GTA 4, RDR or LA Noire?

[Skyboxer]

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GTA IV was fun while it lasted
L.A Noire got too repetitive and boring after the 3rd mission

Red Dead Redemption.. oh man.. it has GOTY on the cover for a reason, this game sure is something unique.

Exactly my thoughts. Especially about LA Noire. Cool new type of game but got very repetitive and frankly bored me to death after a while.

[Heroesandvillains]

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To me, LA Noire was the single greatest let down of this generation.

The storyline was repetitive. Every case was identical to the one that preceded it.

The main character and supporting cast were emotionally thin and stereotypes.

The facial animations, or "tells", were over the top and unrealistically twitchy. They came off as cartoon-y at best.

The gunplay was incredibly unimpressive with shooting scenes that were remarkably undiverse. Almost like they were implemented as an afterthought. Do one shootout and you've done them all.

The chase scenes occured so often that I thought Cole was auditioning to be an olympic athlete.

Your partner's dialogue during car rides is the worst ever put out in a Rockstar title (I mean, I loved riding around with people in RDR).

The side missions were the worst I've ever seen in any video game that I've ever had the displeasure of playing. They were identical to one another. All 167 or so of them. LOL!

RDR is possibly the greatest game of all-time. So yourself a favor and get that.

[Fresh Tendrils]

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Your partner's dialogue during car rides is the worst ever put out in a Rockstar title (I mean, I loved riding around with people in RDR).

I disagree with a lot of your points, but this one is the most blatant one. Rusty's dialogue alone was amazing. Plus there is a lot to be learned about the main character during these exchanges.

[mestevo]

I think there is so much that can grate on people in LA Noir that even some of the good points come across as poor because of the rest of the experience.

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[AUChase]

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It's been so long since I've seen a game that people disagree on, like LA Noire. I absolutely loved the game, but felt like I blew through it reasonably quick. I did use the vibration hints for clues, though. It's a fun game to hunt trophies for and the story is pretty solid.

I was a little bamboozled with the break in the game, right as you start on the Vice squad, but in the end, it all made sense.

[Bmore]

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I voted for RDR, but I don't think it was anything new or ground breaking. It's basically GTA in the wild west. Still a very good game though.

[georgiafan]

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It's been so long since I've seen a game that people disagree on, like LA Noire. I absolutely loved the game, but felt like I blew through it reasonably quick. I did use the vibration hints for clues, though. It's a fun game to hunt trophies for and the story is pretty solid.

I was a little bamboozled with the break in the game, right as you start on the Vice squad, but in the end, it all made sense.

I'm with you and even though I loved the game I could see why some people don't like it. I would like to the age of the people that didnt like it vs the people that did. But using the reason to not like it bc of gunplay is silly bc its not a shooting game and never claimed to be. Also the excuse of it gets repitive also doesnt make sense bc in just about most games you are doing the same thing over and over agian.

[Heroesandvillains]

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I'm with you and even though I loved the game I could see why some people don't like it. I would like to the age of the people that didnt like it vs the people that did. But using the reason to not like it bc of gunplay is silly bc its not a shooting game and never claimed to be. Also the excuse of it gets repitive also doesnt make sense bc in just about most games you are doing the same thing over and over agian.

Oh, and you can add being mislead into my complaint list as well.

I never expected to have to use my gun as much as I did when I first picked up that title. LOL!

I hope you guys realize that I respect all your opinions. My rant was meant to be all in good fun.

It had loads of potential and the first few chapters were great. So though it's not the worst game I ever played, it is by far the biggest let down.

[DickDalewood]

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It's been so long since I've seen a game that people disagree on, like LA Noire. I absolutely loved the game, but felt like I blew through it reasonably quick. I did use the vibration hints for clues, though. It's a fun game to hunt trophies for and the story is pretty solid.

I was a little bamboozled with the break in the game, right as you start on the Vice squad, but in the end, it all made sense.

Yah, I really liked the game as well. The story alone was worth the ride. I also thought the art design was absolutely beautiful, with each area of the city feeling so unique and detailed. The acting was also top notch, especially combined with the facial animations.

Yes, it did get a little repetative, but I even thought some of the action was pretty exciting...

Spoiler

The scene where you chase the serial killer under his shack down into the sewers was AWESOME.

To each their own, but, while I wouldn't rank it up there with Red Dead, it was still a fantastic game.

[Cusefan]

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I gotta go with RDR as well, excellent story, great graphics, and very tight controls.

The problem is, once you play RDR, the controls for GTA will feel like crap. LA Noire is a love or hate game, I personally thought it was pretty stale.

[Tha_Kid]

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While I understand that these are mainly shooters, open world 3rd person action games have melee/h2h attacks as well. There was zero excuse for the fall off in brawling controls from GTAIV to RDR.

[Fresh Tendrils]

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Yah, I really liked the game as well. The story alone was worth the ride. I also thought the art design was absolutely beautiful, with each area of the city feeling so unique and detailed. The acting was also top notch, especially combined with the facial animations.

Yes, it did get a little repetative, but I even thought some of the action was pretty exciting...

Spoiler

The scene where you chase the serial killer under his shack down into the sewers was AWESOME.

To each their own, but, while I wouldn't rank it up there with Red Dead, it was still a fantastic game.

Spoiler

The end to the homicide desk is probably one of the most intense moments in gaming I've experienced. At least since first firing up the original Splinter Cell. Following the clues to his hideout was a rush and the shootout was nuts. Crawling through catacombs chasing a serial killer. That was an awesome story and gameplay combo.

Personally, I would rank LA Noire above RDR. I had fun with the game, but maybe I'm more of an RPG guy when it comes to open world titles.

[AllJuicedUp]

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I wanted to like LA Noire so badly, but the game took a hold of your hand and just refused to let go.

The whole premise behind solving missions was so cookie cutter it ruined the experience for me. I wanted to solve crimes, not be forcefully pointed in the only logical direction until someone tells me exactly what happened and then acts like I'm a great detective.

I never felt like I was doing anything in that game that a 5 year old couldn't do. It all felt far too one dimensional and scripted, all I wanted was for the game to stop holding my hand and let me be a detective but imo it never did that.

[Fresh Tendrils]

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Did you play with the hints/help turned off? I scoured the scenes for clues and once you hit homicide the interrogations to me got noticeably more difficult to read especially since all the evidence was circumstantial.

[georgiafan]

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Did you play with the hints/help turned off? I scoured the scenes for clues and once you hit homicide the interrogations to me got noticeably more difficult to read especially since all the evidence was circumstantial.

For the most part I played with them on and the plan is to play with them off the 2nd time through.