RPGCrazied
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So, how long is the game? Even if you do the side missions and stuff.
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Team Bondi's L.A. NOIRE |OT| Watchin' Faces, Solvin' Cases
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I love the soundtrack http://www.youtube.com/playlist?p=PL4588E1DCF1B784FA *__*
Alright, i finished, about 18 hours total.
Overall, the game was great, the adaptivity of music, lighting, story and characters really got me into the whole game, i loved it, involved completely.
Driving missions and tailing missions piss me off though, not enjoyable. Shooting style was a main end game thing somewhat, it was heavy in shooting.
I loved all the different cases, vice, homicide, arson, even traffic! I loved the characters.
Cole: He's a war hero, and you don't understand why he's so angry with everyone until the very end when you find out
Rusty: Smartass, hates husbands and boyfriends, easy to accuse, pretty good guy.
Earle: Smartass, but his latter part of the game story is a
Bakowski: Derp smile and all, he's a good character, no huge thing on him to comment.
Herschel: Great guy to tag with in
, he's funny and in the end, he's a very emotional character.
The rest is all end game spoilers.
8/10 for me, driving mechanics and a wonky cover system, along with the repetition in missions, and the end story line arch isn't something to make this for me, i'm happy i spent 60$ on it, but again, nothing groundbreaking.
The game was great, now i'm going to go back and 5 ★ cases, get the newspapers, film reels, etc, i 100%'d RDR, i can hopefully 100% this.
For peoplel who have beat it, how do you access old cases, along with free-roam if possible, am i going to have to go to a case and free roam from there?
Overall, the game was great, the adaptivity of music, lighting, story and characters really got me into the whole game, i loved it, involved completely.
Driving missions and tailing missions piss me off though, not enjoyable. Shooting style was a main end game thing somewhat, it was heavy in shooting.
I loved all the different cases, vice, homicide, arson, even traffic! I loved the characters.
Cole: He's a war hero, and you don't understand why he's so angry with everyone until the very end when you find out
a man in his company shot him in the back on purpose when cole accidentally called upon the burning of a cave full of japanese civilians.
Rusty: Smartass, hates husbands and boyfriends, easy to accuse, pretty good guy.
Earle: Smartass, but his latter part of the game story is a
letdown, and annoying.
Bakowski: Derp smile and all, he's a good character, no huge thing on him to comment.
Herschel: Great guy to tag with in
arson
The rest is all end game spoilers.
Okay, so cole was shot by a fellow marine out of anger, and they all agreed to never talk about it, but Ira being the guy burning the houses down? That's pretty, strange, and fontaine and his whole backstory throughout the papers is pretty cool.
I did NOT enjoy Earle's backstabbing and then his speech at his funeral? Fuck that, cole deserved better.
I did NOT enjoy Earle's backstabbing and then his speech at his funeral? Fuck that, cole deserved better.
The game's ending was annoying too with Jack being the last 4 missions or so, i mean, really? I want to finish this with phelps, but it's whatever.
8/10 for me, driving mechanics and a wonky cover system, along with the repetition in missions, and the end story line arch isn't something to make this for me, i'm happy i spent 60$ on it, but again, nothing groundbreaking.
The game was great, now i'm going to go back and 5 ★ cases, get the newspapers, film reels, etc, i 100%'d RDR, i can hopefully 100% this.
For peoplel who have beat it, how do you access old cases, along with free-roam if possible, am i going to have to go to a case and free roam from there?
This page has thrown me into turmoil (100 posts per page!).
The game shipped today and I'm quietly excited for it. Well, as excited as I get. I was hoping/expecting universal drooling. Naive of course but it's nice to be expectant.
I'll have to wait for it's arrival to make up my own mind.
The game shipped today and I'm quietly excited for it. Well, as excited as I get. I was hoping/expecting universal drooling. Naive of course but it's nice to be expectant.
I'll have to wait for it's arrival to make up my own mind.
AntiTout said:
GTA IV is a game i LOVED, no matter what, i replayed the Niko story about 4 times and enjoyed it everytime, free-roam, the weapons, the actors and the story all made it for me, I'll admit, GTA didn't have the atmosphere of Noire, or RDR, but the story, gameplay (besides the main controls which were wonky as shit), and ability to really just do whatever you want and pick up the story anytime made it for me.
