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Other => Off-Topic => Gaming => Topic started by: Faraday on March 15, 2012, 05:45:08 AM

Title: L.A. Noire -50%
Post by: Faraday on March 15, 2012, 05:45:08 AM: L.A. Noire (http://store.steampowered.com/app/110800/) is now 50% off on steam.

Has anyone played this? I always wanted to play it but it was like 50 euro's so didn't want to spend that much money on it. Now it's just 15 euro's.

Reviews are welcome here!
Title: Re: L.A. Noire -50%
Post by: Simon on March 15, 2012, 05:55:55 AM: I bought it and I am selling my Xbox copy. It was OK, never finished it mainly because I didn't have the time to finish it.
Title: Re: L.A. Noire -50%
Post by: n1K on March 15, 2012, 07:14:28 AM: Am playing it currently. Believe me, this game fucking rocks. Its like Mafia but just that you are the cop not a criminal. :P
There are some uber new things in it, like reading facial expressions of witnesses, accusing them of lying based on evidence collected etc etc, which helps you in solving case.

Keep one thing in mind, there are some issues running it. I mean the game was by default capped at 30fps. Plus, its requirements are pretty much like GTA4. There are some tweaks and patches out there which removes the 30fps cap, so that you can get more fps. But those patches etc work only for default version of game which can not use DX11.
If you update the game you wont be able to use those fps limit removal patches etc, but you will be able to run it on DX11.

Personally, i would recommend not using those patches, as i have tried them. Just update your game, run it on DX11 without any fps patches, and use a commandline (like we can do in GTA4). There are many commandline for LA Noire out there, just try and see whichever suits you for some fps boost, if you need it.
Title: Re: L.A. Noire -50%
Post by: Simon on March 15, 2012, 08:28:41 AM: The facial animations are amazing, you can actually recognize the actors that the characters are modelled after*. I am really bad at reading the expressions though. Hopefully now that I own it on PC I will play it until the end since I use my PC more than Xbox.

* Except one scene (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdP7W90tSZ0) where I thought one of the characters was Jon Cryer (Alan Harper) from Two and a Half Men! Apparently the actor was not him, although I do wonder if the likeness to him was on purpose.
Title: Re: L.A. Noire -50%
Post by: S3rs on March 15, 2012, 10:03:20 AM: I sometimes had the urge to play a detective in the 50s, but I got bored real quick as one mission could take up to a few hours to get it right.
The game is quite nice though, for 15 euros it's surely worth it!
Title: Re: L.A. Noire -50%
Post by: [eVo]PvtBenny on March 15, 2012, 02:10:41 PM: I was meaning to play it but then my Harddrive took an arrow to the knee. But now its fixed and i can begin to play it :D.
Title: Re: L.A. Noire -50%
Post by: iMJets on March 15, 2012, 04:44:54 PM: ill stick to waiting for gamefly deals here in the USA, cause they have LA Noire for 10$ for ps3.
Title: Re: L.A. Noire -50%
Post by: Faraday on March 15, 2012, 05:36:04 PM: bought it! will download and play this weekend! thx for the info guys
Title: Re: L.A. Noire -50%
Post by: [eVo]PvtBenny on March 20, 2012, 03:28:55 PM: Quote from: Faraday on March 15, 2012, 05:36:04 PM
bought it! will download and play this weekend! thx for the info guys

How you liking it so far dude ? (i havent started it yet)
Title: Re: L.A. Noire -50%
Post by: Faraday on March 20, 2012, 05:11:34 PM: Can't download it just yet. I have a 60GB limit per month. Waiting for the reset in a few days.. I'll probably have some time this weekend to try it out!
Title: Re: L.A. Noire -50%
Post by: BikeDriver on March 20, 2012, 05:57:51 PM: you downloaded 60 GB horse porn in 1 month? :o
Title: Re: L.A. Noire -50%
Post by: Faraday on March 20, 2012, 08:37:15 PM: Yes and The Matrix Trilogy in BluRay
Title: Re: L.A. Noire -50%
Post by: BikeDriver on March 20, 2012, 08:55:24 PM: nobody has told you yet that i work for acta, eh? ;D

what your family name again, peter boi? :)
Title: Re: L.A. Noire -50%
Post by: [eVo]PvtBenny on March 21, 2012, 02:45:01 AM: Quote from: BikeDriver on March 20, 2012, 08:55:24 PM
nobody has told you yet that i work for acta, eh? ;D

what your family name again, peter boi? :)

acta,

when u said Acta, it instantly reminded me of world domination. But ill not get into that and just say STAY ON TOPIC DANG IT! :P

Lol. Anyway ive installed LA Noire gunna play it this week. See if its good or not :D Probably good cuz i like the 1930's - 1940's style :D.
Title: Re: L.A. Noire -50%
Post by: Faraday on March 21, 2012, 05:36:29 AM: Quote from: WildStyleZx89 on March 21, 2012, 02:45:01 AM
Quote from: BikeDriver on March 20, 2012, 08:55:24 PM
nobody has told you yet that i work for acta, eh? ;D

what your family name again, peter boi? :)

acta,

when u said Acta, it instantly reminded me of world domination. But ill not get into that and just say STAY ON TOPIC DANG IT! :P

Lol. Anyway ive installed LA Noire gunna play it this week. See if its good or not :D Probably good cuz i like the 1930's - 1940's style :D.

Well, that's why I was a little hesitant. I've never played such a dated game. I've seen a friend of mine play Mafia, but wasn't really impressed. But, I also thought the same about Skyrim, and I was addicted to that so... :p
Title: Re: L.A. Noire -50%
Post by: [eVo]PvtBenny on March 21, 2012, 04:45:45 PM: Mafia 1 was good, Mafia 2 was awesome but gameplay could have been alot better considering.

Im still amazed that there has never been a GTA game based on the late 1930's early 1940's

Thats one of the most amazing era's of all time (im my opinion atleast) filled with crime, gangsters, mafia, etc etc.

Gangsters of modern days simply do not have style. They think they do but they don't.

Alrite im gunna quit while im ahead before it'll plunge into a full review/history topic.