Posted by NapTimeSleeper - May 16, 2011 at 9:12 AM

This looks great.

Edited by Marz - May 16, 2011 at 9:12 AM

Guessing a video review is forthcoming? :)

*edit* yes, i am a prophet!

Posted by KarlPilkington - May 16, 2011 at 9:12 AM

Awesome.

Posted by NME - May 16, 2011 at 9:14 AM

I'm pleased to read a review not directly comparing LA Noire to Heavy Rain.

Edited by EgoCheck616 - May 16, 2011 at 9:15 AM

BRING IT TO PC!

I need some 60fps love.

Posted by jkuc316 - May 16, 2011 at 9:15 AM

That was a fast review, I thought I had to wait a few more hours after Alex's tweet

Posted by SaucyJack - May 16, 2011 at 9:15 AM

Good review, the animations in this game look stellar from what I've seen so far. I can't wait to actually play it.

Posted by Nadafinga - May 16, 2011 at 9:15 AM

Was really trying to avoid picking this up right away, but the reviews have been pretty awesome so far. Great review Brad.

Posted by RampageAssassin - May 16, 2011 at 9:15 AM

Rockstar only develop/publish great things. I'm really looking forward to playing what I think will be a GoTY contender.

Posted by Wuddel - May 16, 2011 at 9:16 AM

Nice. Happy I pre-ordered it. Also finally got some points in ICI.

Posted by spankingaddict - May 16, 2011 at 9:16 AM

Wow! 5/5. Thanks Brad.

Posted by Metal_Mills - May 16, 2011 at 9:16 AM

It's not Rockstar's L.A. Noire, it's Team Bondi.

Posted by PhatSeeJay - May 16, 2011 at 9:17 AM

Well now I'm really happy I've pre-ordered it. Thanks, Brad.

Posted by Snipes424 - May 16, 2011 at 9:17 AM

Nice review, thanks Brad

Posted by kalmis - May 16, 2011 at 9:17 AM

Oh no, now I need to get this for sure

Posted by brocool - May 16, 2011 at 9:17 AM

Great, lets hope this joins the great adventure games!

Posted by benjaebe - May 16, 2011 at 9:17 AM

Great review Brad. Can't wait until I get this in the mail tomorrow.

Posted by SockLobster - May 16, 2011 at 9:17 AM

Woah, so it's true about the PS3 being their lead dev platform then, that's a shame as I left my PS3 at home, will probably rent the Xbox 360 version anyway as I'm hard up for cash at the moment anyhow :s

Posted by chikin_n_rofls - May 16, 2011 at 9:18 AM

SO STOKED

Posted by ZmillA - May 16, 2011 at 9:18 AM

Rockstar is mentioned serveral times in the review and team bondi is not mentioned at all. Bondi was the developer not rockstar.

Posted by SemiDetached - May 16, 2011 at 9:19 AM

I can't wait for this game. It sounds amazing.

Posted by SlightConfuse - May 16, 2011 at 9:19 AM

Awesome. Review. Can't wait to get this game

Posted by thornie_delete - May 16, 2011 at 9:19 AM

Thank you Mr. Shoemaker. Witcher 2 and L.A. Noire all in one day. Good problems to have. :)

Posted by Blair - May 16, 2011 at 9:19 AM

Woah. Unsuspected early review. Buying tomorrow. Thanks Brad!

Posted by Metal_Mills - May 16, 2011 at 9:20 AM

@ZmillA said:

Rockstar is mentioned serveral times in the review and team bondi is not mentioned at all. Bondi was the developer not rockstar.

Seems a lot of reviews have done that. I guess Fallout: New Vegas was a bethesda game too. :\

Posted by eezo - May 16, 2011 at 9:20 AM

can't wait to get it myself, unfortunately i have to wait untill friday cuz of the stupid europe release -.-

Posted by TadThuggish - May 16, 2011 at 9:21 AM

So you're saying this is a video game. Weird!

