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Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 3.6 hrs on record
Posted: 28 Aug, 2022 @ 9:24am

This is the second game in AL Lowe's Leisure Suit Larry series, continuing the plot of the previous game. It benefits from an improved engine, using the SCI graphic interface, which was a big leap forward in technology at the time (1988). The higher resolution allowed for better graphics. Even though 320px200p may not seem that much over AGI's 200px160p, it is very noticeable. While still just 16 colors, but SCI introduced dithering, which mixed pixels of different colors into the same fill areas that gave the effect of more than 16 colors. Most importantly, support for the new sound cards: Adlib, Sound Blaster and Roland MT-32.
This game is also longer than the first. It takes 2 to 2:30 hours to beat it. There is some interesting variation in the plot with Larry now being pursued by KGB agents, which implies great danger. Be prepared to die a lot in this one.
In my opinion, this game scores 8/10.
Note: you can greatly improve the sound using the Roland MT-32 option (there are some videos on youtube that explain how you can do that in DOSBox or ScummVm games).
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