Acquiescence
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Comparisons to Heavy Rain? Shenmue?! Oh lord, this game can't arrive quickly enough. Such a torturous wait.
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Team Bondi's L.A. NOIRE |OT| Watchin' Faces, Solvin' Cases
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Sikamikanico
#1 Dad
Shopto have finally dispatched my copy this morning (UK) - I should be playing it in 4 hours time! Cannot wait!
supermackem
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JonCha said:
Mine was sent out yesterday or so they said. No show so i think it will come tomorrow.
Acquiescence
Member
Just got an email from ShopTo saying it's dispatched. Good times!
Tricky I Shadow
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Acquiescence said:
This! It's been compared to Heavy Rain, Shenmue and the Ace Attorney games...all some of my favourites of all time! <3
It's like the three of them all had one big orgy and the result is L.A Noire! It seems to borrow something from all of them.
Cerebral Assassin
Member
Lakitu said:
I just recieved the E-Mail too, hopefully it will arrive tomorrow.
WickedLaharl
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DrBo42 said:
yeah when you pan the camera the framerate takes a major nosedive. it's really distracting.
seattle7997
Neo Member
I picked up my pre-order from Gamestop yesterday. I was pleasantly surprised to see a little transparent white envelope with 7 little film rolls that are clues for the locations of the badges in the "Naked City" case, iirc. It also included the codes for the case and the code for the "Consul's Car" case, which since the store is still down, can't be redeemed.
Did anyone else get the Piano Gun for being a powerup member and pre-ordering before April 20th?
Did anyone else get the Piano Gun for being a powerup member and pre-ordering before April 20th?
Outtrigger888
Member
Got a couple hours in last night and really really enjoying it. The interogation stuff is really hard but I'm finally getting to understand it, I'm glad its not easy as its one of my favorite parts. The 360 version has tons of pop in but I can get over that, can't wait to get home from work and play some more
BigBlackGamer
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installing the 360 version decreases the pop in. It gets pretty bad when running off the disc.
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Deleted member 81567
Unconfirmed Member
The beginning had instructions written in Comic Sans.
2/10
2/10
i decided i'm playing this whole game in black and white. the colors are fine but the atmosphere is elevated by the black and white filter. also when you turn it on its actually a lot brighter than you'd think it would be. obviously spent time making it work well. i think it enhances the facial animations as well, sort of how the flashbacks all seem to look more realistic.
Cerebral Assassin
Member
Lakitu said:
Maybe Game aren't the biggest Mario fans?
I can't wait for this to turn up though, Charlie Brookers impressions on Twitter have upped the hype considerably.
MaddenNFL64
Member
So I hear the game is awesome.
Awesome.
Awesome.
DietRob
i've been begging for over 5 years.
I could wade through the thread to get the info I'm looking for but I don't want to be unintentionally spoiled.
I saw the lens of truth comparisons and it's clear that the PS3 version looks a tad better but how does it perform? Any major frame dives or screen tearing? Any freezing issues? Long load times? Basically I'll only be able to buy either the Witcher 2 or LA: Noire. It may seem like a loaded question to ask, especially in a LA: Noire thread. But which should I get and which should I wait for a price drop on? My heart tells me to buy Witcher 2 but my brain says a steam sale might happen a bit sooner than a LA : Noire price drop.
What say you GAF collective?
edit: Sorry if I was unclear I would be purchasing the game on PS3
I saw the lens of truth comparisons and it's clear that the PS3 version looks a tad better but how does it perform? Any major frame dives or screen tearing? Any freezing issues? Long load times? Basically I'll only be able to buy either the Witcher 2 or LA: Noire. It may seem like a loaded question to ask, especially in a LA: Noire thread. But which should I get and which should I wait for a price drop on? My heart tells me to buy Witcher 2 but my brain says a steam sale might happen a bit sooner than a LA : Noire price drop.
What say you GAF collective?
edit: Sorry if I was unclear I would be purchasing the game on PS3
The more I play the more I realize your probably not supposed to get every answer right because nobody does in reality. If you do. Great. If not you just move on. I used the back button alot when I'm about to call someone a liar because I realize I have no proof. Then it's just a doubt truth pick.
No screen tear, great framerate sans a few places here and there, and looks way better than GTAIV. (PS3)RbBrdMan said:
So does anyone know if those street crimes come back again if I don't respond to them the first time around? I really don't like doing them during a case.
The game looks to be an important milestone in game development, but all I know is that I'm enjoying the hell out of it.
Driving and walking can be clunky, but the atmosphere, dialog, and investigation and interrogation aspects elevate this to something special. I bombed out of my first few interrogations but have been nailing these perps something fierce ever since.
Glad the PS3 game-saves copy from console to console. Made it easier to switch from living room to bedroom last night, where I stayed up too late playing.
Game looks excellent and the only mild problem I have with the PS3 performance (aside from the damn DualShock) is that the PS3's blu-ray drive makes a heck of a racket during play. I have an 80-gig fatty and a 120-gig slim, and I guess I'm just used to the whisper-quiet of playing these types of games installed to the hard drive of my 360.
FYI, I *will* gobble up any and all DLC for this game--it's a foregone conclusion.
