IGN: L.A. Noire Review

Rockstar Games takes the side of the good guys in its risky new police procedural.

[Lindsey]

Hmmm. Interesting.

[Obelisk92]

Good score.

Too bad IGN sucks. Hard.

[meetajhu]

U have to send goodies to us IGN when developing a game so we can give good score. Happy gaming!

[DarkCharizard_]

All the fanboys will hate it when Uncharted 3 gets a 8.5 or 9 out of 10 and not a perfect score :P

Or when Gears of War & Zelda get 9.5 ;D

[cyborg6971]

Low scoring for hits. Sounds like a no name site move to me.

[MintBerryCrunch]

define "low scoring"?

i know its IGN, but if this came from other sites...an 8.5 should be a good score, a great score at that

anything above 9 means its superb and gameplay is not affected by any minor glithches/problems

[ksense]

"The Xbox 360 version has a few performance issues. While both versions have occasional framerate issues, L.A. Noire on X360 has more notable problems. It's not enough to take away from the game, but if choosing between the two, PS3 has fewer technical issues. "

[GuruStarr78]

I agree. I don't trust IGN review scores AT ALL. I've been ripped by them tooo many times by buying games they gave a high score to and the game eneded up blowing big time.... I think LA Noire is a safe bet though.

[hiredhelp]

its .5 off of a 9 score to be honist many others rated this game 5 out of 5.

the best reviewers are US the gameplayers if you like what you see and hear try it or buy it.

[Dee_91]

it wouldve been 9.5 if the the performance issues were vice versa
lol

[ABizzel1]

It may just be me, but I'm glad IGN is handing out lower scores than it use to. They didn't throw 10's around like crazy, but not every game is a 9/10, and to be honest about 80% - 90% of of the games I've played this gen have been 8 - 8.9 games.

For some reason people seem to think if a game doesn't get a 9 then there's something wrong with it, and in most cases there is something wrong with which is why the game didn't get the 9+. Many of my favorite games this gen are in that 8 range such as Warhawk and Left 4 Dead. Great games, but are they 9/10's? No. Heavy Rain was definitely a game that I considered to be one of the best games from a story perspective, because of how far outside the norm it was, but was it a 9/10. For many people it was, but for me no.

A game like Uncharted 2, MGS4, and a few others are true examples of games that deserve their 9/10 IMO.

IGN's complaints are The story not being strong enough for a story driven game, framerate issues and graphical glitches that seem to exist in every Rockstar game, and it's Repetitive and Predictable. If true those complaints seem justifiable for an 8.5. But they end by saying it's an enjoyable and refreshing game, that delivers a slower pace than some gamers are use to.

A review score is only one persons opinion, so instead of criticizing theirs come up with your own.

[kyl277]

@ABizzel1

I agree, if it isn't 9 or higher people get angry, real angry. Many of my favourite games every have been 7-8s like XIII for the PS2.

People need to calm down.

[Lifendz]

Scared to read any reviews because of spoilers. An 8.5 is surprising. Not because it's a low score (far from it) but because R* has been on a roll as of late and this looked like it was going to continue that trend.

Still got my copy coming tomorrow. Hope none of you change your mind about this one because it didn't get "AAA"

[Armyntt]

Abizzel, I agree that the review scores are inflated. Thing is that when games arent atleast an 8 noone is going to buy it. Most people dont have money trees. Now this isnt saying someone cant have a good time with a 7 just that people cant make those day 1 buys. When there is other choices out there.

[ChickeyCantor]

"Low scoring for hits. Sounds like a no name site move to me."

8.5 is low?

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?

[OhMyGandhi]

wow. it's a review people. calm down.

[NukaCola]

Well I don't know where to go with this. So far it's mostly 9s and 10s. Eurogamer gave it an 8/10. They seem to nitpick this one. Game still looks very awesome and it's coming in the mail as I type.

[kingdavid]

Some of my favourite games only got "good" reviews but I loved them because they suited me. What might irk a certain reviewer might have no issues with me. This game looks like it suits me - slow paced and very story heavy..

[YodaCracker]

Eurogamer also gave Red Dead Redemption an 8/10. RDR currently sits at a 95 on Metacritic. This IGN review is quite disappointing though.

