[L.A Noire] - Phelps, you didn't use spoiler tags! You're a loose cannon!

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  • manwiththemachinegunmanwiththemachinegun METAL GEAR?! Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Gotta love those war time singers.

    On a related note, what are peoples thoughts on the preorder bonuses? I think I'll skip the stat boosting stuff and go for one of the expansion cases.

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  • milk ducksmilk ducks High Mucky Muck Big Tits TownRegistered User regular
    edited March 2011
    This game looks so good it makes me fucking angry.

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  • PaperLuigi44PaperLuigi44 My amazement is at maximum capacity. Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    In my experience stat boosting stuff makes the game easier (read: less fun) so I'm going to go with the DLC my work is getting. The DLC thing kinda ticks me off, but I'm going to be getting the game anyway so at least I'll get one of the extra cases.

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  • OptimusZedOptimusZed Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    This is really looking great at this point.

    I'm such a sucker for period pieces.

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  • PaperLuigi44PaperLuigi44 My amazement is at maximum capacity. Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    And I love detective stuff (hence my profile theme) so I can't wait either. I'm itching for another video at this point.

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  • manwiththemachinegunmanwiththemachinegun METAL GEAR?! Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    I just hope we get to threaten to turn in our badge to da chief.

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  • OptimusZedOptimusZed Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    I'm hoping that violence is rare enough to be shocking when it breaks out on a case.

    I fear that it might be hard to maintain the feeling of being an investigator with gun battles erupting after every third suspect questioning.

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  • AntibodiesAntibodies Used to live in a psychic city. Never knew what would happen in a day. Chicago, ILRegistered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Apparently you rank up through different 'desks' which will probably start out with just punks on the street, small time violence and adjusting to the clue hunting and solving mechanics, before gradually moving onto harder crimes.

    Being promoted to vehicular chases and gunfights against gangs as a Vice cop then finally more cerebral work and sleuthing on bigtime historical murders and serial killers as the games unique qualities win over the casual kids who think its another GTA in favor of the brilliance of a new genre. At least that is my hope.

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  • manwiththemachinegunmanwiththemachinegun METAL GEAR?! Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Antibodies wrote: »
    Apparently you rank up through different 'desks' which will probably start out with just punks on the street, small time violence and adjusting to the clue hunting and solving mechanics, before gradually moving onto harder crimes.

    Being promoted to vehicular chases and gunfights against gangs as a Vice cop then finally more cerebral work and sleuthing on bigtime historical murders and serial killers as the games unique qualities win over the casual kids who think its another GTA in favor of the brilliance of a new genre. At least that is my hope.

    It must be nice to be so idealistic.

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  • BasticleBasticle Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
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  • Dox the PIDox the PI Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Basticle wrote: »

    drool

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  • DecoyDecoy Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Every time I watch a trailer all I can think is "Damnit, you shouldn't have watched that. You just spoiled parts of that mission for yourself."

    Released on a day with stiff competition, this game is already going to be my first choice. So I really should stop watching things about it. :)

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  • KuratosuKuratosu Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Still looks awesome. One thing that worries me is the gunplay. I know they have to show some in these trailers, but I hope it doesn't consume a large portion of the game. I'd rather investigation and exploration take center stage.

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  • SchwhatSchwhat Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Kuratosu wrote: »
    Still looks awesome. One thing that worries me is the gunplay. I know they have to show some in these trailers, but I hope it doesn't consume a large portion of the game. I'd rather investigation and exploration take center stage.

    I think there was a video prior that showed like 5 secs of gunplay. It looked very GTA with hiding.

    I was hoping the original post would state what and where the bonus stuff from pre-ordering from gamestop versus amazon versus walmart, etc. I haven't pre-ordered yet. I'm waiting on what the different pre-orders are.

    I vaguely remember gamestop is getting an extra mission and walmart is getting a different extra mission and amazon is just getting some character skin (doesn't seem even compared to the other 2).

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  • OptimusZedOptimusZed Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Schwhat wrote: »
    Kuratosu wrote: »
    Still looks awesome. One thing that worries me is the gunplay. I know they have to show some in these trailers, but I hope it doesn't consume a large portion of the game. I'd rather investigation and exploration take center stage.

    I think there was a video prior that showed like 5 secs of gunplay. It looked very GTA with hiding.

    I was hoping the original post would state what and where the bonus stuff from pre-ordering from gamestop versus amazon versus walmart, etc. I haven't pre-ordered yet. I'm waiting on what the different pre-orders are.

    I vaguely remember gamestop is getting an extra mission and walmart is getting a different extra mission and amazon is just getting some character skin (doesn't seem even compared to the other 2).
    The Rockstar site lists the bonuses.

    Given that I will not be spending any money in Gamestop or Walmart, I guess I'm looking at a fancy suit.

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  • PaperLuigi44PaperLuigi44 My amazement is at maximum capacity. Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Decoy wrote: »
    Every time I watch a trailer all I can think is "Damnit, you shouldn't have watched that. You just spoiled parts of that mission for yourself."

    Released on a day with stiff competition, this game is already going to be my first choice. So I really should stop watching things about it. :)

    It's not too far away, yeah.

    Which is a tough stance to take since I love Rockstar trailers.

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  • plufimplufim Dr Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Great to see the bonuses will be made available soon. Retail specific bonuses is still, and always will be, bullshit of the highest order.

