LA Noire - The Ultimate Critique
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This game could easily be adapted into a 2-3 season TV show
Lorne R Wouldn’t that just be the most awesome thing ever?!
4-5 actually
@@GamingWithJumbo pls
Would the actors return for the series, though? That's what would matter to me!
They probably wouldn’t let it on without some censoring
"YOU DISAPPOINT ME, COLE PHELPS,
GET BACK IN THERE AND
R A I S E S O M E L U M P S
B O Y"
SHOW THAT CAIN SON
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PARKER!!!
I need a confession!
The sequel should be a P.I. game. This way it'll give the player more freedom with cases and side quests. L.A. Noire can't do side quest or act ivies because you are on the clock. If you are a private eye, you can do anything you want. Not only will it give more gameplay variety and freedom, the narrative will be opened up for more possibilities too.
A sequel with Jack Kelso going against Roy Earle, as a PI... would be cool
@@johnwotek3816 Kelso is a cop. He works for the DA's office
@@AnkitPal-jj4zb Since Peterson pretty much sell the whole case to Earle and his cronies, which led to almost all of them being free, i highly doubt Kelso would keep his job as a DA investigator.
@@galayeoman There is a lot of way to work around that, and, beside the homicide desk, LA noire isn't really that much about high profile murder.
That's not really how PIs work... but people are dumb and don't know this or can suspend their disbelief.
i didn't realize how many Mad Men actors were in this
Cole and his partners talk about him being married at times throughout the story. It’s mentioned often enough that you know he’s married.
@4th Chairman The problem here is that there's a big lack of emphasis. You have a case going on, Newspaper flashbacks on characters you haven't seen yet, Cole's flashbacks, and then all of a sudden Cole just tails Elsa and sleeps with her. For such a relevant event in the plot, there's very little build up to it (no Cole's wife, no rising romance) so it just feels cheap and mingled with less important information. Take a movie like No Country For Old Men for example, for every ounce for subtlety that movie has it also emphasizes what's important, and that's why it's a masterpiece.
@4th Chairman kiryu?
@@Ricardo7250 the flashbacks are the buildup. You see how cole is arrogant in the war and wants to stand out and how he does so in the department. And how it’s mentioned in cases how uncomfortable he is when being attracted to other people than his wife is mentioned. Then you see how reserved he is until he meets elsa who can understand him
@@purpleguy1115 Once again, lack of emphasis. There are lots of other characters and info mingled in these flashbacks. You can say the signs are conveyed but it's not effective storytelling
LA Noire is such an amazing experience! Deserves to be made a sequel if not at least remastered. Amazing critique video
Bekim Maliqi remastered comes out on the 14th I think
It is really breaking my heart, that to this day (Dezember 2017) there is no sequel of this amazing game. I really love this game and enjoyed every second of it. I hope, that in the future, Rockstar gets to a reason, and continue this beautiful series..... i will never lose this hope
HELLO FROM THE FUTURE!
@ Bekim Maliqi - Just got a remastered version back in November last year. : )
@@moustache_to_go3743 there's a VR sequel.
I wish it had a more GTA/RDR based Free Roam. After a case, you can hang your hat after a long day of work and explore the city, go drinking, gamble, whatever.
Right? It was really missing that.
There are many games like that, LA Noire was far more unique than that. Sure wasn't perfect but the feel of it and story made up for it.
@@MrDueltube That's fair but I just think that the free roam was not up to par with the story. The side cases could have been actual cases instead of short action sequences and there could have been more to do. I agree though the story completely makes up for it, I just wish that the free roam was more like it too
@@tommywiseau3976 That's fair but given the game went through development hell, I think it might have needed a more organized and possibly talented developer to deliver on that. Possibly even Rockstar themselves lending a bit of their expertise to Team Bondai. If a sequel is ever made I do hope that's one area that can see improvement,
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I love Cole Phelps, he is probably one of the most relatable protagonists I’ve ever played as. I played this game right after I played Mafia: definitive edition, and it’s amazing how the stories of people from both sides can be so compelling. I could totally see Cole and Tommy Angelo sitting down at a bar and chatting about police corruption.
Loved this game, wish someone would release the "lost" burglary desk cases as a DLC - Not likely, though :(
I don't think they ever filmed the cases.
