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I don't care, because I'm poor. On an unrelated note, as an autist and dope fiend, I approve of this video and of law and order. On an even more serious note, (a) thanks for reminding me that I need to go back to this game and that it's somehow still the most impressive facial tech (need to stop at that before I get miffed at the state of the industry), and (b) never delete YTP, cos it's a piece of internet history, a history of crap but history nonetheless.
Cole Phelps is still one of my favorite protagonists in a video game. He's very flawed, but likeable in certain capacities (not to mention his excellent voice acting and mo cap). Shame we never got a follow-up or spiritual sequel. The closest thing I've played to this gameplay rhythm since then was the Sign of the Times dlc for Mafia 3.
Let's not forget the detectives from each department. Bekowsky and Rusty are so amazing that they're still embedded in my memory over a decade later. So many of the characters in this game are just excellent.
@@Swedishmafia101MemeCorporation Each desk has a really good supporting cast due to the detectives at the helm. Rusty was my personal favorite, mainly because how much he clashed with Phelps in his policing style.
The reason the Homicide Desk seems as weird as it is, is because its based off the Black Dahlia if I remember correctly. The Black Dahlia was a woman murdered in LA in 1947 and was famously a massive blunder for the LAPD that was never actually solved. Today a lot of people theorize it was the work of a serial killer which is what LA Noire went with. In the game the killer turned out to be the brother of a politician or something, which is why it was covered up and all the people you locked up would be quietly released.
To be fair the atmosphere was probably at its strongest in Homicide, outside of Arson. There's still a lot of theories to this day about the Dahlia murder especially.
The weird thing is you effectively framed every single suspect in your time at the homicide desk, all the evidence against everyone was entirely spurious.
The twist in the Vice Desk story where Cole cheats on his wife had me so fucking pissed I quit the game for six months. Because it came so out of left field.
@@shawnconway9957 You can actually see her in the game's intro cutscene when Cole leaves his house, but it doesn't actually highlight the fact that it's them. This is essentially the largest role Cole's wife has in the game prior to the divorce plotline.
18:33 "Its that dirty cop from the newspaper" "The cop that massacred a bunch of thugs with a thompson or the cop who stopped a robbery with an M1 Garand? OR the cop who stopped a mugging by running over the mugger with his car?" "Umm..."
This game has a well-deserved spot as one of my favourite games ever made. There's just nothing quite like LA Noire, it's almost like an entire genre on its own. And the characters, the world, the music, and the story of each individual case work so well together. Although I always enjoyed this game, I've definitely developed a deeper appreciation for it now in my adulthood compared to my teenage years when I first played it.
I hear you. I never forgot about it but also regrettably never finished it. I was also a bit too young (early twenties so still underdeveloped) when I first played it, but especially with the way the industry and medium has progressed since then (it hasn't in any real or positive way), I only appreciate quality products and standout oddball works more now. You're damn right it's unique and almost in its own genre. I'm aware of Sherlock adventure games with detectives as well as detective work, but nothing that's in the vein of Rockstar and yet isn't Rockstar. Oh, and just like with New Vegas, the devs worked with what they had to turn out something amazing only to seemingly be screwed over hard by the bigger company. Real champs and a real shame.
i definitely miss old mid-late rockstar. bully, LA Noire and GTA 4 are all very comfy even if i prefer san andreas. andreas is comfy more cause of the nostalgia and jank.
The incorrect answer jingle is like if Pavlov ran a second experiment where he rang a slightly different bell whenever he beat the dogs with a hosepipe.
The "Clicking everything until it works" description is so accurate. When I first played the game, I didn't know who Winston Churchill was, so when you had to find the British boxer's hotel room, I just clicked every name in the ledger until it popped.
The clue from Roy of "look for famous tommies" had me looking for people with the name "Tommy" I didn't catch he meant famous Brits. I wasn't familiar with the slang "Tommy" to mean Brits.
Kelso bringing his war buddies with him to goddamn raid a mansion has to be the highlight for me. Because of all the things you did in the game, it for once made me ask: "Holy shit, isn't this illegal?" Especially when you know who that mansion belongs to.
@@TheBigBlackJoshi considering all the 'mildly' illegal stuff you've been doing as Phelps. That one mansion raid is the kicker for me. I don't know why.
I had no idea this game was so violent. Also, I have noticed a trend of people reviewing decade plus old games and giving them lots of love. Which means two things: 1. The olds hits hold up. New players still love them despite how long ago the games were release. 2. The new modern games are so bad that people are going back in time to subdue their cravings for good, fun games.
1. i think mandaloregaming and setthtzenatzh (i fuckin butchered the names) and few others gave start to this ttrend. 2. i remember many older gamers talking shit about some of the old games being praised right now. either the older gamers had influenced the way modern games were created or the fucking reporters and game snobs had their poison from those early days.
Your comment is actually hilarious considering the fact that LA NOIR wasn't a hit it was so big of a flaw to the point that the studio that was developing it got shut down right after it's release 😅
No, we were thinking exactly the same 15 years ago. Read what people wrote about video games in the late 00' or early 10', many people found the latest releases were really low in quality compared to what existed a decade ago. Welcome into the world of "it was better before". In 15 years, people will still say it about today.
