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AusGAF 3.0 - Double the price, region locked and refused classification
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codswallop
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Official release for LA Noire is 20th May but apparently it's been pushed up. Either way it's being sold.
BanShunsaku
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It's crazy!
roosters93
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22% through L.A Noire. Pretty good so far.
reptilescorpio
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Woo! Going in for my interview for my new job tomorrow, he just wants to make sure I'm not a moron before putting me on. Thankfully everyone at work have been putting in the good word for me so I effectively walk into the job without much effort. Also means the end of my mega-quoting as I will be able to browse gaf at work so enjoy this last, giant post. Fiancée cooked up teriyaki chicken and chicken & avocado sushi rolls. Went down a treat.
The game is centred around change. Everyone looks to Marsten as someone who might be able to help them change the situation they are stuck in. He has a reputation from his days as an outlaw, is still alive and most importantly is desperate. He is focused solely on taking down Dutch and getting his family back. Mexico dawdled along but the idea behind its inclusion is sound. They just didn't play test it enough to see how dry and dull a revolution they had created. It has been a while since I finished the game but the lingering feeling was that the world had changed to such a point that Marsten didn't really know what he was doing, he was in an alien society just trying to get back to the comfort of his home.
I really enjoyed the story because I can see parallels with some things that are currently going on in the world. People who fight against change because they feel they wouldn't have a place in the new society, stuff like this is probably exacerbated by globalisation rather than anything else.
You, my friend, have hit on the ENTIRE theme of RDR. Anyone who hasn't finished the game don't read my spoilers. Marsten gets pulled out of his quiet second life, his family held ransom, to go and destroy the remnants of his old life. RDR is set at the end of the wild old west, cowboys are a relic of the past and government agents are stamping their authority on the country. Marsten thinks he can just walk up to his old friend Dutch and turn him in to the government, while Dutch has already come to terms with the fact that their is no place in America for an old outlaw like him. Rather than turn himself in and hope for a chance at rehabilitation he decides to live the rest of his life the way he wants.Planet_JASE said:
Marsten already left that life behind once to try and raise a family, living an honest life. He wants to believe that he can go back to that dream, that it really can exist. Once cornered Dutch would rather kill himself than be a part of the new America. He has tried to convince Marsten that he will never be allowed to exist. His existence is contradictory to how the government wants to run the new America. Past misdeeds cannot go unpunished.
Once he had returned home and tried to live what he believed to be a normal life it was shattered by the return of Ross. Marsten finally accepted that a relic of the old west like him would never be accepted in the new America they were trying to forge and sent his family away in the hope that they could disappear from that life. Even Ross himself says to Jack that his father killed himself by choosing the life he did. Finally by killing Ross, Jack had become no different to his father. Marsten wanted Jack to never have to kill another man, and sacrificed himself in the end in the hope that Jack could follow a different path. Just out of interest how many people shot Ross's wife after questioning her? How many people didn't want to do the final quest and just finish the side missions without killing Ross?
Shaneus said:
The problem here is that you don't have to do it. Marsten doesn't remark that he wants to go pick some plants for some random dude. The choice to do all the ambient stuff in the world is up to the player. It isn't a requirement to do all the challenges to make it to the final credits. You have to do a few menial tasks to gain the favour of a few people who will help Marsten get what he wants but nothing more. Most of the time is spent killing their enemies to get them further in life.Planet_JASE said:
Sounds like Civ4 is prefered to Civ5 but maybe that has changed since it has been out for a while now. Also I would wait for Crysis to go on sale again, it was only $3 during the recent EA sale. Crysis 2 is really worth picking up too, although it is still $44 on OzGameShop. The Witcher 2 looks stunning, look into the Anno series too.Sutton Dagger said:
Checkout Malwarebytes as that is another one I hear recommended all the time. So much happier now that I use MSE, uses less memory and is a lot less annoying.Gazunta said:
Love Dolphin, I traded my Wii in 12 months ago and I still buy games just to play on Dolphin. Check out the GAF thread or even just google the game to find preferences to run different games better.Sutton Dagger said:
Kotaku originally had a bunch of great commentors too, only lasted about 2 years though before it gave way to the usual GameFAQ's shit that you get on every site. I don't even bother reading the comments on RPS anymore.Choc said:
I agree with is opinion. Plenty of other decent podcasts around but none that I have enjoyed 10% as much as GFW and Idle Thumbs.Cohsae said:
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Deleted member 30609
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I'm generally pretty cynical when it comes to R*'s PR strategies, but man, LA Noire is tempting. I think I'll buy it tomorrow.
