L.A. Noire Is Almost Perfect

[@YourFavoriteSon1]

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[@Puxi]

No, I won't. Get apprenticeship. Anyways LA Noir is a technical wreck. 30fps lock on PC remasters only for console and R* Games social club force.

[@Onomatopoeia4u]

​@@PuxiCool?

[@Puxi]

@Onomatopoeia4u english please and in full sentences

[@SqualidsargeStudios]

Ugh why peddle that substandard trash? I hope you realize it’s landfill in a year right, don’t promote landfill -_- I am disappointed, well at least it isn’t that garbage raid trash

[@couldbebetter7187]

The algorithm god's suggested you and this video... And I thoroughly enjoyed it 👍

[@TheTrollerGamer]

It bothers me that we will never get a sequel for that. I don't trust Rockstar to do anything besides GTA from now on. I fully expect GTA Online 2 to carry Rockstar until GTA 7 and so on. I don't think we will even get a new Red Dead. LA Noire is a great game, however I think the main story lacks emotional depth and it only becomes the focus towards the last couple of hours. I don't think we really get to understand or see a personal side to Cole until the ending. Also there is a lack of consequences to your choices. I remember them promoting this game by saying that you could choose the wrong suspect and that there would be consequences to that. But all you get is a cutscene of your boss yelling at you or being thankful. I think a sequel could focus on a ''Good cop/Bad cop'' system, kind of like the honor system from Red Dead. Driving like a mad man, taking bribes, choosing the wrong suspects, getting drunk in bars, missing a lot of clues in crime scenes, beating up your suspects or yelling at them slowly changes the story and how the world reacts to your character. Suspects become more agressive or easily intimidated, your workmates are dismissive and hostile, your boss doesn't like you, etc. But being a good cop could make other detectives respect you and help you out with clues. Suspects are more open to talk to you, but some might try to take advantage of your good nature and try to deceive you. Shops can give you discounts and your boss gives you more access to better gear and weapons. Refusing bribes can make some corrupt cops target you.

[@YourFavoriteSon1]

It really is disheartening that Rockstar just subsists on the same game for so long because we get so few games from them now.

[@garydiamondguitarist]

_"I don't trust Rockstar to do anything besides GTA from now on"_ - yes, and now head writer Dan Houser has left it'll be interesting to see what happens with _GTA VI_ I have a feeling it'll be one of those "pander to everybody, appeal to nobody" deals which will initially impress people with the visuals, the world, the immersion, but over time people will be making videos that point out the shortcomings in the writing which became apparent the more they played it. Similar to _GTA V_ where when you've played it long enough you realise how one-dimensional and dickish Trev, Mick and Frankie are and it really takes the shine off the whole thing, but worse. My prediction is that it'll be written by committee but trying to capture that Dan Houser vibe, and the piecemeal nature of using a whole team of people to replace one person might not be obvious at first but it'll come out when it's been on the market a year or two and the wow factor has worn off.

[@sulimanthemagnificent4893]

This Is The Police 1-2 “kinda” does the whole good-cop bad cop shtick… but it’s a bit of a mess.

[@SirDenzington89]

I don’t need a sequel but I’d love something in the same vein. Playing as a detective and going through all the evidence is fun. I can just think of all the new things that could in such a game with new tech. Something like police simulator with a good rockstar level story

[@kieranatherton2941]

Always said an N.Y Noir would be an absolute gold mine, set in the late 50s early 60s

[@johnecoapollo7]

I always knew you had taste, son. Go grab a beer for us and let's watch this.

[@YourFavoriteSon1]

alright ill brb

[@thy-arkham]

he never came back..

[@iggyadamson200]

I know it’s a video game, I know it’s scripted, and I know they had to probably do multiple takes, but 2:23:13 does the perfect job at capturing what a man looks like when he’s ready to lay it ALL on the line. That motion capture really shined in some aspects and that scene was one of them.