@@johncallahan2490 The skipper DOES mention him coming from burglary, so it was still meant to be included when filmimg began
I’d love a sequel to this game. Sure, some of the mechanics were clunky but the storytelling, the world building and the characters are all very well made!
It may be a bit hard to come up with a sequel due to the ending.
The story was awful especially for the homicide desk, every guy you arrested for each case acted suspicious even though it turned out it was one guy that committed all the murders. And the arson desk was exactly the same (Guys you arrested acting suspicious even though it was one guy again that carried out the fires). This was plot contrivance in the extreme.
@@Bobsend that's actually fairly accurate. Most people don't know how to NOT look guilty, especially when they are nervous. Your fear of being wrongly pinned for a crime will override any loic you may have most of the time.
One of the rare games I actually finished.
*Laughs in very limited games to finish*
@@randomnerd3402 Laughs in owns over 1000 games
@@randomnerd3402 **Laughs in why do I keep buying more games when I haven’t even finished the games I have?**
I have a weird history with this game. First time I played it, I tried to like it but stopped because it was so slow and boring.
Probably a year later, my friend gave me murdered:soul suspect. I really liked that game and after beating that game, I wanted to keep being a detective so I tried la noire again. Something just clicked and I fell in love with la noire. Played it straight for a few days and beat the game.
I'm going to go back in some months and 100% the cases after I have forgotten the cases
Here's is the best rulebook I was ever able to discern. The first 50 percent of the game is do their eyes dart and nothing else. The second half of the game you have to ignore their face bc now everything applies there. You need to think about the socio economic status of who you're talking to and make judgments about if they would lie based on the books cover.
You really need to see LA Confidential. This game is an on the nose homage to that film. Your commentary would have really benefited from having seen that, because the LA LA Land comparison is moot with that in place.
I didn't like the game but loved LA Confidential that's how I will always view Kevin spacey
@@bdog8451 why not? if you don’t mind me asking
Mr Mad Philosopher I agree except my only issue with LA Confidential was always that it was a bit too commercially minded. Like it has a fairly neat happy ending for this noir detective movie. It’s not like a noir comedy caper so the near ending doesn’t fit almost. LA Noire definitely takes hints but also takes inspiration from classic noir films and stuff like Chinatown in maintaining this dark, depressing element and a downer ending
@@YungM.D.
I completely agree about LA confidential ending. Too happy for a noire themed movie.
@@YungM.D. L.A noire takes the historical and plot elements from LA Confidential, but the feeling and overall ambientation comes from Chinatown
I agree with the 'Mafia 3' critique. The audience are not morons, we want to feel like we are living in the time period, not get a sociology lecture on the side.
Last of Us 2: Ellie Noir
This is gold
@@YourFatherSen Ellie, Badge 1247
Huh, I guess I'm weird for an American, when I think of LA I think "Shit hole", not "Olympia".
Not at all uncommon for us Americans. LA used to be very different though.
@@WhoWouldWantThisName That's to bad :/
Back then it was 90 percent white, a beautifull city.
Simply put, I have never played a game quite like LA Noire. It was such a special experience. I
I don’t care what the critics say. This is my all time favorite game
I loved this game from top to bottom. From the characters to the feel of the gameplay. It feels like a movie or a Netflix series or even a novel series. Each desk a new novel making you read from the beginning-to understanding the ending
That music at the very end got me so nostalgic.
This game reignited my love for video games. Around 2012 i didn’t finish the games I played because I thought the golden aera of gaming is over. Sorry for my english btw.🤣. But then I got la noire. I‘l never forget how amazing it was to come home from work and instead of watching tv, I played 1 or 2 cases. It really was like playing my own awesome detective tv show. That’s why la noire is one of the best games I’ve ever played. I looooove it!
Critique on mafia 2
^This.
I want to see if the story is really a masterpiece.
It is, no doubt about it. Best 3rd person open world shooter imo.
That would be awesome
Holy shit please. Easily in my top 3 favourite games ever.
@@miraj6272 then you should play it lol
LA Noire felt like a hybrid of watching a movie and playing a game. I found it very relaxing and engaging at the same time. The more I accepted it as a movie that I had some influence on but was outside of and stopped thinking of myself as Cole, the more I enjoyed it.
When I played the first half I played in colour, but when I switched to black and white and treated it more as an interactive noir film than a traditional game I really started to understand and love it.
A small nitpick if I may: "Bondi" is pronounced bon-dye.
