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So...trying to determine if the witnesses are lying, doubtful, or telling the truth is quite frustrating. So far I'm not being sucked in AT ALL. And sadly, like most R* games, the controls are clunky. Clearly Team Bondi let R* have too much of a say. Very tempted to trade this in next week at GS for the 50% bonus. Unless a CAG is interested in it...

Originally Posted by SynGamer So...trying to determine if the witnesses are lying, doubtful, or telling the truth is quite frustrating. So far I'm not being sucked in AT ALL. And sadly, like most R* games, the controls are clunky. Clearly Team Bondi let R* have too much of a say. Very tempted to trade this in next week at GS for the 50% bonus. Unless a CAG is interested in it...

whoa, don't say all this man! I still haven't played my copy..I was really under the impression it was perfection..g-r-e-a-t..

I mean, to each their own. You might love it, but me, it's just not "wow"-ing me. The game holds your hand when you look for evidence, yet when it comes to the witnesses, it's a toss up if they are lying/doubtful or truth/doubtful. But pick the wrong one and it's incorrect and the mission can't be perfected without restarting.

What irritates me most of all is when I'm trying to chase down a baddie, they somehow are able to keep pace ahead of me...even though I'm an ex-marine in seemingly fit physical shape. There's no reason I can't 1.) run faster than these guys, or 2.) cap them in the foot to stop them.

And considering many of the missions involve running...I'll pass. Very disappointing. If any CAG wants this, make an offer. It includes the PS3 exclusive case and the Naked City as well. I haven't use either code. Or the Piano Gun weapon code either for that matter.

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Originally Posted by SynGamer So...trying to determine if the witnesses are lying, doubtful, or telling the truth is quite frustrating. So far I'm not being sucked in AT ALL. And sadly, like most R* games, the controls are clunky. Clearly Team Bondi let R* have too much of a say. Very tempted to trade this in next week at GS for the 50% bonus. Unless a CAG is interested in it...

Wait wait wait.....what 50% bonus? The only one I've heard of is the coupon for 50% towards LA Noire....and I doubt thats what you're talking about.

Originally Posted by SynGamer So...trying to determine if the witnesses are lying, doubtful, or telling the truth is quite frustrating. So far I'm not being sucked in AT ALL. And sadly, like most R* games, the controls are clunky. Clearly Team Bondi let R* have too much of a say. Very tempted to trade this in next week at GS for the 50% bonus. Unless a CAG is interested in it...

Maybe it just takes a little while to get into it.

I know when I got RDR I wasn't impressed at all for the first few hours.

Originally Posted by DOMINATOR912 Wait wait wait.....what 50% bonus? The only one I've heard of is the coupon for 50% towards LA Noire....and I doubt thats what you're talking about.

They gave me a coupon for 40% bonus on trade-in's start May 23rd-29th. PUR get an extra 10% making it 50% total



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I love it. Slow yeah, but its still fun. Lots of stuff to do. Good graphics, etc. Great game so far.

No release would be complete without the hilarious bugs:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Gz0xUfUwUE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Me7vmf7yWI

Cap them in the foot... lol. Video games. I'm glad they aren't reality.

Half doing an interview comes down to evidence and the other half comes down to reading faces. If you dont have evidence to connect them to a lie you have to go with truth or doubt. If you see any signs of lying in their face and you dont have any evidence go with doubt. Easy face things to pick up on are avoiding eye contact, twitching, and change of color in face. Hope that helps you.

I would say its a fun game, its really interesting to try and figure out a case in the middle of it and very rewarding to yourself if you pieced it all together the first time.

I can't help but laugh at the fact that I'm celebrating the return of PSN with L.A. Noire, an offline-only game.

I'm enjoying this game so far. The crime scene investiagtions and interviews are easily the most enjoyable parts but I will say that sometimes it seams that the interviews aren't fair. Such as, how do I know if I need to press "doubt" as opposed to "lie". Also, I have caught people either lying or misleading me and though I correctly said lie/doubt yet it said I was wrong. I don't konw still need some more play time with the questiongin I suppose.

I'm with SynGamer - so far, I'm totally not into it. I'm about halfway through the 2nd chapter.

It's the clunky controls of a rockstar game, and the gameplay of Phoenix Wright.

Also - i'm not enjoying the animation as much as I was expecting. The technology leads to everyone over acting with their faces. They all have Batman neck and their eyes never really seem to lock onto what they are looking at.

Also- the scale and texture of a lot of characters heads seems strange next to the bodies.

Stupid thing that happened near the end of chapter 1: I was chasing a perp- and the game told me what I needed to do to run- ok, I'm running. Then it tells me how to run and shoot my gun. So I did it, and then I lost the mission because I killed the guy.. lame.

Originally Posted by nbballard I'm with SynGamer - so far, I'm totally not into it. I'm about halfway through the 2nd chapter. It's the clunky controls of a rockstar game, and the gameplay of Phoenix Wright. Also - i'm not enjoying the animation as much as I was expecting. The technology leads to everyone over acting with their faces. They all have Batman neck and their eyes never really seem to lock onto what they are looking at. Also- the scale and texture of a lot of characters heads seems strange next to the bodies. Stupid thing that happened near the end of chapter 1: I was chasing a perp- and the game told me what I needed to do to run- ok, I'm running. Then it tells me how to run and shoot my gun. So I did it, and then I lost the mission because I killed the guy.. lame.

Clunky controls is what has turned me off to just about every Rockstar game to date. Sadly, it appears Team Bondi let R* influence their controls a bit too much. Hated GTA IV, RDR/UN, and now L.A. Noire. And I agree with the animations; the voice acting and lip-syncing is amazing, but the actual animations on the characters and eyes looks horrible...

Originally Posted by nbballard Stupid thing that happened near the end of chapter 1: I was chasing a perp- and the game told me what I needed to do to run- ok, I'm running. Then it tells me how to run and shoot my gun. So I did it, and then I lost the mission because I killed the guy.. lame.

I did the exact same thing

Originally Posted by whoknows I did the exact same thing

yep and me too really stupid on their part for even putting it in game... I mean really it tells us how to shoot..

I even shot him in the foot and he died. Oh well.

What I'm wondering is if it's possible to Not kill people that are holding people hostage. Like at the end of the hit and run case...is it possible to not kill him?

Originally Posted by whoknows I did the exact same thing

Fire a warning shot officer.

I tried that too, but didn't seem to do anything.