L.A. Noire (PS3/360)

[ExtremeGamer]

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Yeah, a year later, like the Red Dead preorder stuff (which still isn't out and not expected out till April).

[Flawless]

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[SPTO]

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Looks like the release date has been set back a couple days to May 20th.

Great video though and it's good to hear that cases can turn out quite differently depending on how you interrogate and whatnot.

[Burns11]

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Looks like the release date has been set back a couple days to May 20th.

Great video though and it's good to hear that cases can turn out quite differently depending on how you interrogate and whatnot.

It's a European trailer, still the 18th in NA.

[SPTO]

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It's a European trailer, still the 18th in NA.

Oh I didn't see that, thanks!

[jeremym480]

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No more videos for me. This gaming is without question a day one purchase for me. I don't need any further information (demo or otherwise) with this buying decision.

Thanks,

Bye-bye.

[Burns11]

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Only way I knew, after you said that I jumped to the end of the vid (I'm avoiding all gameplay vids as well) and noticed the BBFC rating icon at the end.

I also just noticed it was posted to Youtube by RockstarGamesGB (GB presumably Great Britain).

[BlueNGold]

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http://ps3.ign.com/articles/115/1155234p1.html

After showing me pretty much an entire mission of L.A. Noire, the Rockstar spokesman put the controller down, recapped what I had seen, and described the detective title as something different for the video game industry -- "a breath of fresh air."

I couldn't agree more.

L.A. Noire casts you as Cole Phelps, a war hero turned police officer in 1947's Los Angeles. It's an open world game where you'll work four different desks in the LAPD, tackle more than 20 cases, and use clues and evidence to bring criminals to justice.

It's also the most serious thing I've ever seen Rockstar -- the company that brought you the Grand Theft Auto franchise, Bully, and Red Dead Redemption -- do. The developers have recreated more than eight square miles of 1947 L.A., and there's no sign of the goofy gags or senseless killing GTA is known for. From the moment the case title of "The Red Lipstick Murder" popped on the screen in black and white to the super-realistic facial animations that followed alongside the sharp dialogue, this felt like something different. Something most games aren't doing.

The clearest example of this -- especially considering how other Rockstar games have portrayed the female form -- came when Phelps and his partner arrived at a crime scene. There, an attractive woman lay murdered, and she was completely naked. The framing of the initial shot made no attempt to hide her pubic hair or bare breasts. When Cole examined her body for clues, the player was put in charge of lifting her arms to check for signs of struggle, examining the gash on her head, and checking out the messages written on her torso in lipstick. This whole time, breasts filled the screen, but there was no giggle from the crowd I was in, no flip comment from the characters on the television, and no question as to how somber this scene was.

It's one of the most adult moments I think I've seen in a video game. Not "adult" in the sense that this is dirty but "adult" in the sense that this is the video game medium maturing.

The last time I remember feeling like this was when I played Heavy Rain. Hunting the Origami Killer was cerebral at times and packed a control scheme that meant not every gamer was going to give it a go, but even that had a bunch of brutal action and a gratuitous shower scene for its female lead that you could see grabbing a large audience. L.A. Noire is a detective game where you wander around crime scenes, examine clues and consult your notebook. You head to interviews, question suspects and try to catch them in a lie using the evidence you've dug up.

Sure, my demo ended with Phelps getting into a fistfight with a suspect he was trying to bring downtown, but that was still just a small section of what I saw and was just simple punches. This is a game that's aiming for a mature audience and not a mature rating. L.A. Noire wants people who really want a cop drama. People that want to think things through and investigate appropriately before ever having to think about firing a gun. This is a world where bad things happen and you try to get justice for the people who have been lost.

That's heavy subject material, and it's something I can't wait to tackle. More developers need to think outside the box of first-person shooters packed with boobs and dick jokes and offer something that shows that video games can appeal to every audience.

Will L.A. Noire come together in the end and be something we can point to and say this is the type of emotional experience that only video games can deliver? I don't know. I saw just half of one mission today, but I can tell you the direction, gameplay, and presentation sure make me think it's possible.

[SPTO]

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Nice I had been wondering how many cases were in this game. 20+ sounds like it'll take a while to play without being too long and laborious a process.

[Bellsprout]

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Anybody else a little worried about this game getting hit with an AO rating if that kind of brutal murder and nudity happens regularly within the game?

[SPTO]

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Anybody else a little worried about this game getting hit with an AO rating if that kind of brutal murder and nudity happens regularly within the game?

I read in one preview that when examining the bodies they won't allow you to go below the waist due to ratings considerations. I'm sure this game will get the most strong M rating possible without being AO.

[Jonesy]

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Anybody else a little worried about this game getting hit with an AO rating if that kind of brutal murder and nudity happens regularly within the game?

I think there's a 50/50 chance this game will banned in my country.

[Fresh Tendrils]

Anybody else a little worried about this game getting hit with an AO rating if that kind of brutal murder and nudity happens regularly within the game?

If nobody sells it then yes, but if Gamestop honors their preorders no matter the rating then no.

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[Burns11]

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I really wish games like this, that were staring at a decision between censorship or an AO rating, would release two versions of the game. Release an edited M rated version, and release an unedited AO or unrated version. I wouldn't even mind paying an extra $10 or so if necessary to cover the extra cost of making a low volume edition of a game.

[Eton Rifles]

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Jonesy, I'm curious, since some games do get banned in Aussie land, is importing a big business?