Like bandai namco?
@@whatdoesthisthingdo no
@MonoChronicle yes
Maybe
A minor point: the U.S. wasn’t the only country not destroyed by WW2. None of the countries in the Americas were touched, and of those, Canada also fought in Europe.
Dude, I love your content. It's unique and different and what I think I like the most is the length of each of your videos which make them memorable and fun to watch. Keep at it cause there's always someone who's gonna have a smile on his face when he sees a new video of yours.
I just finished this game for the first time in 2022 and it honestly holds up pretty well. while I agree that some of the gameplay is mediocre, I am personally a player who enjoys the narrative more than the gameplay itself so this is right up my alley. As someone who played to try and succeed rather than trying to "lose" consistently it definitely felt more high stakes while playing which made it enjoyable.
The opening is exactly how I feel about the game. Best game I have ever played.
Sorry I’m 4 years late, but I genuinely enjoyed your analysis & still look at LA Noire very fondly all these years later.
LA Noire 2 IDEAS!
1. NY Noire, mid 1980's in the NYPD, you investigate violent crimes in the Bronx and Brooklyn.
2. LA Noire 2, Early 1990's LAPD Involviing riots and big robberies
3. Chicago Bloodshed, Late 2010's Chicago, Gang/Drug unit on the south side
One thing that's always astounded me about this game is everyone tried to act like the facial tech actually worked and you could play through the game reading poker faces if you were good. Not so. In an effort to make the gameplay something more than my eyes dart and I'm lying, they don't and I tell the truth. The devs tried to pull little gotchas. Which effectively makes the player pull hair in frustration and go get the walkthrough out.
Good points, but one piece of constructive criticism: you repeat yourself quite a lot. I get the impression that you recorded much of this on the fly; I think it would help to have a general outline of the points you want to make so that you can make one and then move on.
I noticed that too. Had he not done so these videos would be half as long.
I was going to say, he's really redundant some times. I think if he worked on that his videos could really take off.
He becomes really boring to listen to
I find your opinions and experiences very similar to my own. One of my favorite games as well, for all the same reasons.
Pp
Luke - I take what your saying regarding not being lectured in games like this compared to mafia 3 but these games are just fundamentally different in tone and narrative choice. LA Noire is largely played through the eyes of Cole Phelps and takes a observer view on everything that occurs. Cole has very few controversial opinions throughout the game and the real meat of the game is era and the behaviour of everyone within it - a major reason why I like it. In contrast, the creators of Mafia 3 have chosen to take the perspective of the protagonist more heavily as major game element. The tone, achievements and even enemies of the game partially reflects obvious cultural motivation(s) of Lincoln, who is actually has mix of social justice and moral ‘grey anti-hero’ in the game. Basically, the two games differ because LaN seeks to focus on clearer law enforcement objectives in a specific time/era while M3 is already pitched by cultural setting and narrative linked to the main character. It wouldn’t make sense for M3 to take backseat observer view on racism like LaN because some of the wider motivations of the protagonist are linked to these elements and is not aimed at ultimately at solving cases. LaN could not be like M3 because giving Cole more opinion/moral greyness would add too much complexity. If LaN was more heavily based around Cole’s motivations (that would drive the narrative) would he be expected to consider a far wider range of solutions to that of just solving cases rewarded in the game- disrupting its mechanics and end goals. Anyway, thanks for great critique!
I thought I was going crazy, my thoughts exactly
I need to see this game get a successor now that Rockstar has raised the bar for attention to detail as was in Red Dead Redemption 2. The possibilities are so rich.
I love how you mentioned Monk and Psych, my two favorite shows.
L.A. Noire is definitely one of my favourite games of all time. For me, the only weak aspect is Cole's overarching story. I would have preferred him to remain more of a Columbo style character whose life beyond the cases is hinted at or largely left a mystery. I love the world building. I didn't need to be able to bowl or whatever other types of mini games people have suggested. I actually think that L.A. Noire's world is more immersive that most open world games because the open world is "just" as backdrop. I never felt the need to explore areas. When I was in a building talking to a suspect I just left after I finished - I really didn't feel the need explore everything. In games that encourage free roaming, I think you're more likely to realise that it's just a fairly shallow backdrop.
I feel this way about Sleeping Dogs
Sleeping Dogs and this are among some of my favourite games.