RDR is a great game also, i loved it, but i think getting 100% on it really killed the love for me. Gameplay and dead-eye, along with the ability to roam the old west and the "karma" rating were something i enjoyed. The game itself is beautiful and the atmosphere is amazing in it, mexico was a great place to go mainly for the people and places you see, i liked RDR's story too, it was kind of overplayed (bandit wants his family safe, has to do x amount of tasks before it happens), but i enjoyed it all.
I dunno, i have never been disappointed in a game to my recollection, yeah i've traded games in after, but never have i thought i wasted my money because i didn't enjoy it.
Maybe i'm easily persuadable.
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
AntiTout said:
I like all types. GTA4 was decent, and I loved RDR. I love old school adventure games, and this certainly has that feel. LA Noire for me was awesome in concept and great in some execution. I can't really go into my problems with the game without spoiling stuff.
Major Homicide Desk Spoiler
It was pretty obvious that the same guy was doing the crimes and while I had fun investigating the crime scenes and following the trail, it was really frustrating that I had to keep arresting guys that I knew were not responsible.
Major Arson Desk Spoiler
This is doubly true in the arson desk. Investigating the first crime scene you can easily figure out what's going on, and yet you keep pursuing people, that while assholes, they are obviously not the culprit.
The open world aspect of the game is weak, but I knew that going in, so no big deal. The gunfight controls are horrendous, but that didn't really bother me that much.
More spoilers
The game was at its best during the traffic and vice desks where you're actually chasing the right people. I really liked the vice case with the boxer.
It's not a bad game, it's above average. 6/10. It does some things great, but is weighed down by flaws required by its story.
Iwatas Magic Sports Coat
Member
Got the game today. so incredibly realistic. I said before that I wasn't all that impressed with the facial animation, but now that I see more of it, it's amazing. The level of detail in the city is also off the charts.
on your first mission in Traffic there is a pair of eyeglasses near the car. Pick them up & look through the lenses and the focus on the ground changes. It's a cool little effect they put in to add to the realism of the world.
ok, back to the game.
on your first mission in Traffic there is a pair of eyeglasses near the car. Pick them up & look through the lenses and the focus on the ground changes. It's a cool little effect they put in to add to the realism of the world.
ok, back to the game.
Manos: The Hans of Fate
Banned
So has using the Playstation Store option on caused anyone else game to go to the screen start to check your hard drive and then do a hard freeze (complete with the looping music)? It did it to me both times I selected Playstation Store.
iNvid02
Member
im enjoying it so far despite the terri-bad performance, i knew coming in it was different so the simple shooting and driving doesn't bother me, i kinda like the simplicity actually. graphics dont look like anything special (mind you i did play witcher 2 beforehand though).
hope they release it for pc with better performance and visuals, could be a brilliant game
edit: yeah i checked the store when i first started and it froze
hope they release it for pc with better performance and visuals, could be a brilliant game
edit: yeah i checked the store when i first started and it froze
Manos: The Hans of Fate said:
It's been reported as happening, with the official statement being that there was no failsafe implemented in respect to the unexpected downtime of the PSStore.
Which if course is kind of lame, in that the PSStore could technically be down in the future for regular maintenance (rather than the present emergency maintenance) like in the past, and this crashing would still occur.
Manos: The Hans of Fate
Banned
Plasmid said:
Luigi87 said:
Ah I see. I thought the PSN Store in game might have been working, so I decided to give it a try. I haven't been following the thread too closely as I hadn't originally thought I was getting the game. It's good to know what is causing it and it's not my system crapping out or such. Thanks!
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
newsguy said:
Nope, I could with spoilers though. It wouldn't be what you'd expect. Just keep playing, all will become clearer.
Outtrigger888
Member
Plasmid said:
Your not actually gonna attempt to find all 50 without a guide are you? The city is massive and there hidden well. Im just gonna use a guide, I spent 4 hours exploring the city and found one in a random area theres no way in hell id have the patience to find all 50
Iwatas Magic Sports Coat
Member
Manos: The Hans of Fate said:
Same here
indigo-cyclops
Member
Manos: The Hans of Fate said:
This happened to me as well.
I was also thinking that I wish that we were the first on the scene to investigate. What is the point of looking for evidence if it is all marked and ready to go on the scene itself? We should be scouring each crime scene for clues. The best for me is when you go to talk to someone, at a house say, and look for further clues there. I hope they give us a lot more desks, the bunko/burglary to start.
