as well as Ray Jay Johnson.

I enjoyed to an extent the Leisure Suit Larry franchise and actually this game isn't as bad as many people let on, but there are three things that keep this game from being actually great. First, it's not an adventure game. I read that it was made to be as a game to appeal to younger people and that's fine, but that didn't wash well with some people. This game is actually not bad though, the game play and arcade sequences are fun and you want to see what happens next. Second, the number of farts in this game is criminal. It's like taking habanero peppers and crushing them all over a piece of pizza to the point where you can't taste anything else. In the course of a game, a fart can work, but your character already has intestinal problems and when you hunt for coins, miss by one pixel and he farts, move one pixel the wrong direction and... another fart. After a dozen or so times, you've had enough! The third is that there are way too many references to the male organ. One game has you shoot a guy's private parts with a camera, another has a shop that supposedly is for men who have large genitals but the biggest offense is that Larry uses every opportunity possible to get naked. Drink too much? Benny Hill theme starts playing, and he's naked, this is not funny when you've had that happen 6 or 7 times already. This game repeats stuff constantly. The fountain is all made of, you guessed it, that part.... Most people who play this are looking for the babes. The good news is there are some good nudes and you can unlock all the characters naked and one ending featuring the cheerleader is the best! I feel they missed on the metal girl though (more of that Larry nudity that exactly no one asked for!) All in all, this game is 50% good and 50% garbage, and that averages out to an absolutely average game that you should give a chance to but just expect it's going to be average. TL;DR: If I could describe this game in two words, both would be "so", the game is so-so.

It hurts me to give 3 stars to a Larry game but... well... the controls here might make you mad. I have known this game for years and watched the big guys playing it as a kid. It was fun. Don't get me wrong, the humor is nice, the graphics are okay for its time and the mini-games are fun. It's an arcade game. The problem I had was with the controls. The drinking competition was bad... but somehow, I beat the first with my keyboard... the Italian chick... nope... her every hit was a score and I was barely able to hit the glass. Ugh... idk what are these guys playing with to say the mini-games are easy... the only easy one is with the swimming spermatozoid :D if you are not drunk ofc. And you have to spend money on coffee if you get drunk or you will lose your mini-games. Total garbage... It's just a disappointing game.