Over-rated? Yeah, I was expecting something closer to Red Dead's level of awesome but I thought it was okay. The controls were alright to me. At least I didn't have to tap x to run but the controls for shooting? I want to move to take cover by that corner not shoot at it! And following suspects is easily the part that made me the maddest. Following them behind in a car was easy enough (Don't drive like a jackass, don't get too close and don't get too far) but following them behind on foot is a pain in the ass. I'm following a guy and suddenly this woman says "Isn't he the cop that solved that jewelry store murder?" and suddenly the guy I'm following discovered me. What the shit? That ain't even fair! And another thing is chasing after a car. I suck at chasing after a car but I've always sucked at chasing a car but the animations for the cars slip up sometimes. You're chasing this car and it suddenly makes the turn right into a alleyway at full speed with out any buildup to actually make it or it moves from side to side.
L.A. noire, most overrated game of 2011? *possible spoiler*
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I heard it from an gamereviewer here in sweden but she also called it the best game of all time so maybe I shouldn't have been so upset about it.DustyDrB said:
As for the idea about splitting it up as dlc for GTA 4, I just don't see how that would be possible. It's kinda self explanatory since it's not even the same century or city but also because it's a totally different experience.
I am still interested in getting it. I am going to wait until it comes down in price, but I do that for a lot of games anyway. It will be a long time before I pay £40 for a game when I can wait for about 4 months and it will come down in the sales or something.
Yeah, that really annoyed me too. Their car seems to just go at a 90 degree angle and turn perfectly despite going full speed. I try it and my car ends up being wrapped around a lamp post. At least most, if not all, the chases had a certain end point where they crash anyway or I would have gone insane.Hamhandderhard said:
I'd say it's probably overrated and I knew going into it it wasn't the next GTA or Red Dead Redemption but was still kinda disappointed by how samey a lot of the cases where. I also wish they interrogations could branch out a bit too rather than just one perfect correct answer, would have made them less annoying.
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I also thought the ending was pants on retarded. We didn't get to play as Cole for awhile, which was fair enough as he was an interesting guy. But ending the game with a dumb ass shootout in a sewer was a massive cop out for a game focused more on the crime solving bit. And when Cole actually died, I just though "oh, well that was about as predictable as the fucking tides." The only thing I liked about the ending was that the corrupt people he had been trying to take down are the ones who performed his ceremony. Talk about ironic, classic style noir ending right there.
Nah, Little Big Planet 2 takes the most over-rated prize.
It just seemed like a ?50 DLC package.
It just seemed like a ?50 DLC package.
I've come to a realization that most Rockstar games post- GTA SA are pretty overrated. While they are good games, they are THQ good, not Valve good, if you know what I mean(even though THQ has made some good games).
Example: GTA 4. Good game, but filled with useless junk, and lowsy attempts at storytelling (and I don't like the gameplay). Even another game I think is overrated is Red Dead Redemption. It suffers from all of GTA's flaws, and is boring as heck.
Example: GTA 4. Good game, but filled with useless junk, and lowsy attempts at storytelling (and I don't like the gameplay). Even another game I think is overrated is Red Dead Redemption. It suffers from all of GTA's flaws, and is boring as heck.
I actually don't think it was overrated at all, in fact it received a fair bit of criticism from gamers and critics alike. If anything I commend Team Bondi for taking a risk with a concept such as this, and for the most part it was impressive but perhaps not materialised into something we all thought it would.
But I agree, it wasn't a game I was particularly enthralled about: like you I found the protagonist very unlikeable and the gameplay very repetitive. But credits gotta be given where due with the ambition they had. Also on the contrary I think 1940s LA was masterfully recreated and looked pretty stellar, its just that they didn't really give the player much to do in it besides drive from point A to point B going through the same checklist gameplay mechanics.
I'd say something like Call of Duty is overrated, where no critics seem brave enough to mention the obvious - i.e. its the same frickin uninspired game they keep re-releasing every year. LA Noire was just a victim of its own ambition, but its refreshing to see developers try something different, hope the trend continues!
But I agree, it wasn't a game I was particularly enthralled about: like you I found the protagonist very unlikeable and the gameplay very repetitive. But credits gotta be given where due with the ambition they had. Also on the contrary I think 1940s LA was masterfully recreated and looked pretty stellar, its just that they didn't really give the player much to do in it besides drive from point A to point B going through the same checklist gameplay mechanics.
I'd say something like Call of Duty is overrated, where no critics seem brave enough to mention the obvious - i.e. its the same frickin uninspired game they keep re-releasing every year. LA Noire was just a victim of its own ambition, but its refreshing to see developers try something different, hope the trend continues!
While I do think we should encourage devs to try different things, it seems that the standards for ?different things? has gone down this gen. Now we seem happy to buy full price games that work like test demos for other game types. Rather than making something really outstanding and varied with la noir, they showcased the new ?face? tech as something for interrogations to give us a lot of detail to observe but didn?t give us that same level of input. It could?ve also been used in perp lineups, court room interactions, and more in a genre like this. I don?t even think they were intending for it to have any impact on the overall story as OP is suggesting... But it should have.chaosfalling said:
But I will agree with OP that it is (so far) the most overrated title of this gen. I can see why critics praised it: they HAVE TO play new games all the time and love to play anything that?s a little different. And seeing how they don?t have to pay for the game, the oddness might be enough.
I like them trying new things but I would also like to see them explore more of what they can do with the new things. I realize it costs more money but if we can?t depend on big producers like R* to invest in something like that, who will? I?ll buy good games that try new things but I?m not going to buy something just to sponsor future development of who knows what. That?s for the board members to do.
Oh. Well I'm sure a few outlets were a bit too hyperbolic in their coverage of the game, but every review I read gave LA Noire its fair share of criticism (and if you're wondering what reviews I look at: The Escapist, Destructoid, Kotaku, and Eurogamer). Maybe some gamers talked it up too much pre-release (I'd bet a lot of them hadn't played a point-and-click adventure game, which is basically what LA Noire is), but that almost always happens no matter what the game is.suxturdman said:
It does seem like the type of game that would garner that kind of overly fond talk (like how Heavy Rain did at its launch), but I really don't remember any more of it than you'd expect for a normal release.
Yeah, even though I played the shit out of L.A. Noire, I was still left feeling disappointed overall. This is probably due to playing Red Dead Redemption for the first time just a month before playing this, so this caused some (perhaps unfair) expectations from L.A. Noire. But that apology aside, L.A. Noire really fucking pissed me off. It gave you an illusion of freedom, but in reality, it was hand-holding your entire experience. Normally I don't mind a game made with a specific vision that the director chooses to hold you to, but that simply doesn't work in a game that's supposed to be, to some extent, sand-box.
Oh, shut it.Argtee said:
Do you seriously expect a noir video game from Rockstar, of all developers, to not feature a dead "Protagonist" (and I use that term very, very loosely) at the end of the story? It's not like the story is even anything resembling remotely good until the third act.
I find it utterly ridiculous that LA Noire, a game that should have a 10x better story than most other games based on the center of its gameplay, had a storyline with fewer surprises and twists than GTA4.
They could have taken many lessons from Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney.
They could have taken many lessons from Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney.
The entire third act (When you switch PCs) finally decides to give itself a noir feel. Note that I also said that's the part where the story gets good.Argtee said: