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Team Bondi's L.A. NOIRE |OT| Watchin' Faces, Solvin' Cases
- Thread starter ColonialRaptor
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Net_Wrecker said:
This is true. Honestly, there's no actual word to describe this product, it's not a "game". It's not even a "game meets movie" like the Uncharted series. Those are still games. You play them, they require manual skill. Even Heavy Rain has done more to "gamify" the experience than L.A. Noire.
L.A. Noire is something else... it's like a ride on a roller coaster that has a laser pointer gun turret so you can shoot targets while you ride. The interactivity of the targets are meaningless and only provide distraction (albeit a good distraction) from the ride itself which you can't alter none of your awesome laser target shooting skills mean anything to the ride once it's over.
"Experience" is the best word I can come up with at the moment. It's not a game, but that's ok because it is really engaging and worth the money.
Fong Ghoul said:
This is actually a nice and good post. It shows how 'us' gamers have been spoiled, because of how much the industry has evolved. If you could somehow travel back in time, and show a NES/286/SMS gamer some gameplay video's of today's game, they would get a heart attack and laugh at you in your face. The difference is that overwhelming. And here we are today, crying about framerate issues, multiplayer issues, graphics and what not. I'm also guilty of this, but maybe it's time we stop and look back for a moment, and realise how incredibly lucky we are with how beautiful games have become. Stop accepting everything around you as being there, and realise how special some things are. This goes for normal life outside of gaming as well. Don't take everything for granted in life.
Ok, back on topic!
Fjordson said:
I think you misunderstood. This is a far superior product to Heavy Rain because it doesn't have tons of QTEs trying to gamify every action. Instead LA Noire removes a ton of barriers of traditional gaming that other teams would need to fill in. In LA Noire you just walk around and the game handles it all for you. You don't press (A) on doors to knock or open them, you just walk to it. You don't need to drive your car around, your partner can do it for you. You don't even really aim your gun, you just hold aim and it locks on and you pull the trigger.
But this is to the benefit of the title because the experience is about the story, characters and situations, not the gameplay. Clunky gameplay would ruin this title (I think the melee fighting is the only clunky, unpolished part so far).
Acquiescence
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Shiiiiit, ShopTo better dispatch this bastard today so that I get it tomorrow or I'll be raging.
So PS3 version came out ahead in the Lens of Truth analysis too.
Well, now I'm doubly glad I got that version. For once, intelligent assessment of the development situation wins the day.
Dang: holy shit if you do that slide over on the PS3/Xbox360 bridge image there is a massive difference between the two. Hell, entirely new buildings show up in the PS3 version lol
Well, now I'm doubly glad I got that version. For once, intelligent assessment of the development situation wins the day.
Dang: holy shit if you do that slide over on the PS3/Xbox360 bridge image there is a massive difference between the two. Hell, entirely new buildings show up in the PS3 version lol
ColonialRaptor
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Acheteedo said:
I still gush over the facial animations every time I see it (granted I haven't seen the game in action yet) but there are only so many times you can say OMGZ those FACES.
It stays great from what I've played, and probably will considering it's key to the interrogation stuff, but Bondi does a good job with immersion so that after a while you no longer feel like "Wow! Look at how real the faces are!". It just becomes a natural facet of the game.Acheteedo said:
That being said, I have snapped out of it occasionally because of how freakishly realistic the animation is. Especially when it's an actor I recognize from something else.
Acquiescence
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Sethos said:
And therein lies the beauty of shopping with ShopTo, if you catch my drift.
ColonialRaptor
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Amir0x said:
All that crap trying to make the 360 version sound better by comparing it to YouTube video's for nothing ay... heh
Really wish I had a PS3 right about now. By the way, what is this all about? http://forums.xbox.com/en-gb/uk_general_xbox_discussion/f/229/t/3029.aspxAmir0x said:
To me the Xbox 360 version looks much better in this comparison.
EDIT: Looool. Just realized that was from the Xbox forums. Probably not the most unbiased group.
DanielJr82
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I should've gone to the midnight release, but alas, I fell asleep. If I had my car today (I lent it) I'd pick it up, but now I'll have to wait until Wednesday.
jackrubyn said:
factually incorrect FUD by people unwilling to just play games and not companies.
this is the truth
Net_Wrecker
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Omg omg omg Out For Delivery on UPS.
Can't wait to play it...
...at 5:00 PM when it gets here :|
Can't wait to play it...
...at 5:00 PM when it gets here :|
The_Darkest_Red
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If it's anything like RDR and GTA IV you shouldn't have to hold R1 to stay in cover. You should be fine using your index finger for both.Dries said:
Wow... until 5PM? That would suck HORRIBLE. I'm also waiting for it! But I only have to wait untilNet_Wrecker said:
THE DAMN IMPORT STORE WHERE I ALWAYS GET THE GAMES (because I live in Japan where not even the PSN is up yet..) RECEIVES THEIR COPIES MOST LIKELY THIS FRIDAY OR MAYBE EVEN NEXT WEEK FUCK YEAH. That is, unless I wanna wait until the 7th of July to get the Japanese version, wow!............
The_Darkest_Red
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Yeah, it's taking forever for me as well.chubigans said:
Net_Wrecker
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Mik2121 said:
Oh snap :lol
Windom Earle
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Amir0x said:
Yep, better draw distance is obvious there.
Tricky I Shadow
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Amir0x said:
It's like Red Dead Redemptions disappearing grass, only this time its reversed! : O
And I gotta say......it feels a little weird buying a 3rd party game on the PS3 for me.
Hey Colonial Raptor, i was just wondering. Where did you get this picture from the OP?
I'm really loving the artwork, and the atmosphere in it. Most likely because of the trees and the night sky. Thanks in advance!
EDIT: also, the links in the OP to the reviews don't work, because you got the links all messed up.
Edit 2: thanks Fjordson!
I'm really loving the artwork, and the atmosphere in it. Most likely because of the trees and the night sky. Thanks in advance!
EDIT: also, the links in the OP to the reviews don't work, because you got the links all messed up.
Edit 2: thanks Fjordson!
Well to be honest the store where I get the stuff sometimes gets the games a couple days after the US release. In this case it would be around the 19th if I'm lucky, but otherwise it can end up being the Friday or even Monday...putarorex said:
The good thing is that I get the game for around 5,500 Yen, when games here cost between 6,000 and 8,000.
jackrubyn said:
The source got them from Mr Brit's post.
I posted those shots yesterday (which Mr Brit reposted on the next page), as I was curious about what people thought of the differences. It seemed to me like the PS3 shots were from an old build...and indeed, a user on GAF confirmed that they were. That didn't stop outside users from taking it out of context.
plagiarize
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don't worry about it Exodus. people on the Xbox forums just want to have their already decided upon purchase decision reaffirmed.
those of us that have been following the game who have both systems, have already decided upon the PS3 version. slight technical edge and exclusive content. it's a no brainer if you have both platforms.
those of us that have been following the game who have both systems, have already decided upon the PS3 version. slight technical edge and exclusive content. it's a no brainer if you have both platforms.