Yahtzee doesn't think L.A. Noire did anything new
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.
Has to be the worst article that I have ever read. The whole idea behind the article is that he doesn't like the game because it has been done in different fashion within earlier titles and he doesn't like the concept of "...an investigative game about a detective in a fedora in a 1940's noir setting where everyone smokes like a burning building?"
That was all on page one of his article... nothing worth reading here to make me click on page two. Except the shear hilarity that the article twists into. He goes on a rant that he is a developer and then goes on about his title he worked on is so much more interesting a detective piece then what Noire is.... when really it is a poor theorized concept of the same thing with time specific limitations and weak based patience stat that influences your confrontation with those being interrogated. Just an excerpt from his page two rant on how a game should be based on his design... "The game is almost entirely about info-gathering. Puzzling only comes into it when you have all that info - you solve the crimes by selecting two pieces of intelligence from your notebook and combining them into a conclusion. For example, you have the notebook items "The murder weapon was a giant spoon" and "Only Novelty Dinnerware PLC makes giant spoons" which can be combined to create "The murderer is a client of or associated with Novelty Dinnerware PLC". There'd be several alternative ways to find the right connections and have everything you need to confront the Cutlery Killer."
His article is Cliche'
when is the last time yatzee did anything new?
Personally I liked LA NOIR and I think its one of the few games that is meant for adults and not little kids and teens. Think about it. Think of your favorite M rated game, chances are it would appeal to 9 year olds and teens more than adults. Then think of what most litte kids would say playing LA noire "boring" and "stupid" and "what button for the helicopters"
I feel like LA Noire was one of the few games that stepped out of the kiddy pool with its gameplay and story. No over the top violence or swearing, no helicopters, explosions, zombies, giant guns/bugs, space ships or space armor. nothing "epic, insane, unbelievable, extreme or totally bad ass." just a believable and interesting story, something that most games dont have.
I liked it because the answer to everything wasnt "kill this" like in 99% of the games today.
confirmed l.a noire low chart perforcemance is becuase its a bad adventure game
This is why people don't like him. Whether you like it or not he exposes the worst in a game that most people ignore. He sees the faults that I myself see in these games that people shower with praise. But people don't like the doubts and irritations they have about the game dredged to the surface. Like when he reviewed Mortal Kombat and pointed out the ridiculous nature of the fatalities and the bone breaking. It made me realize how outdated MK's concepts and techniques are. It is strange to watch someone break your legs and then jump back up on them or the ridiculous violence that seemed more goofy then gory like a bad horror movie. But no one likes to see their games torn open and laid bare like that. It upsets them.
L.A Noire was a pretty good game...