Computer gaming's luckless lounge lizard, Larry Laffer, has retired his leisure suit, put away his martini glass, and is out of the romance game for good. His nephew, however, still has a glimmer of hope. The follow-up to Sierra's long-running graphic adventure series makes its PS2 debut courtesy of developer High Voltage Software, best known for games in the Hunter: The Reckoning series. Players take control of Larry Lovage, who not only has his uncle's receding hairline, but also his distinct talent for getting slapped whenever he's around women.
In an attempt to jumpstart his humdrum life, Larry decides to participate in a reality-dating program being taped at his community college. Inspired by the humor in such films as American Pie and There's Something About Mary, the game will have players experiencing a number of risqué and lewd plot twists through 20 levels of adventuring. Though it follows the same style of puzzles found in the first seven games in the series, players are free to explore the college campus in full 3D from a perspective set behind the stumbling seducer as he meets up with a variety of offbeat characters in his search for true love.
PLOT:
The main character, Larry Lovage, is a student at Walnut Log Community College whose purpose is to get on a dating TV show called "Swingles". Uma Yasmine, the hostess of the show won't allow Larry in the show until he will prove his seductive wits by obtaining "tokens of affection". Sixteen college girls will conveniently be at his disposal. His aging uncle, Larry Laffer, from the original games, provides brief advice and appears at a local bar.
GAMEPLAY:
Like many other current games, Magna Cum Laude has a free exploration mode where Larry can walk about campus and interact with students and personnel on the premises. In this mode, Larry can search for hidden money or tokens, strike poses to impress girls, and take photos which can later be sold to collectors. At several locations on campus a minigame can be entered, usually by "activating" an object or a person (starting a conversation). The player must win most of the minigames in order to advance. Minigames started by a conversation usually increase the affection of one of the girls; other minigames can provide money or increase "confidence".
There are several different minigames, and variations on them:
- Chat: the player must steer a sperm icon through a course of "hot spots." Green hot spots result in a good conversation, whereas red spots result in inappropriate and humiliating (but amusing) topics.
- Dancing: a rhythm game similar to Dance Dance Revolution where the player must press the right buttons on time
- Trampoline: a variation of dancing, where Larry is bouncing on a trampoline
- Serve: a variation of the classic arcade game Tapper, where food or other items must be passed to each row before the queue reaches Larry
- Quarters: a drinking game where coins must be tipped in a glass to get the other player drunk
Other minigames included are panty raids and evasion, where Larry must escape other people by running along a set course. Typically in order to "win" a girl, multiple of these games must be played in succession.
MANUFACTURER'S DESCRIPTION:
Help Larry earn a BA in T & A.
With gorgeous co-eds everywhere, college dweeb Larry Lovage is chasing around more than his diploma. He's trying to live up to the legend of his uncle, Larry Laffer, everyone's favourite polyester playboy.
It's the next generation of Leisure Suit Larry, with new twists on all the outrageous game play and romantic entanglements that made the original such a hilarious hit! Follow Larry's hilarious exploits and misadventures in the wackiest college story ever inLeisure Suit Larry™: Magna Cum Laude.
Explore a real-time, 3-D world: Be ready for sexy and outrageous humour around every corner.
Meet loads of hot babes in 25 interactive locations: Check out the girls dorm, frat house, and night club.
Prove Larry has all the right moves: With a dozen games, like tapper, quarters, and whack-a-mole.
Over 90,000 words of spoken dialogue: You never know what Larry will say next!
FEATURES:
- Third person perspective.
- 3D graphics
- Cartoon graphics
- Humour, Sex & Romance themes.
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