Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust

 PlayStation 3
User Score
2.0

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 48 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 48
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 48
  3. Negative: 39 out of 48
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  1. DustinU
    May 24, 2009
    1
    Honestly, only after a week of release did I find this used at an EB games for $14.99. I picked it up, thinking that all of the horrible things people said may not be so true, considering some of the same things were said for Magna Cum Laude and that turned out to be a very entertaining game. Well, even if you liked Magna Cum Laude, you WILL HATE this god-awful atrocity that Codemasters Honestly, only after a week of release did I find this used at an EB games for $14.99. I picked it up, thinking that all of the horrible things people said may not be so true, considering some of the same things were said for Magna Cum Laude and that turned out to be a very entertaining game. Well, even if you liked Magna Cum Laude, you WILL HATE this god-awful atrocity that Codemasters dared call a game. Activision was fully right to cancel this game, but considering it was near-complete, I can see why Codemasters picked it up, but that's about all they did. It's like they took a pre-Beta copy, compiled the code into a (somehow) semi-workable program, slapped on their label and shipped it off. Now, I kinda have a soft spot for bad games (much like a lot of people enjoy a schlocky B-movie once in a while), but this isn't a "so bad it's good" game, it's "E.T. for the Atari 2600" bad, and something tells me there's a pit out in a desert somewhere being dug to hide the unsold piles of this horrible game. To anyone who is considering giving it a shot, DON'T...this is NOT a Larry game! It's a cruddy platformer that claims to be a Larry game. In "Magna Cum Laude", at least Larry still looked and sounded like Larry, even if it was his nephew. The receding hairline, the bad clothing, and most of all the cartoonish voice in Magna Cum Laude at least reminded you of the Larry games, this game will not! Playing it doesn't even feel like a Larry game. First off, Larry Lovage's voice sounds like some college douchebag, and Larry Laffer's voice sounds like a guy you'd expect to see working the front desk of a peep show! Every single character in the game looks like they had all their teeth knocked out with shovels only to have them replaced with horse dentures! and the girls in the game aren't even mildly pretty, it's like they scanned in Bratz dolls and increased the breast sizes by 1000%. And the dialogue, man oh man, believe me, I indulge in raunchy comedy quite a bit, and laugh at it often but this isn't even funny...it's not even really offensive, just...well...not funny. And when I bought this garbage, I hoped the one saving grace would be the fact that Allen Covert wrote it, considering Grandma's Boy is one of my favorite raunch comedies ever. But no, it sucks so bad that human thought and speech are incapable of describing it. And worst of all, leave it to this game to have choppy frame rates for such simplistic graphics. The graphic textures are so cartoonish and simple that this should've run on 60fps on a Wii! It takes a special kind of idiot to screw up even the Unreal Engine THIS bad! Frankly, from what I hear another Larry game is in development and I can only hope for one of two outcomes: Either they bury it and never speak of it again, or they go back to the good ol' cartoonish and humorously awkward style of the lovable loser that was once known as Larry Laffer.… Expand
  2. faulkman
    Dec 15, 2010
    0
    You remember that kid at school who tried his best to be funny by drawing penises on the chalkboard? This is the game equivalent. Just childish. This game literally is a child shouting 'BOOBS!!' at the top of his voice and **** And lets not go into the walls that suck you in trap you and make you stuck to make you restart the game and the rabid, and I mean RABID homophobia. The onlyYou remember that kid at school who tried his best to be funny by drawing penises on the chalkboard? This is the game equivalent. Just childish. This game literally is a child shouting 'BOOBS!!' at the top of his voice and **** And lets not go into the walls that suck you in trap you and make you stuck to make you restart the game and the rabid, and I mean RABID homophobia. The only appealing feature is the decent celebrity voice work. But everything else just buries that one redeeming feature under a steaming pile of crap. You have turned into a disgrace to gaming Larry, time to retire I think.… Expand
  3. Brotein
    Sep 12, 2015
    0
    Screw this game. I already knew how much it gonna suck just by looking at it. I Played it at a friend's house for what, half an hour, which was clearly half and hour too long to figure out that it was the worst game I have ever played, and probably will ever play. Does trudging through a series of tedious minigames that control like wet paper **** sound appealing to you? If not, then itScrew this game. I already knew how much it gonna suck just by looking at it. I Played it at a friend's house for what, half an hour, which was clearly half and hour too long to figure out that it was the worst game I have ever played, and probably will ever play. Does trudging through a series of tedious minigames that control like wet paper **** sound appealing to you? If not, then it doesn't matter, because you now know the entire damn game. The graphics look like they stole random assets off some PS1 game they found in the bargain bin and half-assedly tried to cover it up with a bright neon cartoony aesthetic, which actually kinda works in an ironic sort of way. It's like you already know how bad this game is and what it stands for just by looking at it... It's made on the cheap and mended with whatever slightly resembles something used to stick random objects together. It passes itself off as an "adult" experience, but the bright cartoony aesthetic tells you what it actually is - juvenile. Mindlessly juvenile. It's as "adult" as drawing dicks on the bathroom wall with "jayden haz a big dik lol #420 #sexyandiknowit" written under it.

