L.A. Noire (PS3/360)

[AUChase]

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None of these chicks shaved back in the 40's?

lol

Just finished the first REAL case in the game. I only 3 starred it.

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I'm bummed that it was a wild goose chase and no real murder, but I understand why. They have to give you some good practice for the gritty stuff that comes later.

Any solid advice for questioning would be appreciated. I got 8/13 questions right, but I could have done some things differently.

[Jonesy]

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Damn you guys have got through this game quick!

I am in love with this game. I have to ration myself to only 1-2 hours everyday or I could easily just sit there and play it all day.

I just made it past traffic last night and I really don't want this to end. It's like heavy rain (a game I loved) but I feel much more in control of proceedings. I can easily see myself going back and redoing many of the cases.

Rockstar have done it again and I'm proud to have an Aussie company involved it the making of it.

[AUChase]

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You can tell I haven't had much time to play until tonight, when you look at all the posts in this thread.

I just finished A Marriage Made in Heaven.

This game is awesome. I got 4 stars and it seemed like a fairly easy case to crack, I only got 6/8 questions and 8/9 clues.

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I messed up by not going to visit the driver of the vehicle. I had planned on going there after visiting with the wife, but I got the message from the coroner and it seemed urgent. I figured I would be better off knowing everything I could before I went to visit the driver.. oh well.. I'll know next time when I replay the game.

[kingkilla56]

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Spoilers from after Manifest Destiny case

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So because he goes to the club he is obviously nailing a singer at the club? Crazy talk. It never showed them talking or interacting at all, not even an acknowledgement of him entering. Then during the case you talk to her, without any sort of inkling that you and her are even acquainted, and then you tail her and sneak up to her room, sheepishly knock, she opens the door and you go in like it's nothing. It makes no sense.

As for the war flashbacks, if anything it shows Cole as an absolute, by the book guy. It shows a guy unwilling to bend any regulation no matter if it saves lives or fits the realities of the battlefield. A guy like that, unwilling to bend the rules to speed up his unit's progress, unwilling to bend rules to save lives, is going to break his vows, break the law and put his career in jeopardy on a whim like that? We aren't even given any sort of circumstance to justify his change of character.

I also don't like that the game seems to have cut us off from large chunks of Cole's life. We are supposed to be Cole in this game, but yet we are absent for his life outside of each case? It feels like a cheap way to fabricate a surprise twist.

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As for the discussion on taking down fleeing cars, I was disappointed that we couldn't do a PIT maneuver as well. It seems the only real way to take down a car is to get your partner to shoot both tires.

During one case I was chasing a guy so I drove up beside him, my partner shoots out his tires and the suspect begins to lose control so I hit the brakes and turn to slide to a stop and the other car proceeds to flip and land on top of my car. I got out and had to wait for the car to slowly slide off of my car before the suspect would get out and I could take him down.

You hit it right on the head with me.

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I feel that either rockstar got lazy there or they had absolutely no intention on you giving a crap by then. There was no indication that cole was going to do or had and reason to do the deed with random Elsa. That was the most random thing rockstar has ever pulled to me. By the end of the game, with no help by having you play 3 hours as Jack, I didnt even give a damn about cole. There was absoluetly no character development in him. And that may be a weird thing to ask of a video game character but being such a cinematic driven game, it was called for.

[Redskinsfan26]

Oh, the golden film reels, nothing happens. You just get 5 XP.

Did you find it annoying finding them all?

[kingkilla56]

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Did you find it annoying finding them all?

Its time consuming. It took me about 1.5-2 hours with help

[Kevin26385]

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2 more cases left, should be able to finish up the game tomorrow!

[The GIGGAS]

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Did you find it annoying finding them all?

Well, I don't want to give up the LA Noire experience. So it wasn't frustrating. I'm also going for 100% completion. The cars will be the annoying thing.

[goh]

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Spoilers from after Manifest Destiny case

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So because he goes to the club he is obviously nailing a singer at the club? Crazy talk. It never showed them talking or interacting at all, not even an acknowledgement of him entering. Then during the case you talk to her, without any sort of inkling that you and her are even acquainted, and then you tail her and sneak up to her room, sheepishly knock, she opens the door and you go in like it's nothing. It makes no sense.

As for the war flashbacks, if anything it shows Cole as an absolute, by the book guy. It shows a guy unwilling to bend any regulation no matter if it saves lives or fits the realities of the battlefield. A guy like that, unwilling to bend the rules to speed up his unit's progress, unwilling to bend rules to save lives, is going to break his vows, break the law and put his career in jeopardy on a whim like that? We aren't even given any sort of circumstance to justify his change of character.

I also don't like that the game seems to have cut us off from large chunks of Cole's life. We are supposed to be Cole in this game, but yet we are absent for his life outside of each case? It feels like a cheap way to fabricate a surprise twist.

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As for the discussion on taking down fleeing cars, I was disappointed that we couldn't do a PIT maneuver as well. It seems the only real way to take down a car is to get your partner to shoot both tires.

