L.A. Noire (Coming to PS4, Switch, XBO and Vive)

Supachipz wrote:

jamcc wrote:If you mean 'A Polite Invitation' then you are on the second last mission.

Sorry, yeah that's the one! Are they long missions? How long am I likely to need?

Edit: just finished that mission, I like how the story is building up nicely!

How long does the last mission take? I should be able to get it done in about two hours tomorrow evening surely?

Drej wrote:Just started the third mission of disc 2.

I know this has been discussed before, but I dont feel like I have an input at all... I know I am putting people in jail whilst there is a feeling that something bigger is happenning and maybe these people are innocent (they look far from innocent to me), but I feel like I cannot influence the game at all

Does the game "change" in any way? Or is it just a case of the game unfolding based on the people you put in jail?

Drunken_Master wrote:

Drej wrote:Just started the third mission of disc 2.

I know this has been discussed before, but I dont feel like I have an input at all... I know I am putting people in jail whilst there is a feeling that something bigger is happenning and maybe these people are innocent (they look far from innocent to me), but I feel like I cannot influence the game at all

Does the game "change" in any way? Or is it just a case of the game unfolding based on the people you put in jail?

I don't think it's spoiler worthy to say you don't really have any influence as to how the story goes. If you strawberry float up a case or ace a case the story will always remain the same.

Biggest flaw of the game really, kills the replayability almost stone dead.

Drej wrote:

Drunken_Master wrote:

Drej wrote:Just started the third mission of disc 2.

I know this has been discussed before, but I dont feel like I have an input at all... I know I am putting people in jail whilst there is a feeling that something bigger is happenning and maybe these people are innocent (they look far from innocent to me), but I feel like I cannot influence the game at all

Does the game "change" in any way? Or is it just a case of the game unfolding based on the people you put in jail?

I don't think it's spoiler worthy to say you don't really have any influence as to how the story goes. If you strawberry float up a case or ace a case the story will always remain the same.

Biggest flaw of the game really, kills the replayability almost stone dead.

I was just being overly-cautious

Yeah that was what I was thinking.... I really didnt like the fact that sometimes I got nearly all questions wrong and after getting them wrong... Phelps would just get up and charge the accused and the story went on...

I also felt puzzled when after charging Mr Moller with murder instead of Eli Rooney the captain reacted furiously just to tell me in the next episode that he was over the moon with how I solved the moller case:shifty:

Drunken_Master wrote:

Drej wrote:

Drunken_Master wrote:

Drej wrote:Just started the third mission of disc 2.

I know this has been discussed before, but I dont feel like I have an input at all... I know I am putting people in jail whilst there is a feeling that something bigger is happenning and maybe these people are innocent (they look far from innocent to me), but I feel like I cannot influence the game at all

Does the game "change" in any way? Or is it just a case of the game unfolding based on the people you put in jail?

I don't think it's spoiler worthy to say you don't really have any influence as to how the story goes. If you strawberry float up a case or ace a case the story will always remain the same.

Biggest flaw of the game really, kills the replayability almost stone dead.

I was just being overly-cautious

Yeah that was what I was thinking.... I really didnt like the fact that sometimes I got nearly all questions wrong and after getting them wrong... Phelps would just get up and charge the accused and the story went on...

I also felt puzzled when after charging Mr Moller with murder instead of Eli Rooney the captain reacted furiously just to tell me in the next episode that he was over the moon with how I solved the moller case:shifty:

Captain wanted you to charge the paedophile. I got almost every question right on that case, charged the paedo and got a one star.

On one of the investigation scenes, where a woman had been killed in her bathroom (can't remember her name), I walked around picking up evidence, looked at the body and so on, and my partner was sat at the table talking to the woman's maid. As I walked by the table she said "I don't want to talk about this any more, please leave me alone now", or something like that, so I did. Later on I'm getting really stuck on the case and I have no idea why. I ask my partner and he's like "we should question her house maid"

As the original author of the report I've been contacted by developers who have worked under Brendan McNamara at other studios over the years. All have concurred with the assertions made by the Bondi Eleven. "When Brendan came on board, it became clear that he was a huge bully with no talent, vision or management skill. But he really knew how to intimidate," wrote one. "Fits with my experience of McNamara," tweeted another.