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  • DecoyDecoy Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Actual missions being retail specific bonuses are what I find a bit perplexing. I can see clothes or a weapons, those kind of things are small "nice to have" items, but not actual story content. Yes, I'm sure they are mere side quests that don't matter in the grand scheme of the entire story, but still. More and more companies are working on and finishing DLC content well before the game even goes gold and as a consumer you can help but feel a bit let down that it wasn't added into the box for everyone.

    We've had this argument/discussion 100 times though. Oh well.

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  • CherrnCherrn Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    It's completely insane when you think about it, both from a developer and consumer standpoint.

    "Get 2 extra scenes in Inception by pre-ordering the blu-ray from Best Buy!"

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  • RisenPhoenixRisenPhoenix SUPER HOTRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    plufim wrote: »
    Great to see the bonuses will be made available soon. Retail specific bonuses is still, and always will be, bullshit of the highest order.

    This I'm glad about - even with the ridiculousness of 'Gotta buy it from here if you want the cool shit!'. They've said multiple times that they plan to have the DLC available much earlier than they did with RDR.

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  • plufimplufim Dr Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Cherrn wrote: »
    It's completely insane when you think about it, both from a developer and consumer standpoint.

    "Get 2 extra scenes in Inception by pre-ordering the blu-ray from Best Buy!"

    D:

    Sadly, I can see this also becoming a reality.

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  • DecoyDecoy Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Shocking news!! More exclusive content!!

    http://ps3.ign.com/articles/116/1161633p1.html
    L.A. Noire Has Exclusive PS3 Content

    When L.A. Noire ships for PlayStation 3 next month, the game will include an exclusive mission called "Consul's Car Traffic Case."

    Details about the mission are not known. A Rockstar representative said they'll have more information coming soon. Separate case missions are also available to those who pre-order the game at participating Walmart stores called "A Slip of the Tongue" and at GameStop called "The Naked City" for both PS3 and Xbox 360.

    L.A. Noire is set for release on May 17, 2011.

    While it's not a retailer specific bonus, it's still alienating anyone planning on getting this for their 360. Also, no mention was given as to whether or not this will show up paid DLC for 360 users.

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  • mere_immortalmere_immortal So tasty!Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    I'd like to think this pre order/exclusive content nonsense will stop but it's only gonna get worse.

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  • DecoyDecoy Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Rockstar also had exclusive content for the PS3 version of Red Dead, so I guess we shouldn't be all that surprised.

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  • darleysamdarleysam On my way to UKRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Did want to get it on 360 around launch, but I think i'm just going to wait for this to not be a grim satire of what the system should be.

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  • mere_immortalmere_immortal So tasty!Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Oh I just mean in general, I despise it.

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  • PaperLuigi44PaperLuigi44 My amazement is at maximum capacity. Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Don't these PS3 exclusives usually stay exclusive? I can't recall Batman: AA ever getting Joker, for example.

    Whatever, unless this case is utterly amazing I don't think it will matter.

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  • TastyfishTastyfish Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Maybe the pre-order cases will be really short, and perhaps only based around a single item.

    Brief cases, if you know what I mean.

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  • manwiththemachinegunmanwiththemachinegun METAL GEAR?! Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Knowing most DLC content it's likely not particularly long or unique. Just filler.

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  • DashuiDashui Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Decoy wrote: »
    Rockstar also had exclusive content for the PS3 version of Red Dead, so I guess we shouldn't be all that surprised.

    I ended up regretting getting the PS3 version of Red Dead after finding out and seeing for myself the stark visual differences between it and the 360 version. I believe Grand Theft Auto 4 had similar issues, too. Based on Rockstar's multiplatform history with the two systems, I'll probably keep my 360 pre-order.

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  • ED!ED! Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    This games trailers are awesome in that without speaking a word, you get a sense of what actors will be showing up at some points in the game. Good on them.

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  • Hank_ScorpioHank_Scorpio Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    So I suppose the definitive answer to PS3 vs. 360 for this game is PS3?

    RDR in my experience ran and looked better on 360, but I don't know about LAN.

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  • cooljammer00cooljammer00 Hey Small Christmas-Man!Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Not that it'll look better, but wasn't LA Noire going to be PS3 exclusive? And then they traded it for The Agent?

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  • Xenogear_0001Xenogear_0001 Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    I don't remember that ever being the case, but I've certainly been wrong before.

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  • darleysamdarleysam On my way to UKRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Unco-ordinated can state it definitively, but I'm pretty sure that was the case.

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  • CarbonFireCarbonFire See you in the countryRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    darleysam wrote: »
    Unco-ordinated can state it definitively, but I'm pretty sure that was the case.

    Yeah, I'm almost certain it was announced as an exclusive. But it was announced 5 years ago, when the Playstation brand was still dominate and the 360 had yet to prove itself.

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  • Torso BoyTorso Boy Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    CarbonFire wrote: »
    darleysam wrote: »
    Unco-ordinated can state it definitively, but I'm pretty sure that was the case.

    Yeah, I'm almost certain it was announced as an exclusive. But it was announced 5 years ago, when the Playstation brand was still dominate and the 360 had yet to prove itself.

    I can confirm that. But I'm not certain this translates to the PS3 being the lead platform. We don't know how many iterations the game went through.

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  • YallYall Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    I'm very interested in this game. I might reload RDR or GTAV just to get my Rockstar fix while I'm waiting.

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  • John ZoidbergJohn Zoidberg Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    The second thread popping up reminded me that I should update the OP a bit what with the release being very close. I will get on that when I have access to my desktop again on Saturday.

    Game is looking sharp from what I have seen so far.

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