The thing that disappoints me about LA Noire . . .

[numbersix1979]

Is all the people I'm seeing on the Rockstar forums going on and on and ON about multiplayer. I'm really disillusioned. Do we as gamers have to have Team Deathmatch on every single new release to enjoy it? For example:

"jaky2008Yesterday at 12:15pm
No offence, but I think i'll pass on this one until its cheap, in the past I have bought or pre-ordered all Rockstar Games, with the exception of Beaterator and Table tennis and have never been dissapointed, until now. I expected this game to be fully roamable and like GTA/RDR and was shocked to find there is no multiplayer? multiplayer is what keeps games alive! I bought mortal kombat 9 for playstation 3 on Sunday and beat it, due to the PSN being down I am bored with it already. Mega fluke in my opinion and its this reason why many people will lose interest in the game and leave it after completion. I hope a multiplayer aspect is added to this game, is it not possible to delay the production of LA Noire until there is online features? propably not but this makes me real sad to see a waste of good potential. Now i'll have to wait a few years for the next Grand theft Auto, Rockstar I hope you dont cntinue down this road and limit future games."

"Scorpio5150April 23 at 10:54pm
@ 00632500 RDR was a cowboy game but they made that work. They can have modes like TDM, DM and even cops and crooks like u said. I mean L.A NOIRE is just GTA mix with CSI. RDR had zombies now L.A NOIRE + ONLINE FREE ROAM + ZOMBIES = A SICK ASS ONLINE GAME.

P.S ONLINE CO-OP DON'T SOUND TO BAD. I MEAN WE GONNA PLAY AS A COP, I KNOW YOU GUYS CAN COME UP WITH SOMETHING."

Seriously, I'm getting more and more annoyed with multiplayer in games. I've gotta put up with 12 year olds on Live every day, and now people are clamoring for every big IP to have a multiplayer mode. Now, I don't have anything against multiplayer per se. I love the Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer, 12 year olds notwithstanding, and wouldn't have enjoyed Splinter Cell: Conviction half as much as I did without the MP it had. But seriously, every game doesn't need multiplayer. Bioshock experimented with it in its second installment, and it sucked. Condemned 2 did the same thing, totally redundant experience all-around. And so on, and so on.

If someone can tell me why a story-oriented, historical procedural drama needs 'ONLINE FREE ROAM + ZOMBIES', I'd be happy to be enlightened.

 

[DeadlyYellow]

So what exactly is dissapointing with LA Noire itself? Only thing for me is giving you an easy button to skip gunplay sequences. Just seems like a........Cop out! *rimshot*

You get a single clap and nothing more.

Personally I haven't been impressed with the multiplayer in either GTAIV for RDR. Always just seemed like a run around and shoot things kinda deal with no real goals or motives. Well okay, there are trophies, but once you have them what's the point?

 

[Mister Six]

Meh that's the vast majority of gamers who got involved with certain games and have been influenced by them. Give it five years and hopefully this mentality of everything having to have multiplayer will die off.

 

[The Wykydtron]

La Noire Zombies? If they could pull that off it would be amazing...

Also when you have a connection as bad as mine you learn that "online coop" usually translates to an hour of "YOU LAGGED OUT AGAIN!" every 5 minutes...

Overall, Multiplayer is nice when it decides to work but Singleplayer = no lag ever so singleplayer will always win

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

Singleplayer = no lag ever

If choppy framerates count as lag...then there is plenty of lag in SP games.

Well, to be honest, the multiplayer in past R* games has actually been kinda fun. Even just driving around in Midnight Club: LA with my pals was fun as hell.

You don't NEED MP in every title, but did GTA and RDR really suffer for it's existence?

 

[artanis_neravar]

I'm glad there is no multiplayer

 

[MajorDolphin]

Why do people always demand games to be delayed?

"This game isn't what I want! Delay the game or it'll fail!" Why do these people think their opinions are so important? If its not outrageous demands its self entitlement. "We should get this stuff free because we posted on the forum for so long."

Uhhhg.

As for multiplayer, there are tons of players that buy a game and never fire up the campaign or story. They just want to run around and teabag the one guy they actually kill even if it was pure luck.

 

[numbersix1979]

You don't NEED MP in every title, but did GTA and RDR really suffer for it's existence?

I see your point, I really enjoyed the GTA multiplayer myself (even if I got into it late and no-one was still playing xp), but what annoys me is all the people talking about how they won't buy LA Noire just because it has no multiplayer, and talking about how stupid a decision making a single-player oriented game is. Ugh.

 

[DeadlyYellow]

That's all fine and dandy but LA Noire is a strictly single player affair.

I know, I know. No boring, tacked-on multiplayer.

 

[DeadSpaced]

Here's hoping this mentality dies, and dies soon.

Though, for those who remember, there was a lot of griping back in 2007 (Bioshock) and 2008 (Dead Space) for the very same reason.

What makes it worse is that (for the very FEW of you who don't remember) the sequels to both of these titles relented and tacked on a multiplayer mode. Dead Space 2 demonstrated that it could provide a better single player experience, despite said addition...while Bioshock 2 became a fairly linear, scripted title (I still remember how surprised I was when I discovered that I couldn't return to areas in Bioshock 2).

So, I guess there could be a debate as to whether or not the addition of a multiplayer segment is deleterious to the quality of the single player campaign...but there shouldn't be a debate at all as to whether a game should be criticized for remaining a single-player only adventure. People act like it's a freakin' demerit or something..."Well, it was good, but it didn't have multiplayer."

Ughh....so sick of this.