Official General Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 (edited) I have not yet got around to buying LA Noire for my PS3 for certain reasons. I had initially wanted to buy LA Noire because from what I have read, the game had good reviews and ratings from both gaming journalists and ordinary gamers alike. However, I have decided that I will not be buying or playing LA Noire anytime soon, at least until after I have played and completed GTA V. Confused ? Baffled ? You are probably thinking, "whats the point in that ?". I'll explain why. Now that we all know GTA V is going to be set in a city based on Los Angeles (Los Santos), it is very possible it is going to seem like quite a repetitve experience in location for gamers who have already played LA Noire. LA Noire is supposed to contain a very realistic and detailed current-gen console version of Los Angeles, and for those gamers who have already experienced the city by playing LA Noire may find their experience in the GTA V version of Los Santos very similar. It is quite possible that those have already played LA Noire might have their excitement in exploring GTA V's Los Santos already spoiled by the fact that they might already be famailiar with the LA-based city's map and environment. Now I know that GTA V is mostly based on LA, I will definitely have no desire right now to play LA Noire, I'd rather wait for GTA V. My last experience of being in a LA-based game was in San Andreas and that was way back in 2004, a very long time ago. So my experience and re-visit to an new LA-based city in GTA V will feel much fresher and exciting for me than those who have already now played LA Noire. What does anyone else think about this ? Please feel free to discuss this in a civilized manner. Edited November 5, 2011 by Official General Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTAlove Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 If you've actually visited modern day Los Angeles you'd know that L.A. Noire is nothing like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drake1212 Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 L.A. Norie is made by Team Bondi, not Rockstar North. L.A. Norie is set in Los Angeles, GTA V is set in Los Santos. It is NOT going to be the same city/map, DEAL WITH IT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hambones Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 LA noire was set in LA in 1947. GTA V is set in present-day california. two completely different eras. and you don't really get to explore the city in LA noire, i always made my partner drive to places anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ch3vychas3 Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 LA Noire reminded me of Alfred Hitchcock movies, Rear Window & Vertigo. Los Santos is all yo' gangster rap in San Andreas... and I'm sure the present day is yet again another whole new spin, from the trailer I got some pretty vibrant Vice City vibes actually. Not to mention the mountains and countryside, there will be plenty of diversity this time around. I think that's the main lesson they learnt from GTAIV - or at least were aiming to achieve somewhere down the line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Official General Posted November 5, 2011 Author Share Posted November 5, 2011 If you've actually visited modern day Los Angeles you'd know that L.A. Noire is nothing like it. Yeah I hear you on that, but there will still be similarities, and it is STILL Los Angeles. My head will still tell me, "oh we we've been here before", I just think it will feel a bit repetitive as a location, if I do play LA Noire and GTA V in succession. I'm glad I never played LA Noire, I can look forward to the LA city in GTA V with more excitement and curiosity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunrise Driver Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 LS <> LA. Just like NY in GTA4, LA from GTA5 won't be so accurate compared to real LA. You wouldn't spoil anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Official General Posted November 5, 2011 Author Share Posted November 5, 2011 LS <> LA. Just like NY in GTA4, LA from GTA5 won't be so accurate compared to real LA. You wouldn't spoil anything. Sorry I disagree with that. Los Santos in San Andreas was a very realistic representation of Los Angeles (bar the low resolution graphics). From what I can see in the GTA V trailer, Los Santos looks like a very realistic LA indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Official General Posted November 5, 2011 Author Share Posted November 5, 2011 L.A. Norie is made by Team Bondi, not Rockstar North.L.A. Norie is set in Los Angeles, GTA V is set in Los Santos. It is NOT going to be the same city/map, DEAL WITH IT. Oh I have nothing to deal with thank you. I did not play LA Noire, so I have nothing to worry about, as far as my concerns go. Thats why I posted this, to see if those who did play LA Noire have a problem with this, not me, so I don't know you are telling me to deal with anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenon_Al Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 But you couldn't actually do anything in LA Noire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTAlove Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 If you've actually visited modern day Los Angeles you'd know that L.A. Noire is nothing like it. Yeah I hear