    Don't even play this as a joke. It's not even ironically bad. It's just bad full stop. This game caused the sudden death of the once-loved Leisure Suit Larry franchise. Ignore it, and with enough luck, it might just erase itself out of existence.    … Expand
  4. TheLastofMe
    Jul 16, 2017
    0
    Why on earth do you put on a time limit when you need to travel to another mission location? That game logic tho. The bad toilet humor also takes the case, with its horrible platforming and wonky camera making this a game literally a box office bust.
  5. Silver1995
    Dec 7, 2019
    4
    Yes, this game is the worst in the series Leisure Suit Larry, but this game is not one of the worst games of all time, for this game has positive sides, for example: graphics, a diverse open world, some jokes are funny, although the rest suck ass, the references are a little pleasing and some gameplay elements are pleasing.
    It is a pity that this pluses end, because the rest of the    Yes, this game is the worst in the series Leisure Suit Larry, but this game is not one of the worst games of all time, for this game has positive sides, for example: graphics, a diverse open world, some jokes are funny, although the rest suck ass, the references are a little pleasing and some gameplay elements are pleasing.
    It is a pity that this pluses end, because the rest of the gameplay is quite mediocre, the models of women are quite creepy, although I have seen worse, the control is bad, the camera... Okay, it's not that bad. I used to write that almost all jokes are terrible? Well, this is one of the main drawbacks of this game. They're weird, horrible, though, if you're a fan of goofy humor, then this game is for you.
    What conclusion can be drawn? This game is bad, but not terrible, because it has some advantages, and that's saying something.
    My rating: 4.3 out of 10.
    (If there are errors, then, sorry, I used a translator)    … Expand
  6. Xh2003
    May 9, 2021
    1
    I have no idea why this game should be existed. This game deserved to be forgotten.
  7. ZIXAXIZ67
    May 5, 2011
    0
    I write reviews mostly on the games downsides but this game is a TOTAL JOKE! DO NOT BUY THIS GAME TOTAL RIP OFF WASTE OF TIME. This game has so many glitches just over does Toilet humor WHICH ISNT EVEN FUNNY! god aweful characters ugly game FAILS MISSERABLY honestly did this game even go through testing for errors? obviously it did not. DO NOT BUY THIS GAME.
  8. Armando748274
    Mar 5, 2023
    10
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#86 Most Discussed PS3 Game of 2009
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#40 Most Shared PS3 Game of 2009

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
17

Overwhelming dislike - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 11
  3. Negative: 11 out of 11
  1. GameSpot
    20
    Poor technical performance joins mindless, repetitive gameplay and a truly atrocious sense of humor in the PlayStation 3 version of Box Office Bust.
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  2. Gamer.nl
    10
    Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust is without a doubt one of the worst games in history. There isn't a single characteristic in the game that is worth spending your money on. With the buggy controls, it's the king of crap. Under any circumstances, do not buy this game.
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  3. GameFocus
    15
    I always try to find some positive beneath the negative. Unfortunately, Box Office Bust doesn’t deserve the try. It took away all the respect and love for the franchise I had left. Just like George Lucas tried to do with the Star Wars Holiday Classic, Codemasters should go out, find all the copies, bury them in the darkest place known to man, leave it there and never speak of it again.
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