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Old 05-19-11 | 09:28 PM
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Re: LA Noire - The Thread.

Originally Posted by Suprmallet
Alright, now that pinata is gone, how much better is this thread? At least 3000%, amiright?
I think you are underestimating the power of a Pinata-less thread.
Old 05-19-11 | 10:31 PM
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Re: LA Noire - The Thread.

I'm still trying to get my head around this:
Originally Posted by pinata242
Some of us do know the names of actors. Some are more recognizable than others. Some are meant to make entrances (like the above).
It's just Greg Grunberg - who fucking cares! "Entrance"? Were not talking Keyser Soze here!
Old 05-19-11 | 10:52 PM
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Yeah, I don't think actor names really qualify as spoilers.
Old 05-19-11 | 10:59 PM
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Re: LA Noire - The Thread.

I don't know wtf you people are griping about but mentioning actors' names isn't a big deal. Otherwise the movie thread of dvdtalk would be pretty sparse for names.
Old 05-19-11 | 11:15 PM
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Re: LA Noire - The Thread.

Originally Posted by slop101
I'm still trying to get my head around this:It's just Greg Grunberg - who fucking cares! "Entrance"? Were not talking Keyser Soze here!
Yeah, that's what I was coming back to post. It's not like there's some super-secret Angelia Jolie cameo or something. Pinata, I apologize if I came off harsh, that was not my intent. But it ticks me off when people get pissed off about spoiling something that's so trivial. It's not a major plot point to the game and someone isn't going to be extremely disappointed that they now know that the mind-reader guy from Heroes is in the game.
Old 05-20-11 | 12:22 AM
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Re: LA Noire - The Thread.

Originally Posted by UncleGramps
Yeah, I don't think actor names really qualify as spoilers.
Unless they make a game based on the movie Se7en and you haven't seen the movie.... Speaking of Keyser Soze..... wait, is that a spoiler?
Old 05-20-11 | 12:22 AM
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First case with some glitches...characters floating...people frozen...case not moving forward...and a part where I was suppose to find a taxi, and it just was not there....I tried avoiding reading anything about this game online, but I could not help it after looking for the taxi for 30 minutes. This seems to be a problem on this homicide case...

Up to this point it had been a smooth ride, but it almost seemed like they got lazy...ugh..
Old 05-20-11 | 12:24 AM
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First case with some glitches...characters floating...people frozen...case not moving forward...and a part where I was suppose to find a taxi, and it just was not there....I tried avoiding reading anything about this game online, but I could not help it after looking for the taxi for 30 minutes. This seems to be a problem on this homicide case...

Up to this point it had been a smooth ride, but it almost seemed like they got lazy...ugh..
No, getting lazy would be a case called "The case of the curious stick figure". Now that would be lazy
Old 05-20-11 | 01:58 AM
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Re: LA Noire - The Thread.

Beat the game and ended up having only 1 glitch the entire time. Phelps fell through the ground and off into oblivion!

Overall, not a bad game, but not great. Very repetitive, and I found myself rapidly losing interest in the story. Even skipped some cutscenes at the end to get it over with. I don't think they could have designed less likeable characters if they tried.
Old 05-20-11 | 02:17 AM
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I was going to go see Pirates 4 this weekend, but then someone over in the the movie forum let it spill that Johnny Depp is in it. Well, thanks for ruining the movie for me. No point in seeing it now.
Old 05-20-11 | 02:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Deftones
It's not a major plot point to the game and someone isn't going to be extremely disappointed that they now know that the mind-reader guy from Heroes is in the game.
Wait, the mind reader guy from Heroes is in this game?! Damn it, Deftones! Might as well quit now.
Old 05-20-11 | 02:42 AM
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Re: LA Noire - The Thread.

Back in with blinders on, but I'm sure you guys are having a field day with my "over-reacting". Whatever.

Anyway, just wanted to say that I'm about 11 hours into the game and still on disc 2 but the 13th case totally should have been called
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Old 05-20-11 | 07:41 AM
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I'm on the 7th or 8th case and am pretty disappointed so far. The interrogation mechanic just doesn't work well. There are times when doubt means 'I know you're lying, but I can't prove it' and others where it means 'I know you're telling the truth, but I need to be a little gruff to get you to tell me more.' And some of the conversation logic just sucks. A couple examples from case 5 or 6:
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I was questioning a woman whose husband disappeared and she mentioned something about him just buying new glasses. When examining the crime scene, I'd found an older pair of glasses that had been repaired, so I thought maybe I should call into question what she said. Of course, instead of just saying 'the glasses we found weren't new', Phelps screamed an accusation that she killed her husband.

Then, I questioned a guy involved with the missing man. He said that he thought the missing guy was skipping town and might be at the bus station. I found an unused train ticket at the guy's house, so I chose 'lying' and showed the ticket. Apparently, that's not the right action.

