LA Noire

[portnoyd]

The same goes for me as well. Pretty pumped to give it a try.

Fun fact: My UPS guy has called me an Amazon addict/junkie on numerous occasions. <3 Amazon.

[heybtbm]

Amazon isn't the best choice this time around (for once).

Best Buy.com had it for $48.99 + 500 reward zone points (= $10) + a $15 gift card. Essentially the game runs $23.99 + tax.

[The 1 2 P]

Best Buy.com had it for $48.99 + 500 reward zone points (= $10) + a $15 gift card. Essentially the game runs $23.99 + tax.

Thats what I was trying to tell everyone a few post above, although it never listed it as $48.99 when I was on Best Buy.com, just the normal $59.99. But at either price the $10 gift certificate, $15 gift card and preorder dlc make it very much worth it.

[portnoyd]

Well, the $48.99 is a nice boon, but not knowing about it kinda hurt my chances of taking advantage of it. :P

Haven't played this yet, the birthday girl wanted to play Lego Pirates and I was happy to oblige.

[Oobgarm]

Gave this a run last night and had a pretty good time with it. The detective work is a bit stiff but pretty fun.

My only complaint is the severely compressed audio on the 360 version. The digital compression is especially noticeable in the speech, which I find super distracting.

[portnoyd]

This game is great.

[Howie6925]

I heard there is a lot of freezing issues with the game on both systems. Anyone have any, so far. I would like to get the game but I don't want to if it freezes.

[Oobgarm]

Nope, no freezes here. Having quite a good time with it thus far.

[portnoyd]

And I suck at interrogating. Finding clues is definitely more difficult not having a dual shock controller. I can never hear that chime and have to rely on the music to cut out to know I have them all.

Otherwise, awesome experience. Having your partner do the driving is quite possibly the greatest thing they could have added.

Wish you could replay the cases you've done (because somehow I 1-starred Marriage Made In Heaven).

[Oobgarm]

You can replay them from the front menu.

I went back to 5-star the first one. Gotten 4 on each of the first two.

Unless you're great at driving, having your partner drive is a key to 5-star. I think it's best to play through normally, then go back and perfect each case.

[Oobgarm]

Strange. I've posted, yet no bump. Maybe this will do the trick.

[c0ldb33r]

I'm going to pick this up - I'm assuming the PS3 version is better since it's on blu-ray - am I correct?

[Bojay1997]

I'm going to pick this up - I'm assuming the PS3 version is better since it's on blu-ray - am I correct?

The fact that it's on Blu Ray really isn't a big deal as it's a very linear game and you really only need to swap discs three times total on the 360 version and it's many hours between swaps. Having said that, the PS3 version was the lead version and seems to have a graphical and performance edge. It also comes with a bit of added content. If you have both, I'd go with the PS3.

[LiquidPolicenaut]

Bought the PS3 version on launch day and I think it's ok so far. The game looks "good" graphically wise (it's exactly what I expected from Rockstar) but I do admit the facial animation IS very impressive. While I like the game so far, I am kind of bored with it. I can't exactly place why but I'm not really motivated to want to keep going through the cases. *sigh* Oh well, I'll still keep playing it and seem if my mind changes....

[portnoyd]

You can replay them from the front menu.

I went back to 5-star the first one. Gotten 4 on each of the first two.

Unless you're great at driving, having your partner drive is a key to 5-star. I think it's best to play through normally, then go back and perfect each case.

Oob is wise. I will have to do that later. I seem to have gotten the hang of searching as I can discern the chime from the music and just don't stop until I get white noise. Interrogating on Red Lipstick Murder was a lot easier for me for some reason, only missed one question this time. Some people, like Morgan in Fallen Idol, have much better poker faces than others, really wasn't the case in this one.

The fact that it's on Blu Ray really isn't a big deal as it's a very linear game and you really only need to swap discs three times total on the 360 version and it's many hours between swaps. Having said that, the PS3 version was the lead version and seems to have a graphical and performance edge. It also comes with a bit of added content. If you have both, I'd go with the PS3.

Heard reports of audio compression on the 360 being mediocre, but that's just hearsay. I bought the PS3 version for 1 disc (Yes, I'm lazy) and the supposed video compressions, the same that were with the 360 version of FFXIII. Not to say it'll happen every time, but I'd rather avoid a chance of that again by defaulting to the PS3 on multi titles.

[kupomogli]

I bought LA Noire today from Kmart. The Kmart deal is the best because there was an addition that no one else listed.

On the Kmart deal you get a $20 game free and the $20 gaming credit on next game purchase like everyone has already listed, however, you also get $10 off $60. So technically, LA Noire for $12.99(I paid $52.99 after tax.)

Maybe the $10 off $60 was just my store, or probably because to get the free game you needed to sign up for the rewards membership so I did that at the time. I don't know. But I got LA Noire for cheap. I probably should have purchased a second copy to sell LA Noire and the extra game on Ebay and still have the $20 gaming credit.

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Also wondering if anyone is having a problem with this game on a 60GB PS3? I've heard both 360s and PS3s are overheating and freezing because of this game.

[duffmanth]

I'm gonna wait on this game, doesn't look like a $60 game to me. Infamous 2 will be where my $$ will be spent.

[portnoyd]

My PS3 has not frozen for me on this game.

[Oobgarm]

I'm on the 10th case and I'm really enjoying this game. I'm giving thought to springing for the DLC on this...I got the GameStop one with my purchase, and I see Wal-Mart's got one too, as well as the one that Best Buy was giving away at midnight launches.

I'm sure that Rockstar will be selling them eventually, but if it's anything like the limited DLC for Red Dead, it'll be out long after my interest in this game in waned.

[Oobgarm]

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