[stevenhiggster]

Most of my favorite games this gen have received what most sheeple nowadays would consider a low score. Review scoring these days is totally broken.

[Soldierone]

The game deserves a 9 at the very least. Been playing it all day and its fantastic. It can get repetitive at times, but then an action sequence or something pops up and you get excited again. Played it for 2 hours longer than I had planned because I was so interested.

[Zir0]

Seems like a solid game mostly 8-10s

[DigitalRaptor]

That's because this isn't a PS3 exclusive.

And apparently it's cool to hate on Killzone!

[fluffydelusions]

IGN and Eurogamer have the lowest scores I've seen for this game so far.

[Obelisk92]

It's about a year, I think, since IGN started giving 8.5 to random games.

I mean, they gave it even to Rock Band 3, which is the best game in the genre, according to... pretty much everyone else.

I used to love IGN once upon a time, now I think they've gone crazy or something. Ignore them.

(Still, 8.5 is a solid score, don't misunderstand me, I just think they gave 9s to games that didn't deserve them)

[frostypants]

Because they like by-the-numbers games. They fear anything original.

[Dee_91]

I still like IGN its a good gaming site
but the reviews how ever I dont care .. well thats for pretty much all reviews
I would rather ask some one that has similar taste as me

[Joni-Ice]

true

[Soldierone]

IGN pretty much sticks their hand in a hat and pulls out a card, whatever number is on that card is given to the game.

Unless of course you give them free stuff or put Call of Duty on the front of the box....

[callahan09]

Why does every single IGN review have like many times more comments than any other review for every game? Why does everybody care so much about IGN reviews?

[YogiBear]

Because it's something to complain about.

[Ducky]

... because hate unites us all.

[DigitalRaptor]

It's because for such an established and so-called "professional" gaming site, IGN is full of such noobs!

[damnyouretall]

because i remember at one point in time ign was creditable and i agreed with them most of the time. some reviewers have moved on though. but for some reason i still read their shit, though its never a good read.

[Michael-Jackson]

Because it's the number one gaming site on the world wide web (web traffic) It's true, http://www.alexa.com/sitein...
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[2fk]

8.5....that's their favorite score to give
fallout new vegas 8.5
Black ops 8.5
Rock band 3 8.5
Killzone 3 8.5
fable 3 8.5
Vanquish 8.5
Dragon Age 2 8.5
Gran Turismo 5 8.5
Marvel Vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds 8.5
and LA Noire 8.5.....
seems like most hyped games get 8.5

[sickbird]

Its a safe score. But its the lowest i've seen for this game. If it was a 360 exclusive they would of given it a 10.

[Dee_91]

I would agree with the 8.5 if they didnt give Black ops the same score
if black ops a 8.5 the other games should atleast be a solid 9

[solar]

it's better than the norm of sites giving 5/5 or 10/10 nowadays. looking at you GamePro.

sony fanboys hate on IGN so much yet love the perfect scores from other sites. it's an arbitrary number. and 1 person's opinion.

[nopunctuation]

black ops=8.5gran turismo 5=8.5fable 3=8.5fallout new vegas=8.5dragon age 2=8.5marvel vs capom=8.5killone 3=8.5

IGN your review are repetitive. Go back to the 100 point scale so your reviews dont seem the same. Why score the game down if you cant find a good reason. Noire looks incredible.

[lpfisher]

Then they'd just give everything 85%...oops, loophole :P

On a serious note, yeah, it's dumb.

[showtimefolks]

ign they over hype all their previews just look at their madden previews. I mean if you read their previews it seems like 9.5/10 or 10/10 but than when the scores come out its lows scores.

I believe other sites do a better job at it.

if anyone was buying this game no score will change your mind unless its a 4/10 04 5/10

8.5 this gen for some reason means its a bad game.

HOW DID WE COMES TO THAT?

ANYTHING OVER A 6.5 IS A GAME YOU SHOULD PLAY

[Mikeyy]

@ABizzel1

Well put, If people would acually read the review, you would see that the score is spot on.

I plan on eventually getting the game, but as IGN said, the gameplay does become repetitive. And you have no control over the grand scheme of things. If you falsely accuse somebody, the end will be the same nomatter how you intterogate them.

