Ratings by Skipjack

LA noire is an impressive game from a technical point of view. Lots of great names participated (many well known actors lent their faces and voices). The facial animation is amazing. The sound and music are great too. Technically, it is the best adventure game I have ever played. The textures are a but low res, which is probably due to its console heritage. That is about all the good I can say about this game though.
This has got to be one of the most frustrating games, I have ever played! It was clearly developed for consoles and not the PC. Driving a car through those action sequences with a keyboard was absolutely horrible. The whole cover movement mechanic was completely? broken. Half of the time the controls would not react. The adventure elements were too shallow and there was way to much emphasis on action.
The interviewing was just undoable without a solution. Lots of things had no way for the player to see the right solution. You had to guess (or look up a walkthrough). There are no puzzles at all.
Yes, you can skip the action sequences, but that does not really leave much of the game. The story was not my type of thing also. I ont understand how this ever got such a high rating.

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Time Played: Over 20 hours

Loved the main character and the story. The puzzles were good, but not tooo memorable. My biggest gripe would be the rather sluggish graphics engine.

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Time Played: 10-20 hours

My wife and I really enjoyed the game. The characters were interesting and funny and the story was just absolutely crazy. A great way to pass the time!

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Time Played: 10-20 hours

The mechanics may appear a bit outdated, but the graphics are still beautiful and the atmosphere is very creepy. The game is not a terrifying as Amnesia (few games are) but it is very atmospheric. It is among my my all time favorite adventure games.
If you like classic horror stories, you will like this game.

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Time Played: Under 1 hour