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Team Bondi's L.A. NOIRE |OT| Watchin' Faces, Solvin' Cases
- Thread starter ColonialRaptor
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MidnightRider
Banned
I'm really thinking about picking this up on the way home from work... but I've already got a backlog the size of texas.
MUST.... FINISH.... DEMONS SOULS.... BEFORE.... I.... BUY... A... NEW... GAME....
AHHHHHHHH
MUST.... FINISH.... DEMONS SOULS.... BEFORE.... I.... BUY... A... NEW... GAME....
AHHHHHHHH
petethepanda
Member
My 80gb turned itself off (and actually YLOD'd again) ten minutes in to LA Noire. Sucks if the game can actually cause overheating, not good when your unit is on its second reflow resurrection.Family Fry said:
Edit: That page has apparently been deleted.
DanielJr82
Member
I'm about 3 hours in and I'm loving it so far. The game is awesome, though it does have a few flaws. Mainly you're never really given a break to explore around, it's one case after another. You can drive around whenever you want, but it feels odd you're exploring around and there's a corpse waiting for your inspection somewhere, i.e. you're always working on a case and you'll always have a partner with you, at least so far.
If you play the story straight through, though, the game really shines. There's a bit of guess work involved and it's all about the big feature, the faces. I completely botched the interview before I got promoted, I think I retried it 4 times, but I eventually got my head together and pulled it through. My biggest advice is to RTFM, you'll get a lot of clues there on how to properly play the game and how to best read people (hint: straight face look at you means they're telling the truth). Once you figure that out, it's more manageable and actually a lot more enjoyable.
On the Xbox 360 version, there are noticeable frame rate drops in some parts, namely in the opening sequence. Some of the graphics are also pixelated, taking you out of the experience, like the blood in the car in the first traffic case. The hair are also kind of funny looking, like they slapped a photo of the hair onto a mannequin. So a few little oddities like that here and there, but the overall presentation is very good. The city in particular looks stunning and it's huge.
Still a ways to go, I just wish I had like a free-roam break or something. Sometimes having mission marks scattered around the map is needed, like in RDR or GTAIV, but this game doesn't operate like that.
If you play the story straight through, though, the game really shines. There's a bit of guess work involved and it's all about the big feature, the faces. I completely botched the interview before I got promoted, I think I retried it 4 times, but I eventually got my head together and pulled it through. My biggest advice is to RTFM, you'll get a lot of clues there on how to properly play the game and how to best read people (hint: straight face look at you means they're telling the truth). Once you figure that out, it's more manageable and actually a lot more enjoyable.
On the Xbox 360 version, there are noticeable frame rate drops in some parts, namely in the opening sequence. Some of the graphics are also pixelated, taking you out of the experience, like the blood in the car in the first traffic case. The hair are also kind of funny looking, like they slapped a photo of the hair onto a mannequin. So a few little oddities like that here and there, but the overall presentation is very good. The city in particular looks stunning and it's huge.
Still a ways to go, I just wish I had like a free-roam break or something. Sometimes having mission marks scattered around the map is needed, like in RDR or GTAIV, but this game doesn't operate like that.
ProtoCents
Banned
The Lamp said:
This was fucked. The worst yet.
I do wonder if it's possible to shoot the perp in a hostage situation, that isn't fatal. One guy, at the end of the chase, took a hostage, and I eventually shoot him kind of low. The animation was something that was like "I shot his gun hand."
I would know for sure about this, if not for the fact I quickly put a few rounds into his exposed torso, ending in another blooderrific Code 4
Think this was the
I would know for sure about this, if not for the fact I quickly put a few rounds into his exposed torso, ending in another blooderrific Code 4
Think this was the
Hit and Run traffic detective case
Really loving the game so far, but I'm still kind of confused as to how clues/interrogations work. It seems that even though I consistently get less than half of the questions right the case still progresses smoothly; is there really no fail state in this regard? I'm on the third case in homicide, by the way.
