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Team Bondi's L.A. NOIRE |OT| Watchin' Faces, Solvin' Cases
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Damn well better not be delayed. I'd already confused it somehow that it was coming out last Tuesday, so it's already been a week late in my head.fernoca said:
Ones without means no newspaper, period. Unread newspapers are apparently a lighter shade of gray. Also, Consul's Car didn't come with trophies.Shadow780 said:
Nicholson Electroplating is out on Xbox Live and PlayStation Network!
XBL: 208 MB (individual case purchase link)
PSN: 685 MB
Remember that if you got the Rockstar Pass you have to download the case through the in-game store.
5 new achievements/trophies to go with it. Only Consul's Car (PS3 exclusive) doesn't have trophies (and 5 more for the upcoming Reefer Madness).
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At 9:45 in the morning, a thunderous explosion rocks Los Angeles. City blocks are flattened and smoke and ash fill the air. Detectives Phelps and Biggs race to the site of the former Nicholson Electroplating plant to find a pile of unanswered questions. What caused the explosion? What were Nicholson's employees working on? And where are chief chemist Dr Harold McLellan and his mysterious female assistant?
XBL: 208 MB (individual case purchase link)
PSN: 685 MB
Remember that if you got the Rockstar Pass you have to download the case through the in-game store.
5 new achievements/trophies to go with it. Only Consul's Car (PS3 exclusive) doesn't have trophies (and 5 more for the upcoming Reefer Madness).
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At 9:45 in the morning, a thunderous explosion rocks Los Angeles. City blocks are flattened and smoke and ash fill the air. Detectives Phelps and Biggs race to the site of the former Nicholson Electroplating plant to find a pile of unanswered questions. What caused the explosion? What were Nicholson's employees working on? And where are chief chemist Dr Harold McLellan and his mysterious female assistant?
I'm using a guide to hunt down the film reels, and I'm simply amazed at how much was built for this game and never incorporated into the main game. So many unique areas and communities you'd never run into just going through the cases. It kinda seems like a shocking waste of time, effort and money to build it all, although perhaps some the cut cases turned DLC will make use of it. This game just oozes untapped potential in every way.
Same here. Anyway, it is hilarious how much back story this DLC provides. The Electroplating Case takes place before the last mission and would have gone a long way towardsTheHakku said:
providing a break from Jack and reminding players that Cole is the main character for the most part. Without, the ending feels a hell of a lot more rushed.
TheHakku said:
jackdoe said:
Guess it was updated, at least on PS3...or I just mixed things. I remember some having problems with that on both consoles.
Guess it's an "issue" in some way in the Xbox 360 still. Though once you get them in-game they appear on your download history anyway; so no biggie.
Marketplace:
Download History:
Anyway...
Haven't been able to play the case that much, but really liked what I played and the way it started...was a blast...literally. XD
Just finished the arson DLC case. I'm surprised that they put that case in between the last two story cases, instead of the first two arson cases (which would've broken up the
, for the better IMO).
A bit action heavy, which I didn't particularly like. I wonder if they adjusted it post-launch to counter criticisms. If they did, I'd respond that the people that wanted LA Noire to have more action already left and won't be buying the DLC. Still, the case has its neat moments, and certainly a lot of spectacle (
).
, or the army base complete with training courses and even a small replica Japanese village...
That spoilered bit I expected to see in today's DLC case, but sadly, it didn't show up.
serial arsonist arc
A bit action heavy, which I didn't particularly like. I wonder if they adjusted it post-launch to counter criticisms. If they did, I'd respond that the people that wanted LA Noire to have more action already left and won't be buying the DLC. Still, the case has its neat moments, and certainly a lot of spectacle (
recreated Spruce Goose made me go "wow", and that was before the game let you go inside
Ended too abruptly, though, along with introducing too many characters that you never end up meeting. Only two interrogations? Lame. I did like that there were a handful of investigation puzzles, even if they're never hard. I wish they'd used the magnifying photo mechanic in the base game, as it was a pretty slick implementation. The silly Cole snapshot got a chuckle.
Well, they did originally have two more desks so who knows. Maybe this is just what happens when you spend so long on a project and churn through so many workers. It definitely boggles my mind that they bothered to create the interior of Union Station or the art museum (including paintings FFS). Or theDan said:
airfield with hangars and planes
That spoilered bit I expected to see in today's DLC case, but sadly, it didn't show up.
