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I would say LSL5 was my least favorite. Everything was TOO obvious. Even the women's names. It reminded me of what MCL was like. Just too in your face and lacking subtly.

Thoughts?

Agree? Disagree?

I liked the FBI sub-plot, but I must agree: LSL5 was undoubtedly my least favorite of the series, and it lacked some polish in many areas. Even the gameplay was a bit too simplistic, and I'm no fan of the last sequence of the game, which automatically plays without much player's involvement. Plus, the whole story about the missing floppies was a bit sloppy, in my opinion...

At least, though, this game had a story, while LSL6 - 7 simply gave up on story and relied only on the various ladies.

It beats LSL3 for me, because I enjoy that keyboard playing section (I even played that tune myself). But it's very bare indeed, not as stuffed with funny jokes as LSL1, 6 or 7. A lot of the Patti sections (her dreams and her installment of the Field Location Device) made me curl my toes. And I prefer no plot like LSL 6 or 7, over a bad plot.

I do like that Patti was developed more in LSL5... make no mistake. I like that she did some "undercover work" (and keeping with the play on words that is so common in Leisure Suit Larry)... but over all, as you said, it was very simplistic... And Al Lowe said, somewhere that it is IMPOSSIBLE to get stuck (as in you didn't pick up a specific item or something, and now have to go back)... So perhaps because it was made with that intent, all the challenge was gone from it. But I disliked how all the girls were over the top with names like Jennifer Jiggle, for a wet t-shirt contest girl... I enjoy the subtly of names like Eve needing an apple, Faith remaining faithful to her boyfriend, etc...



LSL5 is better than LSL3 in your opinion? Hrm, I would have to so strongly disagree.

I thought LSL3 was unplayable with all the manual-based puzzles (knife sharpening, skirt weaving...). So I had to give up and use a walkthrough, I got really sick of those "You seem to be having start-up problems, would you like to read the instructions?" messages that popped up every few minutes, reminding me that I'm a lousy gamer.
At least I could play LSL5 though I got stuck in Atlantic City with not knowing who the Trumps are. But at least the Sierra help forum with Venus was still available.

I agree, and that's why I put them before LSL5 , even if normally I'm a fan of story-driven games!

Here's my podium

LSL3
LSL2
LSL6
LSL1
LSL7
LSL5

Mine would go something like...

LSL2
LSL3
LSL1
LSL7
LSL6
LSL5