Insiders at L.A. Noire developer Team Bondi claim that relations with publisher Rockstar Games have become so bad that a sequel may now never happen - at least from the same studio.

Given the critical and commercial success of L.A. Noire, not to mention the stunning MotionScan technology, you would have thought that Team Bondi being acquired by Rockstar was a mere formality. But according to a pair of insiders at the Australian developer, that's the last thing that's likely to happen.

Speaking anonymously to industry website GamesIndustry.biz, the two ex-Team Bondi developers claim that the relationship between the two companies has got so bad that Rockstar has now said it will not publish Team Bondi's next game (presumably a direct or spiritual sequel to L.A. Noire).

'I've heard a lot about Rockstar's disdain for Team Bondi, and it has been made quite clear that they will not publish Team Bondi's next game,' said one insider.

'Team Bondi are trying to find another publisher for their next title, but the relationship with Rockstar has been badly damaged - Brendan [McNamara - head of Team Bondi] treats L.A. Noire like a success due to his vision but I think Rockstar are the ones who saved the project,' adds the source.

'They continued to sink money into L.A. Noire, and their marketing was fantastic. Without their continued support, Team Bondi would have gone under several years ago.'

According to the sources McNamara and the management of Team Bondi were the heart of the problem, acting abusively towards their staff but also rubbing up Rockstar the wrong way.

'Part of the conflict between Team Bondi and Rockstar was due to Rockstar's frustration with Team Bondi's direction, and eventually Team Bondi's management in turn resented Rockstar for taking lots of creative control.

'It's also worth pointing out that Rockstar used to be very keen on making Team Bondi something like 'Rockstar Sydney' - the more they worked with Team Bondi management, the more they came to understand that this was a terrible idea.'

Apart from the problem that it took seven years to make, the creation of L.A. Noire has been rocked by very public accusations of mismanagement, with other ex-staffers complaining of a crunch period that went on for years - often featuring 110-hour weeks with no overtime.

And then as many as 130 staff complained that they'd been completely left out of the game's credits, despite some having worked on the game for years. The situation got so bad that one of them set up a website with what they claim are the full credits for the game.

Whatever happens Rockstar still owns the rights to the L.A. Noire name and characters, so a sequel is possible with another developer - but if even half of this is true it seems a miracle the first game turned out as well as it did.

jamcc wrote:What games has he been in charge of in the past? And what exactly was his role in developing LA Noire?

Madness wrote:I finished this today. It was really, really good up until you start playing as Kelso. Then it all went a bit tits-over-arse mental. The way the ending derailed the plot reminded me a bit of Fahrenheit.

mcjihge2 wrote:Im finally getting around to playing this. One question; For these random street crimes and hostage confrontations - i always seem to end up killing them, even when i shoot the limbs, can you actually disable the criminal without killing him? and if so how?

Drej wrote:

mcjihge2 wrote:Im finally getting around to playing this. One question; For these random street crimes and hostage confrontations - i always seem to end up killing them, even when i shoot the limbs, can you actually disable the criminal without killing him? and if so how?

I think most of the time you have to end up killing them..... but try to keep running after them when possible somtimes it lets you tackle them to the ground !

mcjihge2 wrote:

Drej wrote:

mcjihge2 wrote:Im finally getting around to playing this. One question; For these random street crimes and hostage confrontations - i always seem to end up killing them, even when i shoot the limbs, can you actually disable the criminal without killing him? and if so how?

I think most of the time you have to end up killing them..... but try to keep running after them when possible somtimes it lets you tackle them to the ground !

Thanks. Which is the tackle button? And i think one achievement is stop someone with a warning shot - is there any trick to that?