When I went to the woman's house to tell her that her husband was missing, I found a water heater on the side of the house that was missing a pipe left at the scene of the potential crime. Apparently, you're supposed to do this after talking to the wife, as the conversations inside act like I hadn't already found it.


Anyway, the environment is nice except for occasional pop-in and the character models are excellent. I'm just really disappointed in how the dialog often has a crappy, unnatural flow and the interrogation logic sometimes sucks, as that's really the core of the whole thing. It's certainly not an awful game, but so far it'd be 4th or 5th down on my 2011 list.
Old 05-20-11 | 08:41 AM
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Re: LA Noire - The Thread.

Originally Posted by pinata242
Anyway, just wanted to say that I'm about 11 hours into the game and still on disc 2 but the 13th case...
Wait a sec, the 13th case is on disc 2? Oh my god! Spoilerize that shit!!!
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Old 05-20-11 | 09:12 AM
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FWIW, it would appear that Best Buy has upped their extra $15 to $20 for LA Noire. I'm on the phone with their customer service right now to see what they can do. The only difference is the $20 is a gift card whereas the $15 was a digital code. They've got a case going with their promotions department and expect to get back to me soon.
Old 05-20-11 | 10:38 AM
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On the case involving the hit and run outside the diner
Spoiler:
I canvassed the scene and found a bloody knife in the trash can outside the diner. Later, when I was at the home of the widow and her would-be business partner, I was able to go into the kitchen and examine the box of cleanser and the wooden spoon, but not the knife rack with the missing knife. WTF?


Fortunately, I cracked the case anyway.
Old 05-20-11 | 10:58 AM
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Re: LA Noire - The Thread.

I thought the same thing, Jason. Seemed like a bit of a gaffe.

Regarding the last traffic case, I was blown away by
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The Intolerance set. Not only was it well rendered, but they really use it well.



Of course, that thing had been torn down for nearly 30 years by the time period the game was set in, but I'm willing to forgive them that.

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Old 05-20-11 | 11:04 AM
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Re: LA Noire - The Thread.

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I thought the same thing, Jason. Seemed like a bit of a gaffe.

Regarding the last traffic case, I was blown away by
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The Intolerance set. Not only was it well rendered, but they really use it well.



Of course, that thing had been torn down for nearly 30 years by the time period the game was set in, but I'm willing to forgive them that.

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The last traffic case was all kinds of icky.
Old 05-20-11 | 11:24 AM
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Re: LA Noire - The Thread.

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On the case involving the hit and run outside the diner
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I canvassed the scene and found a bloody knife in the trash can outside the diner. Later, when I was at the home of the widow and her would-be business partner, I was able to go into the kitchen and examine the box of cleanser and the wooden spoon, but not the knife rack with the missing knife. WTF?


Fortunately, I cracked the case anyway.
Yeah, the game is all kinds of random in what you can and can't examine. I like the idea of the game a lot more than the execution.
Old 05-20-11 | 11:35 AM
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If only they could combine the facial animations with the dialogue trees of Fallout or some of those games...

I just started case disc 2, level 10/20. My guess is that I'll reach 20 long before the end.
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Re: LA Noire - The Thread.

Originally Posted by JasonF
On the case involving the hit and run outside the diner
Spoiler:
I canvassed the scene and found a bloody knife in the trash can outside the diner. Later, when I was at the home of the widow and her would-be business partner, I was able to go into the kitchen and examine the box of cleanser and the wooden spoon, but not the knife rack with the missing knife. WTF?


Fortunately, I cracked the case anyway.
Spoiler:
And yet you get an achievement for finding the knife on your first sweep around the bar. Weird. I was thinking the same thing, as I was looking right at the block of knives in the kitchen, but couldn't examine them.
Old 05-20-11 | 04:01 PM
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Spoiler for (if memory serves) case #10 - the third one on the homicide desk - "The Silk Stocking Murder":

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I loved how the investigation starts out like the previous murders, until you start following the blood trail. Then you discover the sequence of clues intentionally left behind by the killer. It's a great moment of realization when you figure out that the blood trail keeps on going...and going...and going. It was the first case where I completely nailed every question and found every clue without the hint system on.
Old 05-20-11 | 04:57 PM
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Spoiler for (if memory serves) case #10 - the third one on the homicide desk - "The Silk Stocking Murder":

Spoiler:
I loved how the investigation starts out like the previous murders, until you start following the blood trail. Then you discover the sequence of clues intentionally left behind by the killer. It's a great moment of realization when you figure out that the blood trail keeps on going...and going...and going. It was the first case where I completely nailed every question and found every clue without the hint system on.
I f'ed up on that case.

Spoiler:
I went to the fruit market first, instead of going to the bar. Of course you find the guy you are going to arrest at the fruit market, so I missed out on some gameplay. oh well.
Old 05-20-11 | 05:57 PM
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I just called Best Buy regarding the gift-card offer being upped to $20 for online orders. The guy had me explain what the deal was, then spent about a minute processing something and said they were sending me a $10 gift card in the mail; way beyond what I ever expected.


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