Ninja Scooter
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lol that's some bullshit. Switch doesn't even have the graphical updates.
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Rockstar Games Announces 4 New Versions of L.A. Noire coming November 14, 2017
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lol that's some bullshit. Switch doesn't even have the graphical updates.
DarkLordMalik
Member
Hopefully they can fix the ending to this otherwise brilliant game.
chrisPjelly
Member
Ehhhhhhhhhh. This is like the most unnecessary """remaster""" yet, but I guess L.A. Noire deserves a little more of the spotlight. Still, that's a reaaaaally good boxart.
I'm digging the boxart. Better than the original I think.
Anything on the Vive has to be 90fps - and the PC version in it's current state is locked to 30fps. The game is so bad, almost at the level of GTA IV.
So they have to have done something, so my point is why not mention anything about that - unless they genuinely and purposefully have only worked on this segment as a separate entity and the rest of the PC game will stay in its rotten state
Okami Haundo
Member
Hot dang does that Switch Boxart look good! Hyped to pick it up there first. I'll definitely grab the Xbox One version down the line when I have a One X and a 4K set.
TheSkullPrince
Member
Own all three consoles, but can't decide if I want to get this on the XBOX or the Switch-power vs portability hmmmmmm
Simo
Member
Shouldn't need to be a test. L.A Noire is one of Rockstar's successful IP pillars next to GTA and RDR due to selling over 6 million copies. At least according to Take Two.
But it's hybrid
MrCunningham
Member
This is such an odd announcement, and it is being released for the Nintendo Switch as well... At least Rockstar is acknowledging the Switch.
I really dig that new box art. though.
I really dig that new box art. though.
JetSetRadio
Banned
Why Rockstar instead of Take Two? They didn't develop this in the first place.
Hope this is true, I'd really like to see another "Noire" at some point that is more fully realized with a refined interrogation system, choices that actually matter, an economy system, buying clothes, cars, guns, etc. and maybe multiple protagonists as well. I'd be fine with L.A. again but New York or Chicago would be cool too.
I'd like a poster of this.
Ninja Scooter
Member
Because Rockstar is a publisher. They published the game last gen.
It sold quite a bit, and yet Team Bondi closed up shop a few months after the game launched. Mind you that if we were to get a sequel, there would be another group that would work on it of course. Question would be if the demand would be there for a sequel to be made and just how much would be sold on all consoles since if there are a good number of people who buy it on Switch, that could cause Rockstar to possibly consider a "GTA Experience on the Go," as long as Nintendo decides to play along. Personally myself, whether if we got to see "L.A. Noire" or even something like "N.Y.C. Noire" or any other kind of city Noire spinoff, I'm all for it and what it can provide in the story telling narrative.
Either way, I would consider checking out L.A. Noire again when it comes out. Bonus points if it also gets to enjoy "enhancements" from the PS4 Pro and the X1X (since the system would launch a week before L.A. Noire does).
What do you need motion/gyro controls for in this game. Aiming in this game pretty much homed in on the target.
billy beane
Banned
LA Noire kinda isn't good, but I like it for some reason. I really enjoyed the setting. But the game itself feels halfway done.
Manhunt 2 (Rockstar) was on the Wii. Not the first time Rockstar put a game on a Nintendo console.
But yes. This is YUGE.
paperspace
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NealMcCauley
Member
I like it. All in all it looks like a retro movie poster. And I guess the logo change is official.
If this is testing the water for a sequel I'd love to see something like Altman's take on The Long Goodbye as a tone/style basis.
That's one amazing boxart. Too bad I'm not interested in the game.
Acquiescence
Member
Hot damn that looks good. Shame the obtrusive High Definition logo has to spoil things. Otherwise, a perfect cover for a noir game.
KratosEnergyDrink
Member
Gamecards would add a few cents not Dollars to the price.
Jonneh3003
Banned
I don't think they want to touch Red Dead unless they're remaking it from scratch.
Should someone make a thread so we can stop getting posts asking about games we know probably won't come?
lol, no. Especially the larger cards are several dollars more expensive.
I'm at really weird point with this game. I beat the PS3 version 2/5 of the way through. At some point got the PC version and now am 1/2 of the way through.
