This game is astounding. I don't think I've ever played

I remember watching the making of videos they posted on Youtube and to their credit, the Bondi guys had a prop house provide hundreds of era specific props and toiletry items for them to scan and have in the game.

It's too bad we'll never get the spiritual sequel that they were going to work on next, Whore of the Orient.

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>>383334436

>>383334436

It was pointless as fuck and boring. I paid $60 for it new and regretted every minute of it.

LA Noire is a shit boring game with too much pointless padding, removing all the driving around and the Not-GTA side missions would've made it a hundred times better game.
Prove me wrong.
You can't.

>get to the vice desk
>uniforms are cooler, car is cooler
>game is a bit more colorful, first mission you are in a scene with a pink light swinging around

I thought this was brilliant.

my 2nd fav game of all time. i went into it blind and completely loved it. it was like playing a tv series, in the best way possible

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>unlocks the FPS
>driving physics get fucked
>have to slam on brakes a full block ahead of where I want to stop
>headcanon it as shitty old cars

ironically the shooting scenes are surprising good and intense.

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>>383334436
> it's a Rusty just books the husband so he can go tie one off at the bar episode.

>>383334436
There has been Rumors of a Remaster coming to the switch, one, and ps4 since January.

>>383337478

jesus can a person even hand model a sneeze that well ?

Why don't' they use the facial mo-cap stuff in more games ? I mean yeah sometimes it can look goofy in LA because suspects gotta give you facial queues, but like that sneeze alone looks so fucking real because I'm pretty sure the mo-cap guy actually sneezed...

Watching bestfriends fudd their way through it reminded me how good they can look.

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>>383336234
>he doesn't know you can have your partner do literally all of the driving and basically just teleport you places

>>383338446
It was new tech and expensive as fuck. Only a few studios can pull it off. Even less want to spend that money.

>>383338446
>>383338610
it's gotten cheaper, they're using something similar for Hellblade iirc but yeah it basically bankrupt the developer

>>383334436
Interrogations were pretty poor after all that hype about advanced facial expression animations. Countless times I had no fucking clue what I did wrong and characters would flip out at me.

Decent game but a nightmare for completionists.

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>>383337945
Phelps, I think I'm going to need you to drive.

>>383338812
It's mostly because Brenda McNamara never knew how to run a studio. They were bankrupt and Rockstar stepped in and righted the wrong. Brenda also is know for the fuckery that was The Getaway. He ran the studio like 3D realms.

Fuck that, who'd win in a fight: LAMAJ or ERIOIOIRE?

I enjoyed it a lot despite its issues with the interrogation. Also I dislike how often you gotta interpret the facial animations, I would prefer more searching clues and this kind of shit.

I enjoyed it more than GTA IV or V, despite lacking open world content, what LA Noire has was fucking well done. Much better gunplay than both modern GTAs too

interrogate these suspects!
look at evidence and decide whether they are guilty or not!

PSYCH THEY ALL INNOCENT

>>383334436
I thought it was a cool and original game. 10/10 atmosphere.

The open world was completely wasted though. It was nicely crafted but very empty outside of the story. I was impressed with the facial capture but the women looked terrifying. It was cool and I would love to see more like it but theres things they need to iron out

8/10

I really enjoyed this game, but it had its problems. I hated the ending, I don't care if it's a noire trope. I also thought basically anything between stories was dogshit. The city felt empty as fuck, it was retarded you got penalized for driving erratically in a video game, and it was tedious to drive from point A to B, especially where there were missions where you just stop for a second. Thank god you could have your partner drive to fast travel.

>>383335206
>Whore of the Orient
truly awful name

It was simultaneously a mess and one of the greatest and most ambitious games of last gen. It somehow sold well and Rockstar said they "want to grow the IP" so hopefully in a few years we'll get a sequel without the redundant open world and gunfights, with a better interrogation system and full-body mocap.

>>383340201
>truly awful name
Google it retard

>>383334436
The issue is that for all the effort clearly put into the game it falls short of great in some cases and even good in others. Yes, the atmosphere and setting were clearly lovingly crafted but aside from the main story missions were anything.

>>383340321
yeah it sucks bro lmao

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>>383339506

Not eve worth a you

>>383340203
but the gunplay was great you faggot, they needed to make the interrogation options more clear, and honestly rely less on expensive facial mo-cap tech, and focus more on gathering clues and getting witnesses, more investigative work and less facial interpretation

The overworld is actually, amazing detailed. In fact, TOO well detailed for the type of game it is.