One problem I have with the game is a case that you tackle in the Homicide desk. ******Spoiler (obviously)***** It's the Golden Butterfly case. Long story short, a murdered woman ends up with two suspects- a husband who has a ton of evidence against him, and an 'overly friendly babysitter' that circumstantially fits the profile- but appears slightly more legitimate. If you could verify the blood on the husband's shoes as being nonhuman, it would probably make both men 50/50- but still. Your partner suggests at first to charge the "free hugs" suspect to protect the children- giving the husband a free pass for now, but your partner changes his mind and says the husband was the more likely culprit after you interview both men. HOWEVER- if you cuff the husband, that dildo of a captain of yours flips his shit and says you shamed the department- threatening to fire you if you fuck up again. PARDON ME for not wanting who i think actually did it to get a temporary pass for just enough time to book it to Tijuana.
So, I actually really love that part of the game and find it totally realistic. Here's a little essay I've written for you: A family member of mine was a detective, and he had a very similar experience. He was working a murder case, and the person they were looking to charge had a ton of very damming evidence against him. His bosses wanted to charge a group of suspects who really had nothing on them. The optics of shutting down an imagined human trafficking ring responsible for a murder would've looked a lot sexier than just bringing in a lone suspect. My family member persisted with trying to prove his case for that charge, so he was removed from the investigation and had any hopes of career advancement pretty much destroyed for doing so. His bosses continued pursuing this group, had them charged and tried with the flimsy evidence they'd come up with, and it was thrown out of court. 18 years later, the suspect my family member had tried to charge is now on trial for a whole slew of crimes, including that murder. Many of them were committed long after the murder my family member was investigating. It's too little too late for my family member, though. He retired on quite a shitty salary, and his mental health and relationships with the family are in tatters because of it. That little section of the game really kind of hit home for me. The way that you're put into a position where you have to adhere to your Captain's feelings about that suspect - which are totally understandable in that instance, don't get me wrong - or risk disciplinary action really shines a light on how politics, beliefs, emotions or egos all still come into play in law enforcement institutions. It can be as cutthroat and bullshit as any other business, these people aren't usually rewarded for doing their job if it conflicts with the interests of their superiors. However, during the first cutscene of the next case they actually reference the previous one. No matter who you charged with that murder, the Captain acts as if you charged the suspect that he didn't want you to charge. I think an ironic remark is made about him being happy with the result, and he leans over the table they're sitting at and furiously says "Over the moon, boys!" or something to that effect. That bugged me, because there clearly should've been a version of this cutscene where he was genuinely happy about the outcome of the previous case if the player had charged the guy that he wanted you to. Also, the stupid Black Dahlia case at the end really just kind of ruins this whole thing in order to make a very similar observation about police work in a more grandiose, yet dumber way. I wasn't a big fan of that, but I suppose perhaps the devs might've thought most people wouldn't have picked up on the more subtle version of it that we're talking about. I should point out though, considering how bad the conditions at Team Bondi were during the game's development, I'm not surprised to see these kinds of missteps. It's probably a miracle that we even got the game that we did.
i had exactly the same complaint, you also got a bad case grade if you arrested the husband. in my mind it seemed very idiotic and left me a bad taste in my mouth that they "forced" you in such a way to arrest the weirdo
@OstrichNipples I'm on vacation so I apologize if my response is too short- but I'd like to express my condolences for the bs your father went through. While I still hate this part- I think you've changed my opinion in that I'm now hating it purely for your captain being a two faced piece of crap
@@OstrichNipplesThe story about your relative is downright heartbreaking. I am glad though that the game was able to give you a bit of catharsis with regards to this senseless tragedy. Can I ask what part of the country this was in?
@DerKurator I appreciate the kind words. So this isn't in the US, and a lot of this won't be public until the end of the year/early next year. Depending on the outcome and how I end up feeling about sharing specifics, I may throw a link somewhere here when it's all over. That comment took a lot of editing and rethinking just because it's all being dragged up again at the present moment after years. Honestly, I just wanted to speak about it because a part of the game I thought was really interesting was being criticised. Hell, when I first played the game, I thought it was stupid too. I didn't know anything about the things I've shared here when I first played the game. It's only looking back to that level after learning about and dealing with the fallout of what happened that I've started to appreciate it. Funny thing is, maybe I've totally missed the mark regarding what the developers were trying to portray in that level, I could be totally projecting for all I know.
What i like about la noire is that instead of having the usual good guy wins and villain loses, it's one of the few games that actually show us that cole might be a good cop but he isn't flawless, he knows that he did alot of terrible things during ww2 and had an affair with elsa but that didn't stop him from trying to uncover the corruption of the police department, it shows us that there are people out there who are corrupt under a badge.
Just watched the movie LA Confidential again for the first time in over a decade and it’s incredible how much that movie inspired LA Noire. There’s several lines of dialogue in LA Noire that are taken nearly verbatim from LA Confidential. The LAPD briefing room is also a one to one match in both the movie and game. It’s really cool.
