Well, read through these few player reviews right here, and I see some negativity about things they didn't like about this selection, and that's fine. I, however, loved this game. I just recently delved into the LSL series (though I've known generally about the series for a long time), starting with the original. I recommend playing that and the VGA remake before playing this Reload. So far, I've completed LSL 1, 1 remake, 2, 3, and just now Reloaded. I think I played through the original trilogy first, and I recommend doing so. The text parser typing system will make you appreciate how much easier the point-and-click system is. But the text parsing has certain advantages. It could enable you to to have seemingly limitless commands/actions as you adventure. The good thing about point-and-click, though, is having a set of commands you can very quickly use anywhere in the environment. And often times with the text-parser, you can get frustrated fishing for that exact command to accomplish something if or when you get stuck. This Reloaded point-click system really enables so much more quick and fast comedy. I laughed more playing this Reload than the other LSL games I've completed. A LOT MORE. The first 3 LSL games (and the LSL 1 VGA remake) were not nearly as funny as this Reload. Some of the jokes are corny but some are flat-out hilarious, but I guess you have to have a sort of sick sense of humor to really enjoy it. The VGA LSL 1 remake was really exactly like the LSL 1 original, with better graphics and a conversion to point-and-click. This Reloaded LSL 1 is almost like an "expansion" version, not just an exact replica. The storyline is a little different with a couple new plot-twists. I think the point-click system is vastly better than the 1991 VGA remake. They did a nice job having Larry go through this game like he was in the 80s going through as if transported through time to today. So some jokes we would get but he wouldn't.
I admit I'm behind in the gaming world, in general, often times playing older games a lot or whatever. I'll just offer a little view of this game, which I found very interesting and realistic. This is the first game I tried on this gog.com website and I am very satisfied. So much so that I am going to purchase more in the future. What brought me to the site was "googling" Leisure Suit Larry, because something in the back of my mind wanted me to play Leisure Suit Larry. I looked if I could play for free, but came to this gog.com site and I definitely will just buy some of the LSL games instead. Totally worth it. Can't put a price on fun gaming. Anyhow, I wondered if there was an "adventure" game that had a "prison" theme to it. I saw this title and immediately was interested. There's just something about prison life and a prison break that is entertaining, in my opinion. This game hits the nail right on the head, in those regards. 1954 Alcatraz has excellent old school visuals of what the famous Alcatraz prison really looked like on the island outside of San Francisco (back when it was operational). I believe it officially closed in the early 70s? A big reason it closed, I believe, is because a few prisoners managed to escape (according to the movie, "Escape from Alcatraz," starring Clint Eastwood (which is a really good movie). Before that, Alcatraz never had anyone escape. You would either drown or get shot or caught. It was supposed to be a prison convicts were sent to so you couldn't escape (often times, convicts that had a history of escaping from other prisons [such as Fort Leavenworth, which Joe {escapist in this game} escaped from]). This game is like a combination of movies "Escape from Alcatraz" and "Carlito's Way". Especially "Escape from Alcatraz". Don't want to spoil it, but there's similarities, somewhat similar to how the prisoner Eastwood portrayed escaped in the late 60s. The game puts you right into a movie you are a part of.