[@Ndrake89]

Broooo you're an absolute unit. Over two hours of coverage. Hell yeah. I'll be going to bed early and fall asleep two this for the next few days. I mean that in the best way. Your videos chill my anxiety out so i can fall asleep

[@iBeAura]

Most def

[@chaddmoore8259]

Same

[@toddmannloses]

His max Payne video is a comfort food for me lol

[@Ndrake89]

@toddchilds4880 I haven't seen that one yet. Believe it or not I've never played max Payne one or two. Just the third one. I couldn't play M rated games as a kid. So Iam Waiting for the remakes to experience the games.

[@toddmannloses]

@@Ndrake89 max Payne 1 and 2 are huge for me. I played the first one w my dad on PC when he built one and I have such fond memories of running through it with him. Absolutely worth playing whether you wait for remakes or play the originals.

[@nitrobw1]

I don’t know if I can say LA Noire is a great game, but I can definitely say I respect it for taking so many big swings. In an era where so much of Triple A gaming was swiftly becoming a grey morass of samey FPS games, it was a truly unique experience. Even now there’s nothing else really like it. The closest things I can think of are the later Sherlock Holmes games by Frogwares.

[@SirDenzington89]

Are those things worth playing? I’m mildly interested

[@nitrobw1]

@@SirDenzington89 Crimes and Punishments gets my full recommendation, but I haven’t played enough of the ones before that. Devil’s Daughter is alright but it’s not as good as Crimes and Punishments. I haven’t gotten to Chapter One yet.

[@litneyloxan]

@@SirDenzington89yeah they're all really good and challenging. Sinking City is good too

[@Chris-nw6ws]

​@@SirDenzington89 not really

[@PlomiennyJacus]

* presses X *

[@YourFavoriteSon1]

doubt

[@H3LLB0Y702]

Incredible stuff

[@charaznable8072]

On what controller lol.

[@nostalgiaof98]

*incorrect piano jingle*

[@YourstruelyLoL]

X

[@majinya6199]

4:39 It's actually pronounced Bond-eye, Despite being in Sydney it was named after the Bondi location

[@Cloudy-bb8sp]

Thank you, I was gonna mention Although I am guilty of saying "Wolly Creek" because I didn't know it was "Woll-eye Creek"

[@majinya6199]

@@Cloudy-bb8sp No problem, Happens a lot when KZbinrs cover LA Noire, It's amazing how it just keeps recurring lol

[@RadarFinsR]

More like bon-Die but close enough it's also one of the most famous tourst beaches in Australia.

[@mooseratt]

​@@RadarFinsRbro, that's literally the same phonetic speech pattern

[@nutsackreviews]

@@mooserattno

[@LuckWickedYT]

can’t believe you were my number one most watched KZbinr this year, just wanna let you know I fall asleep to your content often. Will be falling asleep to this (right now) thank you so much for the content:)

[@YourFavoriteSon1]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@kunstlermann]

How did you find this fact ?

[@LuckWickedYT]

@ it actually showed up on my youtube feed, it’s said something along the lines of “youtube gaming wrapped”

[@apocolypse11]

U need a gf or friend with benefits bro.

[@LuckWickedYT]

I’m getting married next year brother, she slobs my knob to these videos. entertaining comment though!

[@RJiiFin]

Fun fact: Brendan McNamara was entered by his coworkers into the "Hairiest man in Australia" competion of 2001 without him knowing. He placed 2nd.

[@TheStrategist314]

Lmfao. You’re awesome.

[@NekoHibaCosplay]

The Getaway is an underrated PS2 gem, and was actually a game very much ahead of his time, introducing bold mechanics that were unheard of at the time, like the total absence of an hud, the first draft of the game featured live action cutscenes and most prominently they re-created around 10 square miles of real London, a feat that not many games achieved even in the following generations. I never knew (or at least, never really connected the dots) up until now that Team Bondi was in fact made of people who worked at that game, now I get why Noire actually felt so familiar. They had a soft spot for cinematographic storytelling, so sad that the team disbanded because the game sold poorly for their expectations, they knew how to tell a story.

