Leisure Suit Larry remake goes to Kickstarter

I miss larry. At least the larry before the atrocity that was box off bust or whatever it was called, magna cum laude has some laughs, but little larry didn't quite live up to his dad

Oh damn larry is back...why?

@Ripper_TV "Cheap" doesn't mean it has a lower retail price than its peers. I just means it's inexpensive. $15, no matter what other kickstarters cost, is inexpensive for a videogame.

@Ripper_TV Whether they make a profit or not doesn't bother me in the slightest. Hell, I hope they do, and can become financially sound and keep making the kind of games that current developers can't be bothered to. What am I gonna do, sit around and wait for publishers to cut blank checks to people like Al Lowe and Tim Schafer? They're too busy looking for another AAA shooter. I don't get to profit-share on any other game I pre-order. Kickstarter is far from risk-free, but $10-$15 to an established legend is as safe a bet as plopping down $50+ for a big-market game you may or may not like. And I'm not sure how the prices are gonna be set at launch. Wasteland 2 specifically states that $15 as a buy-in price is exclusive to backers, so presumably, the retail price will be higher.

@Vlad_an_impaler, your ava is scary as hell, man.

@parrot_of_adun, why is it a CHEAP preorder? You think their game will cost more than $15 in the end? And technically not a preorder, but a prepurchase at the least! I may be wrong, but I was quite sure, that Double Fine's Adventure, Wasteland 2 and Larry were gonna have the pricetag of $15.

@Rottenwood, what's not to follow? That's not the only difference. First, customers don't know the release date (it can be next year for all we know or even never released, theoretically). Second, we pay in advance, not knowing the quality of the finished product (when usually you can try a demo and decide for yourself, in case of a game that's already out). Third, they make a game on users' money, give out the copies to the backers, then continue to sell copies to other people, receiving ALL the profits!! This last part disturbs me the most.

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@jakesnakeel Well, yeah, but this isn't an overly ambitious project or (as far as I can tell) a dubious developer. There is risk in Kickstarter, but not so much from something like this.

@Rottenwood In game development, you know a great many projects run over initial estimates. And with kickstarter projects, I think that they tend to give low estimates. There are many ways that these projects can fail after getting kickstarter funding. I am not opposed to any of this kickstarter stuff, but I do find it a bit misleading to the people contributing money.

@parrot_of_adun It's actually very confusing to figure out how kickstarter handles failed delivery on projects. The only way you get your money back is if a project fails to reach funding levels. Once funding is over, the money is given to the developer to make the project. If, a year later (or whatever), they burn through the money without a final product, they do not owe you anything. This is as far as I can gather. Kickstarter is definitely not responsible to pay you back and you can't get your money back from a company that is broke.

hell yes. i am definitely contributing dollars to this

@jakesnakeel This isn't typical venture capital. You get your money back if it fails. So... Quick cash grab? ALSO: this is an ideal avenue for niche titles. The reason something like this might be turned down initially by publishers is because it can't be turned into a massive AAA profit opportunity, and many publishers won't touch anything else, not because it's a bad invastment

@jakesnakeel It IS a pre-order situation, or potentially one. There are two possible outcomes for a Kickstarter project: the money is raised and you get a copy of the game you backed, or they fall short and everything is erased. You only get charged once the project is green-lit. The only potential concern here would be somebody taking the money and running, or delivering a half-assed game and pocketing the rest. But you take that risk with a million other things you buy, and names like Schafer and Lowe carry a lot of accountability and trust.

@parrot_of_adun I don't think you understand how it works. When you "invest" your $15, you are hoping that a game will come out of it. Typical venture capitalist investment in video games has a massive failure rate, but when there is a success, the profit (as a % of investment) can be incredible. But, most fail, and you need to go into this understanding that there is a far higher likelihood that these kickstarter donations will not result in a finished product. Don't forget that the reason that these companies are on kickstarter is because they have been unable to get any money from typical sources. So, a lot of smart minds have passed on this as a good investment, so they go to the public, who react emotionally and think it's a pre-order situation.

@Ripper_TV Quick grab for cash? Do you even know how this works? You get a copy of the game for $15. You know just like if they had made it the normal way, you just pay for a game. The ONLY difference here is that you pay in advance, so it's essentially a cheap preorder.