you on that, but there will still be similarities, and it is STILL Los Angeles. My head will still tell me, "oh we we've been here before", I just think it will feel a bit repetitive as a location, if I do play LA Noire and GTA V in succession. I'm glad I never played LA Noire, I can look forward to the LA city in GTA V with more excitement and curiosity. Yeah, L.A. Noire is extremely boring anyways, so you won't be missing out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayze Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 This might win for most retarded logic in a topic ever. LA has changes over the past 50 - 60 yrs, R* bases their locations off of real cities but it will not be a block by block exact recreation, which is kind of like what LA Noire tried to do. I'm guessing the OP didn't buy the GTA IV DLC since it was in the exact same locale as GTA IV? f*cking stupidity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gomack Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Yeah, L.A. Noire is extremely boring anyways, so you won't be missing out. Agree. It literally plays itself. Skip this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Mario_Man Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 So, did San Andreas ruin GTA V? LA Noire is based on 1940's LA; it has very little resemblance to what we see today (For one, the entire friggen freeway system didn't exist yet) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesboyjr Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 (edited) There's nothing to worry about. Not only has LA changed drastically over 60+ years; you wouldn't recognize most of it except for the odd landmark. Plus, LA Noire is a street-by-street recreation of the real LA, while Los Santos has artistic license to create a "Hollywood version" like they did with Liberty City. As much as I like LA Noire, it isn't (and doesn't need to be) a sandbox game like GTA, the beautiful open world just provides a setting and a gap between mission objectives. As such, they is a great amount of "boring" space, rows upon rows of identical residential streets, just like what LA had in the 40s. If anything, even if it'll be eight years gone by the time V comes out, you'll get plenty of flashbacks to GTA SA while playing because of how similar parts of them will look. Believe it or not, I completed LA Noire for the second time just yesterday, and I didn't think of the GTA V trailer once. Edited November 5, 2011 by bluesboyjr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnotherDave Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 I think it'd take somebody with a relasonable knowledge of the city to make the connection between Noire's L.A. and V's Los Santos, aside from landmarks like The Roosevelt Hotel and so on. Not only has the city changed vastly since the late 40's, V's city is nowhere near the street for street reproduction that Noire's is. V packs a lot more into a smaller space, so the biggest noticable similarities will likely be with San Andreas' Los Santos, as bluesboyjr said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the nameless Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 OK, just my 2 pennies worth, LA Noire needs to be played with a guide to get the most out of it, some of the clues are rediculous, and the doubt/lie responses pretty much just looked the same to me. And already knowing what to say and do kinda defeats the object of being the detective. I saw it for £20 new about a month ago, bought it, platinumed it, and sold it - it was ok, probably £20 is the most it's worth (to me anyway). It was slow and quite boring though. In England it is £15 pre owned, and if you bought it know, you will have been long done with it by the time V comes out. So I would give it a shot first if you still plan on playing it, make it stop gap game. As far as the map goes, 65 years is a long time in terms of redevelopment, especially with economic booms and slow downs, I've never been to LA but I am pretty sure it wont be too familiar, except for very long straight roads criss-crossing each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreene2010 Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Just rent it, it's not worth buying... once you beat it then your done. Going after the hidden things and cars just seem more like a chore. Besides missions there is NOTHING to do, you can't even pull your gun out unless in a shootout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pariah87 Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 LA Noire's map was quite boring actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmarn Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 I did, and despite the map being boring, it only was because you couldnt do as much. It was HUGE! And a GTA with as huge map would be kinda awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intstringeger Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 I think you can play LA Noire safely. 1940's LA and today's Los Santos will most certainly feel as completely different places; as an experiment you could watch the movies "The Big Sleep" (the Bogart version) and "Falling Down", both set in LA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrazzyDJ Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Even if one did play L.A. Noire and even if the locations of L.A. Noire and Grand Theft Auto V turn out to be similar or the same, the former can be regarded as a sort of a prequel to the latter. With V being set in modern day, playing L.A. Noire could only serve to deepen your experience by making you familiar with some portion of the city so that by the time V comes out, we can expand ourselves more deep into the city. In this regard, playing L.A. Noire is like pre-preparing ourselves for Grand Theft Auto V !