Larry 8 without Al!!!

[mastert]

Hi all! This is coming from Al Lowe's site!!!www.allowe.com
Apparently there has been recent speculation that Sierra is making a new Larry game but without Al Lowe. If you could please come sign this petition to Sierra it would be very helpful. The petition makes it clear that we want a new larry game but with Al involved. Thanks.
http://www.petitiononline.com/lsl1134/petition.html

[m0ds]

Get over it! It's time for a new game, not a twenty-billionth sequel! :p

m0ds

[scotch]

Yep, new is good.  Wonder how Larry will work in the 3d it'll inevitably be :/ polygonal women just aren't as nice..

[Esseb_]

Sierra released a 3D animated Larry 8 pre-production trailer thingie a few years back I believe. Google would know where it is. It didn't look too bad. No women in it though, just Larry. Looked quite good.

[rodekill]

It really stinks when the creator of a character gets shoved aside by the company that 'owns' the property.
At least guys like Steve Purcell protect themselves from this corporate madness.

[Trapezoid]

It's often because the creator doesn't want to continue with that property. That was the case with Ron Gilbert, I dunno about Al Lowe though.

[mastert]

The 3d demo you are talking about was actually made when Al was still doing Larry. It was cancelled though when Sierra was sold and everyone was fired. Actually, Al has said many times that he would jump at the chance to make another Larry game if he was offered.

[AGA]

Get the trailer from www.allowe.com

[Dmitri]

All Lowe also said there'd never be a Larry 4... so they scripted the plot, trashed it and rehashed Larry 1 then they went straight to Larry 5

That info comes from the back of a Larry Anthology box

[Las Naranjas]

Larry 4 was also attempted multiplayer, which they couldn't get to work.

But No. 8? That represents alots of what Sierra did wrong. Too much Franchising.

[Leisuresuitpim]

I loved larry(not him but the game )
I think AL lowe should be involved in this project. He invented it

[Esseb_]

That's not strictly true is it? What about the Softporn textadventure?

[DGMacphee]

Aye, Larry was just a rehashed Softporn.

[Pumaman]

I'm just worried that this thing will turn out like KQ8. I wish Sierra would just drop the franchise now and don't ruin it like they did to KQ.

[AGA]

Have you played Softporn Adventure? The going to a bar and trying to score is where the similarity ends.

[Las Naranjas]

several of the puzzles were lifted. But it was elaborated on to some extent. Actually having a player character being the most important.

[LL Notorious B.I.G. Will C-H]

ive just downloaded lsl5, i`d forgotten how crap it is. nice animations and everything but the mofo walking deads! my god!
i used to love lsl2 when i was about 13, but i think that was because it was the closest i got to actually chatting up girls at that time
(now i am the mack daddy of course)

[Esseb]

As Las said AGA, many of the puzzles and locations were lifted. Yes I've played it to the finish. I was just being picky mind you .

[Nostradamus]

I would love to see a new Larry game. Larry 7 was grat. One of the funniest games I've ever played. But without Al Lowe it would be crap. It's his creation. Why don't they want him in the project?

[blastbeat]

Actually the reason kq8 turned out to be crap is because Roberta was not given complete control over the game. Ken William's explains a lot about it on his site www.sierragamers.com. If Al was given control over Larry than it would most likely not be like Kq8.