[@devin6420]

My new favorite video to fall asleep to, perfect timing. I'll comment again in two weeks when I've actually retained all the information

[@shipwreckedonapopulatedisland]

Hey son, if you want everyone to know you've played knifey-spoony before, you'd pronounce it bond-eye.

[@yeetkunedo]

I’m really glad you touched this game. It’s been one of my favorites for a long time, and even now, it often goes unnoticed and unmentioned whenever people bring up truly great games from the somewhat recent past.

[@onatgz]

dear mr. son, thx for the video. best regards,

[@YourFavoriteSon1]

Thanks for watching!

[@awkwardbear2765]

"LA Noire is almost perfect" "...LA Noire is far from perfect." Why is youtube like this 😂

[@Nereosis16]

Did you click the video?

[@awkwardbear2765]

@Nereosis16 yes happens in the first 2 min

[@Nereosis16]

@@awkwardbear2765 Then it works.

[@awkwardbear2765]

@@Nereosis16 I think you're confused about what I was criticizing

[@CatalystOfFire]

This game absolutely did not claim to be, nor was it considered any sort of GTA adjacent product at any point in its marketing. In fact, there was nothing that alluded to gameplay or driving before release. We didn’t really even know it was open world. It was a detective game set in LA and you were a conflicted main character who was around for the black dahlia murders. That was it. I worked for GameStop around the release of this game, I was at the midnight, all that. It’s a great game, but it didn’t sell like mad the way it should’ve.

[@joey19931226]

Witness/interrogated person: i dont know Their faces: ○_o

[@rusinoe8364]

o_0 0_o 0_0 0_o

[@rumly3914]

For those of you that aren't Aussies, It's pronounced "bon - dai". Bondi is Australia's most iconic beach, huge tourist destination in Sydney, and an iconic surfing spot.

[@franciscor390]

Thanks for the info, i was sure i had heard it somewhere.

[@Nereosis16]

I'd describe it as "bond-eye"

[@rebel4466]

Bondi = beach, Blondi = Hitlers dog. Got it!

[@redroninx289]

This is a sign to do yet another playthrough. It's too bad we never got a sequel

[@UnstablePax]

LA Noire, RDR(2, mainly) and Bully are my favourite Rockstar games. Too bad that those games don't earn as much money as Shark cards...

[@YourFavoriteSon1]

Bully has been so criminally overlooked. It's a shame that we never got a sequel.

[@UnstablePax]

@YourFavoriteSon1 All hands on deck on GTA atm, so we'll see what happens after that releases. I won't hold my breath though.

[@zlodrim9284]

Allegedly, Rockstar cancelled Bully 2, and if the rumour mill is to be believed, it's on-pause and might be picked up again sometime in the future, but given their course and change in style, it's hard to believe.

[@ennuiarduous6446]

​@@YourFavoriteSon1humm... You got a subject to cover then ;) imho, and as I remember, Bully was annoyingly clanky, bad-looking, glitchy (especially scripts) game.

[@tylerlewis2766]

​@@UnstablePax it'll be a good game with a ground breaking aspect and then they'll milk the online portion for 10 years and a few billion like they already did

[@Dizzy-lane]

Great video Son. I love the long form videos and how you can tell you care about what you’re doing. Your videos make me want to go play or replay the games

[@YourFavoriteSon1]

Glad you like the content!

[@Dretelejr]

2:17:39 - I love this long retrospective of LA Noire and have been wanting to play this for a long time now. This in particular isn't pronounced as you said. Longines is pronounced as "Long-jin" as it was pronounced typically in French. The game resonated my watch nerd in me and it captured those attention to detail into it which attracted me to LA Noire. Maybe I should some day

[@YourFavoriteSon1]

Thanks for pointing this out! I got into watches last year and haven't had much experience with this brand.

