Was L.A. Noire as good as I remember? - A look into a modern day classic

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  @parrydude · 4 years ago

  “You keep lying to me and I’ll send you and your baby to jail.” Jesus Christ Phelps you have a way with words

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• SR

  @srn7254 · 4 years ago

  &quot;You fuck young boys, Valdez?&quot;<br><br>I can&apos;t tell you how much that shit made me laugh the first time I played through the game - it was like the last damn thing I expected to hear at that moment.

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• LO

  @lordjigglepickle340 · 4 years ago

  &quot;You&apos;ll be calling Richard Nixon a crook next&quot; had me dying

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• JO

  @johnwenzel2756 · 4 years ago

  I really appreciate how the overarching conspiracy isn&apos;t generic but could have only happened in 50&apos;s L.A. it&apos;s tied so well to the city and the times. Makes it believable.

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• ST

  @StevenSantanaF · 4 years ago

  I love the useless clues scattered around, Cole picking it up and saying &quot;incidental&quot; has become a joke I do with my wife constantly when looking at something and rotating it around while at a store or anywhere

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• BE

  @beefjerky007 · 4 years ago (edited)

  I feel like LA Noire is an INCREDIBLE proof of concept for what a open world 1940s murder investigation game could possibly be, but was slightly held back by the PS3/360’s limited capabilities. A full blown spiritual successor on modern hardware has INSANE potential

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• ZW

  @Zwia. · 4 years ago (edited)

  This game created one of the best memories I have of my dad, he never showed much interest in me but he saw me playing this and got involved, being a detective himself. We spent a whole saturday with me playing and him giving me advice.

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• TR

  @Trailerparked345 · 4 years ago

  I love Cole’s subtle, but strong development throughout the story. All through his time in the police force he thought that his by the book discipline would earn him the fame he sought but never achieved as a marine. In the end though, Cole realized in that damp, flooded sewer that being a hero isn’t about the reward from higher-ups—who ironically turned out to be the source of this story’s conflict—but simply doing the right thing when no one else can. Being a hero isn’t glamorous, and Cole’s world was not either. Cole respected Courtney so much—even though he was a dolt—because he put his life on the line, even when putting people out of their misery was bleak, nasty, but still the right thing to do. Cole knew he couldn’t win against the forces of corruption, but in the end he wins an inner battle, and saves Jack’s life during his final moments. Cole finally made good on Jack’s decision to save him rather than letting him burn in the cave with his many sins. Cole was a good man in the end.

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• DA

  @dangholston26 · 4 years ago

  Knowing the actor playing Micah in RD2 is Dr Fontaine in this game shows the range that Peter Blomquist has. Would LOVE to see him in more stuff

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• AQ

  @Aquwert · 4 years ago

  As an Australian thats the first time i’ve heard someone say Bondi like that lmao! Great video, wasn’t expecting you to cover this one

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• GR

  @grilledleeks6514 · 4 years ago

  I will always love Cole as a character that I hated, yet still yelled &quot;No!&quot; When that wave of water took him off screen. &nbsp;It was like someone slapped me.

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• GR

  @granite_4576 · 2 years ago

  We didn&apos;t know it at the time but this really was the golden age of gaming.<br><br>Like just TRY to imagine a contemporary studio attempting to do anything like this in 2024.

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