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Team Bondi's L.A. NOIRE |OT| Watchin' Faces, Solvin' Cases
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Noisepurge
Member
Yerolo said:
Consul's Car is still missing in action
Got to download the Naked City though.and from what i understand the code for Consul's Car was only for americans?
PetriP-TNT
Member
Got the game today and Naked City was unredeemed, yay!
Dunbar said:
I got hard lockups when I tried to access the DLC store from within the game itself. However, if you purchase the Rockstar Pass from the PSN store, download it and then immediately go back to the LA Noire page in the store listing all the available DLC, you'll see that all the DLC that used to cost money is now listed as free. You can then queue up everything for download and it will show up in the game (under cases, for each appropriate desk) after you install it from the XMB.
Consul's Car showed up for download in the PSN Store when I input my code and downloaded without any problems
StunandStab
Member
I just found the most hilarious thing ever in this game! Wow, I burst out laughing... I can't believe Cole even said that...
In "The Consul's Car" DLC PS3 exclusive case, when Cole Phelps asks Valdez what his relationship to Gabriel is, if you accuse him of lying... well:
Spoilers, of course
Cole:
Valdez:
Unbelievable... there's really no basis for Cole making this accusation. It's so hilarious
EDIT: NEVERMIND, THIS IS THE CORRECT ACCUSATION HOLY SHIT. I completely forgot about that evidence I found at the very beginning of the case.
It is a shame you can't examine evidence in the same way as you do when you first find it. You can only read Cole's notes on the evidence. =/
In "The Consul's Car" DLC PS3 exclusive case, when Cole Phelps asks Valdez what his relationship to Gabriel is, if you accuse him of lying... well:
Spoilers, of course
Cole:
You fuck young boys, Valdez?
Are you a madman? This will cause an international incident!
Unbelievable... there's really no basis for Cole making this accusation. It's so hilarious
EDIT: NEVERMIND, THIS IS THE CORRECT ACCUSATION HOLY SHIT. I completely forgot about that evidence I found at the very beginning of the case.
It is a shame you can't examine evidence in the same way as you do when you first find it. You can only read Cole's notes on the evidence. =/
StunandStab said:
It's still is quite hilarious if you ask me. I just did it about an hour ago and was all "Damn, Phelps is such a badass detective."
ALSO: I'm not quite sure how the save system works.. once I replayed a case or simply played a downloaded one, the "resume" save file still lies there.. can I deleted it once the case is done or will it erase the progress for that particular case?
StopMakingSense
Member
It's safer to drive through a intersection with a red light than green light in this game.
StunandStab
Member
Oneself said:
I've reached the maximum amount of save files from replaying various cases and have had to delete a few. I'm pretty sure it saves your progress... I haven't lost my 5 star rating from replays anyway
Also: my game just froze trying to load the cutscene at the end of the case =/
RobbieNick
Junior Member
Is it just me, or is every partner you get a bigger asshole than the last?
boundedseven
Banned
I'm playing it on the 360 and just on the second disc. Don't see any real plot development yet.
Initially it was fun solving cases but please tell me it gets better.
Initially it was fun solving cases but please tell me it gets better.
Square Triangle
Member
RobbieNick said:
Well yeah..that's how it works in real life!
Yeah, I just redeemed my amazon suit and consul's car a few minutes ago. 664mb for the latter - pretty chunky.
The biggest thing I'm looking forward to from these dlc cases is the hopefully reduced disc seeking noise. LA Noire had some of the worst squealing I've ever heard from my slim's drive.
The biggest thing I'm looking forward to from these dlc cases is the hopefully reduced disc seeking noise. LA Noire had some of the worst squealing I've ever heard from my slim's drive.
StunandStab
Member
A Slip of the Tongue spoilers:
Cole Phelps:
lol, Cole, I am really enjoying his lines in these DLC cases. He's being a huge dick and it's awesome.
Cole Phelps:
Give me something, Belasco, or I'll take you back to the cells and tell the whole station you're a child molester. how long do you think you'll last?
lol, Cole, I am really enjoying his lines in these DLC cases. He's being a huge dick and it's awesome.
Noisepurge said:
Yep, certainly looks that way (I'm in Australia btw). Not too fussed about it, Ive heard it isnt that great anyway. I just don't think it was widely reported pre-release that it was only the American's getting it, everything I read was PS3 exclusive, all PS3 users get it blah blah
Maybe one day it'll turn up in the store
PigSpeakers
Member
Just played The Set Up last night... and understood NOTHING. Seriously, I shot the person I thought I was supposed to, and then the chief comes in and yells at me and tells me I have street duty. Can someone explain to me what exactly happened in that case? I had no idea who was trying to rip off who or the whole deal with the girl or anything.
I also got pissed because Roy said "Look for any prominent Tommies" when I was looking through the ledger. Not understanding the slang from back then, I took it literally and spent a good five or so minutes looking for people ACTUALLY named Tommy or Thomas. My brother finally looked it up for me, and it turned out it had something to do with British soldiers.
If you don't know what a Limey or a Tommy is, you will never know the guy's British until you hear him speak... which isn't till near the end of the case.
This is the only case I've had problems with. Everything else so far as been pretty easy to understand and made sense. This case also made me hate Roy Earle. I'm going to crash his car so much in the next case.
