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1!!YMMV pages for specific games:
2* ''YMMV/LeisureSuitLarry1InTheLandOfTheLoungeLizards''
3* ''YMMV/LeisureSuitLarry2LookingForLoveInSeveralWrongPlaces''
4* ''YMMV/LeisureSuitLarry3PassionatePattiInPursuitOfThePulsatingPectorals''
5* ''YMMV/LeisureSuitLarry5PassionatePattiDoesALittleUndercoverWork''
6* ''YMMV/LeisureSuitLarry6ShapeUpOrSlipOut''
7* ''YMMV/LeisureSuitLarry7LoveForSail''
8* ''YMMV/LeisureSuitLarryWetDreamsDontDry''
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10!!Other YMMV:
11%%* {{Adorkable}}: Ione from MCL, especially before [[spoiler:Larry turns her into a lesbian]] but even then she is still at least a little bit of this.
12* AmericansHateTingle: UK gaming magazines ''despised'' the LSL games, with the Amiga port of the third game notoriously receiving ''9%'' out of 100 from ''Amiga Power''. Presumably this is because [[ValuesDissonance the humor just didn't translate well]].
13* DesignatedHero: A common complaint about the Larry Lovage games is that Lovage's boorish behavior makes it very difficult to root for him.
14* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The ''Larry'' series is quite popular in Poland, thanks to the {{Woolseyism}}s and Jerzy Stuhr providing the voice of our protagonist in ''LSL 7'', as well as getting a [[http://allowe.com/games/larry/history-of-larry/larry-collections.html thorough translation of the first five games in Polish in 2001]].
15* HarsherInHindsight:
16** Creator/JeffreyTambor voicing a womanizer like Larry in ''Box Office Bust'' becomes this after he was accused of sexual assault by several women.
17* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: Bizarrely, ''Magna Cum Laude'' for its emphasis on gross-out humor and such, has one of the sweeter routes in the series with Morgan the Adorkable Librarian. Not only do her and Larry Lovage have quite a few things in common with their hobbies, they have SURPRISINGLY cute chemistry and the ending is genuinely sweet (Well...for a Larry game that is). There is a reason most players tend to choose her as the final girl in the game.
18* OnlyTheCreatorDoesItRight: When both ''Magna Cum Laude'' and ''Box Office Bust'' got harshly negative reception (especially the latter; the former at least has some fans), a lot of the blame came from the fact that they weren't made by Al Lowe.
19* RatedMForMoney
20* ReplacementScrappy: Larry Lovage is far less popular than his uncle Larry Laffer thanks to his obnoxious personality.
21* ShippingBedDeath: Lowe invented the "LSL 4" running gag as a way to escape this and other problems caused by the end of LSL 3.
22* ScrappyMechanic: At least one reviewer felt that the conversations in ''Magna Cum Laude'' are genuinely amusing, and then proceeded to lament that you cannot actually pay attention to them as you need to play the minigame to keep them going. Plus if you're drunk when you start a conversation the mini-game becomes considerably more difficult, but the game does nothing whatsoever to hint that you being drunk has anything to do with the sudden spike in difficulty of the mini-game.
23* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: LSL 8 and 9 are much less subtle in their sexual humor, include less adventure elements, more mini-games and the latter installment uses ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto''-based gameplay.
24** Al Lowe described ''Magna Cum Laude'' as "like getting a videotape from your son's kidnapper; on the one hand, you're glad he's still alive, but on the other, my God, look what they've done to him!"
25** Even before that, ''LSL 2'' caught flak for having much less sexual content than the first game, and ''LSL 5'' was derided for being [[ItsEasySoItSucks much easier than the previous games]], with no chances to die or make the game {{unwinnable}}, and it's possible to beat the game as normal without doing much at all.
26* TearJerker: For some, flushing the toilet while Drew is showering in LSL 7. This is especially jarring because Drew was probably the nicest of the girls Larry interacts with and was genuinely interested in him and seeing her leave Larry like that [[YouBastard makes you feel rather cruel for doing so]]. Too bad you [[CrueltyIsTheOnlyOption have to do this]] so you can [[ItMakesSenseInContext get mold for your kumquat quiche recipe]].
27* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Don't let the cartoony box art fool you. These games are PURELY intended for adults, with LOTS of raunchy moments.

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