L.A. Noire
 

Surprised no one has mentioned this game yet.
For those out of the loop it's a Rockstar game(I've personally never played a R* game I didn't like) in which you play a detective in Los Angeles circa 1947.

The gameplay has you investigating crime scenes, in which you find objects(think Secret of Monkey Island), and you have to figure out how the objects play out in the crime.

You can also interview suspects and witnesses. Although instead of explaining it, I'll let the following two videos do the job for me:
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/ga...a-noire/710343
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/gameplay-series-l-a-noire/711461

I have to say, I have high faith in the game.


Edit: Also http://www.gametrailers.com/video/de...a-noire/708505 the tech looks awesome.

does indeed look good, been following this one for a while. Heavy Rain meets GTA? :yeah:

Is it gonna be console-only like Red Dead Redemption?

I still wanna play that but can't :(

Rockstar seem to be on a roll lately, but it's sad that they seem to be completely abandoning the PC.

I saw a 30 minute demo of this at pax. It looks amazing.

Was either a 360 or PS3 exclusive.

* 360 it is

** no it isn't. Initially a PS3 exclusive, then anounced for 360 as well. :doh:

By interview, this being a Rockstar game, does that mean beat the bejeezus out of people?

Both. ;)

http://www.rockstargames.com/lanoire...ref/?redirect=

Doh, my bad. Initially a PS3 exclusive, then anounced for 360 as well. :yep:

It'll probably be put on PC at some point(just like Red Dead).

I was reading in one article that if you set the game to the lowest difficulty, your partner will basically hold your hand through everything, and pretty much solve the cases for you, while on the harder difficulties you have to find everything yourself, and it's easier to screw up interrogations.


Also, while there will be humor, it wont be like GTA or Red Dead.


Edit: If you are interested in buying the game check out the preorder bonuses:
http://www.rockstargames.com/lanoire/preorder/#

Speaking of GTA, too bad Volatile's Saint's Row isn't getting the publicity it deserves. :-?

Saints Row 2 didn't really do anything for me, and while I'll play the 3rd, It's not on my buy list, I'll probably rent it like I did with number 2. I'd prefer another GTA:SA to another Saints Row.

Really? I thought they were pretty definite about Red Dead not coming to PC? Would be great if they changed their minds, though.

Perhaps it's hope in veign... seems they didn't even really try with GTA4, but I find it hard to believe they would ignore a source of income like that, considering they haven't in the past.

So yeah, staying positive, hoping they'll port it at some point. :)

As I love detective adventures (I even play the CSI games out of lack of new crime adventures :oops:) and GTA, this sounds like a great combination and I'm really looking forward to it.
I really hope they don't dumb it down too much, at least in hard mode *cough, CSI, cough*.
Another fear is that the facial expressions could be too obvious - like always looking to the side when telling a lie, however the faces do look great.

Could you catch a glimpse at anything pointing towards a free-roam mode?

Precisely.