Essentially. The billing up until this games release is you're going to have to learn to interrogate suspects and read their faces and call them on lies. But as you start the game. It quickly becomes a game, you realize, of, do their eyes dart? It's like halfway through the game. The devs realized this was the one trick pony. And so they start to make people's eyes dart who are telling the truth. Which then destroys any semblance of a system at play which you could organically participate in.
Great job man. I've barely heard anything about this game and will never actually play it without a remaster, but you can still keep me entertained for an hour. Your critiques/analysis of games has made my appreciation and awareness for nuisances and small details in games much greater. For that, I applaud and thank you
+Will Cruikshank thank you so much! Hopefully you get the chance to play it someday :)
Will Cruikshank
It still looks good and there might be enb mods just play it
Will Cruikshank Renastered Version is out now, even a vr version
I like how the stoic “golden boy” image you see at first gives way to much more depth in Phelps. I think his experiences in the Pacific, the affect Cole’s career has on his marriage and his affair with Elsa made his character more human in my opinion, he isn’t perfect at all, but he’s pretty darn good, just like Los Angeles.
Ha LA is good? Now that's a laugh. Honestly would be better if we blew it up. Such a shit place just like NY and almost any big city.
LA Noire is one of the best Games in History.
Bought this game for £1 in CEX a couple of weeks ago (I kid you not), played it for several days straight- absolutely loved it. Great video analysis btw.
I don't normally comment on videos, but I wanted to comment and just say that I love your videos. The articulation and serious note you take on the different games you review is refreshing.
Don't care if it's "outdated", as the youtuber says. It's in my top 5 of all time. Fun fact: the wife of Cole Phelps is the actor's real wife. She was facecaptured, so you can see about 20 copies of her walking around. And the only BIG complaint I have was the arson cases. Picking up 20 pieces of shit to find evidence...
I played this a few months back at last. Fucking stellar game despite the flaws.
I only planned to watch the Narrative section but here I am at an hour into this.
Very good video.
If I had to list reasons that I liked this game, I'd have to say 1: the music, both the original jazz score, and the period music played over the car radio as you cruise the streets of LA. 2: The huge open map of 1947's Los Angeles. 3: The cars. How cool is it to drive around in those great 40's cars. 4: The time period and setting. Post war Los Angeles. There's gangsters, and jazz clubs, and crooked cops and politicians, and all the things which make Chandler's Los Angeles such a great backdrop for his detective novels. 5: The story, which immerses you in your own film noir.
a critique with 10 hours of footage lost and no spoilers = not ultimate
Watched some of your reviews. Love your breakdowns of games. You can tell you actually take the time to PLAY a game and not experience the demo and come away to tell all. Subbed. Keep em coming.
love these game critiques man keep them going !
I believe the boys that made the getaway series took rockstar and take 2 for a ride on this game with the budget and underdelivered. This, in my opinion, is rockstar and take 2s star citizen.
You learn halfway through the game that the facial animation was a waste of a lot of money. All it was still able to achieve was a game of do their eyes dart. And then when the devs realized that's what it is. They change the rules and never give you the new ones. You go get a strategy guide so you don't get kicked from the force.
Thanks for the like. Someone besides me made it to the last half of la noire and figured out I should've been a game reviewer in another life.
For those of you that haven't. It's the eye dart and they lie game. Then halfway in you feel the distinct moment where they felt the game was too easy and start having honest eye darting lawyers and stuff. And it's completely formula shattering. Just not in the right ways. In a let me pull up a guide way.
I'm my honest opinion. It wouldve been criticized for it. It wouldve lost review points for it. But they shouldve just kept it the eyes dart and they lie game so at least players could not use a guide and sort of feel detectivey.
If you like set piece games. Set very historically. Like assassins creed. This would be up your alley. They spent so much time on 1940s la. It's a treat to just drive around in. The detective part of the game fails. But it does have a good story. If you want a better detective game that actually follows logic and will make you think. I would recommend the Sherlock Holmes games from frog something studios. Very good detective games.
This is more like a gold story that let's you play simpleton detective for the first half. Then you need a guide to experience the rest of the story. While not at all feeling like a detective.
I was 14 when I first played this, my mom had second thoughts about me buying this, guy at GameStop it was a great game, took me 20 minutes to get the game bc of my age at the time, the contents needed approval. I got approved only bc I was familiar with rockstar and played GTA 5, guy’s response, “Damage Done!”
