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.
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.