reptilescorpio
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Deakin Uni, moving into administration for a science faculty even though I study Commerce. Just down the corridor from the IT school though so I plan on hitting up the dev labs to use their fancy expensive computers. It's funny because my best mate graduated with a Commerce degree, got a job as a felt engineer for Huyck flying around the world checking production lines, since it got shut down he is now a manager at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Torquay. Aside from accountants, everyone else hasn't used their degree. Once I've finished my degree I plan on transitioning into Marketing here, it is a sweet setup at Deakin. Once you are in, you have it made for life.Jintor said:
reptilescorpio
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Ponds, would love to work in at Waterfront for the great views and great views but most of the jobs are out there. I get along pretty well with some of the IT guys but they are mostly installers or admin. How old is your brother? Any distinguishing features? It is surprising how many people work at Deakin that I actually know. Degrees of separation and all that jazz, I know.Shaneus said:
reptilescorpio
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Ah those GTC guys have been hanging around uni for ages now. Wondered what they were actually doing. It is INSANE the amount of contractors floating around all the time. 3 construction sites going at the moment and 3 smaller construction projects have been finished in the last 6 months. The sure do like spending money. I especially like the 6 story building in town that has only had a floor and a half used. And the fact they are building a new giant structure at Waurn Pond which that those offices will be moved into. Le sigh.Shaneus said:
Yeah, he's mentioned to me how much some of the switches and other networking equipment are worth... absolutely ridiculous. Poor bastard's been working out there on weekends and nights as well. He must be swimming in money (always gifting me random shit on Steam for no reason) but is definitely suffering for it.
reptilescorpio
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Weekends? Man most of the people at Deakin barely work on Friday let along the weekend. Even the library is only open from 1pm to 5pm on weekends. Shut at night too. His boss must be pushing him hard as contracting for Deakin is a cushy gig, one of the electricians spends half his time in the common room watching NBA or NFL. They pay really well and it is really hard to get fired/in trouble.Shaneus said:
reptilescorpio
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Oh! Forgot to mention this. Read it at work and had a great laugh. Ah religion, you crack me up.
Those bound for heaven offered earthly (and atheist) pet care
Those bound for heaven offered earthly (and atheist) pet care
BanShunsaku
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So the world ends tomorrow apparently. I guess I have no choice but to buy LA Noire today.
Sutton Dagger
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So I just fired up Crysis, and all the character models aren't appearing. I can see the backgrounds (I'm flying over the island in a plane I assume), but not characters are appearing. I even changed the settings to the lowest possible so it isn't the computer struggling to render them (I think). Any ideas?
ClivePwned
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I celebrated LA Noire's release by buying it yesterday, installing it, playing it for 45 minutes, then returning to my replay of the latter stages of Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. will get back on LA Noire over the weekend.
Sutton Dagger
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evlcookie said:
Not sure about dx9 or 10? It's Windows 64bit. I went to the AMD site and updated the drivers and that, hopefully that fixes it. It's also downloading a Crysis update through Steam as we speak, so that may be all it is. Will update you when I finish.
Sutton Dagger
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Ydahs said:
It was in fullscreen mode so that might be the issue. Will try that once it is updated through Steam.
I don't know what I think of it yet. Completed what I believe are the 'tutorial' cases of the game (cleverly denoted by the regular police officer's uniform) and had a bit of a drive around. Viewed as an adventure game, the open world part, for now, seems redundant - why not just select a location from a map? There's a sense of separation between the player and the world they are exploring. 1940's LA all looks the same from the window seat with little to characterise each neighbourhood and apart from heavy traffic the streets aren't particularly lively.ClivePwned said:
There isn't any great punishment for ballsing up a case. Interviews can be re-tried and brute forced in order to succeed. The solution to certain 'puzzles' isn't always the cleverest, and there isn't the 'A-ha, Eureka!' moments like in Braid, Portal or traditional PnC games. There's also no middle ground when approaching interviews - the game demands a single correct answer in order to proceed, meaning you'll loop back to that moment if initially unsuccessful.
Within the confines of the tutorial, several elements are introduced that, at least in early stages of the game, don't gel together that well. Driving, gunplay, and foot chases all stand out as discrete gameplay 'moments' and don't transition into each other in a seamless manner.
The gunplay is the same as a lot of games you've already played. Phelps feels overpowered with his shotgun, but he also feels vulnerable so at least there's an element of tension at all stages of a shoot-out.
As a stylised narrative, however, the game is tip top. The best facial animations yet seen in a game make up for the technical short-fallings of the presentation and the dialogue is exceptionally well thought out. There's flashbacks and extensive sequences of banter on long drives and the writers have nailed the tone and atmosphere pretty damn well.
It's an adventure game, and the game is at its strongest when it sticks to that tune and not the sandbox component. What the game will really need to do to amaze me is to tie together the two parts of the game in an effective way and offer me more to do in the Los Angeles they've created.
FormallyMegadrive
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This. if dx10 doesn't work, google to find out how to run it in dx9.evlcookie said:
@gaz winnar
@shady it ran fine for me except dx10 fullscreen 1080p being blurry. Seemed to only support up to 1050 or something. played in windowed, got zero issues
codswallop
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I celebrated the release of LA Noire by spending the night in pain with a sore back, and performing server maintenance for work. Yeah!