Strangelove Posted May 26, 2011 Report Share Posted May 26, 2011 Jesus, I already saw a used copy last week at Movie Trading Cmpany. Why do people buy these games if theyre not going to keep them over a week? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted May 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2011 On 5/26/2011 at 4:21 PM, Hot Heart said: I might read the books because the background and everything seem pretty cool and well-researched...plus I love that sort of thing. And regarding the game: I've reached maximum rank so I now have 5 intuition points left for the next 5 cases?! Yikes... I don't think I used a single intuition point on my entire playthrough. Once you start replaying cases though you get the full 5 for each case. Like, it refills each time you start a replay of a case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted May 27, 2011 Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 Yeah, I rarely used intuition points. Only when I was stuck with some tricky interrogations (and once or twice where I couldn't find all the clues). It's just I ranked up quite fast and you're only allowed a maximum of 5. It's OK though because, without wanting to spoil it for others, it seems the later stuff is a bit easier and less reliant on interviews. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted May 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 That's interesting, I had the exact opposite experience, it seemed to me like the later stuff was much more heavily reliant on interviews and therefore more difficult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted May 28, 2011 Report Share Posted May 28, 2011 On 5/27/2011 at 7:50 PM, TheMightyEthan said: That's interesting, I had the exact opposite experience, it seemed to me like the later stuff was much more heavily reliant on interviews and therefore more difficult. By 'later stuff' I mean what I said before (except I got it wrong, I only had four cases). Reveal hidden contents Barring that arson case with a lot of interviewing, the last few are very action-oriented. Particularly with Kelso getting into all sorts of trouble and directly confronting people with evidence you'd already found moments before (Benson in his apartment, for example). ...and I've finished the game. Man... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted May 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2011 On 5/28/2011 at 7:36 PM, Hot Heart said: ...and I've finished the game. Man... Reveal hidden contents That last part in the sewers was the only part where I used the "skip action sequence" function, but man was I glad that existed. It was fine up until the point where you get the flame thrower, but after that there might have been thrown controllers but for that function. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted May 30, 2011 Report Share Posted May 30, 2011 Reveal hidden contents While I never struggled with that part, it was completely unnecessary and doubly 'WTF?!' And I didn't even get that achievement for killing dudes with all different weapons! Not even sure what I'm missing. The only bit that I nearly skipped was with Kelso and the bulldozer. I had aim assist completely off at first, which made it a real pain in the ass. But, yeah, although I'll discuss it more in the roundtable we eventually do, I was a little disappointed with the denouement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted May 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2011 On 5/30/2011 at 10:14 PM, Hot Heart said: Reveal hidden contents The only bit that I nearly skipped was with Kelso and the bulldozer. I had aim assist completely off at first, which made it a real pain in the ass. Oh yeah, I skipped that part too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayc4life Posted May 31, 2011 Report Share Posted May 31, 2011 (edited) The one thing that annoyed me was: Reveal hidden contents For the second Rockstar game in a row, the main character is killed in the ending. I literally shouted "FOR FUCK SAKE NOT AGAIN" when it happened. Other than that, great game. Only got 5 stars on one mission though, so there's a lot of replaying to do. Again, I'm with some of you that said that there should be no audio hints or ✓/X marks in the notebook, just to leave everything totally ambiguous until you get your report at the end. Leave it for yourself to figure out what's "right". Oh, and maybe have characters provide deliberately doctored evidence to throw you off the trail too. News of the Rockstar Pass hit this morning too. It's a one-off paymemt of $10 (until 14th June, then $12 after) that nets you all the DLC when it becomes available. Big discount buying the Pass instead of buying everything separately. Oh, and I wish it'd tell you on the main menu if you've got all street crimes done on that desk. I've got 39/40 and can't bloody find where the last one is > Edited May 31, 2011 by jayc4life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connorrrr Posted June 1, 2011 Report