Am i the only one who thought LA Noire was boring?

Don't get me wrong. I like games that are original and stray away from the typical shooter formula.

But I felt that LA Noire got really repetitive really fast. I just finished the game yesterday night and i felt that halfway through the game, the game's core mechanics really lost its novelty. The game simply boiled down to: search for clues, interview witnesses/suspects, occasionally chase after said witness, and then interrogate. This and the lack of polish in the controls really kept me from enjoying the game.

I know most games follow a repetitive formula, but great games add something to the mix to keep the gameplay fresh throughout the campaign, whether it be a really cool action sequence (like Uncharted 2 does) or a new type of weapon (like Batman AA). I'm not suggesting that LA Noire should have done any of the previously listed examples, but it would have been nice if Rockstar tried to do something to make each case feel unique. Even when changing case desks, the cases all feel pretty much the same.

Im really enjoying this game, yes its a little slow but again im really into this game. Im having more fun with this game then RDR now that game was boring.

i was like that Red Dead Redemption. after about 5 hours i got bored super fast. i mean great story, setting, and characters, but the actual game, was dreadfully boring to me. it makes me reluctant to get L.A. Noire

Gameplay yeah, I did lose the enthusiasm I had when I first started it. The story however is great, so I'm simply playing it to see what the story holds. In fact the car chase sequences are getting on my nerves, and I'm wondering how I'm gonna get 5 starts on all missions when I have to go through those without hitting random people and cars in the streets.

That being said, it's a great game. Unique experience and more than amazing atmosphere and city. Seriously, every time I drive aorund the city I get awestruck but how spacious the streets are, how lively the city feels and how awesome the details are. I can't wait to finish the game just so I can walk around and look at the city (while of course trying to get the platinum trophy :P).

I really don't like it much at all. The Homicide section was good but thats it. All the crimes are pretty much cut and paste and i am really starting to loathe how EVERYONE looks like the prime suspect until BAM someone else is.

The interview system is extremely flawed and poorly executed as well which mostly kills the game for me. Picking what i think to be the perfect question/response in an interview only to be inexplicably locked out of a line of questioning is unsatisfying. This would not be a problem had they given you the option of beating the response out of someone in the event that diplomacy fails.

Its like, sorry, you didn't pick the write button and now you have to get up and helplessly walk away from that person who is blatantly lying. And you WILL like it.

Truth is really easy to read for the most part just going off of eye contact. Doubt and Lie are insanely inconsistent. With the wide variety of facial expressions among the unique cast it is at times simply reduced to a crapshoot between doubt and lie with you having no idea which one it is.

Doubt ends up being the right one when you thought lie was and lie ends up being the right one when you thought doubt was. I have not at any point in the game felt like i could control the outcome of an interview or interrogation. Outside of the obvious sessions it feels like a "press this button and see what happens" sort of thing.

I am totally underwhelmed. Not because the game is not good but because of how good it COULD have been.

I wasn't paying much attention to the game because I wasn't sure if I was going to get it. I decided to pick it up yesterday and so far it is fantastic (not even far). I am happy with the purchase and (along with Undead NIghtmare) I am occupied until Infamous 2 :)

I guess it can be considered boring if you don't like or are not used to games which are rather slow paced, but even then LA NOIRE has a lot of exhilarating moments, can't comment on all the content since I just finished the traffic cases. From what I have played I really loved everything, just an amazing game.

I have loved this game so far, it has done everything that it promised. Yes i will admit at times it can feel a little slow but then something happens or you find a clue that changes the entire case and makes it feel that much exciting. I think the best thing about this entire game is that its not trying to be like GTA and RDR, both of which I found to get extremely boring after a while. I think this game has lived up to the hype and then some, and lets not forget how good this game could get with with DLC.

Seems like people really dislike this game. I'll buy it when it's in the bargain bin so i case there's a chance I regret buying it.

One of the worst games i've ever played

Yea, this isn't a game for kids with A.D.D.JKnaperek

LOL!

Yea, this isn't a game for kids with A.D.D.JKnaperek

Very true actually. You can't think of this game like any other game, you have to read, move slowly, drive slowly and take your time to think. Not just run/ run over and shoot people. So yeah, I can imagine the target audience not being your usual gamers.

Yea, this isn't a game for kids with A.D.D.JKnaperek

I think the game is amazing so far. Taking the role of a detective is something new in the gaming industry, and i'm really glad Team Bondi focused exclusively on the Mystery elements and not make the game a "Die Hard" rehash.

FYI. Rockstar only published the game, they didn't develop it.

Taking the role of a detective is something new in the gaming industry

el3m2tigre

[QUOTE="JKnaperek"]Yea, this isn't a game for kids with A.D.D.elbert_b_23

Who doesn't have a little ADD these days? :lol:

Yea, this isn't a game for kids with A.D.D.JKnaperek

Yea, this isn't a game for kids with A.D.D.JKnaperek

[QUOTE="elbert_b_23"][QUOTE="JKnaperek"]Yea, this isn't a game for kids with A.D.D.Rakuho

Who doesn't have a little ADD these days? :lol:

lets put it this way, i'm terrible at reading facial expressions

I pretty much agree with the OP, I'm getting close to about half way through the game and it is a very repetitive game. They throw some random happenings in there for good measure but all in all the game is rather bland. I'm still sticking with about an 8/10 rating, it has decent core mechanics but nothing to really keep me very interested. I'm just glad that the story is decent, my girlfriend even seems to like helping me figure out which people are guilty of homicides and such.

lets put it this way, i'm terrible at reading facial expressions

killerband55

Me too but the more Im playing the more confident I feel about reading people, course it does get harder and the people become less obvious with their expressions. You just have concentrate on their faces and when you get the notebook out use the R3 to look up, usually they do something that gives them away, and if they don't they're telling the truth.

[QUOTE="el3m2tigre"]

Taking the role of a detective is something new in the gaming industry

4NGoods

Heavy Rain isn't based entirely on being a detective. And all the other 2D games don't compare with L.A. Noire. It just gives an entirely new experience.

Don't get me wrong. I like games that are original and stray away from the typical shooter formula.

But I felt that LA Noire got really repetitive really fast. I just finished the game yesterday night and i felt that halfway through the game, the game's core mechanics really lost its novelty. The game simply boiled down to: search for clues, interview witnesses/suspects, occasionally chase after said witness, and then interrogate. This and the lack of polish in the controls really kept me from enjoying the game.

I know most games follow a repetitive formula, but great games add something to the mix to keep the gameplay fresh throughout the campaign, whether it be a really cool action sequence (like Uncharted 2 does) or a new type of weapon (like Batman AA). I'm not suggesting that LA Noire should have done any of the previously listed examples, but it would have been nice if Rockstar tried to do something to make each case feel unique. Even when changing case desks, the cases all feel pretty much the same.

Gorcman

I agree. I understand what Rockstar was trying to do here, but there really should be more action and variety. The game does get repetitive fast and I was thinking this halfway through. I don't know if I will finish it. Red Dead Redemption is much more fun in my opinion.

I think people get sick of games because they play them for too long. TC, you only had Noire for a few days and you finished it. I've had it for four days and I've only just got the second promotion. It'll probably take me another week to reach the end credits. If I played games like some of you do, I'd probably get bored of them, too. Honestly TC, if you were getting annoyed with the game by the half way point, you should've give it a rest for a while or played something else.x-2tha-z

I think its great. Its like watching a tv series that you can actually have a hand at shaping instead of just sitting there staring. Every case is just another episode.

Yes the storyline is really boring. I didn't expect such a game from the creator of GTA!