The reviewer did mention Heavy Rain, so it's obvious that the reviewer would have liked more control of the story, which I agree with. Every drama game will have to compete with Heavy Rain.

an 8.5 is a good score.

[Pesico]

Agree with everything you just said I also read the review and it seems a fair score. Still stoked about the game though. The "no control over the grand scheme of things" is the worst parts and is what disappoints me, but I'm sure this is a great game despite that. 8.5 is a great score. If every game got 9 and over, how on earth should we know what to play eh?

[--Onilink--]

Well, i guess i couldnt expect much from the comments on this site. Some people just seem to hate IGN like "its the cool thing to do". Before they hated because they gave high score, now they hate because they are "low", probably half or more of the people complaining about the review havent even read it or know that IGN work on a 20 point scale. That means it increases only on a 0.5 scale. So they think its not a 9.0 game but better than 8.0 = 8.5. Not that hard to understand

[--Onilink--]

And the real problem of everything is the absurd reliance (or obsesion would fit better) with the numerical score. Who cares if they give an 8.5 to the last 20 games they reviewed, its very likely to happen unless they switch back to a 100 point scale. But people shouldnt bother with a score and just read or watch the review and see if what they like or dislike matches your opinion

[drdistracto707]

I really hate the caption under the "Pencil reveals indented message on paper" picture... I mean, I LOVE the Big Lebowski... but it was a reference to Hitchcock I'm sure

[saladthieves]

Can't wait to pick this up. Trading it in for Halo Reach and Modern Warfare 2.

[pain777pas]

Sadly DMarc hits the nail on the head. Everyother major site gave this game at least a 9 out of 10. The game seems unique and a must play for older gamers. I cannot wait to play this game. It might be just what the doctor ordered.

[Der_Kommandant]

8.5 is very low

[Obelisk92]

Well no, it isn't in general. But in the world of gaming, scores are usually higher than in other critics such as cinema and music, so an 8.5 can be translated into a 6.5-7.

Which is not low, anyway, but average. And I think this game is awesome, not average.

[Convas]

Either this comment is dripping with sarcasm, or it's dripping with pure, unbridled stupidity.

[TheStonedSheep]

Seriously? 8.5 is high, 2-3 is very low.

[Der_Kommandant]

I forgot this is a serious site

[XRider]

How is 8.5 low?
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 -->(((8)))<-- 9 10

[mastiffchild]

If they'd given the game .5 higher would that have made such a massive difference? they're still saying it's a VERY good game if youread the words and,to be fair to whoever wrote the review, it does seem thorough(as did the 8/10 at EG)and like the reviewer gave the game every chance, he wanted to love it but came away thinking it fell just short of great but was veryy ambitious. I feel a lot of the 5/5 and 10/10 review scores are gong with the flow and many didn;'t seem anything like as detailed as this one-and for a change I've been looking more closely at reviews for this game because I'm on the fence about it. I don't doubt it's very high quality but even the 10/10 reviews raise points that concern ME personally about both the setting(time period)and the balance of game play(investigation over action)and as a result I've been looking closely at all the reviews.

I just reckon this guy found the things that others were willing to let go because of the game's ambition a little too much to give a free ride to-that's all and how many of the other 9/10s were close to going just below? Must have been a close call for a lot of them surely, as reviewers might, to an extent, follow "fashion" but not that much. When people are ragging on sites for giving 8.5/10 to what's,if we're honest, a pretty experimental game that you wouldn't expect everyone to automatically get let alone love across the board then it's time to check our collective heads,imho.

I'm saying,largely, that I don't see gamers themselves being quite as unanimously glowing about LAN as the critics have been-I think there will be a few who see the quality and admire the ambition but who the game just doesn't connect with.I think the percentage of gamers saying this will be higher than the reviewers too. I'm hoping everyone loves it but nothing I've read yet allays my personal fears based on my tastes. It's a very ambitious and brave game-things I usually crave in my games but somehow the 40s LA setting isn't doing it for me and I'm a bit gutted and also concerned that the dialogue choices will have to be very good and subtle for me not to see right through the interrogation parts. Few films do this very well so in my view the chances of a game getting it spot on when it's totally new seem small-but the reviews are all positive so I'm going to probably give this a go. I'll just have to watch a bit more at a mates before jumping in I guess-so muhc for all those reviews! Anyway, 8.5 is still a fine score and it might have been half a percent away from a nine which would have upset no one and this won't really hurt it's meta any either. Is this really an issue?