[@TheUnapologeticGeek]

As a lifelong James Ellroy fan, I friggin LOVE L.A. Noire. That said, it's rough around the edges and would be well-served by a sequel that irons it out a bit more. Alas, given the budget and what happened to the developers, that will never happen. I'll just have to be content that L.A. Noire exists.

[@ImpendingRiot83]

I honestly really wish that LA Noire could’ve been made by the same team but with current-day 3D scan tech and all sorts of stuff like that. The cast is wonderful though, they probably couldn’t replace that bit.

[@Shtedko]

Amazing vid man, im always looking for LA Noire vids cuz i just love the game so much. Such a long and high quality vid is a Christmas present to me, thank you.

[@qsefbqwerqwer2078]

Got out ahead of the forthcoming 7hr Tim Rogers vid on this game. I respect it. Always love your vids, homie

[@YourFavoriteSon1]

Hey at least now I can watch his video

[@IcMilkyTea]

@@YourFavoriteSon1you need to wait for it for much more than 7hr

[@itsdantaylor]

I was really excited for LA Noire and admittedly I was disappointed with it but I still REALLY liked the game. I just think it suffered from a few flaws. 1. I didn't like how for 2 or so 'desks' all the cases were 'red herrings' basically solving crimes where it was obvious the people we were chasing in the cases weren't the actual killers but you basically had to 'play along'. 2. Cole Phelps I think could have been a interesting protagonist but he wasn't the 'protagonist' of the story, to the point where the game has you playing the 'real protagonist' at the end. That in itself is a interesting concept but I think it could have been handled better. I think if anyone made a similar game they would need to embrace the key missing ingredient of noir detective stories, the Private, in the Private Investigator. Take the cops out of it and allow the player to pursue cases with a little bit more 'freedom' and not being so reliant on police. MAYBE you can help them out with some info and cases and as a result they give you favors/hints to help you on your case.

[@QuiltyKaty]

I never realized how much of this game I actually played. It was one of my very first video games because my parents refused to let us have a console, so I bought a refurbished Xbox360 when I was in college, and bought this game for my now-husband’s birthday. He played through it, then lent it to me, as I had finished a few Assassin’s Creeds already. I think I got slightly past the Tar Pits before quitting for some reason.

[@Hoolaloo]

Hey, this was a really great video. I was thinking of doing a replay of this after finishing it way back when it came out, but I couldn't find the time. This was exactly what I needed and I didn't even know it. I hope you keep doing deep dive/recap videos like this one, good work!

[@Burbin7995]

I didn't know they went back to "Good Cop" "Bad Cop" for the remaster iirc that's the way it was originally meant to be but they changed it to True & Doubt close to release, making the "Doubt" option result in an awkwardly aggresive response from Phelps in most interrogations. I think that's where the whole "Press X To Doubt" meme came from.

[@Milty2001]

La noire is by far the best crime thriller rockstar has ever released alongside with team bondi, the 1940s settings mixed with the messed up crime scenes and a story with colm being a good detective with a bad background thrown into the world where people are corrupt was just chefs kiss.

[@taffeylewis1176]

Wow! 😳 a LA Noire Video! 🤯 Press X for „No Doubt“ 💪🏼 Looking so forward to it. Thanks mate. ❤

[@unluckytoby7633]

Listen man I watch a lot of retrospectives and game story videos but by far your writing style is my favorite the smooth tone no matter topic always me to really deep dive in thought while listening to

[@ennuiarduous6446]

The only 2 issues with the game: - unnecessary open world - original/initial version was hollowed, 1/3 of the game was cut oit and sold as DLCs. These DLCs are immanent part of the game, without it plot has multiple holes/gaps and do not work well as a whole.

[@YourFavoriteSon1]

These are probably my biggest issues as well. The open world didn't need to be as big. The nice thing about the DLC is that the definitive version is the one people mostly recognize now, so it doesn't feel as incomplete anymore. History is kinder to it.