JetBlackPanda
Member
I wish to everything that is HOLY I could switch Shoot and run to (R1)
Did I accidentally hit a button? At the end of the very first training mission, after I find the
and we call it in, it puts me into a
. Did I miss anything? Was there an 'end' to that case I didn't see? I only ask because i felt like I hit the X button right as the cutscene began, so I wonder if I skipped something.
green book
flashback of getting on the buses for boot camp
JetBlackPanda
Member
ACE 1991 said:
I don't believe there is.. getting the answers right may lead to a confession or a new clue and the end of the case may be a little different, however if you screw up every question you will eventually find evidence or something that will still end the case either way.
this is my experience anyways.
No. You just called it in, and that's that. Most cases don't end that way.lawblob said:
A name found in the green book seems to point to something that will be revisited later in the game, though I haven't got far along to see anything like that. It's beyond your pay grade at this point in the game. Just a hunch.
So I'm confused on something. I just solved the first homicide case and only got four stars. The first time I solved it I didn't
. So I replayed it and made sure I did. This time I still only got four stars. Have all of the clues and questions right.
go back to the station to question the husband
JambiBum said:
My ending to this was
the captain and my partner drinking it up in the Latino's apartment, while Cole went all derp with a fake drinking motion. I think I got 4 stars, but I'm not sure. I figure the getting more questions right or finding all the evidence determines the stars at the end of cases.
I just got this earlier and am only partway into the first "real" case, but I really don't like interrogation so far.
Why the fuck does Cole flip out on people if you doubt them?
It's going to seriously hinder how I approach the game if it's always doing shit like that, it shouldn't be called doubt if it seems to always accuse instead. I'm also not liking the sound notifications after each truth/doubt/lie because it tells you when you did it wrong. I'd like to go through each case not knowing if I did it right, kinda impossible now.
Why the fuck does Cole flip out on people if you doubt them?
I'm just asking Adrian's wife some questions about him, this was about the glasses. She said they were brand new, I double chekced the evidence and it said they were broken and repaired, so I said "doubt" to press her for more infomation. Cole then yelled at her and said "YOU WOULD KNOW WHAT GLASSES HE WORE BECAUSE YOU WERE THERE WITH HIM" out of NOWHERE. My jaw fucking dropped.
It's going to seriously hinder how I approach the game if it's always doing shit like that, it shouldn't be called doubt if it seems to always accuse instead. I'm also not liking the sound notifications after each truth/doubt/lie because it tells you when you did it wrong. I'd like to go through each case not knowing if I did it right, kinda impossible now.
DevelopmentArrested
Banned
Can someone run down the DLC for me - for both systems?
PS3 - comes with Consul's Car for free but you cant access store right? Anything else? What about 360
I missed
too, ugh that was annoying that the case just ended.
PS3 - comes with Consul's Car for free but you cant access store right? Anything else? What about 360
Pretty sure Four stars is best you can get...JambiBum said:
I missed
going back to station
OdysseusVA
Banned
Loving this game. I have to force myself to turn it off so that I can actually get things done
indigo-cyclops
Member
I can't believe how amazing this game is. I'm beyond impressed and the wait was worth it. I really want to play Witcher 2 but can't seem to pry myself from this. Not to mention a fucking thunderstorm just rolled in...perfect
TheExecutive
Member
So I just got this game and it is well... interesting. Sadly, it seems to be dumbed down for the masses. Why tell me how many questions I got right or wrong? What is with the vibration every time I find something of interest? Allow ME to explore and discover the clues dont hold my frickin hand. Oh well, it is at least much different than the other games out right now and I hope it spurs more detective games. Hopefully ones that dont hold your hand the entire time.
Not a Jellyfish
but I am a sheep
Hrmmmm this game is not going to take me nearly as long as the devs fluffed. I am mid 40 percent and have only 8 hours of play time. :/
Edit: ^ You can turn all the cues off if you like.
Edit: ^ You can turn all the cues off if you like.
Fantastical
Death Prophet
Holy crap at the $.99 refund and $5 extra credit. Now OoT 3D only costs $20!
canadian crowe
Member
My favorite one so far was thePapercuts said:
old lady who ran the rooming house. She didn't do anything wrong and he calls her a nosey old bag.