[doctorstrange]

Maybe because it's developed by Team Bondi.

[kingdavid]

Another quality piece of journalism from the mind of Hilary Goldstein.

[Obelisk92]

LOL I missed that.

This guy is really messed up. I bet he didn't even beat the game, like he did with Sonic Unleashed (I think, he might be another one, don't remember lol).

[Drazz]

WTF!? ROFLMAO.... lmao..

[Istanbull]

You cant spell IGNorant without IGN.

[lh_swe]

8.5 isn't a bad score, reviews are always going to be subjective and it's not like this game doesn't have issues, maybe these issues plague him more than they would you...you may not agree with him and/or IGN as a whole but they're entitled to their opinion and I think it's usually quite well motivated (maybe not equal to yours, but valid nontheless)

[kingdavid]

And still he goes....

"Credit Rockstar for taking a huge risk, for succeeding in many areas, and for offering something fresh and different. "

What a mind.

[MRMagoo123]

Once again IGN proving what most ppl have been saying all along IGNorant the reviewers are just plain bad.

[Cloudberry]

.
I would have thought IGN would give a 9 or 9.5 / 10...

But heck, 8.5 is already enough for me!

[Finger-Eater]

I know, 8.5 is GREAT! anything above 7 is great, I hope people dont freak over this.

[Uncharted3Goty]

good review i am sure most of us where hoping for a 9.0 or higher but still good score still a great game to get and most of the reviews have been very postive.

[2fk]

WTF is wrong with ign...i swear 8.5 is their favorite score to give

[Shaman]

Huh...Its like IGN on purpose gives those kind of reviews,just to piss people off and get more coverage.

[Uncharted3Goty]

that would make sense heres why they will get more views or hits if People know the score is lower then we want it to be more People will go to the review write comments click on it etc etc it became a hit.

[NeoBasch]

oh my god, punctuation, use it! Please! My eyes are bleeding. -_-

[JonnyBigBoss]

I'm slightly disappointed by the score here but everyone's opinion is different. Perhaps I'll LOVE the game. :)

[wumster]

Please don't let another person opinion deter you of your purchase. Like you said, you might love it.

[CrzyFooL]

Am I the only one who notices the actual writing is terrible? Just the sentence structure and grammar alone... It's just not very good. Isn't this guy the editor-in-chief?! Jesus...

[awi5951]

You try to review 10 to 30 games in a few weeks time and see how well you write.

[shayol33t]

I didn't realize it wasn't a job.... and appearances must be kept for certain titles, especially editor in chief

[awi5951]

It is a job but these bastards that complain about someone else's writing wont try to do it themselves.
Its just some jerk thats butt hurt and wants to find some flaw in the review to make themselves feel better.

[MRMagoo123]

that makes no sense awi, if i built a bridge and it collapsed could i use that excuse to all the ppl complaining about it "ide like to see you do better" it seems like a very childish way to think of it, its there job and they should do it well other wise gtfo imo. Ign have been a joke for some time and its also funny how they dont have seperate scores for the console versions because its clear the ps3 version is better so should be marked higher or does that only apply to them when the 360 has the slightly better version ?

[iistuii]

Still a good score for a game you probably won't go back to after you finish it. No multiplayer, and these types of games are great the very first time, however once you've solved a crime it just won't be worth doing again, obviously youll know exactly what to do. Like Heavy Rain, I loved it but did I wanna go through all the shaving, washing again to solve a crime when I knew the killer. Maybe it's just me, but I agree you shouldnt give higher score when there no multiplayer or replay value. I'm getting it and can't wait to play it, but once done it'll be on eBay.

[KDubyah]

Uhm.. have you read about the game? If I'm not mistaken there are many a ways that you can go about solving a case. Finding different clues, saying different things.
So, yeah, if I'm not mistaken, this game should have plenty of replay value, in it.
Also, it's not like Rockstar or Team Bondi can't release more content, new cases.