[@UnstablePax]

If they ever do a sequel they should copy what RGG do with their games. To be fair, loads of developers should copy RGG.

[@ennuiarduous6446]

​@@YourFavoriteSon1yep, when I played it again on PS4 in complete version then the plot was seamless and the entire game impression was much better. And when I played initially on PS3 I was disappointed with the plot due to gaps and missing the reasons for many actions or events.

[@lucasvalentin4589]

Team Bondi did a lot of research about L.A in the 40s, and at some point in development, they had zero developers taking care of the open world, so probably instead of just throwing a lot of work into that aspect, they just left it open and kept going into more important (functional) things to make the game reach a release date (since it got delayed a lot of years).

[@Arnechk]

I think open world is there just for immersion filler, and it doesnt bother me as such. I think however the gameplay would suffer even more if there was more attention paid to it.

[@ChrisDavis-ei1yi]

Fantastic video, you can tell how much work went into the analysis. In a new era of KZbin where long-form content is the norm, it shows what creators real give their all in the making of content. You’re definitely in the bracket of creators who are exceptionally talented in that endeavor. (Also shout out for recognizing that GTA 4 is the best in the series. We need more brave souls like you to come forward with the truth 😂)

[@iliapachulia9012]

If anyone wants another hit of LA and detectives I can wholeheartedly recommend Rex Rivetter private eye. Its a great audio show set in the 50s in LA

[@hopethishelps91]

I loved that this game tried something different but i couldn't replay it. Idk i had no desire to ever pick it up again

[@YourFavoriteSon1]

That's fair, it feels like one of those games that most people will only play once.

[@hopethishelps91]

@YourFavoriteSon1 great video as always bro, keep up the great work

[@SetariM]

@@YourFavoriteSon1 I always get to the arson section and then drop it. I know it's so close to the end of the game but I dunno, just gets hella boring at that point

[@kman9884]

@@SetariMThe conspiracy of Fontaine peddling drugs, and mafioso-types building substandard homes with prop lumber to collect on federal insurance payouts, due to the homes being paid for by the GI Bill, is too mundane. It should’ve been earlier in the game, with the black dahlia being the focus of the story; as homicide is inherently more intriguing than insurance fraud.

[@toddmannloses]

I just have never played a game that scratches the itch this does. It genuinely made me feel like Sherlock Holmes sometimes.

[@escalatingbarbarism5096]

I think the gameplay should've been switching between Cole and Kelso (and probably even Courtney Sheldon) the whole time, tbh.

[@kerriminx18]

I can’t even count how many times I replayed this game when I first got it, I was completely obsessed. All these years later, I couldn’t love it more. It has aged, to me like fine wine. Thank you so much for showing this game the respect it very much deserved. ❤

[@bafelix89]

Just as a little bit of info, the case at around the 1:03:00 mark where you say the game imagines murders related to the black dahlia case, there actually was a murder with the words "fuck you bd" written on the victims body in lipstick after the black dahlia case happened

[@cherryhazard8002]

(Spoilers) Was playing L.A Noire for 3 days straight in my computer, I thought it was one of the best games out there at that point, but then Elsa and the affair situation came in and ruined that for me. It's just so uncharacteristic as to what we've seen from Cole that it just feels forced and fake, remove that from the game and you got a perfect game in my eyes.

[@saschaberger3212]

Well you're not the only one thinking this

[@Nereosis16]

I think it makes perfect sense. Everyone has a vice. Cole fell in love with another woman and fucked it all up.

