Review: Leisure Suit Larry - Love for Sail

[EvilSpaghetti]

Leisure Suit Larry: Love for Sail
Mobile Game Review

Title: Leisure Suit Larry: Love for Sail
Developer: The Mighty Troglodytes
Publisher: Vivendi Games Mobile
Release Date: March 2007
Format: J2ME
Game Features: Sound, Help, Save Option, High score, Suspend/Resume.
Reviewed on: Nokia 5300 & Nokia 5200

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Summary

Based on the 1996 Pc version, Leisure Suit Larry: Love for Sail hits the small screen. Those who have played Larry games in the past will know that Larry is a middle aged geek, nerd, whatever you want to call him, he isn’t exactly cool. In this game you find yourself playing as Larry Laffer, who is going bold and isn’t doing all too well at his job, in fact Larry is on his last chance before he gets fired from his job as a video game designer and is sent to an overseas conference to brush up his skills.

Review

I’ve never played the mobile version, to be honest I don’t have much hope for this game, I didn’t like Larry Beach Volley Ball, but this isn’t volley ball, this is an adventure/rpg, so let’s see how it plays
First impressions of the game, well the first thing that hits me about the game are the graphics, which may I say are very nice, cartoon styled with vivid colours.
The music is your simple Midi track, nothing special but it’s nice and clear, but after a few minutes it gets a bit repetitive and well annoying, but there’s always the mute option.
All in all it looks quite promising; then again I haven’t started playing yet….
Sorry but the music is getting on my nerves now, I know what I’m pressing.

Ok so I’ve just been told the reason behind the game (I don’t want to give too much away) and have been taken into a tutorial… which is the first chapter of the game.
I really don’t like tutorials, but if it helps with the game then it must be done.
So the controls seem simple enough, not too complicated, like with most mobiles games, you have the choice of the keypad or joystick to control Larry, the left soft key brings up the menu.
Actually the tutorial really does help with getting to know the game, although tad on the boring side.

Ahh finally finished the tutorial; I hope the rest of the game isn’t like it. I mean it isn’t bad, but it isn’t exactly fun.
I’m not going to talk about the whole game, otherwise this will be a very long review, in fact it wouldn’t be a review, it would be a walkthrough and I don’t want to spoil it for anyone, so I’ll play the game until I finish it and tell you what I think.

So I’ve played and finished the game, in just under 4 hours, which for a mobile game isn’t bad, the game might be shorter than that, but I’ve been writing notes.
I have to say I quite enjoyed playing the game; it’s what I would call ‘old-skool’, what Leisure Suit Larry: Love for Sail is, is an average adventure game, filled with puzzles, characters, cheesy chat-up lines (not all are that funny) and comical situations.
Most of the situations are a bit repetitive, use this item here, talk to a certain person, and go here, but… the concept of the game works to a point.
The story isn’t bad, it is a bit predictable, but it has humour, which I think helps the game, because there is a lot of dialogue, I would say 15% of the game you will be reading, but you don’t need to read it all, most of it is Larry using chat-up lines to try and woo the ladies. One thing I did notice with the dialogue is spelling, there are mistakes, the same with some grammar, but most people won’t notice it, I was looking very carefully, trying to spot mistakes.

Conclusion

Overall I would say Leisure Suit Larry: Love for Sail is a game for playing on the bus or train. I really like the cartoon-esque graphics; they work well. The music, is really rather annoying, I tell you 2 minutes of listening to it, you will go mad!
The controls are easy enough to get used to '2', '4', '6', '8' and the '5' key or the joystick.
I wouldn’t recommend the game to a younger gamer, because it is a game with adult humour and sexual references, but nothing beyond… well you know what.
Honesty… it’s a decent game, it has its flaws and its fairly limited in what you can do, you’ll either love it or hate it, I would have liked it more if it was a bit more of a challenge, this could have been a great game, if they had just spent a little bit more time developing it. I think I’ll stick to the PC version.

Screenshots

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Graphics: 8/10
Really very nice, They don’t really differ between the two hand sets.

Sound: 2/10
Annoying music, no sound effects

Game play: 6/10
Good at some points, repetitive in others, easy controls.

Story: 5/10
It works I guess

Overall Score: 6.5 out of 10

[Mr-lightman]

i enjoy read very much

[Karl]

Excellent review!! Thanks!

[hybrid1dx3]

Coooooool MAN !

[q2boyz]

funny game

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how to get this game?
thx

[Duje]

Great review!!!
Good job Songbird

[moygee]

aahhmm,can u post that game?i wud lyk to play it.if its ok?

[EvilSpaghetti]

games will not be posted here

[lonerzboy]

mayb try going to the games section and look??or search for it?

[Slash]

where can i get it?