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Re: L.A. Noire - PC version inbound
Just to say I finished this game a few days ago. I'd played through 70% of it when I was still in Belgium but then put it on hold as I didn't have my desktop here. So I played through the remainder of the game and finished it.
Mixed feelings...the game has a LOT going for it. The acting, the casework, the atmosphere, it's all there. It also offers a way to cut out a lot of action stuff if you're not interested in that. Don't want to spend 5 minutes driving between locations every time? You can let your partner drive. Die a few times on a particular action scene or fail a chase scene a few times? You can just skip it. I thought it was nice, as the detective work is by far the most enjoyable part of the game.
I would play it on the couch with a glass of wine, methodically searching scenes for evidence and then grilling witnesss and suspects. Turns out I was quite good at the former, but not so good at the latter.
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Anyway, what bugged me how the game somewhat hurriedly wrapped the overarching story up in the last third. The first half of the game had excellent pacing, then there was a somewhat longish middle part without too much evolution and then BANG the finale starts. So I dunno. You switch desks a few times - traffic, homicide, vice, arson - and I must say the homicide missions were by far my favorite. Dealing with murders and serial killers is just a lot more interesting than solving drug trafficking and house fires, unsurprisingly.
So in close, enjoyed the game, has great production values and aspirations, but falls apart a little at the end.