During one case I was chasing a guy so I drove up beside him, my partner shoots out his tires and the suspect begins to lose control so I hit the brakes and turn to slide to a stop and the other car proceeds to flip and land on top of my car. I got out and had to wait for the car to slowly slide off of my car before the suspect would get out and I could take him down.

You hit it right on the head with me.

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I feel that either rockstar got lazy there or they had absolutely no intention on you giving a crap by then. There was no indication that cole was going to do or had and reason to do the deed with random Elsa. That was the most random thing rockstar has ever pulled to me. By the end of the game, with no help by having you play 3 hours as Jack, I didnt even give a damn about cole. There was absoluetly no character development in him. And that may be a weird thing to ask of a video game character but being such a cinematic driven game, it was called for.

You guys must've missed some scenes then.

Any solid advice for questioning would be appreciated. I got 8/13 questions right, but I could have done some things differently.

It's all in the eyes.
Check the evidence before choosing lie or doubt.
However even then they might go off on something else if you pick lie,like in the Gamestop pre-order case for example (not much of a spoiler here)...

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they're talking about an engagement ring,I picked lie based on the shiftyness and there being various rings involved and then they asked for proof of the victim being a call girl which had nothing to do with what was being talked about.

[illwill10]

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Can you copy the data onto a another system?
I tried a couple of times on another system. I have an older PS3 and have been experience overheating and freezing. I cant even continue my current mission.

[kingkilla56]

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You guys must've missed some scenes then.

If your talking about the same scenes you mentioned from before than no. I didnt miss any scenes. I must not have been looking at the shiftiness in Cole's eyes or something.

[Sandman42]

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Just finished the game.

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Am I the only one who liked Kelso more than Phelps? Maybe it was because he didn't have any police restrictions, but the way he handled interrogations with the guys like Benson and Monroe was awesome.

Also not entirely sure how I feel about the ending. It definitely wasn't the strong point of the story and I thought it peaked after you bust in on Monroe. Chasing down Tex felt like a letdown after digging up all the dirt on the politicians and going after Monroe.

When you're driving with Phelps in the last mission, trying to get the cops off Kelso, I swear his car was the equivalent of a tank. The entire game I never really had that much success spinning out other cars unless my partners shot out their tires. In this mission though I was spinning out cars left and right on first hit. I spent a good minute just driving to the tunnels with no one on me because I spun them all out.

[Gotmadskillzson]

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And I thought I was the only one who noticed that. I was able to spin out cars,flip them over and everything with ease. I thought to myself where have you been this whole game ?

The ending......was kind of chopped off to me. I felt like it could have went on for 6 or 8 more cases.

Maybe they saving it for DLC I guess.

[kingkilla56]

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Just finished the game.

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Am I the only one who liked Kelso more than Phelps? Maybe it was because he didn't have any police restrictions, but the way he handled interrogations with the guys like Benson and Monroe was awesome.

Also not entirely sure how I feel about the ending. It definitely wasn't the strong point of the story and I thought it peaked after you bust in on Monroe. Chasing down Tex felt like a letdown after digging up all the dirt on the politicians and going after Monroe.

When you're driving with Phelps in the last mission, trying to get the cops off Kelso, I swear his car was the equivalent of a tank. The entire game I never really had that much success spinning out other cars unless my partners shot out their tires. In this mission though I was spinning out cars left and right on first hit. I spent a good minute just driving to the tunnels with no one on me because I spun them all out.

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No you are not the only one. Wish he was the main over Cole. Like I said before, Cole was a vapid character and the storyline proved as much. DLC for Kelso please and thank your!

[Burns11]

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Just finished the game.

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Am I the only one who liked Kelso more than Phelps? Maybe it was because he didn't have any police restrictions, but the way he handled interrogations with the guys like Benson and Monroe was awesome.

Also not entirely sure how I feel about the ending. It definitely wasn't the strong point of the story and I thought it peaked after you bust in on Monroe. Chasing down Tex felt like a letdown after digging up all the dirt on the politicians and going after Monroe.

When you're driving with Phelps in the last mission, trying to get the cops off Kelso, I swear his car was the equivalent of a tank. The entire game I never really had that much success spinning out other cars unless my partners shot out their tires. In this mission though I was spinning out cars left and right on first hit. I spent a good minute just driving to the tunnels with no one on me because I spun them all out.

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Just finished as well, and I agree. I kind of felt that the story started to come apart after Vice, and would say it peaked during Homicide.

