Análisis Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Dry Twice

Today we bring you the return of a myth of the hand of CrazyBunch and with the distribution of Assemble entertainment. The definitive playboy, the flirt par excellence, returns to our consoles, Larry returns in a new adventure: Wet Dreams dries twice.

Larry, a veteran

As you all know, Larry He’s more of a character than a veteran of the video game world. His adventures began in the distant year 1987, and with this one ahead of us he would add a total of twelve games.. Larry has been the son of all of his eras, embracing the mannerisms and customs of each of the decades he has lived through both historically and graphically.

This game is part of the restyled cartoon that the saga has since undergone Leisure Suit Larry: Reloaded. This was followed Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Don’t Dry barely two years ago and Dry twice It is a direct sequel. Let us remember that in his previous adventure the approach to the scenario, starting from the problem of temporality, our protagonist had been frozen for 30 years and had to face new ways of thinking or technologies.

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In this case, the track and story of the previous game is followed with our favorite playboy being himself and with a very focused thought on the same topics: sex. After being stranded in Cancun, he finally seemed ready to marry his true love, Faith. But for a series of unexpected events, Faith appeared to have died. Suddenly Larry and the cell phone AI discover that his beloved appears to be alive somewhere in the famous and vast archipelago of Kalau’a.

A graphic adventure perfectly suited to consoles

One of the main problems with graphical adventures on the console is scrolling the screen when locating objects or combining them with each other. As in the previous game, this is perfectly resolved thanks to a simple but total adaptation to control mechanisms.

With a quick use menu, it will be enough to press a button on the object with which you want to interact to try to use one with the other or to combine them. More, by pressing two buttons simultaneously, a small mark of all the objects with which we can interact on the screen appears. With this, our work with the pointer is made easier and we avoid the frustration of not being able to move forward because we left an object several screens behind. It is true that it can be boring for the most experienced and purist players. But, fortunately, it is an option that cannot be used and therefore live a graphic adventure in the most classic style and without clues. It certainly seems difficult to set up a better system for this type of genre on consoles. A real success and a very remarkable point.

Otherwise, the development of the game is based on the dialogue with the different characters, the interaction with the objects and the resolution of some puzzles. While he doesn’t have the difficulty of Larry’s past adventures, the game isn’t easy either. You could say that has a difficulty adjusted and adapted to a large audience. Also allowing to continue to progress in the future objectives if we do not disentangle the present. That is, although chronologically we have to solve a specific problem to move forward, in this game we will be able to solve other problems later on. In other words, the game doesn’t “crash” if you don’t fix the timeline issue it would hit, but rather allows it to progress through future goals, thus avoiding the frustration of not solving the problem. current puzzle and keeping everything “stuck” until solving it.

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References and winks

Larry remains the same as always, and Even if you are looking for your love, you will not stop thinking about the opposite sex. References to sex in the protagonists’ conversations are almost continuous. To this is added the design of the game in which the decoration and the shapes of objects or constructions, in addition to many small details, have shapes that, directly or indirectly, resemble the different sexual organs. It will make us laugh when we see the different situations.

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In addition, we will observe recurring characters in the saga as well as other types of references. However, we must not think that if we are not fans of the saga from the first game, we will get lost. On the contrary, the game is made to take us by the hand and surprise classic fans, without new players getting lost in the story. And it is that in the game we will be able to see small nods to other classics of the genre such as Monkey island with a painting of the three-headed monkey or bar called Scum. They even allow themselves to do nods to the movies like copying the unforgettable monologue of the replicant Roy Batty at the end of the mythical Blade runner (Ridley scott, 1982). In this case, the monologue is applied to a mobile phone, adapting the monologue to the light tone of the game. The result is really funny.

Graphics and sound

As we mentioned earlier, this title follows the cartoonish journey that started two games ago. The settings are rich in detail and very colorful, imitating a very attractive cartoon aesthetic and more in tune with the times than the pixel of its first slices. Added to this are well-designed cutscenes and a kind of thumbnails depicting social media photos , making the graphic aspect of the game a little more varied.

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Sound has two very different aspects. Dubbing is just great with professional voice actors, who enrich the character of the characters. They are in English, yes, although we will have very good Spanish subtitles. The downside comes with the music, being simply ambient and not at all catchy, going completely unnoticed. In this case, we can say that at least it is not annoying.

Conclusiones Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Dry Twice

In this episode, Larry continues to respect his playful essence and funny dialogue. While it might be sinful to be a continuist from the previous installment, it’s not a hindrance for us to face a good game.

Its excellent control and playability, as well as its winks and sense of humor, make it Leisure suit Larry: Wet Dreams Dry Twice a highly recommended game. And that can be a nice touch if it’s a type of game that we want to experience. The game contains “anti-frustration” elements, rare in this genre.

Of course Larry, since its inception, it’s been an adult game so don’t forget to keep the little ones away from home while you play. This game has been rated using digital code provided by Koch Media.