Leisure Suit Larry 5: Passionate Patti Does a Little Undercover Work

Description

Passionate Patti Does a Little Undercover Work! is (despite the number) the fourth game in Al Lowe's Leisure Suit Larry series. The middle-aged would-be-womanizer Larry Laffer fell off a boat during a cruise and sustained amnesia, forgetting how he and his sweetheart Patti got separated, how Larry got a job in LA, how Patti got a job with the FBI, and what happened in (the never released) Larry 4. Now Larry and Patti are working independently on two cases that are connected to each other, even though the heroes aren't aware of that. Larry's new bosses are involved in shady business, while Patti agrees to take a break from her career as a performing pianist and become an undercover agent. Will the two be together ever again?

Unlike the previous games with their text input, Larry 5 utilizes a graphical, icon-based interface. The player uses verb commands ("Look", "Talk", "Use" etc.) to interact with the environment. In a way not quite typical for Sierra's adventure games, it is impossible to "die" in Larry 5, and the amount of "dead ends" (unwinnable situations) is greatly reduced. The game is also less puzzle-oriented, allowing the player to proceed even if he/she fails to solve the required puzzle in some cases. However, the player is awarded more points for finding the "right" solution. As in the third game, both Larry and Patti are available as playable characters during different chapters of the story.

Alternate Titles

• "LSL5" -- Common abbreviated / informal title
• "Leisure Suit Larry 5: Passionate Patti se fait Détective Privée" -- French Title
• "Leisure Suit Larry 5: Passionate Patti macht beim Geheimdienst mit" -- German Title
• "Larry 5: Fala milosci" -- Polish Title
• "Larry 5" -- Common informal title

Part of the Following Groups

• Game Engine: Sierra's Creative Interpreter (SCI)
• Leisure Suit Larry series
• Protagonist: Musician
• Theme: Amnesia

User Reviews

When pianists become undercover agents...	DOS	Unicorn Lynx (132767)
Larry 5 is to adventure games (Larry legacy included) what Larry is to women	DOS	Zovni (9425)
Death-free like a few LucasArts games	DOS	B14ck W01f (37398)
An essentially disappointing entry in the Larry adventure franchise.	DOS	Lucas Schippers (59)
Silly and easy, but fun...	DOS	Carl-J. Johansson (31)
Hey Ma! Look what they did to Larry!	DOS	Jeanne (73931)

The Press Says

Amiga Action	Amiga	Apr, 1992	92 out of 100	92
Info	Amiga	Mar, 1992		80
Adventure Classic Gaming	DOS	Oct 05, 1999	4 out of 5	80
Power Play	DOS	Dec, 1991	70 out of 100	70
Datormagazin	Amiga	Apr 23, 1992	67 out of 100	67
Just Games Retro	DOS	Sep 06, 2006	60 out of 100	60
Datormagazin	DOS	Nov, 1991	3 out of 5	60
Techtite	DOS	2000		60

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Trivia

You thought product placement would only occur in the movies? Not quite. Sierra might well have been the first company to place an advertisement in a computer game. US-American telephone company Sprint paid to be featured in Leisure Suit Larry 5. Whenever Larry or Patti were making a phone call in the game (which happened quite a few times), the call would end with the line "Thank you for using U.S. Sprint!" and later in Space Quest V: The Next Mutation. See the screenshot section for graphic proof of the advertisement.