New Leisure Suit Larry Games with Al Lowe?!
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/exclusive-leisure-suit-larry-returns-in-hd/
This intrigues me. HD remakes of the original 7 games if the first goes well, plus all new titles being planned? This is how it's done, folks.
This intrigues me. HD remakes of the original 7 games if the first goes well, plus all new titles being planned? This is how it's done, folks.
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About time that a franchise from the alpha dog of classic adventure games (Sierra) came back to show us how it's done.
Also, I'd just like to mention that Leisure Suit Larry isn't the only classic adventure series that could benefit from an HD remake. The fact that I'm posting this on the forum for the company that's bringing back King's Quest may or may not be related.
If these sell like hotcakes I can die happy with a brand new title of Larry from Al.
I'm particulary thrilled about new installments in the series being made, if the remakes sell. I'd love for them to take some design aspects from Love for Sail, and improve upon them.
Damn, this is great news!
I'm really looking forward to playing part 4 in HD!
Still. Great to hear that this is happening.
Oh, crap. Do you think we'll still be able to do that?
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1451923705/make-leisure-suit-larry-come-again
Well, whatever. Pledged... something.
I do feel like a dick about not donating, though. If that helps them any.
However, I think maybe official for KQ1-4, PQ1-2 (the original PQ1 EGA, not based on VGA), and SQ2-3 might be nice. This is assuming thr remakes were done in HD hires art... Like the LSL updates?
I don't see much need to update games that were originally VGA right away, although it would be akin to the MI special editions (Infact I'd prefer the ability to switch versions on the fly seen in those games with these kinds of updates.)
Gotta be careful with updating space quest IV and 5 to avoid messing up the EGA/VGA jokes... Or at least update the jokes to HD/VGA. Also keep thr ability I switch to the old versions of the game.
And now that they see the Double Fine Adventure, Wasteland 2, and Takedown project succeed, they decide to launch a Kickstarter for LSL???
Yeah, right.
Asking people to fund a project you were developing anyway, really, Al?
Who are you concurring with? Nobody questioned the Kickstarter system, only this particular project. Kickstarter is nothing at all like a Ponzi scheme and I seriously doubt its legality is dubious. :rolleyes: The lawsuit that's been in the news is about a patent for crowdsourcing, not about problems within the system. It wouldn't surprise me if there are or will be lawsuits concerning liability in the event of a major project fail, but Kickstarter's TOS makes it pretty clear that it does not guarantee or take responsibility for delivery of rewards. I suspect that's sufficient to indemnify them against any claims.
Like everything else in this world, it's up to participants to understand what they're doing and what they can expect in return when they hand over their money. If people find these projects interesting and are willing to participate given the terms, it's good there's a system that facilitates contributions. For myself, I'm unlikely to give to any but the most solid and "special" projects; so far only the DFA has met those qualifications.
Yeah, that's something else that put me off about the project.
If remakes were to be made, this is not the way I would support them...
Although personally, no need for remakes, better to make new games.
...and personally, if there is a game to come out, I'll fund it when it is out, if I want it... I won't fund something that potentialy might not see the light of day, with possible risk.
BTW, what I meant by potentialy 'dubious' is that claiming one is a 'pyramid scheme' when pyramid schemes are actually illegal in many countries, at least on paper... One only has to look at the legal definition of 'pyramid scheme' as a scheme designed to fail, with people at the top collecting funds at the expensive of others. Doesn't stop companies like Cutco Knives from existing though... It's not generally something one would be willing to admit to being, LOL.
If they can somehow convince Scott Murphy to come out of video-game retirement then it will be worth every penny.
That's definitely a wise policy. I had no trouble making an exception for the DFA project because the developers have something at risk themselves. I mean, Double Fine is already a going concern, with a current, recent track record for releasing high-quality games with Metacritic scores in the 80s known for their distinctive style and humor; plus the studio has a largely favorable reputation among gamers, for being responsive and playing fair with them -- there's a lot of good will there they put effort into acquiring. I don't think they would risk any of that lightly. So... I was willing to take the chance.
From the looks of the situation, I think they got stuck and didn't have many options.. There's no question that the scenario for a Kickstarter campaign could have been better than it is, but running with it this way seems to have been their only choice.
I think it's pretty admirable that this is basically former Sierra employees trying to make it happen... Ideally, they'd have a company with a better logo/name/website (all of which seem to provoke unfortunate skepticism) --but it hardly seems worth sitting back and hoping that they try this again.
Schafer talked about his success in terms of "having a good story to tell" and they're struggling to pull together that narrative.. As unfortunate as all that is, this may be the only chance Sierra gets -- and I'll put my faith in Al Lowe / Josh Mandel / Paul Trowe / Scott Murphy to eventually become the best possible custodians of these games... even if it looks thrown together right now.
-- And here's an amazing Scott Murphy interview.
I loved the Larry games though.. They were always funny... I am looking forward the them getting around to updating 2-6 more.... Then making a legitimate Larry 8.
It's another essentially dead IP from the glory days of Sierra...
I'm not sure if its seen a rerelease in years... Not even under Vivendi... No one knows if the rights were kept or sold off to other parties... Maybe the Coles retain some of the copyrights, as they have used elements from the games on their School for Heroes (including use of some of the characters, races, places, from the games, but sometimes radically reimagined), which is copyrighted to Transolar Entertainment. But apparently do not have rights to the games themselves... School of Heroes website is currently closed for renovation, and there is a promise of a text based adventure/rpg? game version in the future maybe by 2013. Sounds like a MUD type thing... They are also working on a classic adventure apparently, but haven't released any names or information on it yet.
They were also at one point going to attempt to release a series of novels based on the Quest for Glory series as well, but that fell through.
This may be an issue of copyright limbo, where two parties share the copyrights, and its unclear who has rights to what.
See also;
http://www.destructoid.com/quest-for-glory-developers-only-approached-once-for-a-remake-135372.phtml