L.A. Noire' to be first game screened at Tribeca Film Festival

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Queequeg

#30
May 22, 2011, 11:11:38 AM
The plot does end up getting pretty great.  I actually enjoyed it a lot; the combat mechanics weren't great, and I don't think it had that many pretenses to non-linearity, but as as a rather traditional adventure game I think it succeeded pretty well. 
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Barrister

#31
May 22, 2011, 02:45:12 PM
I have bought it.  We'll see how it goes.  I'm a sucker for non-traditional game mechanics.   :blush:
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katmai

#32
May 22, 2011, 09:12:54 PM
Yeah only reason i didn't pick it up yet was because leaving town for month so no chance to play it.
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Scipio

#33
May 22, 2011, 09:18:42 PM
Only reason I didn't pick it up is because these fuckers won't do a PC release for it.
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derspiess

#34
May 23, 2011, 12:55:00 PM
I played through it a bit this weekend.  It's a pretty solid game overall; maybe not quite the 9 out of 10 that Gamespot gave it, but at least a solid 8.  The presentation & cutscenes are great and the scenery is amazing.  The gameplay for the investigative parts is good, if somewhat simplistic.  I'm having some difficulty on some of the interviews/interrogations, and I don't know if that's due to me just not getting the hang of it just yet or if the "right" guesses are just that arbitrary.

The driving part is better than I thought it would be, and I like that you can have your partner drive to far-away destinations (which saves time since it skips directly to the destination).  Fighting/shooting is pretty standard GTA.

Some things I don't like:
-too linear.  You can do side missions, but the main storyline forces you along a single track.

-3 discs for the Xbox 360 version.  Not a huge deal since you only have to change discs twice if you're simply doing one playthrough, but it would have been nice if they at least let you rip all 3 discs to the hard drive and play off of disc 1 the entire time.  The PS3 version comes on one nice, neat single blu-ray disc, of course.

-the game is set in 1947 & it makes it sound as if all WWII veterans became drug addicts, wife beaters, murderers, or hobos (or in one single case, a brilliant police detective) due to the war.


I think it's a good game overall, and I think it goes about as far as it can for a detective game on a console.  But I think it's replayability is going to be absolute crap compared to GTA or Red Dead Redemption.
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garbon

#35
May 29, 2011, 08:17:05 PM
Broke down and bought it today as I realized I had a gift card.
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garbon

#36
May 30, 2011, 12:41:17 AM
So very entertaining, but like D said, I don't think there would be much past one run through.
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katmai

#37
May 30, 2011, 01:44:13 AM
They are planning DLC for it no?
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derspiess

#38
May 31, 2011, 02:49:35 PM
Quote from: katmai on May 30, 2011, 01:44:13 AM
They are planning DLC for it no?

Yeah-- and anyone who had pre-ordered from Gamestop already has the first two DLC cases.

I was not totally sold on the plot until the very end.  The cut-scene it shows after you sit through all the damned credits actually explains in more detail how it all started.

The one thing that happens at the end of the last Vice Desk case did annoy me, though.  I can't imagine that even in 1947 someone would have been treated like such a pariah for that.
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garbon

#39
May 31, 2011, 03:16:31 PM
Quote from: derspiess on May 31, 2011, 02:49:35 PM
The one thing that happens at the end of the last Vice Desk case did annoy me, though.  I can't imagine that even in 1947 someone would have been treated like such a pariah for that.

Yeah, I just got to arson and that vice thing was rather annoying.  Although moving to vice was annoying - I was horrible an interview vice witnesses/suspects. :blush:
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derspiess

#40
May 31, 2011, 04:18:15 PM
Quote from: garbon on May 31, 2011, 03:16:31 PM
Yeah, I just got to arson and that vice thing was rather annoying.  Although moving to vice was annoying - I was horrible an interview vice witnesses/suspects. :blush:

Vice annoyed me because of the partner.  The cases were pretty cool.  Interviewing in general is pretty damned annoying.  I think I got to the point where I could tell whether or not they were telling the truth, but distinguishing between doubt & lie got a little iffy.  Doubt seems to be the safest option if you're not sure.
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garbon

#41
May 31, 2011, 04:30:34 PM
Quote from: derspiess on May 31, 2011, 04:18:15 PM
Vice annoyed me because of the partner.  The cases were pretty cool.  Interviewing in general is pretty damned annoying.  I think I got to the point where I could tell whether or not they were telling the truth, but distinguishing between doubt & lie got a little iffy.  Doubt seems to be the safest option if you're not sure.

Yeah I miss the traffic partner although the homicide one grew on me.  I did like the much larger scale of the vice cases.  But yeah, I agree that doubt was generally the safe option. I also recognized the importance of checking what evidence I had - I always sort of assumed I could use the fact that I found the drugs/murder weapons in the possession of the suspect as evidence - but it often seemed not to qualify as proof when accusing them of lying. :(
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garbon

#42
May 31, 2011, 10:53:11 PM Last Edit: May 31, 2011, 11:02:30 PM by garbon
Quote from: derspiess on May 31, 2011, 02:49:35 PM
I was not totally sold on the plot until the very end.  The cut-scene it shows after you sit through all the damned credits actually explains in more detail how it all started.

SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS


I thought the plot seemed to unravel by the end. Everyone is in on this great conspiracy. Assassins burst forth to attack in a record room at the Hall of Records? Way too many people were in on the conspiracy => referring to the real estate stuff, not the drugs.

Cole Phelps - Quite a dick in his behavior and really no explanation to the whole affair bit. Elsa wasn't all that.
Jack Kelso - Super dick! What did he think dumbass Sheldon would do once he was informed about the conspiracy? Sent him to his grave.

Why did they choose to have us play as Kelso in the last act? Woohoo, I'm an insurance investigator and I solve puzzles with an adding machine?! :w00t: :dgul:

Overall, fun game but it seemed to have jumped off the rails when rushing to the final conclusion.

*And why is Phelps considered a great detective? You spend most of the game putting away people for crimes that they didn't commit. :lol:
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Habbaku

#43
June 01, 2011, 01:00:56 AM
Quote from: garbon on May 31, 2011, 10:53:11 PM
*And why is Phelps considered a great detective? You spend most of the game putting away people for crimes that they didn't commit. :lol:

:hmm:  Beeb and Strix count any imprisonment as a win.
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Barrister

#44
June 01, 2011, 01:11:32 AM
Quote from: Habbaku on June 01, 2011, 01:00:56 AM
Quote from: garbon on May 31, 2011, 10:53:11 PM
*And why is Phelps considered a great detective? You spend most of the game putting away people for crimes that they didn't commit. :lol:

:hmm:  Beeb and Strix count any imprisonment as a win.

I know you meant it as a joke, but...

fuck you.

I count nothing more, and nothing less, than convicting the guilty as a win.  I've literally ran down to the courthouse to order the release of the innocent from custody.

Jailing the innocent is just slightly bigger a sin as releasing the guilty.
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