I would almost argue that the game just needed to be really simple and if their eyes dart, they are lying everytime so that there is some cohesion to playing without a list of correct responses in front of you. Even if gameplay wouldve been that simple.
this is the first time i, as a european, feel like an american genuinely doesn't expect me to know all of these random things about the us. i really like the way you explained LA and approached the main issues back then, it felt like someone just telling a story rather than a teacher lecturing me on world history. ik this is such a ridiculous thing to be fond of but when most native english speakers don't even try to pronounce my name correctly let alone learn ANYTHING about my country and yet for some reason they expect me to go out of my way to remember all of these things about america,, yea. what i'm trying to say is the information you provided for us to put things into context was just right. i've been binging your videos in quarantine and i'm growing so fond of them aafhjhsjf
Played thru 3 times. Once when it came out on PS3 (no DLC), then on my iMac in 2017, and just today finished it on Switch. Definitely one of my favourite narrative games and I'd kill for something else like it. LA Noire is the embodiment of something being more than the sum of its parts, and something that would benefit from the refinement a sequel would offer.
Top 3 favorite game for me! Wish there was a sequel!
Your videos are awesome, keep up with the good work
I love your critiques, keep it up!
I remember when I first bought this game on the Xbox 360 and came downstairs one day to find my mom of all people playing it. She loved it 10/10 mom approved.
I like your style dude! I learned a lot from your thoughts as someone that isn't very well versed in games. Subscribed now!
Just wanted to throw it into the discussion, that while you may not outright fail cases based on poor interrogation there are a few cases in which it is possible to accuse the wrong suspect. You will still pass the case but your rating will be low and you'll get yelled at for being a bad detective. I think this is better than restarting the interrogation upon failure because it gives you a lasting feeling of failure. Whenever I convict the wrong person I always try harder in the following case to make sure I don't mess up. So the interrogation system isn't completely pointless.
Loved the atmosphere so much in LA Noire.True masterpiece. I felt almost like i was Cole Phelps in my past life.
I absolutely love the setting and time placing. The narrative is brutally good for me
A truly stunning game, dripping in atmosphere and an ending to remember
Played this game when I was way too young. I preordered and was hella hyped but got about 33% on the correct answers for the interview even after finding most the clues if not all for each case. As an adult I need to do another play through
Luke, I would like to thank you for reminding me how awesome this game is. I am in the midst of a replay and enjoying every minute of it! I completely forgot about this game until this video. Thanks! 👍
I'm currently playing through cases I haven't touched in years so they're kinda new. Its interesting to see the attitudes of the older cops towards suspects and perverts. For myself, I've spent uncountable hours driving around in old cars enjoying the songs on the radio. I managed to find someone here who had a collection of in game music which has been great also.
Critique on Fallout New Vegas perhaps? great video :)
I played this game back in 2011 when I was 15 years old, I just bought it the other day and it’s still as beautiful as the day I met it.
So unfortunate what happened with McNamara and just the entire development process, I can't really blame Rockstar for dropping Bondi afterward, but still if there is one game I want a sequel for, it's this.
I was so happy they released a remaster. I jumped all over it and enjoyed it just as I did when I first played through. And it’s nice to get another platinum
This game changed my taste in music, men's fashion (although I'm not brave enough to go public about it!), architecture, cars, and strengthened my appreciation for painstaking attention to detail. Truly a watershed experience - not just a game.
How did it change your fashion?
The fashion got me too, I have incorporated some elements (sport coats are your friend) and have received lots of praise.
Honestly, I subbed just from your critique on respecting the gamer's intellect and morality instead of force-feeding it too them, as you state Mafia III does.
There needs to be a number 2 of this but more action packed and more crimes to hit it was great tbh
5 years on, and the 20 minute preachy sermon about how this game tells it like it is and shows racism is bad via realism, delivered immediately after a clip of the game shows an LAPD cop of the era *not* using the n word is only getting funnier.
Aging like the finest ironic wines. Modern comedians could never have timing that flawless. 😂😂😂
Thanks for yet another great video and a motivation to finally play this game, which is part of the backlog for far too long :)
+rockhount82 enjoy!
this video takes such a weird turn a bit before the halfway point 😭😭 like that was completely out of left field lmao
Great critique. I remember playing this game years ago on the Xbox and decided to pick this up for $20 on the PS4.
