Vaughn Whiskey Reviews Rockstars New Title "L.A. Noire" for Xbox 360.
Members of the original development team behind Rockstar Games' LA Noire are working on a new psychological thriller called Sowden House.
Hopefully McNamara is as far away from this as possible he set up shop in Australia then did nothing but complain about Australian labour laws while trying to make his workers live at the office working 24/7 on la noire punishing them for leaving at 3 am and being 10 minutes late to work at 9am the next day.
It's astonishing that none of the workers went to the fair work ombudsman as the studio would have been fined astronomical numbers
Brendan McNamara is a brilliant writer and director but he should never, ever be in charge of a studio. What he did to those devs was far beyond "crunch", and it went on for, what, 7 years? That's insane.
But I'm glad to see some of that team have come together again to create something new. A psychological thriller sounds right up my alley.
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L.A. Noire is coming to the library of free games available to GTA+ Members on Thursday, May 2.
Nice Review, Vaughn.
I agree with most of your bigger points, except for the multiplayer. I'm happy to see them not trying to shoehorn an experience that I feel is not needed.
Dead Space 2 anyone?
On the other hand, Rockstar and Team Bondi blow me away with the MotionScan technology. In some ways I feel that this game was more of a showcase of the technology more than it was a creation of a new franchise. I saw some issues with facial textures (especially around the mouth), and a fuzzy ring around the character models. The tech is obviously spectacular, and I'm more excited to see the game that comes out with it next.
I completely agree with the sound of the game. The acting is amazing and the music is fun.
The biggest issue I have is with the interrogations. I can't seem to get the hang of it, and I feel like the game doesn't do a very good job of explaining how and when to choose certain options. Sometimes the game seems to break its own rules for sensing when a person is lying or telling the truth.
(If you know a secret, please tell me :) )
Great review, Vaughn!