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Team Bondi's L.A. NOIRE |OT| Watchin' Faces, Solvin' Cases
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Foliorum Viridum
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Urgh, great. His hyperbolic statements about GTA IV were so shit they actually made people angry at the game.
Foliorum Viridum
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It's true, but I did find it annoying people projected that Oscar worthy BS onto the game and claimed that's what Rockstar was going for.
Gorgon
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Most interesting stuff about that MacNamara interview:
Since when is MacNamara from R*? This, together with R* stating that they want to incorporate that facial animation system in forthcoming games seems to indicate that Team Bondi is heading to full partnership with R* and probably will end up bought. I'm fine with that if it means less GTA and more ambitious and different stuff like LA Noire.
Since when is MacNamara from R*? This, together with R* stating that they want to incorporate that facial animation system in forthcoming games seems to indicate that Team Bondi is heading to full partnership with R* and probably will end up bought. I'm fine with that if it means less GTA and more ambitious and different stuff like LA Noire.
I wouldn't read into it much. He mentions many times throughout the interview that R* had a very hands-on approach to assisting development once they took over from Sony, and that lasted many years, so it shouldn't be surprising that he considers Team Bondi part of the gang.
Or maybe he just slipped up and an announcement is forthcoming.
I would imagine R* purchasing the studio and turning it into "Rockstar Sydney" or whatever is contingent upon LA Noire doing well, though.
Or maybe he just slipped up and an announcement is forthcoming.
I would imagine R* purchasing the studio and turning it into "Rockstar Sydney" or whatever is contingent upon LA Noire doing well, though.VistraNorrez
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CyReN said:
It's okay. Worth watching. Great cinematography. It feels very choppy though. The pacing is fast at times, slow at others. But it still has some great sequences in it. Probably helps if you read the book. They follow the same thread but get there differently.
Ellroy apparantly loved a longer cut of the film and refuses to comment on the final cut of the film. Although I believe there are a few videos of him at book signings talking shit about DePalma and the production.
The Black Dahlia, in the LA Quartet timeline, takes place before LA Confidential and some characters are in more than 1 book. The LA quartet are clearly the basis for the tone of LA Noire.
Foliorum Viridum
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I disagree, but alas, let's not go thereszaromir said:
Gorgon
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JaseC said:I wouldn't read into it much. He mentions many times throughout the interview that R* had a very hands-on approach to assisting development once they took over from Sony, and that lasted many years, so it shouldn't be surprising that he considers Team Bondi part of the gang.
Or maybe he just slipped up and an announcement is forthcoming.
Yeah, but with R* stating they want to use Team Bondi's tech for their own games in the future that means the relation between Team Bondi and R* is going a bit beyond the "publishing and helping out a bit in development" kind.
ColonialRaptor
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I've collected and have thumbnails for every single screenshot released for this game. Was going to post it in the OP (via thumbnails of course) but I think it's too big. What about if I posted it in a post and linked to that post in the OP? I think it would be cool to have a place for all of the screenshots to be easily accessible.
There are 112...
There are 112...
Gorgon said:
True, but unless Team Bondi start using RAGE, again, I wouldn't read too much into it just yet.
Shurs said:
He mentions they're thumbnailed. That'd more or less fill a post and the thumbnails wouldn't be more than several KB in size. Maybe only post about 60, though?
I say go ahead, and then ask a mod to move the post up to the front of the thread so it's part of the OP.
ColonialRaptor
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Shurs said:
Yeah, that's what I think too... but it would be cool to have them all in one place... darnit, wasn't a small job preparing them all as well.
All 112 files would be thumbnails and amount to only 2.9Mb in size so I don't think it would kill the page...
JaseC said:
I posted the OP so I could put them in there anyway, I was going to do this originally but it was going to take a long long time to compile all the images.
I'll try it, if it's too death giving I'll edit them out.
ColonialRaptor
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JaseC said:So, you're going to post them in the OP, even though they may not fit in the OP?
Post 2 could probably fit them, or perhaps Post 1 (but doesn't suit the OP really).
I was actually thinking of posting them in a post on this page and then just linking that specific post number from the OP (depending on how much it taxes things).
It's more of a test to see how it looks and things first of all.
If the code won't take Post 3 over the 26,000 figure limit then I'll make the change to that.
