In an interview withIGN, John Melchior, executive producer ofLeisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust(hehehe), theofficial next gamein the naughty series, is quoted as saying “[Box Office Bust] is most certainly an adventure game.” This is great news forfans of the series(myself included) who were more than disappointed by Larry’s last game, the horrible mini-game fest,Magna Cum Laude.
The originalSierra-producedLeisure Suit Larryentries were timelessadventuregames in the mold of other classics likeSecret of Monkey IslandandKing’s Quest. A return to form would be a welcome and exciting change, but let’s not get our hopes up just yet: Reading more of the interview, Mr. Melchior also mentions driving, platformer, and mission-based gameplay. Uh oh. This sounds like trouble.
Regardless, the positive producer guarantees that everything fromMagna Cum Laudethat made it so bad was tossed away in the hopes of revitalizing the series. So is it anadventuregame or not? I am still so confused.
I guess we’ll see how it all turns out whenLeisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bustcomes to the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC sometime in the future (a release date is still unconfirmed). What do you think? Are you as worried as I am? Do you miss the classic adventure gaming days of yore?
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