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the graphics, in case anyone got the wrong idea about what i said when i stated "it's not spectacular to look at (the world), but it's very effective..." i was only talking about taking in the city as a whole... when you enter locations and look thru stuff, it's very rich in detail... there's always a bunch of things lying around... some can't be picked up, some can... every location is rich in detail, it's just the city itself seems adequate, gets the job done... i see things that bug me and i see things that look great... it's a mixed bag, and it's starting to feel more like mafia II design rather than the saboteur to be honest... but at least it's got more going for it than mafia II did, that game got pretty boring after a while...

you can see the bush if you are standing over or staring at the body but you can't examine it... no Q-tip or finger inspection...

synch says it's on live, or were you planning on using a PC-created character for the first playthrough?? i am actually surprised it wasn't released last night, i thought steam did midnight releases for all of their stuff... midnight as in, west-coast midnight of course...

i am pretty sure this is a scene from a mission i just completed... it's hard to see it in this screen but the victim was brutally murdered and completely naked... you can't examine the bush, that's for the coroner to investigate ... it's fun, but it does feel a little different than the usual R* game... the world does not feel like the RAGE engine from RDR and GTAIV at all, instead it's more in line with perhaps the saboteur, which also could be because they are the same era as well... it's not spectacular to look at (the world), but it's very effective... i haven't been to downtown LA yet, haven't really explored much to be honest... but it does look awesome at night... reading people is kind of hard to do, and trying to pin someone when you know they are guilty is tough to do without the evidence... but the game doesn't let you fail if you mess something up, you just get a diminishing score at the end of the case, and less answered questions, leading to a bunch of holes that will probably bother you until you replay the mission and try things different... the faces look awesome though, great acting and you can really really read some of these people pretty well... others are better at playing hardball and it makes it tougher to get the answers you want from reading someone... but, it's effective and quite the challenge... it's a constant mash-up of drive here (or let your partner drive), snoop around, interrogate suspects and witnesses, drive here, chase someone/tail someone/fight someone, follow up on other leads, build a lineup of suspects, drive there, snoop around some more and then some more, then arrest or maybe kill someone in the end... so in that sense it's just about as repetitive as any other R* game ... it's the whole detective thing though that gives the game a fresh coat of paint... feel's fresh and different, yet mundane and repetitive because hey, police work is the same thing in and out everyday... it's how you reach your conclusion that differs... you're always going to be investigating, chasing/fighting, checking crime scenes and locations for clues, driving, following leads, and doing it without violence 75% of the time... i like it...

so, what's your initial impressions, fellas??

what?! i've seen 2 bushes already!! first two missions into the homicide desk, 2 bushes... ohh, and i won the frikin' LA Noire display cutout for apparently being 7th in line... WTF am i suppose to do with that?? i'm going to feel like a nerd walking out of the store with that in a couple of weeks...

not sure what stardust is, some sort of space game... wipeout is a futuristic racer, similar to speed racer... it's OK, nothing special... i heard stardust is suppose to be really good tho...

i'll get dead nation and super stardust since i own all the rest... and two months of free PS+ for existing members is flippin' sweet... hopefully there are a couple of decent movies to rent tho... either way, it's nice to get something even tho we weren't owed anything... kudos...

i did... so, i'm going to the midnight launch tonight... i might not get to play it much tomorrow so i guess i am trying to sneak a couple hours in tonight... doing some light construction work on my bathroom tomorrow and my parents will be here so i won't be getting high either... lots of factors played into this... thankfully i have this new ipod gadget to help pass the time because it's extremely boring standing there... i don't like chatting with strangers, so angry birds to the rescue!!

yea don't wait for me... at least this gives me a chance to beat LA noire...

ok fear not fellow vault dwellers... apparently only the PS3 is still delayed... PC and xbox releases are still scheduled for tomorrow, it's just the PS3 that is still delayed... this goes against previous articles i read that mentioned there would be a delay due to an agreement where they were suppose to all release simultaneously... so fire up those pip-boys and get ready to journey thru utah tomorrow... i'll be there eventually...

i've read some really good reviews today... i don't even bother with IGN anymore, they are very biased these days... but the others i read tend to get hung up on how easy the game can be with all the hints and keys... here's a roundup of reviews; http://www.vg247.com/2011/05/16/la-noire-reviews-start-going-live/

^is more professional than marney...

dammit marney, i didn't want to see the map until i got the game... thanks for the spoil...

my god i am live!! i haven't seen my niko avatar in like a month!! store is still down though... hopefully it's up in the next 24 hours or honest hearts will be delayed for all platforms...

jesus marney, please tell me that's not you... i only watched 20 seconds because I think unboxong videos are retarded...

i watched "the naked city" and man, i really started to pick up on these hunches... i felt the noir of the era, the way to conduct business, the law, the culture, the vibe... i watched the black dahlia with scarlett johansson and it tried to be noir but it was just eye candy, champ... naked city delivered the grit, it brought the charleston, while the dahlia brought the jitterbug... even though the next movie i watch is "the killing", a noir story about a group of bank robbers during the same time, it's delivered by stanely kubrick (clockwork orange/shining) and shows both sides of the law, which i know is present when you talk about a R* game... still gonna sneak in LA confidential here soon too... getting into the noir era, just like i got into the western era with RDR...

as long as it's up by monday i will be happy... i just don't wanna see the new vegas DLC delayed for all platforms because of this... we should all have the right to play it at our own leisure, as well as having the ability to download LA noire stuff too... and my god, all of the PS+ stuff and network game releases... it's been a lengthy delay and it's nice to see things heading back to the norm... for meow...

michigan is still in the dead... fuck you east coast and west for being more important ... i wanna play some deal breaker right now!!!

Apparently the network is back?? Dunno, at work right now... That's awesome news if it's true...

there's only been a handful of epic moments since fallout 3... liberty prime's march to the monument, the rocket launch at REPCONN, activating ARCHIMEDES II and firing it, and destroying mothership zeta... notice that none of them involve battling someone... legate was a worthy foe, and so was general jingwei, but unless tornadoes are whisking by in the divide while and me ulysses are strafing around in a circle exchanging bullets, it won't be that epic... the boss battles are never really that epic, they save those moments for epic story moments...

i don't even want to look at the map... i'm sticking with what R* releases, only have a few days to go anyways...

yea, that's what the rumor says... but the other rumor is the playstation network could be up and running in the next couple of days too so there won't be a delay... i guess we'll know more monday or tuesday, eh?? http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Dufeezy/No_gear_stripping_in_upcoming_DLC the remaining DLC's will allow you to bring some gear with you... honest hearts and old world blues are open world maps similar to point lookout... lonesome road will be like the name suggests... but all three remaining DLC's can be revisited and you can bring your own gear... sounds like HH and OWB will need to be beaten first before you can travel back and forth and lonesome road sounds like your able to come and go as you please... i cant wait to get me hands on all three!!

he was a house representative for california, probably the LA area, elected to office in 1946...

looks like one of his partners....