This is why I was asking rather than just doing it and fucking things up on a whim.
ColonialRaptor
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Probably the best way to do it then is keep the pictures and things in post 3 and move the rest of it (and the end) down to post 5.
JetBlackPanda
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I don't think anyone called this one??
MINE!
MINE!
ColonialRaptor
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Will fit in the 26,000 character count of a single post quite easily actually... surprising.
About to make the change.
Edit - Okay, OP now has all screenshots in it. It actually doesn't look that excessive to me. I thought it would look way bigger than it does, but it in the end, it actually looks pretty good / came out alright. Doesn't bog down or cause any problems or nothing.
Also probably spaces things better for Post 3 where all the changes and extras get added.
Nice!
About to make the change.
Edit - Okay, OP now has all screenshots in it. It actually doesn't look that excessive to me. I thought it would look way bigger than it does, but it in the end, it actually looks pretty good / came out alright. Doesn't bog down or cause any problems or nothing.
Also probably spaces things better for Post 3 where all the changes and extras get added.
Nice!
Original-Blue
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So when are first reviews due?
Vinterbird
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JaseC said:
I really really hope this won't be the case.
Vinterbird
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Kintaro said:
And on top of that it's trying to be a serious game. Having you go killing spree crazy would not be within the theme of the game, even if you weren't a cop.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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Kintaro said:
Pretty much.
AllIsOneIsNone
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I don't want to play as a cop. I hate cops. I'll have to wait and see on this one.
Revolutionary
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Vinterbird
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keyrat said:
Maybe the game isn't designed to be a typical sandbox game. It very much seems like the narrative experience is the focus of the game, and therefore there really isn't a need for a sandbox world with emergent gameplay elements.
Like the Mafia games, it could just as well the be illusion of the open world, which would work just as well.
guys.. it's not REALLY open world.. If you read any of the previews on it you'll see Team Bondi state that while you can veer off during cases to do other tasks, that it's not really open world in the sense that most of you are thinking (i.e. GTA, Saints Row, etc). You are able to roam the streets of LA and such, but it's not really setup like other open world games. Thus being able to destroy shit and kill pedestrians falls outside the scope of what the game is about.
Vinterbird
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JaseC said:
Because it is not within the spirit of the game. It doesn't add anything to what L.A. Noire is about, which is the narrative, characters and detective elements.
Einbroch said:
Could of course have been an option. But personally I would prefer the AI to just dodge and save me that loading screen it would cause to reset everything from a "Don't kill civilians" screen.
Yeah, and you get desynced...aka: you can't.JaseC said:
EDIT: I read it wrong. It's still the same thing. I'd rather not have to worry about killing civilians and losing. I hated it in AC when I accidentally assassinated civilians while chasing a target then raging because it set me all the way across the map.
EDIT 2: I thought we could kill pedestrians. I thought it just lowered your rank/score/whatever unless you kill too many.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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It's open world, but it's not really a sandbox where you can do whatever you want. It's a pretty tightly controlled and narratively linear game that happens to take place in a large open world.
Plus, you knew from the start you're playing as a good cop, it's surprising that some people didn't anticipate that there would be restrictions on you. Besides, I've never found rampaging that fun, at least not since San Andreas. I'm sure there will be plenty of baddies to shoot.
Also, killing pedestrians during cases "accidentally" isn't an instant game over (unless you kill a certain amount and above), but it definitely dings your after-case marks.
You get punished for that in AC as well.
Plus, you knew from the start you're playing as a good cop, it's surprising that some people didn't anticipate that there would be restrictions on you. Besides, I've never found rampaging that fun, at least not since San Andreas. I'm sure there will be plenty of baddies to shoot.
Also, killing pedestrians during cases "accidentally" isn't an instant game over (unless you kill a certain amount and above), but it definitely dings your after-case marks.
JaseC said:
You get punished for that in AC as well.
The game has an open world, notice I didn't use the word "sandbox". I've known from the get-go this would be more linear a game similar to Mafia 2. Honestly though, what would it hurt to allow people to go on a rampage if they so choose? It's a simple question.Kintaro said:
I'd also see it as rather lame if I'm in a car chase or shootout and I accidentally hit a civilian and nothing happens.
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NotTheGuyYouKill said:
Good deal.