Agent White
Member
just made vice. probably go through that desk tomorrow since it seems it's only 3 cases.
didn't really like
homicide case or the outcome aside from the
your in at the end.
i felt exactly the same way. for every bit a played this was always in my mind.
didn't really like
"the quarter moon murders"
church
Count of Monte Sawed-Off said:
i felt exactly the same way. for every bit a played this was always in my mind.
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
Heh, I cant wait to see the huge backlash in a few months time for this.
Manos: The Hans of Fate
Banned
I love the game but oh man talk about the violations of due process at times so far lol.
EDIT: Damn I never though I would hear the word
in a video game or that much
EDIT: Damn I never though I would hear the word
kike
Yiddish
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
Manos: The Hans of Fate said:
I like it how whenever someone asks to see a warrant your partner tells them to shutup and the issue is totally dropped. Illegal investigations don't exist in this world
Manos: The Hans of Fate
Banned
I haven't even seen that. In the third caseCount of Monte Sawed-Off said:
Kolau asking for his lawyer and Phelps ignoring it would be a shit storm of problems and possibly getting the confession suppressed
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
rhino4evr said:
Yeah I know man.....but it's only gonna get like 300 times worse! >_<
Lord Error
Insane For Sony
Where does the bad performance manifest exactly? Lens of truth comparison showed that both versions of the game have very close to 30FPS average in several portions of the game they analyzed.iNvidious01 said:
It installs in ~3-4 minutes on PS3. But you're installing whole discs so it's not the same.Meier said:
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
Trevelyon said:
Nope. You can shoot them in the leg or arm if you want, but the result is the same as shooting them in the head.
edit: well, maybe the after crime call to dispatch is different.
TheFuryMGS3
Banned
TheExodu5 said:
It drops in quality as it goes, more to look forward to I guess......
Just finished the Golden Butterfly...still not really sure how I feel about it.
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I really wish these went a lot more indepth like phoenix wright games do, instead it's all about getting a person arrested and the case just ends.
I thought the pedophile guy was too obvious, everyone wanted me to nail him. I interrogated him and the husband properly and neither of them seemed like the killer to me. I ended up getting the husband and got 2 stars overall and everyone was pissed off at me. I redid the case afterwards the same way, nailed the pedophile instead and got 5 stars, but there's not even really anything linking him to being the killer. It does look like him in the intro, but how did he get the tire iron that's linked to the husband's car? Stuff like that
I really wish these went a lot more indepth like phoenix wright games do, instead it's all about getting a person arrested and the case just ends.
VeryGooster
Banned
Wow. I somehow suck at
Arson.
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
Papercuts said:
THIS! Since I'm right smack bang in the middle of playing the Phoenix Wright games it's even more apparent. The cases so far have been too basic.
Tricky I Shadow said:
I saw people compare them a lot, but this is really nothing like PW. I actually wish it was, since taking down people in that game feels extremely satisfying. In here it usually just happens, they try and run and you tackle them, or you don't even have evidence to put them away and you do just 'cuz. :\
Part way through the homicide desk. Enjoying the investigation and interrogation parts of the main story so far. Playing with all the investigation assists off, so it's kinda cool combing over every inch of an area looking for clues. Getting used to when to doubt and when to call a lie, though sometimes I get that same feeling I get in Phoenix Wright where I know what to do but I don't know how the game wants me to do it. As for the action parts, the driving is serviceable and the chase segments are pretty brainless. The shooting and cover systems are pretty shitty though; thankfully you don't have to deal a whole lot with them.
Biggest complaint with the game is the side missions. Feels like you're bombarded with them at points, and they're all goofy action segments that almost destroy the whole mood of the game. I've just been ignoring them lately. Seriously awful.
Biggest complaint with the game is the side missions. Feels like you're bombarded with them at points, and they're all goofy action segments that almost destroy the whole mood of the game. I've just been ignoring them lately. Seriously awful.
My brother actually brought this up too while I was playing. Phoenix Wright seems to be about a small selection of very intricate cases, while this game is much broader. I think Phoenix Wright's approach makes for the better game, but I appreciate L.A. Noire's direction as well. So far, anyway.Papercuts said: