In 2018, Crazybunch and Assemble Entertainment dragged Leisure Suit Larry into the 21st Century, returning the infamous franchise to its adventure game roots after two decades of critically-panned spin-offs based around Larry's nephew. Thankfully, the original Larry had a second coming, and is back for more in Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Dry Twice.

Picking up where Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Don't Dry left off, the game opens with Larry Laffer preparing to marry the most beautiful woman in the Mexican village of Cancum. However, when Larry learns that his beloved Faith Less is still alive and lost at sea, he's quick to skip town and start searching the Caribbean for his lost love. Unfortunately, there are evil forces hunting Faith for their own nefarious ends and Larry soon finds himself in a race against time with the fate of the world in his hands. Of course Larry being Larry, he remains largely oblivious to that fact, as he's more concerned about what else (or who else) he can get in his hands.


Fans of the classic Larry games who disliked the series' turn into mini-game driven adventures can rest easy. Wet Dreams Dry Twice is a point-and-click adventure game of the old-school, where the player wanders around grabbing everything that isn't nailed down and, if something is nailed down, starts looking for a hammer so they can pull up the nails. While not as frustrating or pointlessly cruel as the Kings Quest games published by Sierra On-Line, the difficulty of Wet Dreams Dry Twice is on par with many of the original LucasArts adventure games. Indeed, there's a number of nods to the Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion franchises, along with some references to the original Larry games and Space Quest.


Wet Dreams Dry Twice introduces two game mechanics that aid newbie adventurers considerably. The first is a to-do list app on Larry's smart phone, which keeps track of the player's current goals. The second is a blueprint app, which allows the player to manage more complicated builds requiring multiple inventory objects. Both of these features help guide inexperienced gamers in what they should look for while trying to accomplish tasks like building a raft, by giving them a rough idea of what components they should look for. Despite this, the game does little to hold the player's hand or make it easier to solve the game's many puzzles. Thankfully, while some of the puzzles are difficult and built around the unique logic that governs adventure games, they are all fair and there's no way to move forward without some vital item that will be needed later; a problem that plagued the earliest Larry games.


Thankfully, whatever frustration the player may feel will be offset by the humor, as this is a tremendously funny game. While some of the gags are already a bit dated (one subplot finds Larry interacting with the refugees of a Fyre Festival style science-fiction convention), Wet Dreams Dry Twice possesses the same satiric edge as its predecessor and ruthlessly mocks modern society and online culture. Social media influencers and the practice of beg-packing are heavily skewered and there are more pop culture references than an average episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000. There are also, as fans of Leisure Suit Larry would expect, a number of crude remarks, innuendos, double entendres and just plain dirty jokes that, to borrow a line from Mel Brooks, "rise below vulgarity." Despite this, there is also a truly touching story under all the sleaze and snark.

In the end, Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Dry Twice is a rare gem. It is both a sequel that builds upon its predecessor and a game that can woo new players as easily as it impresses established fans. While it's unlikely to win over those who don't take joy from guessing at the mad reasoning employed by a game designer, fans of the adventure genre and Leisure Suit Larry franchise will find a lot to love in Wet Dreams Dry Twice.

Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Dry Twice is out now for Windows PC and Mac and can be purchased on Steam or GOG.com.