Share Posted June 1, 2011 So I got this the other day, just got onto the Vice desk... Such a great game. Reveal hidden contents Totally called the real killers identity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted June 1, 2011 Report Share Posted June 1, 2011 Finally got the game today. It's great so far, but I was wondering. Am I just being OCD or did you guys also feel the need to quit and restart the current section whenever you messed up a line of questioning during interrogations? It's starting to drive me nuts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connorrrr Posted June 3, 2011 Report Share Posted June 3, 2011 On 6/1/2011 at 7:13 PM, FLD said: Finally got the game today. It's great so far, but I was wondering. Am I just being OCD or did you guys also feel the need to quit and restart the current section whenever you messed up a line of questioning during interrogations? It's starting to drive me nuts! I did that the first time, but after that I realised I was gonna fuck over way too many times to warrent restarting every time it happens So, I just completed the game. It was a great game. Like, the most compelling game I've played in a long, long time. Reveal hidden contents So, it was a good ending, I think. A real middle finger to what you did that Roy of all people was speaking for you, I wanted to punch him so bad. I'm not sure what I thought to Cole having an affair with Elsa, it seemingly came from nowhere but it was an interesting twist, I suppose, and led to some interesting things happening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted June 4, 2011 Report Share Posted June 4, 2011 My review is up and it's a long'un: http://www.pressxordie.com/2011/06/04/review-l-a-noire/ First ever attempt at one, so go easy, OK? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted June 4, 2011 Report Share Posted June 4, 2011 (edited) On 6/3/2011 at 5:23 PM, Connorrrr said: I did that the first time, but after that I realised I was gonna fuck over way too many times to warrent restarting every time it happens Yeah, but sometimes I just can't help myself I think it's a mistake to have the game tell you immediately when you get a question wrong. Would be better and less tempting if they only told you once the interrogation was over, or even at the very end of the case. I'm on the Homicide desk now. So far loving it, even though it's pretty obvious that Reveal hidden contents the real murderer is still at large and the guys I'm arresting were most likely framed I would be further along, but I started over 5 hours in. One of the reason was that I was under the mistaken impression that whenever I earned an intuition point, all it did was raise the maximum amount I could have, and that they refilled with every new case. Turns out that was wrong and I had wasted a bunch of them. But the main reason was that I had played those five hours on the day I got the game and had reached the Homicide desk. Then the next day the PSN store came back so I could redeem my free DLC and buy the Rockstar Pass to get the other cases. Turns out two of them were Traffic desk and if I played them from the main menu I wasn't getting any XP from them, so I figured I'd start over. What is weird, though is that starting over didn't reset my stats. So the first few newspapers I grabbed and dispatch calls I answered didn't really count in the new game. I also started the new game already at level 7 or 8, so I ended up getting the XP for the early cases twice. Edited June 5, 2011 by FLD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted June 4, 2011 Report Share Posted June 4, 2011 On 6/4/2011 at 11:26 PM, FLD said: I would be further along, but I started over 5 hours in. One of the reason was that I was under the mistaken impression that whenever I earned an intuition point, all it did was raise the maximum amount I could have, and that they refilled with every new case. Turns out that was wrong and I had wasted a bunch of them. Haha. Same thing happened to me but I was still on the Traffic desk at that point. It's a bit odd that it limits how many you can have and that you earn them via levelling up, but there's also a max rank...and you gain experience from anything...yet they completely refill for when you replay a case. It's almost as if they put no thought into it. Seems like they should've handed one out for every five correctly judged responses or something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted June 5, 2011 Report Share Posted June 5, 2011 On 6/4/2011 at 11:39 PM, Hot Heart said: On 6/4/2011 at 11:26 PM, FLD said: I would be further along, but I started over 5 hours in. One of the reason was that I was under the mistaken impression that whenever I earned an intuition point, all it did was raise the maximum amount I could have, and that they refilled with every new case. Turns out that was wrong and I had wasted a bunch of them. Haha. Same thing happened to me but I was still on the Traffic desk at that point. It's a bit odd that it limits