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sG4RYt Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 LS <> LA. Just like NY in GTA4, LA from GTA5 won't be so accurate compared to real LA. You wouldn't spoil anything. Wrong. I live in NYC and Algonquin is pretty damn close to how Manhattan is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FelipeVinhao Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 I'm planning about getting both (waiting for the PC release) exactly by the different experience both games may provided. And also, as mentioned before, one takes place on an old, accurate real scale, cut version of LA; the other takes place on a modern, small scale, "full" parody of LA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Official General Posted November 5, 2011 Author Share Posted November 5, 2011 (edited) This might win for most retarded logic in a topic ever. LA has changes over the past 50 - 60 yrs, R* bases their locations off of real cities but it will not be a block by block exact recreation, which is kind of like what LA Noire tried to do. I'm guessing the OP didn't buy the GTA IV DLC since it was in the exact same locale as GTA IV? f*cking stupidity. @ Hayze You are entitled to your own opinions, but I really don't think my topic was that silly or stupid, I've seen a whole lot worse. Its quite a reasonable topic, that is why I've asked for other opinions in response to it. And what are you getting so worked up for ? You need to calm the f**k down, its just a discussion about GTA no need to get a damn hard-on. And your comment about GTA IV DLC is one of the worst attempts I've heard to diss someone on here. You try to sound so smart, but yet you sound so dumb in the process. For the record, I did buy the Episodes for GTA IV, because I knew they were EPISODES being extensions of the original storyline and NOT entirely seperate new games, so I had no problem with playing the GTA IV DLC. Now if GTA V was set in New York again or somewhere similar like it, then yeah I would have a problem with that, seeing as I have already seen in IV not so long ago. Next time think before you speak you dumb a**hole @ Mario Man I did mention that San Andreas was a long time ago, and I have not played it for a while. Not since I had a PS3 from 2007. So my re-vist to Los Santos would be more of a fresher and exciting experience. @ KrazzyDJ No way, what you said is exactly what I do not want. Why would I wanna be familiar with LA /Los Santos before I play GTA V ? That would kinda ruin it for me and take away all the excitement and anticipation for me when exploring the Los Santos in GTA V. Edited November 5, 2011 by Official General Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo1a Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 im going to say i enjoyed la noire, the way it looked is amazing and i loved it, as much as i loved it im going to love gta v allot more and wont have any worries about similarities between them, and the fact gta v will be a parody of l.a as well not a full scale replica Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racecarlock Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Sure. Why not? I'm not going to get L.A. Noire at all because I was never into investigations and interrogations. I mean I found CSI quite boring back then and I probably still do now. Me? For now, I'll be playing SA on the PS2, and 1983 star wars arcade on MAME. Yep. I blow up death stars for a living. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chestycougth Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 LA noire did'nt have that much of LA in it, it went from just east of central LA, to hollywood, and not much north or south of that. you couldnt drive up to the hollywoodland sign (as it read in the 1950's) and most of the city was housing. many parts of the LA and LS, particularly central LA, are far more developed nowadays than what you see in LA noire, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmarn Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 the map won't be the same at all, especially since Los Santos isnt LA completely, but only with references. The city it self wont be the exact same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seVensantos Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 dont think your eXperience should be altered at all. l.a. noire & gta are 2 different games - each putting you on either side of the law. l.a. noire is more oriented 2wards being a lawful citiZen during the 1940's & keeps closely with the storyline. free roam is boring unless you enjoy riding around in a slow car with bad steering & seeing an undeveloped newly inhabited city with nothing much 2 get into aside from the missions. not 2 take anything away from l.a. noire its a great game & i completed it in 2 days. gta V set in present day l.a. will be a totally different universe. the ppl, the places, the mayhem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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