I also got pissed because Roy said "Look for any prominent Tommies" when I was looking through the ledger. Not understanding the slang from back then, I took it literally and spent a good five or so minutes looking for people ACTUALLY named Tommy or Thomas. My brother finally looked it up for me, and it turned out it had something to do with British soldiers.
If you don't know what a Limey or a Tommy is, you will never know the guy's British until you hear him speak... which isn't till near the end of the case.
This is the only case I've had problems with. Everything else so far as been pretty easy to understand and made sense. This case also made me hate Roy Earle. I'm going to crash his car so much in the next case.
Well, I got consul working, and the amazon outfit shows up in the menu. Haven't tried buying the pass yet or any other cases, since the in-game store freezes for me too and I'll wait for that to sort out first.vehn said:
Speaking of Consul's Car, I've only played a few minutes of it, but it's just like any other case, for better or worse. There's even partner dialog during the car drives, referencing the story case before it. RDR "exclusive" hideout this is most definitely not. Assuming the rest of the case ends up being as good as the first few parts, I'll definitely be picking up the pass at some point. Disc still seeks like a motherfucker, though, which is unfortunate.
Yep. Game-time varies from person.
I finished the game (story) at 22 hours, but I'm currently at 30 hours.
Overall I'd say that it's 15-20 hours if you play the game and ignore the other misc. things like looking for cars, street crimes, film-reels, etc....and don't replay cases.
I finished the game (story) at 22 hours, but I'm currently at 30 hours.
Overall I'd say that it's 15-20 hours if you play the game and ignore the other misc. things like looking for cars, street crimes, film-reels, etc....and don't replay cases.
PetriP-TNT
Member
5 hours behind and I am really REALLY impressed by this game. Love it.
Adam Prime
hates soccer, is Mexican
Anyone have the Platinum Trophy?
How big of a pain is it to replay the game if I were to just play it through the first time without targeting Trophies. Is cleaning up Trophies and going after 5 stars a real bitch?
How big of a pain is it to replay the game if I were to just play it through the first time without targeting Trophies. Is cleaning up Trophies and going after 5 stars a real bitch?
I read complaints about the in-game store freezing already and found out something last night, so here's a tip for PS3 owners:
Once you buy the Rockstar pass directly from the PSN Store (not in-game), all the DLC for L.A.Noire on the store becomes automatically free of charge (except the avatars..)
Everything works fine when you don't access from in-game.
Once you buy the Rockstar pass directly from the PSN Store (not in-game), all the DLC for L.A.Noire on the store becomes automatically free of charge (except the avatars..)
Everything works fine when you don't access from in-game.
Net_Wrecker
Member
Just started the Arson desk, and I think this game could've really been something special if it was a bit more "visceral." Everything from the chases, to shooting, to the investigative process, and the cinematography (or lack there of) during interrogations reek of being too clean, too sterile, and a bit bland. Everything should be faster, harder hitting, more dramatic, grittier, moodier. Honestly though, this is something Rockstar still hasn't nailed quite yet. As much as I love their games, they DO lack a certain cinematic flair and briskness in the gameplay that would push them onto another level.
An LA Noire sequel should take inspiration from Se7en. Darker, gritter, faster.
Still enjoying it, and will probably pick up the Rockstar Pass.
An LA Noire sequel should take inspiration from Se7en. Darker, gritter, faster.
Still enjoying it, and will probably pick up the Rockstar Pass.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
A week later, I think what I really found didn't work in this game was how simplistic Bondi tried to keep the interrogation system. I'm playing some other more RPGish games and thinking back it really seems like Bondi's goal with that system was to try and prevent the game from being seen as being heavily text based; I think that the dialogue system would have worked a lot better if you had more than three concrete options and it wasn't so "black and white" as to whether you got it right or not. If a character is lying and you bluff without evidence, it should actually work sometimes.
Net_Wrecker
Member
Angry Grimace said:
There should've been branching answers. It's more work, but I think it would've fixed some of the problems people had with picking the "wrong" answers. On top of that, the game should've never pointed out that you got something "wrong," at least not immediately.
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
Just completed The Golden Butterfly case, I'm sure this was discussed, but,
does it ultimately matter who you accuse? Do you find out the end verdict, if he was sentenced? I honestly re-loaded several times while investigating, cause I kept screwing up Rooney (I evidently missed a clue, I ended with 11/12) but I ultimately ended up accusing him. Obviously there are enough clues toward either, but I ended up going down to motive. He just had more reason to kill her in my mind. The husband sure looked guilty and I didn't buy his 'victim' act, but why murder? Big deal they fight on occasion, but it wasn't heavy abuse or anything. The fact that the watch, ring, and butterfly were stolen didn't seem like something he'd do, while Rooney could use the money. Though it's silly - if this were real life, they'd find the husbands coworker and try and corroborate the rabbit skinning story. And how come I couldn't check Rooney's shoe size? ha
KoruptData
Member
Keep playingJohn Harker said:
"I honestly re-loaded several times while investigating, cause I kept screwing up Rooney"
This is the issue with telling you which questions you got right and wrong.
You don't have to reload anything. The story moves on no matter what you do. If you really want to get everything 'right' you may as well just use a guide.
This is the issue with telling you which questions you got right and wrong.
You don't have to reload anything. The story moves on no matter what you do. If you really want to get everything 'right' you may as well just use a guide.