>>383340203
>full body mocap
>actor gets unintentional boners during scenes and common animation capture
>it's kept in the game for awkward random hilarity

>>383340475
props to whoever did this

>>383340108
So a cop can just drive erratically mowing people down without repercussions?

>>383340507
>design entire game around detective work
>but let's throw in dozens of mediocre shootouts where Phelps mercs fifty people and takes four shotgun shells to the chest yet only loses his hat
nah

>>383340562
fuck yes

>>383340759
>losing your hat

what kind of man are you?

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You're full of shit Jacob. The truth is you hated that bitch. You followed her, dragged her into the car and took her out to the moors. She woke up, and then you smashed her face in with a socket wrench!

>>383340695
>Living in a country where the police aren't above the law

LMAO nice larp

>>383340695
I would've been fine if you got docked for running people over and breaking the law significantly, but it was way too extreme. Penalizing you for slightly bumping into another vehicle is retarded, especially considering the city was filled to the brim with slow cars and traffic lights. I don't want to spend 30 minutes just to make a trek across the city, that is unfun as fuck.

HE'S STONE-COLD DEAD IN DE MARKET

>>383340759
But they weren't bad at all, the guns felt pretty good. They added variety to the game, just like the chase side missions. Also yeah games aren't realistic, what else is new, you'd have to be pretty foolish to think investigations in real life are also solved in 30 mins.

>>383340918
DO YOU FUCK YOUNG BOYS?

>>383340507
the gunplay was fucking terrible, what are you talking about? it's a VERY loose generic third person shooter at best.

the actual good part of the game (detective work) and the narrative are what make the game shine.

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>Garand has 16 round clip
>no PING

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What the fuck was his problem?

>>383340918

>curb your enthusiasm theme starts playing

>>383341079
i hate this song

>>383341234
The guns sounded pretty nice in LA Noire, it's better than the ones in any GTA game for one. They didn't drag for long either, when you had some stand off with those fags that ran away, you just shot them and bingo, casket cutscene, nice and clean.

>>383341324
Some nigger touched him and a German junkie whore talked back to him.

Roy did nothing wrong.

>>383341470
>The guns sounded pretty nice
I wish more games would do this, there's nothing more disappointing than wimpy-sounding guns in a game

>>383341324
Nothing, he was based as fuck

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>>383341820
>>383341969
Delete these posts immediately.

>>383341324
I will never not be mad that this piece of shit doesn't get what's coming to him even in the epilogue. Let alone the fact that he gets to speak at Cole's funeral as if they were BFFs.
Also the game's last act was blatantly rushed and the game in general reeks of unfinished stuff.
Floyd Rose shit NEVER gets resolved for starters.
Entire Roy plotline basically doesn't get resolved either due to the ending.
Second "MC" comes into play only literally 30 minutes before the game ends and Cole is conveniently absent during that time until he conveniently shows up just in time to die.

Seriously the game is a clusterfuck after Vice and there's blatantly one desk missing (Burglary) that Homicide literally even opens with "Bla bla bla Cole you're getting promoted from Burglarly to Homicide blah blah" mentioning.

LA Noire ACTUALLY-FUCKING-COMPLETE-EDITION never ever, shit fucking hurts.

Reminder that Rockstar has made it so the facial tech will never be used again and the game will never have a sequel.

>>383340054
>The open world was completely wasted though. It was nicely crafted but very empty outside of the story.
I can't wrap my head around this. Why would they make a world this big if it's worthless outside cases and side missions?

It felt like a huge waste of resources. No wonder the studio went bankrupt.

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>>383341229
And then you stomped her. You stomped her because she was a drunken whore and she treated you like shit, you stomped her for all the years you had to take it, you stomped her because you are such a weak fucking sister Jacob, and you wanted to erase all memory of it. Go on, try to deny it.

i loved the game

>>383340772
fucking kek

It's really a shame LA Noire didn't sell so well given its costs, with some tweaks here and there a sequel could easily be 10/10, it did many things so right.