Driving and walking can be clunky, but the atmosphere, dialog, and investigation and interrogation aspects elevate this to something special. I bombed out of my first few interrogations but have been nailing these perps something fierce ever since.
Glad the PS3 game-saves copy from console to console. Made it easier to switch from living room to bedroom last night, where I stayed up too late playing.
Game looks excellent and the only mild problem I have with the PS3 performance (aside from the damn DualShock) is that the PS3's blu-ray drive makes a heck of a racket during play. I have an 80-gig fatty and a 120-gig slim, and I guess I'm just used to the whisper-quiet of playing these types of games installed to the hard drive of my 360.
FYI, I *will* gobble up any and all DLC for this game--it's a foregone conclusion.
VeryGooster
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Tricky I Shadow said:
I'm not seeing the Heavy Rain comparisons, to be honest. This game to me is more like Shenmue's investigation/clues journal gameplay mixed in with Deja Vu.
masterkajo
Member
Just called my local game shop and convinced them (5 whole minute telephone call) to sell me the game today (Europe here). I am on my way as I write this. Love them!
VeryGooster
Banned
Dries said:
Lmao no. I haven't even seen any Comic Sans in the game although I wonder what font Cole's "handwriting" is.
MrCompletely
Member
This game feels like an old school adventure game to me and like something new and different all at the same time. Interrogating poi's is infinitely engaging. The attention to detail is unparalleled.
Miggytronz
Member
LOL
Im loving this game so far. Each case is like an episode of NCIS (without the high tech nonsense) and I love NCIS.
Kolgar said:
My PS3 (60GB launch) has a few fan modes: low, med, high. Most of the time when I'm playing, it'll be on medium, but then it shoots up to high for a few minutes and sounds like a jet engine. However, the blu-ray drive is nearly inaudible.
Anyways, due to the annoyance of the fan, I had picked up a Slim about a month ago. There was almost no fan noise, but to my surprise, the blu-ray drive was incredibly loud and clunky! In a way, it was even more annoying than the jet engine fan noise that I was trying to avoid. I have no idea what changed, but the new blu-ray drives are just ridiculously loud.
I ended up returning it. Besides taking my PS3 apart and messing with the internal cooling (might need the better fan with more fins), or putting it right in front of my window AC, I don't have many options to have a quiet PS3.
SolidSnakex
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TheExodu5 said:
Your PS3's fan shouldn't go into high unless the system is starting to overheat.
Only played up to "Buyer Beware" then screwed up on the interrogation and restarted, haha. Didn't realize it restarts the whole case. So I'm going to probably just try to do my best and not restart from now on.
What options did you guys set? I set Clue cues off, but turned on the option to have the clue music turn off when all clues have been found.
This game is amazing. I wasn't too into the faces when I saw videos before, thought they looked like that Conan O'Brien skit where they put fake lips on people, but actually playing it on my TV, wow. It is scarily realistic.
What options did you guys set? I set Clue cues off, but turned on the option to have the clue music turn off when all clues have been found.
This game is amazing. I wasn't too into the faces when I saw videos before, thought they looked like that Conan O'Brien skit where they put fake lips on people, but actually playing it on my TV, wow. It is scarily realistic.
BobsRevenge
I do not avoid women, GAF, but I do deny them my essence.
I feel like I'd like this game better if Mafia 2 didn't happen. That game's storyline is so much stronger than LA Noire's (from what I've played it, anyways), and with better atmosphere and open world mechanics.
Mafia 2 is also a beautiful game. LA Noire is quite ugly most of the time.
Mafia 2 is also a beautiful game. LA Noire is quite ugly most of the time.
Im a little confused when interviewing someone...I thought you would hear a chime when you got a (truth, doubt, lie) question correct and a clicking sound (kind of like the press of a key on a typewriter when you answered incorrectly.
Anyways ive gooten the "correct" on all questions in an interview but it will still say "2/4 correct." What gives?
Also is there anyway to change the aiming/shooting to L1/R1 (on PS3) ...the default method feels a little awkward.
Also I wish for the love of god there was a way to turn off the tool tips, Im getting tired of being told to turn an object until it vibrates for a closer look (among other tips) when Im 5 hours into the game and working on my 6th case...seriously, is the whole game a tutorial?
Im loving the game, just slightly disappointed at the amount of hand holding this far into the game.
Anyways ive gooten the "correct" on all questions in an interview but it will still say "2/4 correct." What gives?
Also is there anyway to change the aiming/shooting to L1/R1 (on PS3) ...the default method feels a little awkward.
Also I wish for the love of god there was a way to turn off the tool tips, Im getting tired of being told to turn an object until it vibrates for a closer look (among other tips) when Im 5 hours into the game and working on my 6th case...seriously, is the whole game a tutorial?
Im loving the game, just slightly disappointed at the amount of hand holding this far into the game.
I am enjoying the non-action aspect(questioning, interrogations, evidence gathering) while the action(shooting, driving) is not up to par with previous Rockstar titles. The shooting especially is off, to me at least. I have had that dot on heads numerous times, pulled the trigger and nothing - other times I have the dot nowhere near the head and bam - headshot. It isn't gamebreaking for me, but it is an issue.