I love this game! I don't live in the US, but LA is my favorite city. The game is simply aesthetically pleasing to me. I love the 30-40s time in LA, the buildings, outfits, hairstyles, jazz music, etc, I love them all. I've been visiting the attractions in the game. You can tell that the producer really loves the city and its history. LA noir is a classic game that you can play again and again.
This game was a masterpiece
Man I did not expect the gamer moment where you spend five whole minutes on how you'd like depictions of racism that do not frame it as wrong. I did laugh at the "don't know if we should blame Anita Sarkeesian or Anita Sarkeesian for that one" lol
video really is a time capsule lmao
Being lectured is a big issue nowadays. I couldn't sit through half an hour of Da 5 Bloods. I thought I was being spoonfed black culture. Felt like Spike Lee didn't think white people know or could know anything about that. The Dialogue is so blatantly lecturing.
The way you explained Cole Phelps, being this vessel that you kinda posses instead of being him is what I was thing when I was playing and found out about, you know who, for the first time
My absolute favorite game of all time as well. Not even close has anything else come. The hours one can waste, or enjoy, just roaming around exploring this highly detailed and expansive world is astounding. You can go down every alley and behind every house through the yards and even drive right into a swimming pool, trust me I would know :). As he pointed out though it is really the interviews and freedom you have to do it all however you wish that are my favorite elements. Well, it doesn't hurt that I LOVE the period and they so masterfully capture it and I always felt immersed completely into this time period as well as the place. The music ads a lot to it but making you find a rotary dial phone to call dispatch or use your cars radio for things like that is another way they help you experience life the way it used to be.
I have to disagree slightly though about the driving mechanics as I definitely felt a big difference in the response and maneuverability of the different cars. Yeah one sedan might feel a lot like another but a sports car or a flat bed truck were massively different from a sedan or such. One of my favorite things to do, when in the mood for some GTA style destructive fun, was to get in a garbage truck and just plow through everything in town. Also even though maybe you couldn't completely fail, if you made some effort to play the game, I wouldn't know because I never felt any inclination to not really get into it. I always felt like I really was doing the job of this LAPD detective. I also found that it does make a great deal of difference in how things turn out if you do it right or better or just screw up or get experimental. You do get a rating on each case like a 3 out of 5 badges or whatever and it isn't easy to do it all right either. The game may be linear technically, but for me it NEVER felt that way. You can choose in what order you want to investigate things and when you choose to interview someone. This also means you may collect more evidence or talk to more people first which will effect your experience when you then talk to your suspect, for example. In short, I felt that what little flaws may be there, I think they are far less noticeable or influential on the experience for me than it was for you Luke. I would still have to give it at least a 4.9 out of 5. For anyone that this period or culture doesn't appeal to I suppose that would make quite a difference in their overall enjoyability.
Just purchased the HD remaster... i played it about 5 years back and i remember it being a one of a kind game. On replay it clearly is one of the best games i've ever played.
One of my favorite games of all time, such a shame we never got a sequel. So much nostalgia from being 10 years old playing this on PS3. I’m now replaying the remastered version on Xbox Series S and it’s lovely. 🙌🏻🙌🏻
Technically Lucas, Canada had literally nothing destroyed during WW2.
The United States did suffer some damage, like Pearl Harbor for example.
I need a new york noire where you investigate the mob and gotta deal with corrupt cops that shit'd be fire
Rewatching the cutscenes for this game certainly holds up and has the writing of a HBO quality tv show. A remaster for this game would be amazing especially when you look at what Rockstar has done with the Red Dead redemption games.
My favorite part? I got list during one investigation and went to museum to swe actual Rubens and Van Dyck paintings. It was do fresh just to walk around and ser those. Its sad that some programmers put so much effort in stuff like that - stuff that can be easily missed
Despite not always agreeing with your opinions (I thought this critique was spot-on though!), your content is always well thought out and marvellously articulated. Keep up the great work. +1
Bioshock critique please!! So much to talk about in that game
i really enjoyed this game. i played it on ps3 and i enjoyed its more mission-based approach
this game is just i dont know how to explain it its just so satisfying!!! i would say i want sequel but it snot going to happen for a while
41:45 As far as I know, Team Bondi failed because of really bad management and project-leadership. The manager was a complete tyrant and a sociopath which also hampered the development of L.A. Noir. So it all fell appart.