[@nailil5722]

that's one of my complaints too, the closing arch also is all over the place sadly

[@Phantomvoice95]

I actually very much agree, but I think the biggest issue with the plot point is kind of the limited time spent on his personal life. Like if I remember correctly you don't really see much of his relationship, you see some of it, maybe enough to be invested, at least enough to think Cole is a good husband. But then get surprised, which is the crap part because as you said it feels uncharacteristic. If instead you could see the stress of the job impact his personal life, see the relationship have little struggles, but then see him get attention from the other woman but keep it vague for the surprise. Maybe that would feel better. Or make it be player choice/player affected, either an out right choice, or something that comes as a result of how the cases go maybe. That way maybe it would feel more fitting. But yes I think it's a blemish in an otherwise truly great story

[@BonzerMrT]

I played this game when I was like 13-14 and got the deluxe box set or whatever it was for the special edition, and at the time I was a action explosion screw the cutscenes kinda kid at the time, but this game made me appreciate slowing down and playing entirely different from a GTA, or games like that. It was a fantastic experience, and I hope to one day get back to it and play it again as an adult with a slightly different experience to appreciate

[@seanmacguire8988]

2:23:18 that exchange between cole and earl is one of the single best performed scenes in any media I have personally ever seen. It’s so awesome cuz in contrast cole is usually much more reserved. Which empathizes the severity. He’d have shot earl without a doubt had he persisted lol.

[@breaking180podcast]

LA NOIRE is an open world the same way Mafia 2 is technically open world. The city is more of a set dressing for a license story

[@wirddude5575]

Hey, don't even know if you'll see this since I'm a month late but thank you for this video. LA Noire was the first game I got with my 360 and it is still to this day my favorite game of all time. You made an amazingly engaging video and I thank you for being thorough and diving into some of my favorite parts of the game. You got a new sub!

[@EzioXBL]

I have not watched the whole video yet, but damn 2 and a half hour? Can't imagine the effort. Great Job, keep it up! Also I love L.A. Noire, it was different but thats what made it so great

[@lazypaladin]

L.A Noire! _God, this is one of my favourite games of all time. Oddly enough one of my comfort games. I wish it was re-released or a second game was made with today's tech. _*_Hey, we got Investigations 2 and MGS 3 Remake. It could happen!_*

[@AnInnocuousBlueCube]

Not that I'm the biggest fan of paid DLC, but the fact that it's things like Fortnite and other online shooters and not games like this that have seasons and routine updates blows my mind.

[@reddie1705]

crazy to think the most detailed and long L.A. Noire video on YT before this is like an hour long from Harry, every time my favorite Son swings he hits it out of the park 🫡🙏

[@ajbennett5427]

The mobsters outside the prop house weren't the ones that trashed the apartment, you can actually confront the guys attacking bishop's wife if you get there in time and don't use the partner trip skip.

[@zlodrim9284]

Like Noah astutely noted in his video analysis, it's an open world game that doesn't care about the open world, but as a period piece and a noir game, it is great and has lots to appreciate about it. It's definitely a game worth remembering and discussing, and it's a damn shame Rockstar canned the follow-up game, which considering what we know about it and what the premise was, would definitely have been another worthwhile experience.

[@thetomdanks]

Ayyyyy a new video! I was apperantly in your top 0.2 of viewers. Always happy to watch your content.

[@MattRandomnumber]

52:50 Drake moment

[@Tsudkyk]

I’m currently playing this game for the first time and I’m happy to have found it. I always wanted a gta style detective game. I’d love to see a game like this based in 1930s Chicago, or maybe a county sheriff in the prohibition south fighting the moonshiners. High speed chases, farmland shoot outs, political corruption- it’s basically the perfect recipe for an amazing game with an amazing high stakes storyline.

[@TurbidTG1]

L.A. Noire is the first game I ever 100%'d! I did it on every console except PS3 since I never had one lol. So the game has a close place to my heart! Wonder if we'll ever see a N.Y. Loire? My own critique is that I wish you could go for drinks or bowling with your partner instead of just landmarks and street crimes! I just end up driving into cars and pedastrians and my partner yelling at me! xD

[@jmgonzales7701]

while people like a direct sequel, tbh i kinda want a Neo noire setting for a game like this.

