the tech and acting , thus hampering their critique of the games flaws , even more glaring was Brad saying that there is a lot to do in the game .... really? Like what? Boring "petty crimes" ?collecting things (the same old same old) and that is it , nothing else to do? Yes the tech is fine but the gameplay is awful and boring. Yet they barely touched the games bugs , but that is bread and butter of "open world games". No word on the awful fighting , the stupidity that is shooting a criminal but the game unti you reach a certain mark it would let you kill him. The list goes on. They put critique on the witcher 2 , which seems fair but they dont do that to LA Noir .... sigh

The gameplay is not awful or boring. Quite the opposite, I think.

The gameplay is not awful or boring. Quite the opposite, I think.

I feel like opinions were voiced.  Ryan said that he wished the game weren't open world.  They made fun of the stupid pointless collectibles, as well.  Vinny mentioned the hard swings that happen during conversations, which Ryan supported.  They seemed to enjoy the rest of the game, as do I. 
 
You're entitled to your opinion as much as the next guy, but you don't see a new "this game is awesome" thread popping up every day.  I don't get why this is necessary to go over again and again.

Maybe they  were referring to the fact that the main story is considerably lengthy.

They had a fair bit of criticism for L.A. Noire's balance bits and occasional driving hiccups. In case you missed it, they happened to say that the Witcher 2 seemed like a deep universe, a great looking game that impressed all of them, and seemed like a great game overall. All they had to say negative about it seemed to be surrounded around the combat. I'm sorry you don't like L.A. Noire, but don't let that keep you from actually hearing what the guys actually say about the games they talk about.

Ok fair , it seems I have poked about disliking this game too much , I will not do it any longer. Perhaps all of you are right and I am seeing mistakes and bad stuff were there isn't any , it not the first time I dislike a highly regarded game (like Zelda games) , but most of those times I can say that the games is not at fault but me , but somehow with LA Noir I can't. Cool dudes I won't bother you anymore with this :)

Ok fair , it seems I have poked about disliking this game too much , I will not do it any longer. Perhaps all of you are right and I am seeing mistakes and bad stuff were there isn't any , it not the first time I dislike a highly regarded game (like Zelda games) , but most of those times I can say that the games is not at fault but me , but somehow with LA Noir I can't. Cool dudes I won't bother you anymore with this :)

L.A. Noire is Shenmue done right.

The driving, fighting, and shooting is fairly competent. No, it's not the best, but it's not the main focus of the game.

The driving, fighting, and shooting is fairly competent. No, it's not the best, but it's not the main focus of the game.

Ok fair , it seems I have poked about disliking this game too much , I will not do it any longer. Perhaps all of you are right and I am seeing mistakes and bad stuff were there isn't any , it not the first time I dislike a highly regarded game (like Zelda games) , but most of those times I can say that the games is not at fault but me , but somehow with LA Noir I can't. Cool dudes I won't bother you anymore with this :)

I keep seeing you in LA Noire forums, we get it you don't like the game....you're allowed to voice your opinion, but on every thread of the game? c'mon!

@natetodamax said:

The gameplay is not awful or boring. Quite the opposite, I think.

I agree with this.

I'm curious if Jeff will like it.

@CL60 said:

@natetodamax said:

The gameplay is not awful or boring. Quite the opposite, I think.

I agree with this.

I agree with you agreeing with this.

@CL60 said:

@natetodamax said:

The gameplay is not awful or boring. Quite the opposite, I think.

I agree with this.

I agree with you agreeing with this.

I think it still depends on what kind of games you do and don't like, personally while I can see a lot of good things done in LA Noire I still don't think it's a game for me, besides it's just live some people have said, everyone is entitled to their own opinions, and a game that has 5 stars doesn't mean it's not without it's flaws.

I'm curious if Jeff will like it.

I think the people that dislike it, largely were expecting something else.  Not that you can`t dislike it for totally legit reasons, but I was initially writing this one off cause I thought it was something it wasn`t (an actual open world game like RDR or GTA, games which I frankly do not like at all).  If you go into LA Noire expecting an open world with tons to do on the side, you will probably be disappointed.  I was pleasantly surprised, cause I found that it was really only superficially an open-world game, and more a detective-adventure game (which is something I absolutely love).  I`d prefer maybe a little more Heavy Rain-ness in consequences and branching story paths, but overall I am well pleased.   
 
Brad was pretty accurate in that you can play it w/o driving around the open world at all really, I basically have opted to skip those every time, because I just don`t have any interest in open worlds.  Move me linearly from set piece to set piece, and I`m a happy camper.

The NERVE!!!

I'm curious if Jeff will like it.

it's all subjective, what you find boring i find intriguing and fun, i found the gameplay to be extremely fun, the style and interrogations/storylines intriguing and didn't find anything about the game (so far) boring. Sure.. the game has it's faults but like i said before what doesn't? and i find the tech/facial stuff to be absolutely incredible and at times mind blowing. But.. i am with ryan on the open world, it didn't need it. Maybe in a sequel when they master the craft i just feel the city was there but not. (if that makes sense)

@SSully:  Oh no , I like adventure games , I really like Monkey Island. Other ones I've liked are Loom , Maniac Mansion Day of the Tentacle , Indiana Jones & The fall of Atlantis , Machinarium , and here was a RobinHood game by Sierra  ... I really liked that one. 
 
@blacklabeldomm: You are right , I have transformed into those dudes that bashed my beloved Dragon Age 2 :(  and this was the drop that spilled the bucket.... While hunting for beasts I became the beast

I think they were pretty fair with it, except when Brad said there was so much to do. I assume he meant on cases and interviews because outside of that the street crime events were a little boring and everything else is pointless collectible stuff.