[iistuii]

There is many ways to solve the case, but at the end of the day, just like Heavy Rain it won't change the outcome of the killer. So I doesn't matter if you arrest him, shoot him or whatever you do to him, it's still gonna be him. That's my point. I'm not knocking it, I'm just saying my point about replaying games, at this moment I'm on Socom MP or COOP as I've finished SP so there's a lot more replay value to that sort of game.

Imagine how much replay value Heavy Rain would have had instead of different endings you could have had different killers each time, a lot to ask I know, but would have been easier to replay.

[scotchmouth]

@iistuii has a good point. I anticipate most gamers to plow through the story experience rather quickly with nothing calling them back for a repeat experience.

[Mikeyy]

@KDubyah

In the review he clearly stated that no matter how you go about solving the case the outcome is the same. You cannot effect the storyline in any way, shape, or form.

[yume-k]

don't trust any review yet its a R* game u know, it will be like gta4 good"paid" reviews for a crap game!

[wumster]

Hmmm...I hate to agree with you, but I will just a little. I don't think they make crap games, I just think that we and reviewers, make them out to be GODS of game development.

[KDubyah]

I actually like GTA4 .. granted it wasn't Vice City or San Andreas, but still good.
It's mainly, like wumster said, people on this site just hype everything to hell.

[elbeasto86]

How is it that everyone that's hating on IGN is only commenting on their review? If you look at the later posts of different review from different sites you'll only see like 0-10 comments each one. If you hate IGN then STFU and go check out another site. Quit your bitchin because no one cares.

[AngelicIceDiamond]

Somebody's havin a bad day.

[cheetah]

Well for starters it is one of the first reviews out, and it also has a below expectations score. Why wouldnt that get a response? The fact it is shitty IGN just adds fuel to the fire.

[Prcko]

i said that la noire isn't anything spectacular,no buy for me

[No Way]

Yo, Prick - er, I mean Prcko, how is an 8.5 score in any way bad? I don't get you.

[Schism20]

People are retarded IGN has more than ONE reviewer and they all have different opinions of each game im sure. So stop acting like a bunch of 5 year olds and get the game. The motion cap alone sold me on this game it looks really life like.

[AngelicIceDiamond]

8.5 theres no pleasing these people I had every doubt checkin out the review score on the sight.

[silkrevolver]

And it’s different enough to keep me interested.

[Morgue]

New scoring chart.

Meh = 0-3

It's ok = 4-7

Worth buying = 8-10

But these days a reviewer or a friend can say it sucks but you can say it's killer. So its like I always say " your opinion doesn't matter and neither does mine. "

[tosh61]

In reality,

A disgrace to gaming - 0-5
Sucks - 5-7
Meh - 7-8
Alright - 8-9
Good - 9-10

[Mikeyy]

In Super reality,

0-8 - Shit
9 - Worth a Rent
10 - Call of duty.

[Lindsey]

So far the game is pretty good. It's not nearly as cinematic as they made it out to be. I'd still say Uncharted 2 takes the most cinematic crown.

[Kakihara]

This game is tailor made to my tastes and I know I'm gonna love it but I have to admit, something in this interview did worry me a little. They said something about how you can't actually fail the interrogation (I read the article earlier and am in too much of a rush to go get the quote right now) that sort of worries me a little. I'm hoping this isn't one of those games that plays itself to cater to non-gamers.

[Amiroo]

believe me 8 or 8.5 is good enough for l.a noire , the game is great but very big city and nothing to do & it's sucks , the city is twice as mafia II but u can't do anything but driving , cases are great , Motion Scan is great but hair styles are in low res quality, city looks poor & weaker than GTA IV , i'm just finished disk 1 and i love Rockstar but l.a noire is the 3rd low game from them

wost rockstar games:
1.Bully
2.Manhunt 2
3.L.A. Noire
4.it will be Max Payne 3 (Fat Payne)

[MariaHelFutura]

Bully was great especially 4 a ps2 title.

[Amiroo]

Come on , i love rockstar . bully was great but worst rockstar game , even worst rockstar games are great :D

[xPhearR3dx]

Actually Surfing H30 was Rockstar's worst game. Wasn't developed by them, but my god that game was downright terrible.