[@wanghang6703]

Play the first watchdogs game. It is the epitome of neo noir. Really is a masterpiece if you ignore the loudest people in the room

[@venomshakeXV]

This game with the budget and development of RDR2 would be the game for me

[@collette3428]

The soundtrack to this game is incredible

[@LonelyKnightess]

2:23:12 - one of the greatest moments of game writing in the industry's history, such a great moment.

[@AbrahamEthernet]

1:55:05 you can see in a newspaper in the last vice case that roy was the one who gave him up to the police

[@zacharyantle7940]

The unspeakable things I’d do for a sequel to this. Myself and a hell of a lot of others wanted to see something where you play as Kelso in the 50s in a place like NYC, Chicago or Detroit, like a second half of Mafia 2 sort of vibe.

[@rocknrollson9440]

Love you son! This is one of the best games with one of the most intriguing worlds. You captured it beautifully son, we couldn’t be prouder! Keep up the great work 🎉 happy holidays too

[@chromasus9983]

I really think L.A. Noire could have had just a bit more to it, not even a sequel, but just a bit more with Kelso.. But, I suppose that would then work against Cole's sacrifice, and that tragic noir-style ending. Given the kind of character we're shown in Jack Kelso, though, it just feels very odd if he just.. Lets everything be, but I suppose that's it.

[@Senpapii_]

22:01 ☝🏽 BROTHER

[@tzaneee]

man i remember playing this game back in the day it released on pc ......it was so badly optimized ,driving the car in the city was a big no no (i think that`s why they added the skip driving option)

[@mewgiah8057]

Game was ahead of its time. Seriously if they made a sequel with modern development- it would be a massive hit. The investigation and dialogue choices make it perfect for streaming sites like twitch. Shame game was clunky due to it breaking new ground.

[@TheHopperUK]

Really enjoyed this! What a singular game LA Noire is. I'm glad it has such a good reputation and legacy; it's special.

[@hanh7395]

This game's facial animation blew me away when I first saw it. Took a while for the detectives to find all the missing pieces.

[@merc1171]

you absolutely killed this vid man great job

[@eppinizer]

Few, I can finally shake off my withdrawal symptoms I've had since missing a dose last Sunday.

[@YourFavoriteSon1]

A lot in the pipeline right now

[@chrispysaid]

The title: "L.A. Noire Is Almost Perfect" The video: 1:17

[@lejohnbrames9392]

I can’t tell you how long I’ve waited for this video from you, son. I’m proud of you.

[@JxcellsGaming]

im actually doing a playthrough on my channel for this right now its been amazing

[@MrGameSecrets]

Electroplating mention! I do that for work

[@semeras]

literally my favorite channel

[@redhood444]

I want a La noire 2 in the 70s

[@AlenDelon-x6i]

I want a new LA NOIR game. A complete remake. Please.

[@adamkentisaac]

Would love a "NY Noire" set in the 80s, same mechanics, face reading, clue finding, etc but modernized and with a gritty 80s NY aesthetic.

[@wanghang6703]

Max payne will have todo

[@Nutpackk]

I just finished this game for the 4th time last week usually every year I try to get around to it in between Halloween and Christmas and it just hits different

[@Gustmazz]

Replayed it recently and I've never seen a game age this well before. This game is amazing! It's not perfect, at all, but after you finish it you'll realize that there's no other game like it. It really is one of a kind.

[@Theelk2812]

It still shocks me you don't have 1 million subs. You're one of the best channels around

[@DarkSaib0t]

As an Aussie I just had to mention, it’s pronounced bond-eye not bondy

[@ErinJeanette]

I want more games like this so bad I'm shocked there aren't more. My daughter and I played this together and it was SO FUN I was right about pretty much everything I was proud of myself however we lost interest after we graduated from homicide detective to organized crime, it just wasn't as good. Felt like we stepped down instead of up.

[@dylangutierrez7482]

LA noire and GTA 4 are on my list of yearly plays since their inceptions , 2 of the best games rockstar ever produced

[@ABurntMuffin]

I fucking LOVE good long form content. Bless you.