Posted by Brad - May 16, 2011 at 9:21 AM

I'm well aware of the game's development history, thanks everyone.

Staff

Posted by pekoe212 - May 16, 2011 at 9:23 AM

Now I don't feel guilty for pre-ordering this. This sounds like what I had hoped it would be.

Posted by LethalKi11ler - May 16, 2011 at 9:23 AM

I'm still going through it but for the moment this review pretty much sums up my feelings towards it.

Posted by AlexW00d - May 16, 2011 at 9:23 AM

@Brad: Damn you Brad; I've not really thought about this game properly before, but now I have, I actually quite want it.

Posted by rjayb89 - May 16, 2011 at 9:24 AM

Fuck, Brad. Now I want this game.

Edited by Kjellm87 - May 16, 2011 at 9:24 AM

So it is Ace Attorney?
Ohhhhhhhhh, it got my attention now.

Posted by zombie007 - May 16, 2011 at 9:25 AM

Sounds pretty good. Glad I've managed to stay unhyped for this game and it comes out tomorrow! Will definitely buy.

Posted by ComradeCrash - May 16, 2011 at 9:26 AM

I want this game!

Posted by chickdigger802 - May 16, 2011 at 9:27 AM

GOTY month? So many 5 stars o_O.

God damn wish this was coming to pc.

Posted by artofwar420 - May 16, 2011 at 9:29 AM

WOAH, did not expect a five star review out of LA Noire. Holy crap.

Posted by hi_im_rob - May 16, 2011 at 9:29 AM

Oh man, this looks too good to ignore.
Nice review.

Posted by Metal_Mills - May 16, 2011 at 9:29 AM

@Brad said:

I'm well aware of the game's development history, thanks everyone.

Why only call it a Rockstar game then? It comes off as misleading.

Posted by PieGuy - May 16, 2011 at 9:31 AM

Suprised by its score. I will be picking this up for sure.

Posted by creiij - May 16, 2011 at 9:32 AM

That's it.. ordering this now, asking them to throw in Tirtua Tennis 4 to because that looked really fun in the QL =)

Posted by probablytuna - May 16, 2011 at 9:32 AM

Yeah, Team Bondi deserves some love. Everyone is saying "Rockstar this" "Rockstar that", it's time to give credit where it's due. It's like people talking about Bethesda in New Vegas and not Obsidian.

Also, can't wait to play it!

Posted by TomeOne - May 16, 2011 at 9:32 AM

Damnit, Brad. You just had to start the review by crediting the game to Rockstar and not Team Bondi, didn't you? Now everyone will keep thinking it's another Rockstar game therefore it should be exactly like other Rockstar games.

Posted by Nonentity - May 16, 2011 at 9:34 AM

Hm, I went from disinterest in this title to active interest. The less like GTA the better, in my eyes. I'm kind of tired of that formula.

Posted by Rudeboy217 - May 16, 2011 at 9:36 AM

Damn, son. This is great.

Posted by dankempster - May 16, 2011 at 9:36 AM

Great written review, Brad. I've got my copy pre-ordered, so hopefully it will arrive on release day (Friday here in the UK). I cannot wait to get stuck into this, it looks phenomenal, and completely unlike anything else I've played.

Posted by ProfessorEss - May 16, 2011 at 9:36 AM

I'm still nervous as to how I'm going to take to this game, but I gotta go ahead with the purchase as a potential landmark title.

Posted by Underachiever007 - May 16, 2011 at 9:36 AM

Well-written review, Brad.

Posted by Chubbaluphigous - May 16, 2011 at 9:36 AM

I am really happy this game came out so well. I am looking forward to it coming in the mail tomorrow.

Posted by deadly_polo - May 16, 2011 at 9:37 AM

Great review, I'm looking forward to this game a lot, shame it only comes out in the UK on Friday.

@Brad: slight error -- you put at the top it is a PS3N not PS3 release