LA Noire: The Tech behind Performance

[Tony]

Release date! Out on May 13.

The trailer and that link both say May 17th.

 

[Bad^Hat]

Err, right you are. Edited.

 

[StardogChampion]

First gameplay video:

http://www.rockstargames.com/videos/6561

Looks good IMO. Shenmue + Heavy Rain + Adventure Games + GTA IV.

 

[Ren.182]

First gameplay video:

http://www.rockstargames.com/videos/6561

Looks good IMO. Shenmue + Heavy Rain + Adventure Games + GTA IV.

I am very interested in this game now.

 

[jimbo118]

Ok, that looked very promising. The visuals are superb looking. 40s Los Angeles? WANT.

Also noticed the Warner Brothers Studio sign for a sec in the footage. Exploring the lot would be sweet.

 

[Krynn72]

I'm glad they showed some actual detective related gameplay. Hopefully the action bits take a backseat to the problem solving aspects. I'm not a huge fan of the mobster genre, but if I can play an actual detective and work on cases realistically, then I'm in for sure. Loved Heavy Rain for that reason.

 

[<RJMC>]

dam the faces animation really stand out even if they still dont feel 100% realistic

 

[Unfocused]

Looks promising indeed. I wish the gunplay was more realistic though, from what we've seen it seems it's just standard taking-on-4-guys-while running-at-them-without-cover type of shooting.

The game generally looked a lot like Mafia II (which is not surprising really, considering it's the same era).

 

[Kisze]

Looks great but am I the only one a little worried about a random unknown game studio developing this?

 

[Dinnesch]

It looks.. weird(visually). The style has something very cartoony and realistic at the same time, doesn't really appeal to me. Also, most parts with a lot on the screen seem like running at 15FPS?

Anyway, I need to get my hype off this because it's likely not coming to PC anyway.

 

[Unfocused]

Looks great but am I the only one a little worried about a random unknown game studio developing this?

Shit, I thought Rockstar is doing this. Well, they're publishing it at least, so they still have a say, I suppose, and can keep an eye on the development team.

 

[Warped]

saw the latest video, this game looks fun but I suck at detective type games because of all the drugs I took growing up. I can read faces but I'm usually looking at boobies or shiny things

 

[Tony]

Still surprised this isn't on the PC. Mystery/Puzzle-Adventure games always seemed exclusive to it in the past.

 

[Bad^Hat]

Looks slick as hell.

 

[Combine Hybrid]

Still surprised this isn't on the PC.

I'm betting it will get ported to PC eventually, just like GTA 4.

 

[Deleted member 56031]

HOLY ****

That trailer just made this a passing curiousity to a day one!!
sorry brink you'll just have to wait it seems =/

 

[Ravioli]

The facial animations looks amazing, but what is holding them back is the pig disgusting washed-out smudgy low-res console textures.

It is entirely possible for them to do this on peasant consoles now, no excuses!

 

[Chrisimo]

Yeah, imagine the facial animation of L.A. Noire combined with the facial details of Crysis 2 seen in this Video at 1:40 (http://www.gametrailers.com/video/gdc-10-crysis-2/63009) and the character development done by Valve.

 

[Shem]

Something as perfect as that can only remain in our imagination. If only, though...

 

[Bad^Hat]

I feel like I'm bumping the wrong thread, but whatever, new video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEI4js5FVvs

 

[BabyHeadCrab]

Getting pretty close to the uncanny valley imo.

This is exactly what I keep thinking when I see press videos for LA, often times it's just creepy - getting damn close

That's not to say I'm not damn excited

 

[StardogChampion]

If anything, they're on the right side of the uncanny valley - well on the way out.