>>383340562
>Full body mocap
>One actress has semen and pussy juice leaking

I got this game a few years ago in some rockstar bundle but I haven't even taken it out of the plastic. I bought the bundle for rdr and gta. This game seems interesting so maybe its time to dust off the old 360

I LIKE YOUR ASS

There is such a thing called soap, you know?

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>>383342893
X360 version is basically the worst version of the game. The devs basically made it for PS3.
PC is identical to PS3, just higher resolution.
If you can, play it on PC.

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>>383343236
You know why Santa Claus is so jolly? He knows where all the naughty girls live.

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Communists aren't people

>>383343385
>You will never live in post war America circa 1947
WEL?

>>383343812
>There are no good new games set in post-WWII America with comfy Americana aesthetics
Mafia II and L.A. Noire could only hold it in for so long

Why did people get triggered so fucking hard about Cole cheating with the German lady? People treated him like he was literally Hitler, but gave 2 shits about all the actual problems in the city.

Guys
L.A. Noire 2 or something like Vegas Noire or N.Y. Noire?

>>383343993
If LA Noire were released today it'd be boycotted to death.

>>383334436
I'm disappointed there wasn't more DLC, or a sequel

>>383344204
Shit writing. Same with Cole actually cheating with her considering he was literally a Goody TwoShoes Straight Edge and it was OOC as fuck for him.

>>383344352
>Boycotted
>By a bunch of people who won't buy it and don't play games anyway
Hm yes

>>383344435
Desperately needed a Burglary Desk DLC and extra Vice mission where you nail Floyd Rose.

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>>383344263
>NYC Noire starring James McCaffrey

>>383344204
I think that's the point. Showcasing the hypocrisy of the LAPD.

>>383344526
Doesn't matter. American companies love caving.

>>383340054
>>383342481
Because the game was originally going to have dynamically generated cases, complete with competent voice acting on every case related NPC (think Watchdogs NPC were everyone has a stat/background and that dictates what sort of crime they might commit). That's why Rockstar initially funded it. A quarter into the development, they realized they can't pull it off with the funds they acquired so they just focused on the few hand crafted cases which was what they had for their pitch anyways.

90% of the open-world though was already done so might as well complete it. The tech they used for the random cases was given over to Rockstar per contractual agreement. It's supposedly going to be used on another game.

>>383344204
Adultery is a vice and was illegal at the time. Cole was a vice cop. It'd be like an arson cop starting fires, or a burglary detective breaking into houses.

Most underrated game ever. its in my top 10

>>383344825
What about Roy didn't he have a reputation of being dirty?


I always wanted a section where you play as Lebowsky and Rusty where you two prove Coles innocence since they know Cole is to much of a moral ass hole

>>383341324
Had to work around niggers all day every day.

>>383335846
>Doubt
Made the game. Those overreactions were nonstop hilarity in the face of that terrible interviewing mechanic.

>>383342410
>piece of shit doesn't get what's coming to him
That's kind of a staple of the noir genre.

>>383345595
>That's kind of a staple of the noir genre.
>IT'S OKAY IF IT'S SHIT BECAUSE IT'S INTENTIONALLY SHIT ALSO WE'RE TOO CREATIVELY BANKRUPT TO NOT FALL FOR CENTURY OLD TROPES

>>383339785

This

What a shit game.

>>383345703
It's okay that you didn't like it, anon. I didn't like it either. That is just how the genre works. The only thing that would knock Earle off his perch is an even bigger, more detestable asshole.

Earle was such a based dude, too bad he was a shit-tier partner. It must have been great being a cop back then when you could call someone a nigger. These days, some chimp pulls out a gun and starts shooting people, gets shot dead by a cop and you have 200 Soros zombies blocking traffic or that worthless spic George Lopez tweeting out that we need to deport cops.

>>383346993
I don't understand why Americans love to hate cops. Has anyone watched an episode of Cops? You guys should be thankful they're even bothering with your shenanigans.

>>383341047
>spend 30 minutes just to make a trek across the city
but console retards call that DEEP GAMEPLAY. The reality is that this game was shallow and only peons can play it more than 2 hours. Its padded to the extreme.

>>383340918
It looks like I've made a mistake.

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>big, hand crafted open world recreation of period Los Angeles
>it's empty as shit and pointless

>meticulous, beautiful selection of dozens of real vehicles
>driving is an awful, boring, worthless experience

>great acting with tone perfect camp and melodrama, and some really nice stories told in the cases
>it's all wasted on a confusing, bafflingly bad overarching narrative that features one of the worst endings ever made in any medium

L.A. Noire wasted so much potential it's insulting.

