Poll: LA Noire, it isn't that great
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Very little kudos, since a few publishers would have picked this up anyway. We are playing it because Team Bondi created it, without them this game would have never existed. Without RS, this game could still have existed.CrazyJuan77 said:
Nah, it's a great game. The story is really good, but it takes a while before it kicks off; at 4 hours in, you weren't particularly close. I love the way it actually make you think, and the fact it creates a very believeable and immersive world for you to get totally lost in - the great script, voice acting and facial animation all help that. It's really varied in both the action and thinking segments but pulls all of it off well, you never get stuck (like in the CSI videogames) and it's really long as well.
It's not perfect - the dialogue tree responses are really vague which makes picking responses a nightmare, the open world is enormous yet there's not much to do in it, sometimes the cover system doesn't work as well as it should and there's the odd time where the narrative doesn't make sense within gameplay.
But since it's so fun, original and immersive, I can overlook that.
It's not perfect - the dialogue tree responses are really vague which makes picking responses a nightmare, the open world is enormous yet there's not much to do in it, sometimes the cover system doesn't work as well as it should and there's the odd time where the narrative doesn't make sense within gameplay.
But since it's so fun, original and immersive, I can overlook that.
I would give it a solid 6 or 7. The game world is great, but there's nothing to really do in it. I found all the cars, did all the street crime cases, and almost 100 percented the game in a week. The story is compelling, but flawed by things that feel left out. The game is extremely easy, the gunplay/car chases are boring and repetitive, but the animations are great. I'd say it's totally worth a rental if you have 20 or 25 hours to do everything there is to do in it, and then bring it back.
I think that people who didn't like it didn't like it because of the formula. This is a story based game and you don't just mess around in it. People who don't like story in games and people who don't care about human interaction won't like it. Those that do will love it.
It was very well made, I'd give it a 9/10. I thought it was revolutionary and fantastic.
It was very well made, I'd give it a 9/10. I thought it was revolutionary and fantastic.
Great story, though some of the things you do in the game could be considered repetive, i never got bored of it, only thing was slightly clunky controls, other than that an overall great game.
If i was to review and and give a score about a 8 or 9 out of 10.
If i was to review and and give a score about a 8 or 9 out of 10.
Firstly, I did not say that any old publisher could have helped LA NOIRE become what it is, but there are more than a few that could have done so.Secondly, Rockstar are not the only publishers out there, in fact, there are plenty who could have brought what you mentioned. I am not going to start listing good publishers because any gamer worth their salt knows that Rockstar is not the only one.CrazyJuan77 said:
The low textures and stuff probably have to do with disc space rather than platform.Baneat said:
The city is absolutely massive, the biggest I've ever seen. It dwarfs San Andreas. Myself - I'd have preferred a smaller city with more detail, it seemed pointless having all that space when most players aren't going to see it all.
It sounds like from your post what you really want to play is GTA or SR - I'm basing this on your statement about having the most fun running around killing random people and crashing into their cars. LA Noire is just not that type of game.
Quite frankly, I'm glad there is a new kind of franchise being started here. We already have GTA and SR for playing a game where we can commit random acts of hooligan. LA Noire is just a different kind of game. I would personally compare it more to a puzzle game than an action game, though it does have it's moments with the car chases and the shootouts.
Quite frankly, I'm glad there is a new kind of franchise being started here. We already have GTA and SR for playing a game where we can commit random acts of hooligan. LA Noire is just a different kind of game. I would personally compare it more to a puzzle game than an action game, though it does have it's moments with the car chases and the shootouts.
And, like this gentleman said, even with the flaws you mention, I really was entranced by the game. Sometimes being different pays off. In this case, I believe it did.MiracleOfSound said:
Don't worry man, it's not the game that's bad, just you. XD
Seriously tho, L.A. Noire really is the sort of game that you're gonna have a shit time with if you don't go into it knowing what you're gonna get and expecting it.
If you go into it thinking it'll just be another GTA romp in 1940s L.A. then think again.
Seriously tho, L.A. Noire really is the sort of game that you're gonna have a shit time with if you don't go into it knowing what you're gonna get and expecting it.
If you go into it thinking it'll just be another GTA romp in 1940s L.A. then think again.
The ADHD generation of gaming didn't bring this baby down.
Exceptional game, exceptional technology. I need to go back to it to try and 5* the missions i failed and when the PS Store is back and working i can download the naked city. Arguably i might never go back to playing it, the latter cases are like 2hrs a pop and it doesn't really have the random re-playability of other games. It feels like the Goblet of Fire of Rockstar's releases (i know it was developed by Bondi) just not as overwhelmingly shit as the Goblet of Fire (dear god what were they thinking)
There's not much to the free roam, it's not like GTA/Red Dead where there's actually shit to do besides a random event like in L.A Noire. I'm still waiting for a game where you can actually walk into a lot of the shops in cities and just stuff happens. However, i know that was not the aim with L.A Noire and i do not want to seem like i'm getting mixed up.
