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3.00 average rating based on 69 ratings
I think this is the first Sierra game i Played as a kid and I have very fond memories of doing so, even though in my mind the graphics were completely different. Anyhoo, it’s a very ambitious sequel, that goes for a spy story vibe with Larry as a “casual hero” that kinda stumbles into a web of international conspiracies. It’s full of funny jokes and some of them are a bit more sophisticated than you would expect from the horny game. It’s also full of all the harsh deaths and dead ends you would expect from a vintage Sierra game, but I guess that comes with the territory. But it’s a fun game! Also, shout out to the guy from my video games store in Milan that back then, when as a pre-teen I showed him the Larry 2 box and said I wanted games from that genre (meaning: point and click), looked at me weirdly and then took me to the strip poker games shelf.
It's just tedious and an exercise in frustration. It's intentionally difficult at such a bullshit level that it rarely becomes fun. There is almost no logic to the puzzles and everything is trial-and-error. Every time you die, it pushes an advertisement for a hint book, which seems like the real selling point here. There are a few moments of cleverness, something I begrudgingly admit, but these are few and far between. Most of the jokes are the lamest of the lame but it did get a few chuckles out of me here and there, at least. I dunno, I just don't see much appeal in these early Sierra graphic adventures. It's pretty clear why the LucasArts brand won the Adventure Wars in the end.
But hate be damned, I'm gonna play through the whole Larry series because I'm a glutton for punishment.
Welp, I got to the point where I'm in the Green Room waiting to go on stage, but lost interest. Navigation is just too slow and it lacks that urgency that Maniac Mansion had where you push through the slowness cuz you're eager to see what happens next. By no means was this bad, it's surprisingly good for a silly humor type adventure game, but wasn't worth pushing through.