DevelopmentArrested
Banned
um you can turn off cluesTheExecutive said:
TheExecutive
Member
DevelopmentArrested said:
Fucking sweet. Going to turn that off right now.
DevelopmentArrested
Banned
believe so yesPapercuts said:
Synth_floyd
Banned
I just watched some of the trailers for this and wow the motion capture technology looks really nice. I can't wait until they use it on some next gen games so that it can really shine.
ColonialRaptor
Member
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DevelopmentArrested
Banned
Lazlo said:
you can select it from main menu screen -> cases
The Antitype
Banned
I. Adore. This game.
I love the mood, the pacing, the fact that it puts more emphasis on observation, logic and reasoning than reflexes (not that I can't kick your ass at Halo or anything ).
Just so wonderfully different. Not perfect, but DAMN I'm glad somebody had the balls to make a game like this.
So good.
I love the mood, the pacing, the fact that it puts more emphasis on observation, logic and reasoning than reflexes (not that I can't kick your ass at Halo or anything
).Just so wonderfully different. Not perfect, but DAMN I'm glad somebody had the balls to make a game like this.
So good.
Yes game is maybe not perfect but I will gave it 9+ or even 10
atmosphere and level of polish is amazing in this game
I was expecting bad textures everywhere beside beautiful faces but they kind of blend everyting together so nice that everything looks very solid
/ beside characters of course becasue they look scary natural and too real for a game /
gameplay is fun as hell and I cant wait to go back home and play this game more
hope game sell very well because it deserve it and industry needs games like this one
atmosphere and level of polish is amazing in this game
I was expecting bad textures everywhere beside beautiful faces but they kind of blend everyting together so nice that everything looks very solid
/ beside characters of course becasue they look scary natural and too real for a game /
gameplay is fun as hell and I cant wait to go back home and play this game more
hope game sell very well because it deserve it and industry needs games like this one
Coop said:
Really?
I accidentally picked the pedophile, after I interviewed both, because I forgot when it said "charge with murder" it was only going to let you pick one guy. I was praised and everyone was happy with my decision. I guess the father is the wrong decision!
Though in reality the father acted way shadier so deep down I thought it was him, but since it's always the person you expect the least....maybe it was the pedo...haha....
Though actually, I finished that mission a short while ago, and I'm thinking all these missions might be a set-up behind one serial killer. I'm only 6 hours in though, so who knows?
Though in reality the father acted way shadier so deep down I thought it was him, but since it's always the person you expect the least....maybe it was the pedo...haha....
Though actually, I finished that mission a short while ago, and I'm thinking all these missions might be a set-up behind one serial killer. I'm only 6 hours in though, so who knows?
Papercuts said:
Apparently not, and this is what ruins it for me more than any clue-finding hints or whatever.
When I'm interrogating someone, I don't want to know that there's a "right" and "wrong" way, or an incorrect consequence and a correct consequence. I just want to interrogate and use my own judgment and deal with my own consequence of events. If there was a way to turn it off, I wouldn't feel like I have to repeat every case in the middle of doing it for a "perfect score" which feels cheaty anyway.
I'm on a phone and don't want to type long, quick thoughts after 7 or 8 cases:
-faces are awesome. U can even see the lips sticking together
-all the action stuff has sucked. I'm just ignoring the random crimes
-clue finding is eh. Basically either walk around waiting for vibration or just walk around mashing a. Needed fixed or first person camera too
-i like the questioning more, even though I'm not too good at it. The random tone changes are weird. They should have made use of the partners to play the bad cop and have Plelps stay calm most of the time.
-Phelps himself so far is really bland
-[pc snobbery on] I forgot how ugly console games can be [/pc snobbery off]
-faces are awesome. U can even see the lips sticking together
-all the action stuff has sucked. I'm just ignoring the random crimes
-clue finding is eh. Basically either walk around waiting for vibration or just walk around mashing a. Needed fixed or first person camera too
-i like the questioning more, even though I'm not too good at it. The random tone changes are weird. They should have made use of the partners to play the bad cop and have Plelps stay calm most of the time.
-Phelps himself so far is really bland
-[pc snobbery on] I forgot how ugly console games can be [/pc snobbery off]