Casual Gamers Can Skip The L.A. Noire Action Sequences
L.A. NoireSome games cater to the hardcore while others are accessible for the casual. But Rockstar wants both audiences.
On the surface, Team Bondi's L.A. Noire appears to be a dream for avid, progressive-thinking gamers looking to indulge in an in-depth, realistic detective thriller.
But after being the first game to premier at the Tribeca Film Festival yesterday, Rockstar art director Rob Nelson spoke about involving the hardcore while making allowances for the casual. See, while just about anyone with an active brain and a desire to solve crimes will be able to enjoy the majority of L.A. Noire, there are - of course - action sequences. And if those action sequences are too much for the attorney whose last game was Pac-Man, he - or she - can skip it.
"You can skip those action elements and still experience the bulk of the narrative," said Nelson. And that's a first for Rockstar, as the likes of Grand Theft Auto IV and Red Dead Redemption are often restricted to the hardcore due to challenging action sequences. But in order to expand beyond boundaries and appeal to others outside the industry, the developers give us the chance to make L.A. Noire almost entirely action-free.
What do you think of this? It shouldn't affect the big-time gamers, after all.
Related Game(s): L.A. Noire
Tags: la noire, l.a. noire, team bondi, rockstar
4/26/2011 8:50:23 PM Ben Dutka
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Comments (19 posts)
LimitedVertigo
Tuesday, April 26, 2011 @ 9:58:46 PM
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Sure we all eventually got annoyed at the FMV for Knights of the Round summon in FF7 but I'm glad I can still remember how awesome it was thanks to Squaresoft not giving me the ability to skip it all together.
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WorldEndsWithMe
Tuesday, April 26, 2011 @ 11:08:11 PM
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sonic1899
Wednesday, April 27, 2011 @ 11:53:59 AM
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Zen_Zarab
Tuesday, April 26, 2011 @ 10:08:36 PM
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frylock25
Tuesday, April 26, 2011 @ 10:51:02 PM
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WorldEndsWithMe
Tuesday, April 26, 2011 @ 11:09:43 PM
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I'm honestly not sure how I feel about this, because if what happens in those action sequences isn't important to the story then aren't they almost completely tangential? I'll be playing all I have access to, but shouldn't some of that action affect the overall story somehow?
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PorkChopGamer
Tuesday, April 26, 2011 @ 11:21:03 PM
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jaybiv
Tuesday, April 26, 2011 @ 11:21:21 PM
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Jed
Thursday, April 28, 2011 @ 5:58:26 PM
I think the place were you really will have a chance to change things is when you are investigating/interrogating.
That does suck though. If that were the case then you know that there is a set ending to all action sequences, which takes away the feeling you get from a game like Heavy Rain. Instead of there being consequences to your actions you know that if you fail, you just try again.
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Kiryu
Tuesday, April 26, 2011 @ 11:41:21 PM
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Lord carlos
Wednesday, April 27, 2011 @ 1:38:44 AM
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BikerSaint
Wednesday, April 27, 2011 @ 2:37:47 AM
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As for me, I cannot tell A lie, I'll play the game, the whole game, & nothing but the whole damned game!!!!
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kraygen
Wednesday, April 27, 2011 @ 3:21:03 AM
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Instead of allaying my fears, every comment made just seems to worry me more. Stuff you can skip usually is pointless, so is the action even necessary?
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___________
Wednesday, April 27, 2011 @ 5:46:27 AM
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Why the he'll would you want to skip the action sequences?
Soooooooooooooo can't wait to get this!
So pissed I won't be able to play it till 2 weeks after launch!
Figures.
Games never release on a Friday, so my most anticipated game of the year just happens to release on a Friday!
And it also just happens to be the Friday of my surgery.
:(
I swear to god I gotta find that black cat. At before it kills me!
OT, my copy of mortal combat arived today!
So shocked it did not get confiscated by customs, they opened it, saw a banned game in there, and sent it on it's merry way!
Was sooooooooooooo excited to play it!
but again the black cat atriked again, while removing my HDD for my laptop to take it into repairs it decided it wanted to try slice my finger off.
So yay, lucky me I got MK laughing at me my shelf and doc told me I can't use my hand for at least 3 days otherwise the stitches will come out and I'll get saturated in blood again.
Lucky me!
Missing out on E3 this year was not enough!
Having to wait 2 extra weeks for my most anticipated game of the year wS not enough!
Now I have to wait another 4 days for Another one of my games to play, but to make it worse it's here laughing at me!
What's next!?!?!?!?!?!?
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GuyverLT
Wednesday, April 27, 2011 @ 1:14:25 PM
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Besides it looks to be a great game regardless of how you choose to play it.
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Lairfan
Wednesday, April 27, 2011 @ 8:40:52 PM
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Jed
Thursday, April 28, 2011 @ 6:08:06 PM
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With Noire we can assume that if you fail an action sequence then you will just have to try again. It makes the game more linear, and takes away the feeling HR gave us.
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Underdog15
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Tuesday, April 26, 2011 @ 9:52:02 PM
Obviously, this doesn't affect most people who comment on this site, I'm sure, but it's a great move to both include those who don't normally play games and make a case for games as legitimate entertainment to assist in removing the "gamer" stigma.
I think it's a great move despite the fact I won't be skipping anything.