⚠️WARNING, EXPLICIT CONTENT ⚠️
As I got older, and pornography (and dalliances with the fairer sex) became more readily available, adult gaming very much faded away, and even the more recent Leisure Suit Larry games – whilst having various positives – felt somewhat watered down when compared to previous counterparts. And so for a long while, the likes of Cobra Mission: Panic in Cobra City, and Knights of Xentar were far from my mind...
..until I caught wind of Ktulu Solutions’ Metropolis: Lux Obscura back in 2018, a game that – whilst flawed in tone – featured some saucy bare skin and reminded me of the seemingly lost adult genre – lost in a mainstream context, at least.
Jerry Anker is effectively a take on Leisure Suit Larry, but with the gloves (and condom) off. Whereas the gameplay in Larry led to some raunchy and titillating, topless moments, Jerry Anker is the under-horny-dog that not only nerdishly lusts after beautiful women, but actually weaves his magic with the ladies, whilst all the while – in my fiancee’s words – “having a massive…thing”. I’ll go into the physical product later, but rest assured, some of the images in the accompanying art book had me clearing my throat, adjusting my spectacles, clutching my pearls, and of course, having a waaaaaaaa…
We are introduced to Jerry in his bedroom, when his poster – of a scantily clad, complete burner, natch – begins conversing with him. We soon find out that his hot neighbour is having a party, and he desperately needs to get in, in order to woo her (she actually seems very keen to be the object of Jerry’s affection), but her thuggish brother guards the door, thus propelling the main (pelvic) thrust of the game.
What follows is a point-and-click game that’s quite standard in terms of inventory-based puzzles, but has a great visual style, and an accompanying sultry soundtrack – if a touch repetitive after a while. I played this game with my wife-to-be, as she thought the idea of an adult adventure game on the Switch was quite novel, and was also quite taken by the graphic novel-esque graphics, and jazzy audio. A huge boon is the in-game ability to highlight areas of interest, which then opens up the functions to either touch / pick up, or observe, tight game design which keeps the action breezing along at a good pace.
There are some minor hiccups, however. Whilst the game is fully voice-acted, there are instances whereby the same actor is voicing multiple characters, and clearly so. It takes you out of the game somewhat, and is backed up by some lines that don’t quite line up, as well as one or two that are missed entirely.
We were lucky enough to cover the physical version of Jerry Anker: The Quest to Get Love, and it’s an incredibly well-put together product. The awesome in-game artwork is reflected here on the cover, featuring a pink car with steamed-up windows, complete with a foggy handprint and brassiere cast aside out of the window in the midst of the throes of passion.
Jerry and a couple of ladies feature at the top-half of the case, with the main street in which the game takes place as a backdrop. Inside the cover – all of which is full-colour - is the game card and some more artwork on the left-hand side. The piece de resistance, though – is the gorgeously glossy, full colour digital art collection, which collects all of the in-game comic book story board, leading up to the rumpy-pumpy laden images, with some extras (images of ladies who are as bold as brass, quite frankly) that aren’t included anywhere else. Bollocks to NSFW, some of these pictures aren’t safe for my shed! All of this is included in a high-quality slipcase.
Jerry Anker: and The Quest to Get Love is a fun and funny game that aims to titillate and does the job successfully.
This is admittedly a niche genre, but it’s always good to see competent, saucy games going strong on modern systems, it would have been a bonus for a little extra attention to be paid to some of the issues with the dialogue, but the effort that Funbox Media have put into the physical release shows their faith in the game.
I very much to look forward to what comes next!
And admit it, deep down, in our heart of hearts...we’re all a bunch of ankers.
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