So how much better is the ps3 version? Is that extra case worth it? I already have the 360 version from amazon unopened. I got the 360 version because of achievements and maybe avatar awards. Is the framerate on the 360 version that bad? Should I return my 360 copy and get the ps3 copy or just stick with what I have?
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Team Bondi's L.A. NOIRE |OT| Watchin' Faces, Solvin' Cases
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JJBro One said:
If it were me I would get the PS3 since all reviews have said that the framerate on the 360 is worse in places.
Im on the PS3 and while the framerate isnt terrible, there are random places where it dips into the low 20's for a few seconds and if it's supposedly worse on the 360 then I wouldn't be able to deal with that.
Lighting is also a bit better on the PS3 version, but Im sure you will still have a good experience with the 360 version.
Joe Shlabotnik
Banned
AEREC said:
I'm not really sure how the music relates to the answers, but there's a check mark next to the question when you answer correctly and an X when you blow it.
Dries said:
You can't turn off the vibration effect when closely examining an object, because you have to hold it in the right spot to get the close-up. I thought I saw a tutorial message option somewhere but I'm not sure; Rockstar games tend to display the tutorial instructions for like half the game.
Picked up the game yesterday and played for about two hours. I'm loving it so far. The opening half-hour or so is a little disjointed and limiting, since it's essentially the tutorial for most of the game's mechanics, but once you're working the Traffic Desk everything starts opening up.
As was the case with RDR, this game blows me away with its atmosphere and authenticity with regard to a bygone era. This is why I play videogames: to be transported to places that I could never otherwise experience. While there definitely aren't as many sandbox-y activities to do in L.A. Noire's setting, the attention to detail is staggering. From what I've played so far, it's more detailed than Liberty City and more sprawling than RDR's Old West. I love just driving/walking around and taking in all of the family-owned shops/restaurants, complete with very detailed displays of their wares in the shop windows.
Much like the rest of you, I sucked at interrogations for the first couple. I think I have the hang of it now, and I usually only miss one question when interrogating a POI. While it can be a bit of a guessing game at times, it's still very engaging thanks to the spectacular voice-acting and facial animation.
Hopefully I can find time tonight after work to escape into 1940's L.A. for a while.
PS - I agree that it is odd to respond to a dispatch in the middle of a mission, go blow a guy's brains out, and then return to the case like nothing happened.
Like a boss.
As was the case with RDR, this game blows me away with its atmosphere and authenticity with regard to a bygone era. This is why I play videogames: to be transported to places that I could never otherwise experience. While there definitely aren't as many sandbox-y activities to do in L.A. Noire's setting, the attention to detail is staggering. From what I've played so far, it's more detailed than Liberty City and more sprawling than RDR's Old West. I love just driving/walking around and taking in all of the family-owned shops/restaurants, complete with very detailed displays of their wares in the shop windows.
Much like the rest of you, I sucked at interrogations for the first couple. I think I have the hang of it now, and I usually only miss one question when interrogating a POI. While it can be a bit of a guessing game at times, it's still very engaging thanks to the spectacular voice-acting and facial animation.
Hopefully I can find time tonight after work to escape into 1940's L.A. for a while.
PS - I agree that it is odd to respond to a dispatch in the middle of a mission, go blow a guy's brains out, and then return to the case like nothing happened.
Like a boss.
JetBlackPanda
Member
Dries said:
I have a Slim and I could hear my Blu-Ray Drive reading the disk ALOT.. it was annoying.
I know that the PS3 version has better framerate and stuff but I just have this nagging feeling that I should have gotten it on 360, my hands are cramped using the DS3 and I hate how slippery the sticks can be.
oh well the real triggers kind of help but it still feels akward to me.
PS3 Phats are bulky (who are we kidding... they're huuuuge) which means they benefit from some natural sound dampening, plus the extra space for however much sound insulation they packed in there. This means you're unlikely to hear the Blu-Ray drive as it spins up and down. On the other hand, they run hotter than the Slims and therefore must employ fans at higher RPMs. When the PS3 is working hard you'll hear it as they crank up to Wind Tunnel mode. It'll happen more frequently the warmer you keep your gaming space.Dries said:
The Slims run cooler so fan noise is less of an issue, but they're also lighter and benefit from less sound insulation so you get the more clicky-clanky drive noise.
Dries said:
You can turn off the clue hints that vibraets the controller when you are close to a clue, and you can turn off the "auto" music that stops playing when all clues are found (both of which I have done.