I loved Bully though, kind wish they would make another one.

[-EvoAnubis-]

I agree; I thought Bully was fantastic.

[TheLastGuardian2010]

Are you serious? Who cares about the OPINION of one reviewer? Seriously. Reviews are nothing more than long opinions, with a score attatched. No different than going to a forum and how there are a handful of people that like X game, while others can't stand it.

Jeez. It has a 92 on metacritic which makes it the 2nd highest rated game this year. It's only 3 points behind RDR (which had a a 95), and still has time to climb.

God you people are awful. This is why I hate reviews. Just play the damn game yourself, and form your opinion, not someone else's....christ >.>

[ufo8mycat]

It's not Rockstars fault that some people expected LA Noire to be GTA'ish, when it clearly never was meant to be.

It does amazing it what it was meant to be, which is solving cases, interrogations, reading peoples facial expressions/body language etc, gathering evidencse.

It was NEVER meant to be GTA 1970, so it shouldn't be looked as one.

IMO I applaud Rockstar/Team BOndi for this. WIth all these FPS etc, releasing something fresh is a welcome and I hope this game sells well.

[acemonkey]

under score but lately ign been giving out shit reviews and scores....IGN is past their prime i dont believe their reviews any more....GT and GS are better anyways just a waste of time...and most people that are hating on it is Saints row fanboys or anti Rockstar games....or dipshit kids that think it should be a run and gun game like GTA SA or some call of duty fans

[kevnb]

underscored based on what?

[acemonkey]

its a lower score then every other site gave it. - because of a odd ending? im just sayin that their scores are being low(yeah 8.5) is good better then most.But all games that they said had flows or they didnt live up to the hype i love....and underscored base on my opinion,no need to waste a bubble on commenting on what i have said just click the disagree button.

[Tigerfist]

I will judge the game when I play it. But making it sound apocalyptic is pure silliness. 8.5 is a good score none the less. Altough, the review seem very redundant with all the talking about some misterious redudancies.

And why the hell is everyone ranting about IGN beeing "xbots" and PS3 stuff... It's a god damn multi-plat game. One could do well without all of the 13 year old console war loyal soldiers. Heck, we could do even better without any console war at all!

[kevnb]

8.5 is a terrible score for a rockstar game hyped to the moon.

[Tigerfist]

Hype doesn't mean automatic high scores. Being a rockstar game doesn't automatically give it the need or the right for being a 10/10 everywhere, and in fact 8.5 is far from beeing a bad score. People get really picky when it comes to decimals here and that is just silly.

[kevnb]

8.5 for a rockstar game makes me think its shit.

[YogiBear]

then don't buy it and there will be no reason for you to comment about it.

[Cosmo811]

Am i the only one who thought that LA Noire had put up a review of IGN following an unfavorable one?

[scotchmouth]

8.5 makes sense considering what the game offers and what the general gaming public expects.

It's a good rating. I've played games that were rated 7 and had fun. Reviews are subjective. It concerns me that people live and die by someone else's opinion.

You are a gamer. Go out there, play it and write your own review. 1 score doesn't reflect an opinion properly. A multitude better reflects what a game might be. We are all different. :)

Let's enjoy the experience that Team Bondi and Rockstar worked hard to bring us!

[krazykombatant]

a negative is an odd ending???? Like don't give it all away IGN.... I'm gonna pick this up whenever i have money

[Quagmire]

Did IGN really just call the developers Team Bon-dee, instead of how its SUPPOSED to be pronounced, Team Bon-die?

Cant spell Ignorance without...

[Lirky]

Ign probably are on the side of ppl who would like to see features as well as quality in terms of gameplay.

la noire offers new quality but feature wise if u can like knock the gun out of a criminals hands with a punch or close combat quality steven seagull style or something then reviews should be honestly higher.

[MARKUS_MAX1MUS]

How long is the game?

I heard 25 - 30 hours but I doubt thats main story alone and includes finding all the land marks and all the street side missions aswell.

[death2smoochie]

8.5 is a excellent score. When the hell did 85% and above become a bad score?
This generation is ******

[Hozi89]

Wow...I'm impressed by the facial animations and realism. Whats the new tech for that called?