[@bitpixpr]

One of my favorite games, thanks for bringing me back with this one, great job as always.

[@lordrosemount]

I reckon the three speech options should be termed Believe, Press and Refute. They should describe the actions the player is being invited to take, so the original formulation is out. The remaster terms aren't right either because 'Good cop' and 'Bad cop' simply suggest an approach the player might wish to take rather than the binary right answer/wrong answer dynamic the game is really offering. Also 'Accuse' is way off, because that option allows the player to present evidence that the witness is lying, it doesn't require us to accuse them of some crime.

[@Imhighinparisbro]

Had no idea it’s the same people who made the getaway now looking back I see the resemblance especially the face animation

[@theironknight597]

I love this game so much and the noir genre as a whole. Thank you for this! ❤

[@Borgorpio]

That shelf holding them Berserk books is fighting for its life lol

[@struckmatch3400]

I never noticed that we see rusty at the beginning this game is filled with callbacks to itself but it's done so cleverly and tastefully

[@z3parino]

i know a lot of creators mispronounce intentionally for engagement, but either way: it's Bond-EYE - a very famous suburb/beach in Aus

[@garydiamondguitarist]

I couldn't get past that title, so I'm glad you explained "almost perfect" is basically just a hook to get you to watch, and the game is nowhere near that. Interesting? Yes. Great storytelling? Oh, all over the game. Cutting edge facial performance capture for the time? Absolutely; I don't think it was bettered until _Red Dead Redemption II_ seven years and a much bigger budget later. As mentioned though, it is a world of jank. The driving is awful and I still don't understand why when Rockstar bought Team Bondi they didn't try and splice in some GTA driving physics. They could have since too, in the re-releases. If it were Mafia-esque with the "realistic" handling it would make sense to me but it feels both heavy and like the cars snap to rails, it's really weird. I play a lot of racing games and I've never been able to make the driving fun, so it's always "let partner drive" to skip them. It promotes save scumming if you want a perfect score, and the game really isn't developed with this in mind because very few if any of the cutscenes are skippable. There are other issues such as Cole really needing better character development to be likeable (as pointed out by The Salt Factory) but those are the two I thought of first. Basically it's an interesting game, it's a promising game, it might have been nice to see what the Team would have done should with a sequel. Which now we'll never get. C'est la vie.

[@notsyzagts7967]

Of course it wasn't developed with save scumming in mind, since you can't truly fail a case and your score is meaningless unless you care about the numbers/achievements. Although you can miss story beats due to unclear mission objectives, unskippable cutscenes can be annoying for any genre of videogame but it is what it is.

[@TheStrategist314]

Bought the game at launch. Wasn’t disappointed because of the flaws, was disappointed because of the hype. Mechanics were wonky and seemed a bit unfair, if not cheap, however I played it back to back to see if I could do a better job. But looking at it now, the bold steps taken and the attention to doing things “the way you would or should do them” made this game age appropriately. Maybe it’s time to go back and play the game with the DLC.

[@AngelofGrace96]

yeah the one thing that annoys me is the lack of consequences, how you can just run through every option while you boss yells at you until you hit on the right option.

[@omfgitsfat]

I'm so sad this never got a sequel. It had it's issues but the story was well received and i fully expected a Chicago Noire as a followup.

[@gordokta]

this is an absolute masterpiece. amazing video

[@DomPeriod]

I was twelve years old when this game dropped. I wouldn't get a console of the generation about half a year later, on Christmas 2011, my mother bought me an Xbox 360 with GTA IV and Midnight Club LA. Rockstar was part of my gaming lifestyle from early on, and I picked up this game a little later purely due to the little yellow box developer logo in the corner. It definitely took me some time to get used to this game, as it's an adult title fundamentally-and not in the same manner as GTA. This game introduced young me to the idea that video games could be seen as something more than they were.