But you can not turn off the "Tool Tips" that appear in the upper left corner that tell you how to play the game even though you have done the same task many times before.
protonion
Member
One nice detail. If you use fast travel when there would be a dialogue in the car, you hear the dialogue first and then it sends you to the selected area.
I really enjoy the game. Way better than I expected. Only the clue hunting has become a bit tedious. Also I seem to miss one clue in every case. Lots of interrogation errors too.
I really enjoy the game. Way better than I expected. Only the clue hunting has become a bit tedious. Also I seem to miss one clue in every case. Lots of interrogation errors too.
Big-ass Ramp
hella bullets that's true
Ugh, still waiting on my copy from Amazon, even though I ordered with release date shipping. I guess there was a delay in Phoenix for some reason.
Cornballer
Member
Thanks for the heads up. I just sent them an email.CyReN said:For those that got it from Amazon they changed their credit for it from $15 to $20. You can try contacting customer service to get the $5. Just got mine
Big Ass Ramp said:
Yeah, I had the same delay. Originated in Phoenix, delayed by mechanical problems on the flight. Went to Albuquerque, sat there from 6 a.m. until 6 p.m. yesterday, then went to Ontario. Left Ontario last night, got here this morning and is out for delivery, so hopefully when I get home from work it'll be waiting.
Or, the UPS truck will break down and it'll go through 3 more states before it gets to me.
JetBlackPanda
Member
Nevermind, that has nothing to do with this game. I will do my own research.
thanks!
thanks!
I'm enjoying the game a lot. I didn't really have high expectations in the first place, so it hasn't been a let down for me.
I don't really understand why people are calling this groundbreaking. This is essentially a basic adventure game, in the vein of Phoenix Wright, except with high production values and the option to call out liars by reading facial expressions. The motion capture technology may be groundbreaking, but the game certainly isn't. Of course, that doesn't stop it from being a good game.
I don't really understand why people are calling this groundbreaking. This is essentially a basic adventure game, in the vein of Phoenix Wright, except with high production values and the option to call out liars by reading facial expressions. The motion capture technology may be groundbreaking, but the game certainly isn't. Of course, that doesn't stop it from being a good game.
SolidSnakex said:
That's an obvious thing to say.
Obviously the fan speed adjusts itself to keep the temperatures within operating conditions. The temperature will depend on several factors: heat output from the components, quality of the cooling (heatsink + fan), airflow conditions (dust buildup), and ambient room temperatures.
For a lot of people, it will depend on how warm or cold you keep the room where you play the PS3. For me, I have the AC set to cool the room to around 21C. At that temperature, it will usually spin up for a few minutes every half hour or so. If I keep the room at 24C, it will run at full speed almost all the time. If I were to keep the room at 19-20C, then it likely wouldn't spin up at all.
Yup. I am surprised how much it's sucked me in, though. I seriously want this game to do gangbusters so i can see the evolution of this type of game.TheExodu5 said:
I don't think anyone answered me. Do side missions come into play after a certain amount of cases are done, or is it just if you drive far enough out, they start becoming a thing?
fastford58
Member
My biggest problem with the game -
I was on the Hit and run mission, had already determined that it was a murder by stabbing and had the order to go arrest the Patterson lady. Instead, I went to the guy that owned the car as I hadn't gone there yet. Even with the knowledge that it was a homicide and who the perps were, Cole went off on this bug tirade, accusing the car owner that he was going down for manslaughter and all this BS...even going so far as to make that his arresting reason. With all the thought put into the game, you would think this kind of contradiction within the core mechanic would have been ironed out.
masterkajo
Member
m0ngo said:
Yes independent little shop from gamer for gamer. I know them all very well!
The action in the game basically plays itself. The game decides when you can pull out your gun, and the game does platforming sequences for you automatically. The real game play lies almost entirely in investigation and interrogation. I don't mind that at all. The more I play this game, the more I'm finding that it's Phoenix Wright in 3-d with very high production values, like Exodus says. I like it very much.
One gripe: the notion of unskippable cutscenes. Re-doing missions to get 95% clue / 5-star trophy/cheevers is going to be annoying with unskippable cutscenes.
One gripe: the notion of unskippable cutscenes. Re-doing missions to get 95% clue / 5-star trophy/cheevers is going to be annoying with unskippable cutscenes.
Does this game's open world elements really clash that much with the detective gameplay? I heard somewhere it was basically Ace Attourney with guns. Why even allow the possibility of crashing cars and killing civilians and stuff?