They know what they have to do with the next game they make (a suggestion being that when you fuck up it ACTUALLY has an impact. Not like when i 1* the Gas Man case at the start of Arson and got shouted at and called useless only to be told in the next cut scene "You're doing well Phelps"...
i gave it an 8
Exceptional game, exceptional technology. I need to go back to it to try and 5* the missions i failed and when the PS Store is back and working i can download the naked city. Arguably i might never go back to playing it, the latter cases are like 2hrs a pop and it doesn't really have the random re-playability of other games. It feels like the Goblet of Fire of Rockstar's releases (i know it was developed by Bondi) just not as overwhelmingly shit as the Goblet of Fire (dear god what were they thinking)
There's not much to the free roam, it's not like GTA/Red Dead where there's actually shit to do besides a random event like in L.A Noire. I'm still waiting for a game where you can actually walk into a lot of the shops in cities and just stuff happens. However, i know that was not the aim with L.A Noire and i do not want to seem like i'm getting mixed up.
They know what they have to do with the next game they make (a suggestion being that when you fuck up it ACTUALLY has an impact. Not like when i 1* the Gas Man case at the start of Arson and got shouted at and called useless only to be told in the next cut scene "You're doing well Phelps"...
i gave it an 8
And firstly to you; the fact that the borrower perspective would effect this game's impact on me negatively at all, says enough doesn't it? If anything, I should've said 'oh my god, I need to buy this game' and this game doesn't do that for me.LarenzoAOG said:
*Continues reading beyond first nine words*
Yes, I told my friend 'dude, return it before you lose money on this, its not worth it', which he foolishly (imo) instead abided by and trusted popular opinion, and didn't even choose to play the game, with the opportunity to do so, to allow him the option to return it, if he wanted once knowing what it is, within the time allowed for refund. Very troubling.
And secondly you're perfectly entitled to your opinion, thats the whole point of this thread, to speak mine and why, then listen to everyone else. I do object to the fact that a number rating is shallow, I believe it should encompass evey aspect of the game and summarise, not reduce.
Agree; sort of agree... Completely disagree with the face scanning, I mean c'mon, people were using blatently obvious shifty eyes, and rubbing their necks, their facial expressions, while very 'expressive' at times, hardly helped, and if it did, the technology was still wasted, as it wasn't utilised effectively enough.
Wow, accomplishment from finding obvious evidence, and linking it to an obvious motive? Fine, I just thought it was a bit childish (level of difficulty) most of the time.
Completely agree with the second last paragraph, they did that well, it probably gets a whole point just for that.
Just want to clarify both those points there, from where I stand, I'll start in reverse.Soylent Bacon said:
I didn't go into this... ok I had an incling, but wasn't 100% sure of at least, that this would be a GTA Clone, and in several ways it isn't, but what I found fun about the game (mostly), I found fun about GTA, stealing cars, running over people, the very least intelligent portion, ditto GTA.
Now to the first comment. I think that's a very sound judgement of what exactly this game is, an interactive movie; now, the story for me, was fine, but I wasn't 'oh wow, does he become the police chief in the end?' grabbed, I suppose you could say, it wasn't necessarily bad, but, not that trilling either.
I played 1 mission, on a friend's game. I noticed somethings about the game, the PS3 version.
I really did enjoy it, it was an interesting game and I liked figuring out what was going on and, on occasion, being wrong and reassessing the situation.
The idea of using facial expressions to determine Truth and Lies was a really nice touch and the writing was good... buuuut I had a few problems with the game mechanics.
I found issue with the notion of right and wrong assumptions during interrogations and the fact that it let me know I picked wrong by using attitude shifts in the character and music instead of say letting me assume it and ether reassure or debunk my belief with further evidence. It's a small gripe, and I can see the right and wrong motif working, but it felt weird in the atmosphere the rest of the game set for me.
That and there were several control issues I had, such as awkward character and vehicle movements and getting stuck between my partner and a hard place.
Overall, pretty good game.
I really did enjoy it, it was an interesting game and I liked figuring out what was going on and, on occasion, being wrong and reassessing the situation.
The idea of using facial expressions to determine Truth and Lies was a really nice touch and the writing was good... buuuut I had a few problems with the game mechanics.
I found issue with the notion of right and wrong assumptions during interrogations and the fact that it let me know I picked wrong by using attitude shifts in the character and music instead of say letting me assume it and ether reassure or debunk my belief with further evidence. It's a small gripe, and I can see the right and wrong motif working, but it felt weird in the atmosphere the rest of the game set for me.
That and there were several control issues I had, such as awkward character and vehicle movements and getting stuck between my partner and a hard place.
Overall, pretty good game.