NORMALLY A TOUGH, HARD HITTING DETECTIVE IS INVOLVED, AND HES VERY VERY LOOSE WITH THE LAW!
L.A NOIRE FOLLOWS THIS STYLE TO A KEY IN SOME AREAS! HOWEVER IN THE PROCESS THEY HAVE FAILED TO DO WHAT ROCKSTAR IS ALL ABOUT! BEING A FANTASTIC OPEN ENDED SANDBOX!
HULK WILL SKIP ON EXPLAINING PLOT DUE TO THE SPOILERS INVOLVED! HULK WILL ONLY SAY THAT SEVERAL PARTS OF THE PLOT HAVE HOLES ( WHICH DON'T REFLECT NOIRE FILM STYLE IN THE LEAST), AND WHEN YOU BEAT THE MAIN STORYLINE... THERE IS NOTHING LEFT TO DO!
THE THING THAT HAS MADE ROCKSTAR TRULY AMAZING IS HOW THEIR WAS MANY THINGS LEFT TO DO, OR COLLECT ONCE THE MAIN STORYLINE IS OVER!
MANY PEOPLE (LIKE HULK) PLAYED GRAND THEFT AUTO 4 OR RED DEAD REDEMPTION FOR LENGTHY PERIODS OF TIME GETTING THE 1,000,000 DOLLAR BOUNTY! OR SHOOTING DOWN HELICOPTERS!
TO COMPLETELY LEAVE OUT THE SANDBOX WHEN THE STORY IS DONE, AND INSTEAD JUST START THE FINAL MISSION OVER AGAIN IS A GAMING TECHNIQUE OF THE 1990'S! A VERY VERY F****** ANNOYING TECHNIQUE OF THE 1990'S! AT LEAST ADD IN A NEW GAME + MODE FOR F*** SAKE!
MAYBE THIS IS A GLITCH! THERE WAS CERTAINLY PLENTY OF THEM WHEN TRYING TO COLLECT CLUES OR WHEN INTERROGATING PERSONS OF INTERESTS! MANY GLITCHES ARE ALSO PRESENT IN MENU SYSTEMS! THE INTUITION FEATURE "ASK THE COMMUNITY" WILL SPORADICALLY STOP WORKING EVEN IF YOUR SIGNED IN!, AND ATTEMPTING TO ACCESS DLC WILL CAUSE THE GAME TO CRASH DUE TO PSN STILL BEING DOWN!
HULK WILL ALSO SPECULATE THAT A FAIR CHUNK OF THE STORYLINE IN NOIRE WILL BE SOLD AS DLC! MAYBE PERHAPS A SECOND ENDING JUST LIKE WHAT HAPPENED WITH FALLOUT3 !
HULK WILL NOW FOCUS MORE ON THE POSITIVES!
THE COMBAT SYSTEM...ALTHOUGH NOT AS FLUID AS UNCHARTED 2 CERTAINLY DOES THE JOB! (WHEN YOU REMEMBER THE CONTROLS),AND EFFECTIVELY KNOCKS PUNKS TO THE GROUND!
HULK ALSO ENJOYED HOW THE AIMING SYSTEMS WORKED! IT FEELS LIKE THEY TOOK THE FIRST PART OF AIMING FROM GTA! AND THEN ADDED THE FREE MOVEMENT THAT YOU HAD FROM RED DEAD! A VERY EFFICIENT HYBRID INDEED!
HULK BROUGHT IN SOME EXTRA HELP WITH THE NEXT FEATURE!
THE REALISM!
MANY OF THE CLUES ,AND EVIDENCE USED IN THE GAME ARE DEFINITELY BACKED WITH SCIENCE! ONE OF HULKS FAMILY MEMBERS IS A RETIRED ELECTRICIAN / MECHANIC WHO CAN VERIFY THAT BACK THEN HOUSES WERE DEFINITELY BUILT LIKE THAT, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY WERE WIRED THE SAME WAY AS WELL!
HE EVEN BELIEVES THAT SEVERAL CASES YOU HANDLE IN THE ARSON STORYLINE ARK ARE EXACTLY THE KIND OF THING HE HAS SEEN HAPPEN IN HIS LIFE!
(SIDENOTE: HE WARNS EVERYONE TO PROPERLY TAKE CARE OF THEIR WATER HEATERS! THEY ARE TICKING TIMEBOMBS!)
THAT SAME ELECTRICIAN AND HIS WIFE ALSO VERIFY THAT THE CLOTHING WAS STUFF PEOPLE WORE, THEY HAVE RUSTED VERSIONS OF THOSE CARS LOCKED AWAY, AND MANY OF THE ADS/ LOGOS YOU WILL SEE ARE CERTAINLY VARIATIONS OF THINGS THAT THEY REMEMBER!
IN SHORT! L.A. NOIRE IS A TIME MACHINE!
HULK IS ALSO PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT ROCKSTAR FINALLY FOUND A WAY TO KEEP CARS FROM EXPLODING THE SECOND ANYTHING DINGS THEM!
CONCLUSION TIME!
HULK HAS A HULK LAW THAT DEMANDS THAT EVERY HULK REVIEW GRADES MUST BE A REFLECTION OF THE WORK INVOLVED!
IN SHORT! THE LARGER THE GAME! THE HARDER TO GET HIGH HULK SCORE!
L.A. NOIRE HAS DONE ALOT OF THINGS RIGHT! AND IS CERTAINLY LIVING ON THE EDGE OF BEING A WORLD MAKER!
HOWEVER, BY NOT GIVING A SUFFICIENT ENDING, AND FOLLOWING THROUGH ENTIRELY ON THE FILM NOIRE STRUCTURE THEY HAVE LEFT THEMSELVES IN AN AWKWARD POSITION!
THE GAME IS AMAZING! THE WAY YOU SEARCH THROUGH CLUES INTERROGATE SUSPECTS IS A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE THAT HULK HAS NEVER SEEN BEFORE! WHEN ITS WORKING RIGHT!
HOWEVER, THE MOMENT THAT EXPERIENCE IS JILTED IT USUALLY TAKES ALOT OF WORK TO GET IT BACK AGAIN!
HULK FEELS LIKE L.A. NOIRE WILL BE CALLED IN AS EVIDENCE FOR THE "GAMES MUST BE MORE LIKE FILM" ARGUMENT!, AND WITH GOOD REASON! THERE'S ALOT OF TECH BEHIND THOSE FACE MOVEMENTS!
HULK GIVES L.A. NOIRE 3 OUT OF 5 FISTS! EVEN IF THIS MAKES FAN BOYS SCREAM!
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