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L.A. Noire

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Mike-O
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Rockstar Games is publishing another potential masterpiece on their roster, L.A. Noire.

This game looks like a crossover of Grand Theft Auto, Heavy Rain and Condemnded: a criminal investigation game with amazing face recognition technology - a large part of the game is actually figuring out slight nuances from actors' faces if they are telling the truth or not. The game is filled with a lot of known actors and the hype is on, this might be the first game I'll buy in many years.

I'll let the videos do the rest of the talking, check it out, you will be amazed.



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Investigation:





Cinematic Trailer:



Mar 10 2011 11:35AM
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eldridge
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dude this game is gonna be so sick. Definitely buying this one, rockstar makes great games (Red Dead Redemption!!!!)
Mar 10 2011 11:38AM
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eldridge
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looks like a ten times as good version of Mafia 2
Mar 10 2011 11:39AM
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Nuketeacup
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Definitely interested in this game, love old film noire movies and Red Dead is one of my favorite games.
Mar 10 2011 12:56PM
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SkiThe603
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Kinda want to play this
Mar 10 2011 1:09PM
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Mike-O
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Game threads today, so bump.
Mar 15 2011 5:18PM
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Kotke
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Game looks amazing. Definitely picking it up.
Mar 15 2011 5:22PM
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Davy.Crockett
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red dead is one of the best games ever made imo. i hope this is as good
Mar 15 2011 5:24PM
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Jonny7
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do want
Mar 15 2011 5:34PM
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Dbouch
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Uncanny valley... freaking me out a little...
Mar 15 2011 5:37PM
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Mike-O
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I'd say this is the furthest we've gone across the valley.
Mar 15 2011 5:43PM
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Dbouch
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Getting better, but thats the scary thing about the valley, the further you push, the more disturbing any small imperfection is.  Like the faces look so real that the voices feel detached. The facial expressions are so real that its disturbing to seem them plastered on to plasticy computer generated face.  The game looks great, don't get me wrong and its going to be incredible, but there's just something unsettling about the way the people look.
Mar 15 2011 6:00PM
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adamlukowski
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I may makethis purchase, but goddamit we need GTA 5, and it better be in San Andreas again, or atleast los santos
Mar 15 2011 6:36PM
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Twinjibber77
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I thought this already came out, been in production for yearsssss then?
Mar 15 2011 7:06PM
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bakedpow
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Might buy this, seems like a real thinker...
Mar 15 2011 7:14PM
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jeremy.g
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this looks fucking awesome.
Mar 15 2011 7:20PM
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FerrisBueller
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looks dope but not free roam...
Mar 15 2011 7:37PM
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Mike-O
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Who said anything about free roam?
Mar 16 2011 2:14AM
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Thenowhereman42
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Looks interesting. Could get repetitive ala Assassins Creed 1. Rockstar doesn't exactly have the best track record with games that aren't GTA (except RDR which was GTA on horses). I certainly regret buying State of Emergency. Manhunt was fun for a while but pretty meh. Plus it seems like GTA, but with puzzles, which seems kind of dumb. Cool that they finally got the licensing for a real city though, maybe GTA will finally get a real place.
Mar 16 2011 6:40AM
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aussieskier
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Yea its been in production for ever,
team bondai is a pretty unorganised company, i hear.
my friend worked for them early on in production and left them because there was nothing happening with it.
he feels like a ass now.
Mar 16 2011 6:44AM
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Mike-O
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Rockstar is only publishing (and financing I guess).

As Aussieskier said, Team Bondai is reeling it in.
Mar 16 2011 6:52AM
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Thenowhereman42
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Still seems a lot like gta though
Mar 16 2011 6:53AM
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Toasty.
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seems alot like gta, but instead your lookin for niko, not playin as him. and i will only get if they have a free mode
Mar 16 2011 7:00AM
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applejuice.
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rage and homefront.

/thread.
Mar 16 2011 7:09AM
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SONlC
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This game will probably end up being awesome
Mar 16 2011 11:38AM
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Mike-O
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It's out and it's awesome. I've been watching the walkthrough and it's like a damn well-written and acted old school adventure game mixed with some Shenmue. Very, very good.

(Skip to 1:00 for the beginning)


This YouTube channel has almost all the chapters.
May 23 2011 1:33PM
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theBearJew
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Got the game and have been playing it for awhile. Its pretty fun but you gotta get used to being wrong. Its very detailed and pretty crazy. Really open game that gives you a lot of choices when it comes to the interrogations and all that. All and all its pretty fun definitely worth getting.
May 23 2011 2:12PM
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SONlC
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I played this game and thought it was awesome for a while but now I'm on disc 3 and the thrill is gone...
Jun 16 2011 8:30AM
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db21
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that is exactly what happened to me. did like the first arson case and now i'm not feeling it
Jun 16 2011 9:37AM
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CliffyByro
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though still not as good as the mighty Red Dead, i'm finding it really compelling, even as far as disc 3. i do find it can be a little frustrating and repetitive though, especially when searching for clues. still, i'd give it 9.5/10 for sure
Jun 16 2011 9:46AM
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