Zero Punctuation: L.A. Noire

[Bluecho]

What exactly is the point of a largly story-based game founded on interrogations if the final climactic sequence is a shootout? You wouldn't see Phoenix Wright ending with a quicktime event or something.

And that's not to say you couldn't have a final shooting sequence, but can that come alongside a very difficult interrogation? Possibly right before or right after?

That's the problem with mixing gameplay styles like this. There's no way to satisfy fans of both because they may require completely different pacing, and if one is to be perfect the other might be found wanting.

 

[lockgar]

HOLY CRAP, A PUNCTUATION! The end is nigh!

 

[-Dragmire-]

It is kind of hard to keep motivation in a case that will move on regardless of your decisions.

Please don't become a real detective then.

(Recaptcha was 'uzerep COPLAND'!)

Don't worry, the paperwork is too much of a turn off for me to consider it anyway... and I'm not a people person.

 

[CardinalPiggles]

got to say, the driving is supposed to feel like that, your not driving a ferrari, your driving a car from the mid 40's, plus you are walking and running in shoes and a suit, not trainers and a track suit.

other than that little gripe, good review, it even made me laugh a few times, which is rare.

cant wait for extra punctuation, no know where he says, it was a good game, but could have been better by doing this.

 

[eightbitsprite]

"No combs have to be combined with shoelaces to form makeshift grappling hooks.." Nice reference, right there, Yahtzee.

 

[amitypants]

Thanks for ruining the end yahtzee!
Okay, really though, funny as always. I had the exact some response with the glasses, ah, silly game

 

[floppylobster]

It is kind of hard to keep motivation in a case that will move on regardless of your decisions.

Please don't become a real detective then.

(Recaptcha was 'uzerep COPLAND'!)

Don't worry, the paperwork is too much of a turn off for me to consider it anyway... and I'm not a people person.

That, and every case you encounter moves on regardless of your decisions and it's very hard to keep motivated as cases pile up.

 

[roostuf]

okay, so its a fine game then thats all i needed to know.

 

[Inkidu]

After I saw "Brink" last week I knew it'll be L.A. Noire this one... but you're going to do Witcher 2 next week... right... right? It's not going to be some special E3 episode again? Or you're going to do both, amirite?

I doubt he'll do The Witcher 2.

A. It's a sequel.
B. He didn't even make it through the first one.

 

[mjc0961]

I did that EXACT same thing with the guy's broken old glasses and the wife saying he just got a new pair. So I hit lie and now Cole is saying she killed her husband. What?! At least you can back out of a lie accusation if Cole starts spouting off about something you didn't want (and like it says in the video, you do eventually learn to pick lie first every time just to see if the person you're talking to changes the subject to a piece of evidence he's sure you don't have but you do). But if he does it for doubt, you're screwed. And then sometimes you pick "truth" and he accuses them of not being completely honest anyway! Why even label the options as "truth", "doubt", and "lie" if Cole's reaction is just going to be whatever he feels like doing?

And yeah, those cases where you have enough evidence to say that two different suspects might have done it but you know they both probably didn't suck. But too was surprised when I got chewed out for picking the wrong one, especially since the "wrong" one had slightly stronger evidence against him even though you know neither guy did it, so it makes more sense to pick him and then you get chewed out. And then of course, you do find out later than you were right about neither of them doing it. Yay.

Good game, but certainly room for improvement if they make an LA Noire 2.

 

[robot slipper]

Yay for the Space Quest box Yahtzee! Man, I grew up with those games. Though if anything LA Noire reminds me a bit of Gabriel Knight, being a detective thing and all.
I liked the game, but yeah RoboPhelps certainly needs to get a grip on his anger management, like when he yells at the landlady and calls her a old hag!

 

[Thrashgrinder]

Well he didnt rip the game a new one. which means he liked it. so yeah

Were we watching the same review? He gave it a passing grade at best.


Regardless of what he says I won't be bothering with this game either. Rockstar games are pretty boring and the "story" aspects of the games are pretty weak.

Well if that's what you think, then that's what you think.

And i would recommend this game to you.

 

[E-Penguin]

Now I need to watch a LP of it :/
And it's about fucking time Yahtzee! I've had to wait 3 damn hours for this video!

Here ya go!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qFWQ2g64JY[/youtube]

 

[mjc0961]

I liked the game, but yeah RoboPhelps certainly needs to get a grip on his anger management, like when he yells at the landlady and calls her a old hag!

That part was funny, especially so because the answer that involved calling her and old hag was the right one. And then your partner makes a couple comments about that outburst as the case goes on.

Now I need to watch a LP of it :/
And it's about fucking time Yahtzee! I've had to wait 3 damn hours for this video!

Here ya go!

You're doing it wrong. It's "{youtube=video ID only}". But with the proper brackets (why does this forum not support noparse?).

So like this:

Spoiler: Quote this post to see the code I used.

 

[Imperioratorex Caprae]

I agree with this review in many ways. Though the game itself is beautifully rendered, and the overarching story is definitely a catcher, I did notice the very similar plot from L.A. Confidential (incidentally being one of my favorite movies).
Still, R* made a good game and one I thoroughly have enjoyed. Hopefully DLC for it will be worth getting, maybe even GTA4-style side-stories.

 

[-Dragmire-]

It is kind of hard to keep motivation in a case that will move on regardless of your decisions.

Please don't become a real detective then.

(Recaptcha was 'uzerep COPLAND'!)

Don't worry, the paperwork is too much of a turn off for me to consider it anyway... and I'm not a people person.

That, and every case you encounter moves on regardless of your decisions and it's very hard to keep motivated as cases pile up.

When I use the words 'move on' I'm not referring to the progression of time. What I am referring to is the progression of an interactive story that does not require any specific path to progress.

It's like playing Super Mario Bros where falling down a hole results in mario jumping back out commenting on how he shouldn't have jumped down in the first place.

I find failure less threatening in a game when you don't lose anything or get set back in any way. Why should I care about decisions I make if they progress the story in a similar way regardless of which ones I pick?

 

[Tjoubou]

Ha! lol at the pictionary ballsack xD

 

[awdrifter]

The final case was massively dissapointing. I was expecting an exciting fighting with the flame thrower guy. But it ended with basically a cutscene. That was really weak ending.

 

[rickthetrick]

I have rather lost interest in this game. I'm about halfway through, and got bored enough to start watching netflix instead. For a "sandbox" game, I haven't felt any real urge to go exploring. I just found myself plowing through, and letting other people drive the whole time. This city just feels monotonous.

 

[Ataraxis]

Aww, no Witcher 2? Hopefully next week then!