[Mikey Mike]

IGN reviews are based on how many hits they get. God of War got a lower score than Bayonetta. People went berserk with GOW III's rating and IGN was getting millions of hits, which they bank on! Companies pay them to advertise, therefore more hits, hate posts, opinions, or quick looks to see the reviews = $$$. Bayonetta was no where the game God of War III. In the words of the Angry Game Nerd, Bayonetta was a monkey drenched turd covered in Rhinoceroses' pee.

[swishersweets20031]

wow, i think this is the first time i ever seen a rockstar game get less then a perfect 10 or the 9s

only thing good about this getting a average score, is the price will go down faster then if it had a super score.

[AlexCage]

Err, no offence look around.

There's plenty of 10's, and 9's. Just a few 8's here and there. 92 metacritic, nuff said.

[Michael-Jackson]

It's not a real Rockstar game because
Team Bondi (responsible for the sucky The Getaway series) are the main developers and Rockstar help develop and publish it.

[ASSASSYN 36o]

This game should have had coop.

[bozobucketeer]

I feel like a crotch high midget just ran right into my nuts when I read it can take 12 to 20 hours to beat. Thought it'd have a little more length to it.

[xVeZx]

a 8.9 and now an 8.5? definitely canceling now

[krazeecain]

Why the F*CK isn't this on PC?!

'It's too hard"? Bullcrap! How is it that other developers make PC ports then?! I don't care if they made their own engine, it's a lame excuse, and makes them look bad in comparison to other developers. This makes me angry, because PC's are vastly superior to consoles now. The fact that they ignored the most versatile and powerful platform boggles my mind.

[DasTier]

Does this mean anything though? We always knew the big review site will give out high scores for anything from rockstar

[tweet75]

this is the lowest score ive seen so far very impressive. Most other sites have rated actually higher than GTA or RDR

[nix]

at least this time IGN didn't give 10/10 like they did for GTAIV (which was crap as hell). that's one reason i can't depend on reviews.

i do want to get LA Noire but man... i've been burnt before by GTAIV.

[ndl1531]

well kinda disappointed really was expecting 9.5s and 10s but 8.5 is still great but just expected more but ima check other reviewers cuz screw IGNorant

[ps3destroyer]

If it's not a car theft shitty game it'll never get a 10.How the fuck can they say anything about the performance when the game they gave 10 had shitty frame rate in both versions.And Red Dead Redemption witch was one of the best games of all times had low frame rate in some scenes yet they judge the game by it's frame rate?IGNORANTS.

[Pl4sm4]

LA NOIRE = MAFIA 2 - 10years + HEAVY RAIN ..... u do the math lol

[CraigUK]

wtf is this shit,

"8.0 Lasting Appeal
Depending on how much time you devote to exploring the city, it will take anywhere from 12 to 20 hours to beat. Many won't find a reason to return."

How on earth does that equate to a 8/10? Sounds like a 3/10 at best. 12 to 20 hours gameplay and no reason to return. What a joke. Reviewers need to give more realistic scores.

[SpLinT]

sounds like a rental game to me. or a 'buy after a few months when its 20 bucks' game. Since its a detective game, i wont be getting it. Im more of an action game

[DasTier]

ITS A TRAP

[ndl1531]

thats a bummer not that much action and i read the game informer review i kinda trust them more

[Pikajew]

They should rate games when the hype dies down

[Chuk5]

Hilary gave roughly the same score to fable II, and had complaints, but Fable II is one of my favorite games so yeah.

[renegade]

Looks like IGN doesnt got the check from rockstar this time.But 8.5 is not a bad score picking this up next week.

[RavageX]

I couldn't give two poops about what a gaming review site has to say. You wanna know what works? Go to amazon and read user reviews. Those will help a lot more generally.

Anyway, I was ALL set for getting this game, but I don't think it's what I think it is.

Can you still play it after the story is done? Can you stop random crimes? Can you wander about where you want and for how long you please? Can you deviate from the story and be a not-so-nice cop if you just want to mess around?

I am glad to see this is not yet another FPS, and while it may be something new and fresh...I'm not sure if it's something I want to play right now.