All of the older LSL games including Magna Cum Laude (idk if im spelling that right) was very good but omg wow was box office bust bad. As long as no one that had any part of making that garbage will have anything to do with this then tell me where to sign up!

@Ripper_TV I don't really follow the logic. Backing the game for $15 gets you a copy when it's released - how is that a cash-grab? Customers are paying the same price for the same product; the only difference is that some publisher isn't taking a cut.

I understand that recent terrible games were outsourced cash ins, but that doesn't make the originals more respectable. They were a fun, frivolous product of the time - but nowadays we get our toilet humor and computer porn on the internet, for free. Al Lowe's cheesy sax is the only game component that might still be ironically relevant.

some things should never be reborn,leisure suit larry had it's time,now it's time to let go..i don't see this doing much

That's a case of exploiting right there. They were going to make this game just fine without fans' money, before Schafer did it. They saw an opportunity and now are trying to quickly grab some cash.

nocoolnamejim why not name the REAL name then? I just noticed ..albeit While I rage. "MAGNA CU* LAUDE"? Whiste I were doing other fun things like more adult games/etc.

Guess what big mistake and they drunk bringing this back because games where waste money. But if there last game was for psn and xboxlive maybe it would sold. But i have no instested in this game. i think there better games than this and they are.

@ALL I honestly have bought a few of these games... no don't list because I am ashamed of wasting my money on them. I am POSITIVE I will get many thumbs down from the "team" and so on. Any how.

Apparently Vlad there has never played the original Leisure Suit Larry. I would love to see this come to the PSN.

While you're at it, why not just promote "Bonecraft"?

@nocoolnamejim the LSL franchise has always been a s**t filled, snore fest of games. Who are you trying to kid man?

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I still have the Leisure Suit Larry Collectors edition with the first 5 games on it. They already did a remake of the game awhile back. I won't fund this. If they were doing a HD remake of the whole series maybe I help. Even a new series I might be interested. This is a no go for me.

I think the kickstarter fad is peaking right now. Good for them to capitalize. Waiting for next year when the news stories are about all the kickstarter projects that went no where. But at least people get t-shirts.

Lol.

Pyronius, I still have both versions of the 1st one.

@kkxtrouble Oh i dont think its unfair at all. I just feel that that its not the way things should have to work. These devs should be able to go out find support from pubs for their projects especially when there's so much fan interest in them. The fact that they cant concerns me. Its almost like jump starting a vehicle and consumers the jumper cable. Hopefully though the games that are made from these kickstarters do well. The would surely help.

Guys, check the kickstarter video http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1451923705/make-leisure-suit-larry-come-again probably the best kickstarter video, its hilarious!

@Gen007 Well, to be fair, when you kicktart a game you pay less, at least it's been that way. Most games being kickstarted are 15$, but will be more expensive when they're released. I think it's a fair trade.

The state of the gaming industry is quite sad right now. Kickstarters are great n stuff but the amount of them popping up is quite alarming. Like fast food, it should only be a once in awhile thing imo. Consumers should not be directly funding projects but i understand why its happening. Seems you cant get a project started if its not COD or a COD clone which shouldn't be the case. The industry rakes in more money than ever. We should be getting a greater diversity of games not less and so i say the industry is broken. Games other than COD can succeed they just the industry just dosent try very often.

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Meant to put in my last post but no edit ;(. I was also going to mention, they actually got the rights for the game BACK from the publisher that had it (whom made the terrible box office bust game).

Some of you guys don't seem to understand. The ORIGINAL LSL game was fantastic and the few after that. The more recent "Box office bust" game had NOTHING to do with Al Lowe (who created LSL). Box office bust was nothing but a cash grab from the publisher.

I loved the Larry games, but there's only so many times I can play remakes. Am I the only one who remembers all the 'VGA Enhanced Edition' games Sierra released in the mid 90s?

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I hope this is true and not a scam!

Dream: seeing Larry hit a Rumble Roses girl. :P

If developers keep up with using Kickstarter like this then essentially they are taking our deposit on games instead of places like gamestop.

Al Lowe all the way!!! these were some of the best and hilarious point & click adventure games i've ever played! heck, i wonder if they'll make #4...

almost every adventure game has a following and so does this one, so I think they will succeed.