Fuck my life lol. I really don't know if I care anymore. I like the game a lot, but it had better be a great remaster. And no PC version? Dear lord WHY?
Fuck my life lol. I really don't know if I care anymore. I like the game a lot, but it had better be a great remaster. And no PC version? Dear lord WHY?
One of my biggest concerns with Rockstar doing a sequel themselves is them taking shortcuts/liberties with a lot of the real-world things that Team Bondi got licensing for. In L.A. Noire all the cars were real production cars that were made during that period, same with the guns. Also locations like Grauman's Chinese Theater, City Hall, etc. If Rockstar makes a sequel I don't want it to be "San Andreas Noir" with generic 1940s versions of GTA cars. Those real-world places and items added a lot to the game for me.
Rockstar is kind of its own publisher, despite being owned by Take Two. They bought the rights to the game after Sony dropped it and had a big hand in helping to finish the game, with Rockstar Leeds providing the technology the game uses for the open world, as well as Dan Houser working on the writing for the side quests the game has. It may have originated from Team Bondi, but Rockstar still had a big part to play in the game's development and shouldn't be diminished.
Say what you will about the game, but the new box art is great and very eye-catching.
Can you find me a price for Nintendo's flashcard writing facilties?
Jonneh3003
Banned
That would be nice but unfortunately they're very expensive.
TemplaerDude
Member
You could not pay me to play this game again.
exmachina64
Banned
Rockstar published L.A. Noire, most of the game's revenue would have gone to them. By all indication, Team Bondi was a poorly-managed nightmare and highly dependent on publisher funding to continue existing.
peanutbutterlatte
Member
I'm almost tempted to buy a Switch copy just to support Rockstar actually recognising the thing... bizarre choice though.
You have RDR and GTA and you pick this! It's like Nintendo making a huge fuss about a HD remaster of Wii Music
You have RDR and GTA and you pick this! It's like Nintendo making a huge fuss about a HD remaster of Wii Music
CamHostage
Member
Oh, that brings up an interesting issue actually ...
I was just thinking that the "video faces" would look janky in VR because they're only as good of resolution as the capture equipment of the time and you'd see them up close in 3D ... but there's also the real and unavoidable issue of framerate. Surely there's not 90fps captures of the facial capture, I can't imagine that's what the capture rig was set up for. And the game requires those video files to create the characters, so how will the VR version work with the MotionScan? Will the locked 30fps video files be visibly choppy? Can they interpolate to 90fps/beyond and come up with satisfying results? (The 3D characters and the faces already have problems meshing sometimes, so how will framerate affect the already-rough melding?) Would they dare to replace the video files with fully 3D faces resynched to the audio files (and would that effort be worth the work?) This VR prospect seems particularly complicated, not sure how it's going to work.
If it were my money I'd rather Rockstar "test the Switch" with The Warriors or Table Tennis or Bully, but hey, whatever gets us any close to GTA: San Andreas Stories (still a dream) is something, and at least R* seems to be putting some custom effort into this (though it should have gotten those graphical enhancements too.)
Eh, Rockstar isn't one who's afraid to spend money. If they were to do it, I think they'd go full bore on it. And it wasn't a Rockstar production, but did T2's Mafia series use any licensing cheats?
The download section of the LA Noire site has decent-resolution images of the new art in the Downloads/Wallpapers section. Maybe not enough to print a poster for your wall, but it'll do in a pinch.
exmachina64
Banned
No.
Honestly, the PC version runs for me right now with near perfect image quality in 30FPS. I think I'm using 4x SGSSAA for this particular title.
I don't fucking think I can go back and do all those same cases over again. I will wait to see what the actual improvements are. Because if it ain't much then why bother I'll just finish my current version.
I don't fucking think I can go back and do all those same cases over again. I will wait to see what the actual improvements are. Because if it ain't much then why bother I'll just finish my current version.
RDR would probably eat into next year's title (franchise fatigue) and GTA 4 would only make sense on Switch. With this, they get to tackle 4 different platforms with one title. Best commercial choice.
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Deleted member 10571
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I'm really looking forward to see sales comparisons between the Switch and PS4/One numbers. This is crazy news alltogether, never played through it on PC and might pick it up for a budget-ish price point.
Team Bondi and about four Rockstar dev teams finished the game.