What an Amazing Non PC discovery I have found. Get it for your children.
So, I have an X Box and from time to time I like to play video games. I prefer historically themed games, crime / law, some military shooters, RPG,s strategy, etc..I am quite knowledgeable about these games. But recently my Steam account stopped working, thus my favorite game 'til now Shogun total war 2 stopped as well. thus I am back to x box and have purchased an awesome game called "LA Noire" from Rockstar games. This game is all round great, and surprisingly non PC.
Full Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeYym1U226M
The game starts in 1947-1950 in LA. It is a free roam style game, so you can wander around. The city Of LA is recreated along with the original historical cars, weapons and every other item you can think of. Your character is a detective and WW2 USMC Pacific theatre veteran, a lieutenant from the 6th Marine Battalion , who is notorious for a mysterious massacre on Okinawa. Occasional you see flashbacks from his experiences on screen such as storming a Japanese Artillery position. He also earned a silver star. He is now top cop in the LAPD. He rises through the ranks to detective working various cases ranging from Traffic to Arson. The main organized criminals are the Jewish Mafia lead by Mikey Cohen. The cases are based on history and include Hollywood child sex rings, serial killers, insurance fraud, Arson-murder, Morphine addiction, large plots and conspiracies etc.. You also can stop street crimes that often end up in car chases or shoot outs on the street. Although crimes are still present, much less in number than today, which is also reflected in the game.
Flashbacks:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib4IvBq7Vhc
The game's Historical detail not only in the geography and technology but the demographics and social situation as well is astounding . In post war LA, almost every man is a veteran from the pacific theater. There is alot of racial awareness in society. The Us immigration laws are still based on ethnic quotas, so there are very few asians or Latinos in the city, and Few Blacks mainly in WATTS, so the 1947 demographic profile leaves LA about 90% White and with a small statewide population. The Police also and society also have no problem calling people racial names, and the official term for a Black person is not African American, but rather just Negro. There is also fighting between Jews against christians. Communists are also picked up and charged with other crimes.
Leftist Jew interrogated by PD :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObOU4troQBE&feature=related
The Political and social situation is also well documented. On your car radio you hear original old news broadcasts relating to the Red Scare, Joe Mccarthy and HUAC investigating Hollywood. Truman also speaks on the radio, along with other politicians, and surprisingly they pray in speeches and talk of God. You also hear really nice old songs. You also get global news like the communist take over of poland, Chinese civil war, Homosexuality and adultery are still illegal and due to the easy going demographics, the PD has plenty of time to investigate them. The main character also gets popped / arrested for a extramarital relationship he has with a German woman from Germany who is also a singer and later turns out to have been Nazi in the war and is a heroine in the game.
The Technology differences are well represented in the game and accurate. There are no 2 way radios for police, but rather a one way radio to receive dispatches from the station. To call HQ, you need to use a street phone reserved for Police and fire. There is also amazing detailed weapons from the era to use: the BAR, Thompson with a 50 - 100 round drum mag, the Browning High power pistol, unique for the time with it's 14 round magazine, the 1911 pistol, and the S&W model 10. You can also keep a Ithaca M37 shotgun in you car trunk. Civilians also have weapons and you see them shooting robbers and such. They have the M1 Garand, but unfortunately not the M1 Carbine which would have been ideal for police work but also has 30 round clip. a flamethrower from ww2 also found. There is also brass knuckles and switchblades, plus other weapons you can't use. If you go inside a house, you also see like singer sewing machines and giant wood radios. etc.. Police tactics are also different: more likely to use force, no miranda, harsher interogations. Also the effects are realistic, in that if you shoot someone from close rang with a shotgun their guts explode, but each weapon also has a range for it's caliber. You also need to hit someone in their vital organs or head repeatedly when you shoot them with bulllets, if not they get up again.