Kung Fu Grip
Banned
Is anybodys code from bestbuy working? Mine says the code is not valid.
Im entering it here
http://www.rockstargames.com/lanoire/redeem/lan-best-buy-launch//
Im entering it here
http://www.rockstargames.com/lanoire/redeem/lan-best-buy-launch//
NullPointer
Member
Nailed it.User33 said:
petethepanda
Member
Is there supposed to be a weird droning sound in the background of interrogations?
Example - https://www.dropbox.com/s/cx4mvw26frgcy5k/Memo%20(2).m4a
Does this during every interrogation regardless of location. Weird as hell, really gets on my nerves.
Example - https://www.dropbox.com/s/cx4mvw26frgcy5k/Memo%20(2).m4a
Does this during every interrogation regardless of location. Weird as hell, really gets on my nerves.
fuzzyreactor
Banned
got himRadogol said:
oh wait, you didnt
Kung Fu Grip
Banned
So nobody is having problems with the bestbuy code?
Hank Scorpio
Member
Very disappointed with how the Nicholson DLC ended. Ended so suddenly just when it was getting interesting.
UnluckyKate
Member
is there a map in the commercial version of the game, as in any GTA ? (or RDR for that matter)
B_Rik_Schitthaus
Banned
. Because I would have much rather brushed Cole Phelps' teeth than driven him once again across an expanse of shrug-worthy open-world filler to the next crime scene.User33 said:
So the guy doesn't know how to hold a button in.
UnluckyKate
Member
bryehn said:
The rockstar pass is 4 cases (3 avaible right now, last one later...) and they are long just like any other cases
Mr. Enigma
Member
Rockstar just announced a PC version this fall. The port job will be done by Rockstar Leeds. No word yet on whether the DLC will be bundled in with the game or if it will have to be downloaded (read: purchased) seperately.
I'm in homicide at the moment but something I don't get.
In the Moller case I charged the pedo guy for the murder. Later on some of Mollers jewery shows up at a pawn shop and in the car they are chatting about Hugo Moller, the husband being the killer. But I didn't charge him...
PetriP-TNT
Member
edit: nvrmind
purnoman3000
Member
Just finished the Naked City. That had to be the longest case in the game... and it was DLC hahaha.
Ninja Scooter
Member
picked up the game as part of that TRU deal, and just started it. Am I reading too much into the interrogations or is it hard to know when to use "doubt" and when to use "lie"?
Lie: You know the person is lying and have evidence to sustain that. Usually, when you choose "Lie" the person is going to reply to you with something that teases at the evidence you're supposed to use against him/her (i.e. "What, you don't have any footprint that says I was there" = choose evidence: Footprint)Ninja Scooter said:
Doubt: You know the person is lying, but don't have any evidence to sustain it. Granted, this one is a little bit difficult, because there are evidences obtained by looking not only looking at items, but through interrogations. So if you miss an item, or don't trigger a specific question during an interrogation, you might miss that one evidence.
Also making 'Doubt' more difficult; there may be situations were you know that someone is lying and don't have evidence to say the person is lying. But is not a doubt neither; so picking 'Doubt' will result in an incorrect choice. It's just that you missed the evidence to confirm it's a lie.
Also, you DON'T get penalized for selecting lie until you choose a piece of evidence. I found when I was torn between doubt and lie, that choosing lie was the best option as it made it more clear which random piece of evidence the game wants you to present since it can sometimes be arbitrary. If you don't have it, and you have been thorough at crime scenes, just go back, have Cole apologize since he needed to shake the tree and then choose doubt.
Skimmed the last few pages, and I don't think it's been posted, so here's a list of game tips from Rockstar:
http://www.rockstargames.com/newswi...ame-tips-la-noire-pointers-rare-vehicles.html
Most of them are obvious / not very useful. This was new to me, though:
http://www.rockstargames.com/newswi...ame-tips-la-noire-pointers-rare-vehicles.html
Most of them are obvious / not very useful. This was new to me, though:
Sounds like a freebie, since nobody uses action skip anyway and you can probably keep the investigation music autofade on.
Ugh, am I doing something wrong here? I'm in homicide questioning
McCaffrey and Teirnan. I question Teirnan then McCaffrey who tells me Tiernan did it. I question Teirnan again but he can't remember if he did it or not. At that point it only lets me charge Teirnan, which I did and got chewed out for it. Why can't I talk to McCaffrey again?