Our L.A Noire review went live yesterday and we're sure you've already had a good look over it and absorbed all the necessary goodness to make your own informed decision.
If you haven't, go and have a look now. We can tell you, though, that we loved the title but felt it fell just short of world-beating genius.
Destructoid, Joystiq and Gamespot agreed whole-heartedly with Joystiq astutely pointing out that "L.A. Noire may not always be 'fun' in the traditional sense, but it's also unsatisfied with being 'merely fun', and the result of that aspiration is something that no one who cares about video games should miss.
1UP, The Guardian and Giant Bomb were somewhat in love with the latest from the Rockstar brand, however, each chucking every single percent they could find at L.A Noire.
At the other end of the spectrum, the lowest L.A Noire has scored so far comes from tech mag Wired with a still very good score of 80 percent, which Eurogamer and GameBlog France agreed with.
Comments
11 comments so far...
El Mag on 17 May '11 said:
And Metro/Gamecentral tickled it's arse with a feather and offered to have it's babies.
http://www.metro.co.uk/tech/games/86334 ... tive-movie
metallicorphan on 17 May '11 said:
this is easier
* 1UP – A
* Destructoid – 9
* Digital Spy – 5/5
* Eurogamer – 8
* GameSpot – 9.0
* GamePro – 5/5
* The Guardian – 5/5
* Giant Bomb – 5/5
* IGN – 8.5
* Joystiq - 4.5/5
* Nowgamer – 9.3
* SPOnG – 90
* Videogamer – 10
* Xbox 360 Achievements – 96
http://www.lazygamer.net/xbox-360/l-a-noire-reviews-round-up/#ixzz1McS1jTxk
Moribundman on 17 May '11 said:
LOL thanks for the thorough report (Orphan)
Ellscore on 17 May '11 said:
I concur
(Is this the best choice of smilie face??)
knightxxl on 17 May '11 said:
@metallicorphan Many thanks for the Brief but imformative post, much easier to read and with alot more detail than the CVG one
The_KFD_Case on 17 May '11 said:
Cheers Metallicorphan. I tend to enjoy Eurogamer's take on games, though there's no guarantee I'll always agree with their various writers' perspectives.
Brainflowers on 17 May '11 said:
Aaaaaand metallicorphan somehow manages to make something clear and concise that Tom pakinkis somehow managed to make unnecessarily complicated...
TheLastDodo on 17 May '11 said:
Are IGN being the voice of reason for once?
El Mag on 17 May '11 said:
No. Jump on the hype train and enjoy the ride CHOO CHOO.
Windowlicker79 on 17 May '11 said:
I'd like to see Edge's review. If they give it 10/10 then you know its a top title.
Very_Silver_Ownz on 17 May '11 said:
'' No. Jump on the hype train and enjoy the ride CHOO CHOO. ''
/jumps on hype train
CHUCKA CHUCKA CHUCKA CHOO CHOO