Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust (0)

Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust
First release date
2009-03-31
Platform
Xbox 360 PlayStation 3 PC
Developer
Team17 Software Limited
Publisher
Codemasters
Theme
Leisure Suit Larry
Franchise
Leisure Suit Larry

returns for the first time since . This time he takes a job at 's movie studio. Larry finds out that a rival studio is aware of all the movies the studio are producing; there is a mole in the studio! Larry Lovage, controlled by the player, must find out the identity of the mole for the sake of his uncle's studio.

The game is notable for being "written" by Allen Covert, best known for his starring role in Grandma's Boy and being a frequent bit player in Adam Sandler movies. , credited as the creator of the franchise, has .

Criticism

The game is notoriously bad, winning Worst Game of the Year in 2009 awards across many different gaming websites, including ScrewAttack and Giant Bomb. Containing shoddy platforming controls, a camera with serious issues, and replete with fourth-wall breaking and decades out of date "jokes", the game is credited with killing the already comatose franchise until the Kickstarted remake of was released. Ryan Davis criticized the game for being crass without having any creative or clever jokes.

During a Giant Bomb Quick Look of the game, asked if there was a way for a Leisure Suit Larry game to be made that wasn't 'totally lame'. Ryan stated that "If you could like, hold a mirror up to this game and then print that onto a disc and then play that, you would have an alright Leisure Suit Larry game."