>>383336232
>It was pointless as fuck and boring
so is life.

>>383347386
Americans like having law and order, it's the commie leftist trash in the country who are always trying to destroy that.

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>tfw detective/investigation titles are too niche and dont come out frequently
It's my favorite genre. I wish there was more demand. I loved LA Noire. The sherlock holmes games are fantastic too. I like the AA games but they don't have the same feeling as the actual investigation games since they're basically just VNs.

LA Noire sequel never ever

>>383347386
Clapistani cops love to throw the weight of their badge around and the court system will bend over backwards for them. Now in the age of smartphones, the older ones are salt mines over people's ability to record video at will.

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> Dan: I'm scared like I can't tell you. Of all people, you're standing right over there... by that counter. You're in both dreams and you're scared too. I get even more frightened when I see how afraid you are and then I realize what it is. There's a man... in back of this place. He's the one who's doing it. I can see him through the wall. I can see his face. I hope that I never see that face, ever, outside of a dream.

You fuck young boys Valdez?

>>383348581
>I like the AA games but they don't have the same feeling as the actual investigation games since they're basically just VNs.
Edgeworth games aren't "just VNs".

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>that scene where you walk in on the younger girl in bed naked telling you about how the older fat guy fucks her

>>383345703
>>383342410
Sometimes the bad guys win. Deal with it, sunshine.
A story doesn't need an happy ending to be good.

>>383349726
I'm not talking about a happy ending where Cole lives.
I'm talking about narrative that isn't pants on head retarded you inbred shitstain.

>>383341079

THERE AIN'T NOBODY HERE BUT US CHICKENS

>>383348416
>a melancholic ending is bad now

i only played through it once so i don't remember everything clearly. i remember the story not making any sense about half way through. did they fuck up the part of the story where phelps cheats with that singer broad? i remember everything happening so fast and out of the blue and then the tone of the game changes entirely. was it terrible writing?

>>383344729

>That's why Rockstar initially funded it.

That fucking sucks though. I feel like they should have scrapped the idea of Open World early on and just have areas for each place you have to go in an investigation. That would have saved so much time in development and allowed them to really create cases, NPCs and mechanics to really lunch this 7/10 game to a 10/10.

>dynamically generated

I fucking hate when developers use features like that. It sounds great in theory but 95% they just use it so they don't have to work on cases, quests, items and just let a random generator algorithm do it. Same shit with Skyrim and its "radiant quest system".

I'm glad it didn't pan out, it would have made the game worse.

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Loved the banter in this game

>He's got the biggest dick and the smallest gun in all of Hollywood, or maybe it's the other way around, I can never quite remember.

>That man killed 30 Japs in Okinawa
>Those Japanese are little fellas, right?
>Yes, Mr. Cohen... about your size.

>>383350297
The newspapers showed most of the build up to the finale involving the stolen army issue morphine syringes and how many people got entangled or were connected to the scheme all along. The fires of the Arson desk were connected to the same group of soldiers responsible for stealing the shipment since the one lighting them was a veteran who was on flamethrower duty in Phelps platoon back when they ended up burning a cave full of women and children.

YOU SAID THE HOUSE WOULD BE EMPTY

>>383344542
I never knew about the Floyd Rose shit. That's really fucking neat.
Why was such an amazing game gifted to us plebs?

>>383344842
whats your top 10 dude? sounds like you've got good taste

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqrCw8sGYXw
dat acting tho

>>383334436
The story was a little spoiled because it showed you that arson came after homicide which is a big old downgrade so we knew something bad was going to happen.

Everything is connected in one way or another to the big federal funding scam, the former soldiers or the serial killer which is great looking back on but lowers replay value.

The interview mechanic was a great idea but poorly executed, even when a crime scene was fully investigated someone could be saying something you know was untrue and they look shifty as hell but they aren't lying. You are supposed to doubt in that case and dig deeper but this creates a situation where there is no reason to not doubt. You go off on a rant and if it was not called for there is no penatly and you just back pedal. Bad mechanic and it ruins immersion.

The elastic band chase scenes were also stupid as hell.

>>383339506
a gun is better than no gun, and LAMAJ has two
I rest my case