how many you can have and that you earn them via levelling up, but there's also a max rank...and you gain experience from anything...yet they completely refill for when you replay a case. It's almost as if they put no thought into it. Seems like they should've handed one out for every five correctly judged responses or something like that. Agreed. Team Bondi deserves a lot of credit for the originality of the gameplay alone, but some aspects of it are still a bit rough. There's definitely room for some improvement if (or rather when) they make a sequel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P4: Gritty Reboot Posted June 5, 2011 Report Share Posted June 5, 2011 On 6/4/2011 at 10:37 PM, Hot Heart said: My review is up and it's a long'un: http://www.pressxordie.com/2011/06/04/review-l-a-noire/ First ever attempt at one, so go easy, OK? Good read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted June 5, 2011 Report Share Posted June 5, 2011 On 6/5/2011 at 2:49 AM, P4: Man of the Cloth said: On 6/4/2011 at 10:37 PM, Hot Heart said: My review is up and it's a long'un: http://www.pressxordie.com/2011/06/04/review-l-a-noire/ First ever attempt at one, so go easy, OK? Good read. A-thank you very much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Masonvrocks Posted June 11, 2011 Report Share Posted June 11, 2011 So I just beat it a few moments ago, interesting ending... Anyone know where the hell you get the flamethrower? It's the only weapon I need to get the Use All weapons trophy. As for the game...it was enjoyable but even at the end I still didn't like the whole Truth/Doubt mechanic. Your only clue was shifty eyes or fidgeting but I felt like half the time even if they were doing that and you chose doubt you'd be wrong. I still did OK 3 or 4 starred most of the cases but I fucking hated failing shit or getting the wrong buy on the cases I 1 starred. Just felt like there wasn't enough feedback. Also some of those god damn late game clues. I didn't want to leave an area when the music was still going but I swear I wandered around some of those arson case locations forEVER trying to find the last clue in each one. Are we still doing a roundtable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorgi Duke of Frisbee Posted June 12, 2011 Report Share Posted June 12, 2011 On 6/11/2011 at 11:52 PM, Masonvrocks said: So I just beat it a few moments ago, interesting ending... Anyone know where the hell you get the flamethrower? It's the only weapon I need to get the Use All weapons trophy. As for the game...it was enjoyable but even at the end I still didn't like the whole Truth/Doubt mechanic. Your only clue was shifty eyes or fidgeting but I felt like half the time even if they were doing that and you chose doubt you'd be wrong. I still did OK 3 or 4 starred most of the cases but I fucking hated failing shit or getting the wrong buy on the cases I 1 starred. Just felt like there wasn't enough feedback. Also some of those god damn late game clues. I didn't want to leave an area when the music was still going but I swear I wandered around some of those arson case locations forEVER trying to find the last clue in each one. Are we still doing a roundtable? Flamethrower's at the end sequence. There's a room directly on your path through the sequence that has it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted June 12, 2011 Report Share Posted June 12, 2011 On 6/11/2011 at 11:52 PM, Masonvrocks said: Are we still doing a roundtable? No one else has responded, so I guess not. I might do a 'post-mortem' on the game, otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayc4life Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 On 6/12/2011 at 5:28 PM, Hot Heart said: On 6/11/2011 at 11:52 PM, Masonvrocks said: Are we still doing a roundtable? No one else has responded, so I guess not. I might do a 'post-mortem' on the game, otherwise. I'm still down for the round-table if other people are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 It would help if you guys checked GDocs more often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yantelope Posted June 27, 2011 Report Share Posted June 27, 2011 I just finished the game yesterday. Reveal hidden contents So, I'm okay with the lead guy dying. I thought they had evidence that implicated the chief and the mayor and so on, how did they not get taken down? Was it that the new DA went crooked? I think that was the implication but it was a little unsatisfying. Also, why did Roy request you as a partner in vice and then sell you out? Did we ever find out what he wanted in return for taking you down? All in all I liked the game but felt the ending was a little anticlimactic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted July 5, 2011 Report Share Posted July 5, 2011 http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-07-05-rockstars-disdain-for-la-noire-dev Not looking good for Team Bondi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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