See this is exactly what I expected from the game. Thanks.
Montresor said:
See this is exactly what I expected from the game. Thanks.
BobsRevenge
I do not avoid women, GAF, but I do deny them my essence.
I ran into that too. I figured I might when I tried to go for it, but a previous mission said I might've done better if I had done a similar thing, so I went for it.fastford58 said:
Oh well.
Gives the feeling of being somewhere. Sort of takes away awkward artificial limits and gives you cues instead, which makes for a more whole experience imo. Its probably a philosophical design decision, but I always appreciate open world approaches because of the additional sense of agency you have.RedSwirl said:
Evlar said:
I'd say it defines a portion of the gameplay. Everything outside of the "doubt" option is retreading old ground. And that is precisely what I wrote in my post. But the amount of praise and groundbreaking claims here seem to indicate a playerbase that has simply not been exposed to the adventure game genre.
Evlar said:
I have to disagree. It compliments AND complicates reading text in an adventure game. In fact, the game's logic is a bit janky when you pay attention to what someone is also saying while checking out their mannerisms.
I did this same exact thing as Kohler for example. It is a minor spoiler, but it defines what I'm talking about.
The game has more moments like this. Moments where you go "WTF?"
Also, the way characters in this game fly off the handle at the drop of a dime is really goofy. Cole's mannerisms when interviewing are just perplexing.
This is a good game, no question. But there are many things that keep it from being a great game.
Yeah, but LA Noire is doing quite a bit more on the game front than Mafia 2 attempted. This feels much more like an adventure game mixed with a sandbox title. Mafia 2 did not offer any of the interactive conversations or world interactions that you get in LA Noire.
As a result I'd argue that the two games are actually very different. For the record, I loved Mafia 2.
Also, I might be too early into the game to make this call, but does anyone else feel that the scale and scope of this game's city is a huge waste of resources and potential? What's the point of faithfully re-creating such a huge city if the game has you bouncing around from mission to mission, with no real need to free roam?
The street cars are there, so that's different. The actual layout of the streets are the same (or similar enough). The interstate and freeway system doesn't exist yet, which obviously changes the way you move through the city compared to your likely commute today. Some of the major city landmarks from 1947 still exist today; I was happy to see a lovely reproduction of Union Station, for instance.Dries said:
Kung Fu Grip
Banned
Yeah im enjoying it to but the only groundbreaking thing about this game is face technology.TheExodu5 said:
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Deadly Cyclone said:
Anyone else having this issue?
Joe Shlabotnik
Banned
cackhyena said:
The side missions are available almost from the beginning. They're definitely there as soon as you make detective, and possibly from late in the tutorial. I'm only on the second Traffic case and I've done two side missions and turned down a third.
They're the calls that come through from dispatch when you're in your car and a little running figure appears on the map when you accept the mission. If you've been playing for more than a half hour I'm not sure how you miss it.
BobsRevenge
I do not avoid women, GAF, but I do deny them my essence.
Yeah, no doubt. LA Noire tackles the non-shooting gameplay far better. Its just that driving around feels so much more stale, and you don't get as much of a feeling of place. No radio-stations, massive sprawling city, bland color-set, etc. The structure is more procedural than intuitive, if that distinction makes sense.dark10x said:
I'm just hoping that the story really starts coming together soon and the two overarching storylines start to reach into the interactive experiences. I'm on the second homicide case and the game still has no juiciness to it. I think it will though. My opinion of the game will probably change significantly once I beat it and everything comes together.
I'm playing with an optical cable running to my old Sony receiver; I don't notice any sound lag. Works the same as any other Dolby Surround game. Wish I could help more.Deadly Cyclone said:
Just keep driving and don't hit the accept button to skip. People say they'll pop back up randomly after you ignore them the first time.Montresor said:
Hype aside, this game is good, but not as good as I thought it would be, right now is a solid 8 for me.
Interrogation sequences are not flexible, in a couple of cases I know someone is lying, I got proof but team bondi wanted me to select "doubt", not cool, also I'm no reestarting anything for one bad question.
Interrogation sequences are not flexible, in a couple of cases I know someone is lying, I got proof but team bondi wanted me to select "doubt", not cool, also I'm no reestarting anything for one bad question.
Joe Shlabotnik
Banned
Montresor said:
Yeah I just ignored it. I'm pretty sure they come back--kind of defeats the purpose of them being "optional" if they don't.
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
DrBo42 said:
Hahahahaha, that is awesomely bad