Ending stats

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<table><tbody><tr><th colspan="3">Game Completion</th></tr> <tr class="alt"> <td class="col1">Story Cases Complete</td> <td class="col2">21 / 21</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="col1">Street Crimes Complete</td> <td class="col2">8 / 40</td> </tr> <tr class="alt"> <td class="col1">Landmarks Discovered</td> <td class="col2">11 / 30</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="col1">Film Reels</td> <td class="col2">0 / 50</td> </tr> <tr class="alt"> <td class="col1">Vehicles Types Driven</td> <td class="col2">57 / 95</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="col1">Newspapers Viewed</td> <td class="col2">13 / 13</td> </tr> <tr class="alt"> <td class="col1">Game Completion</td> <td class="col2">73.1%</td> </tr> <tr><th colspan="3">Rank</th></tr> <tr class="alt"> <td class="col1">Current Rank</td> <td class="col2">19 / 20</td> </tr> <tr><th colspan="3">Clue Inspection</th></tr> <tr class="alt"> <td class="col1">Total Clues Found</td> <td class="col2">240</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="col1">Time Spent Inspecting</td> <td class="col2">2h 43m 49s </td> </tr> <tr><th colspan="3">Notebook</th></tr> <tr class="alt"> <td class="col1">Notebook Questions Asked</td> <td class="col2">0</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="col1">Successful Accusations</td> <td class="col2">0</td> </tr> <tr class="alt"> <td class="col1">Failed Accusations - Incorrect Response</td> <td class="col2">0</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="col1">Failed Accusations - Lack of Evidence</td> <td class="col2">0</td> </tr> <tr class="alt"> <td class="col1">Notebook Interviews Left Too Early</td> <td class="col2">3</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="col1">Notebook Interview Inactivity Comments</td> <td class="col2">1</td> </tr> <tr><th colspan="3">Vehicles</th></tr> <tr class="alt"> <td class="col1">Max Speed</td> <td class="col2">85.82 mph</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="col1">Full Throttle Time</td> <td class="col2">0m 50s </td> </tr> <tr class="alt"> <td class="col1">Highest Vehicle Jump</td> <td class="col2">6.69 ft.</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="col1">Longest Vehicle Jump</td> <td class="col2">145.05 ft.</td> </tr> <tr class="alt"> <td class="col1">Time Spent Driving</td> <td class="col2">3h 5m 59s </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="col1">Total Distance Driven</td> <td class="col2">69.18 miles</td> </tr> <tr class="alt"> <td class="col1">Vehicles Commandeered</td> <td class="col2">3</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="col1">Vehicles Destroyed</td> <td class="col2">0</td> </tr> <tr class="alt"> <td class="col1">Suspect Vehicles Rolled</td> <td class="col2">2</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="col1">Suspect Vehicles Disabled</td> <td class="col2">25</td> </tr> <tr class="alt"> <td class="col1">Wingman Shots on Target</td> <td class="col2">10</td> </tr> <tr><th colspan="3">Brawling</th></tr> <tr class="alt"> <td class="col1">Blows Landed</td> <td class="col2">121</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="col1">Blows Received</td> <td class="col2">28</td> </tr> <tr class="alt"> <td class="col1">Blows Blocked</td> <td class="col2">9</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="col1">Blows Dodged</td> <td class="col2">47</td> </tr> <tr class="alt"> <td class="col1">Opponents Grappled</td> <td class="col2">6</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="col1">Grappled By Opponent</td> <td class="col2">2</td> </tr> <tr class="alt"> <td class="col1">Opponents Knocked Out</td> <td class="col2">1</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="col1">Floored By Opponent</td> <td class="col2">0</td> </tr> <tr class="alt"> <td class="col1">Opponents Double Teamed</td> <td class="col2">0</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="col1">Time Spent Brawling</td> <td class="col2">8m 47s </td> </tr> <tr><th colspan="3">Gunfighting</th></tr> <tr class="alt"> <td class="col1">Enemies Shot Dead</td> <td class="col2">113</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="col1">Enemies Killed With Headshots</td> <td class="col2">43</td> </tr> <tr class="alt"> <td class="col1">Shots Hit</td> <td class="col2">399</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="col1">Shots Missed</td> <td class="col2">325</td> </tr> <tr class="alt"> <td class="col1">Accuracy</td> <td class="col2">0.0%</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="col1">Shots Fired - Pistols</td> <td class="col2">440</td> </tr> <tr class="alt"> <td class="col1">Shots Fired - Shotgun</td> <td class="col2">9</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="col1">Shots Fired - Automatics</td> <td class="col2">225</td> </tr> <tr class="alt"> <td class="col1">Shots Fired - Rifles</td> <td class="col2">50</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="col1">Time Spent Gunfighting</td> <td class="col2">1h 26m 51s </td> </tr> <tr><th colspan="3">Miscellaneous</th></tr> <tr class="alt"> <td class="col1">Game Time</td> <td class="col2">18h 42m 35s </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="col1">Failures</td> <td class="col2">33</td> </tr> <tr class="alt"> <td class="col1">Partner Hints Received</td> <td class="col2">4</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="col1">Deaths By Gunshot</td> <td class="col2">16</td> </tr> <tr class="alt"> <td class="col1">Deaths By Knockout</td> <td class="col2">0</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="col1">Distance Traveled On Foot</td> <td class="col2">26.83 miles</td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

Seems Rockstar is still having some serious issues with the stat reporting.