This game as GREAt all in all. I think it is comprable if not better than GTA iv, Red Dead Redemption and all in it's class. I cannot stop playing the game even the same case again. I just wish there were hundreds and not like 25 cases. I also like the history. I wish I could live in this era and hope America will be like it was in that time again. But until it gets that way, i'll keep playing XBox...And definitly pick this game up for the kids, as they may learn something good.
Full Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeYym1U226M
The game starts in 1947-1950 in LA. It is a free roam style game, so you can wander around. The city Of LA is recreated along with the original historical cars, weapons and every other item you can think of. Your character is a detective and WW2 USMC Pacific theatre veteran, a lieutenant from the 6th Marine Battalion , who is notorious for a mysterious massacre on Okinawa. Occasional you see flashbacks from his experiences on screen such as storming a Japanese Artillery position. He also earned a silver star. He is now top cop in the LAPD. He rises through the ranks to detective working various cases ranging from Traffic to Arson. The main organized criminals are the Jewish Mafia lead by Mikey Cohen. The cases are based on history and include Hollywood child sex rings, serial killers, insurance fraud, Arson-murder, Morphine addiction, large plots and conspiracies etc.. You also can stop street crimes that often end up in car chases or shoot outs on the street. Although crimes are still present, much less in number than today, which is also reflected in the game.
Flashbacks:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib4IvBq7Vhc
The game's Historical detail not only in the geography and technology but the demographics and social situation as well is astounding . In post war LA, almost every man is a veteran from the pacific theater. There is alot of racial awareness in society. The Us immigration laws are still based on ethnic quotas, so there are very few asians or Latinos in the city, and Few Blacks mainly in WATTS, so the 1947 demographic profile leaves LA about 90% White and with a small statewide population. The Police also and society also have no problem calling people racial names, and the official term for a Black person is not African American, but rather just Negro. There is also fighting between Jews against christians. Communists are also picked up and charged with other crimes.
Leftist Jew interrogated by PD :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObOU4troQBE&feature=related
The Political and social situation is also well documented. On your car radio you hear original old news broadcasts relating to the Red Scare, Joe Mccarthy and HUAC investigating Hollywood. Truman also speaks on the radio, along with other politicians, and surprisingly they pray in speeches and talk of God. You also hear really nice old songs. You also get global news like the communist take over of poland, Chinese civil war, Homosexuality and adultery are still illegal and due to the easy going demographics, the PD has plenty of time to investigate them. The main character also gets popped / arrested for a extramarital relationship he has with a German woman from Germany who is also a singer and later turns out to have been Nazi in the war and is a heroine in the game.
The Technology differences are well represented in the game and accurate. There are no 2 way radios for police, but rather a one way radio to receive dispatches from the station. To call HQ, you need to use a street phone reserved for Police and fire. There is also amazing detailed weapons from the era to use: the BAR, Thompson with a 50 - 100 round drum mag, the Browning High power pistol, unique for the time with it's 14 round magazine, the 1911 pistol, and the S&W model 10. You can also keep a Ithaca M37 shotgun in you car trunk. Civilians also have weapons and you see them shooting robbers and such. They have the M1 Garand, but unfortunately not the M1 Carbine which would have been ideal for police work but also has 30 round clip. a flamethrower from ww2 also found. There is also brass knuckles and switchblades, plus other weapons you can't use. If you go inside a house, you also see like singer sewing machines and giant wood radios. etc.. Police tactics are also different: more likely to use force, no miranda, harsher interogations. Also the effects are realistic, in that if you shoot someone from close rang with a shotgun their guts explode, but each weapon also has a range for it's caliber. You also need to hit someone in their vital organs or head repeatedly when you shoot them with bulllets, if not they get up again.
This game as GREAt all in all. I think it is comprable if not better than GTA iv, Red Dead Redemption and all in it's class. I cannot stop playing the game even the same case again. I just wish there were hundreds and not like 25 cases. I also like the history. I wish I could live in this era and hope America will be like it was in that time again. But until it gets that way, i'll keep playing XBox...And definitly pick this game up for the kids, as they may learn something good.
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