L.A. Noire's a masterpiece: incredibly high production value combined with masterful storytelling and writing - it tells a serious, sincere, and mature story without falling into tedium, rigidity, or relying on seediness to keep the player's interest. I doubt we'll ever see another game like it. I absolutely _want_ a San Francisco Noire set maybe 20 years after L.A. Noire starring Jack Kelso as a private investigator... I just don't think it could be made today. Everything, for some reason, has to be soaking in irony or weaving (or shoehorning) anachronistic present-day activism throughout the narrative... something L.A. Noire completely avoids. It just tells a damn story... and a good one at that... and that's not something people seem capable of doing anymore, for some reason.
Joshi, you are one of the very few content creators that genuinely make me laugh out loud. Your videos are always a treat to watch and they never fail to make me smile. Keep doing what you’re doing!
Ngl the Irish boss in this game had the second most infuriating face for me. There was something about him that came off as overly dramatic and like he wasn't quite genuine. Then of course Cole gets his bratwurst dipped and he suddenly becomes like "How could ya do dis tuh me, lad? Yer breakin me poor hart"
PTSD from teenager me recording Cole's dialogue with hip hop music only for it to get half a million views and people constantly messaging me to let me know i didn't mix audio properly for a video i meant for 5 people
Hey, a quick heads-up for those who consider to (re)play this masterpiece. Use Widescreen Fix tool to uncap frames, since by default it's capped at 30 f/s. This not only fixes frames and wide screens, but also somehow alters cars' physics, making it actually much better (more realistic).
I was not even close to interested in this video but this dude's spin on things are to funny to not binge watch all the videos just for the pure laughs.
love how you bring up Cole's wife that appears for like one scene prior to the whole cheating scandal and how it makes that whole dramatic sequence means absolutely nothing and just gloss over his two unnamed daughters that only get mentioned during the twist scandal to further "twist the knife" and are only physically present during Cole's funeral in the epilogue, barely visible
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"A man permanently afflicted by a bad case of Max Payne face". Has to be the funniest line I've ever heard in a video. And a very true statement 😂. If your to ever review Max Payne 1. I'd love a reference back to this but instead say he has a bad case of Stefan Bekowsky face😂
I’ve watched two reviews of yours and you immediately have me subbed. Your reviews are unbelievably in depth and tickle my funny bone in the right way.
This game sat in my steam library for quite a few years, wasn't really expecting to like it much but it turned out to be a really good game. A good blend of serious and campy, the main story was decent but the mission n stories were great with some heavy subject matter in a few. It's a good play, I highly recommend it.
I played the absolute hell out of this game back on Xbox 360, then got it again for free with my preorder of Max Payne 3. That's right, it's so old, it was back when I still thought preordering games was a good idea. LA Noire sits along Death Stranding for me in the category of "Games all my friends shat on for being too slow paced and movie like but aged like the finest wine in the cellar to me for some reason despite me also hating movie-esque games." because I mean, like Death Stranding, there's still nothing quite like it out there, so it sucks for the people like me who do want to see more of this kind of game.
My fav part was when phelps said "it's cole'in time" and phelps'd all over the interrogation room 25/09/23: Holy shit guys I was not expecting this much likes for such a bland comment lvoe yoy soo much
This is fuckin hilarious, nice work dude. British comedy is far from dead with you at the helm. Imagine if LA Noire had 5 cases only, four tutorials and then the final mission in the sewer 😂
I loved this game despite how I was so bad at it I never got introduced to major parts of the story like how your vice partner and the CoP are corrupt or Valdez, I also don't remember your traffic or arson partner like at all, it's only Rusty the loveable fatty or the corrupt one.
I tried completing this game several times. I start it, fully invested, being very cautious, finding clues, etc. And then I just stop and play something else. Some times passes and I am like 'well, I haven't finishied it the last time, how about I start from the scratch, but do it properly this time from start to finish'. Then the same thing happes. And I actually like the game, but what's up with that
I am so glad YT algorithm decided to be based that one faithful day, and recommended one of your videos to me. Been following ever since, what a great find
director : " show me your best material " guy making the ambient interrogation song : * passes out on one key * director : you son of a bitch, your in.
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I don't care, because I'm poor.
On an unrelated note, as an autist and dope fiend, I approve of this video and of law and order.
On an even more serious note, (a) thanks for reminding me that I need to go back to this game and that it's somehow still the most impressive facial tech (need to stop at that before I get miffed at the state of the industry), and (b) never delete YTP, cos it's a piece of internet history, a history of crap but history nonetheless.
"You Fuck Young Boys, Valdez?" is still one of the most iconic line in videogames
Nah mate, "They was working on the tires. That's all that was took!"
And the Bruh edit caught me off guard so badly 😂
le noire @@TheBigBlackJoshi
*ARE YOU A MADMAN?!?!&
"you are going to the gas chamber , edgard"
Cole Phelps is still one of my favorite protagonists in a video game. He's very flawed, but likeable in certain capacities (not to mention his excellent voice acting and mo cap). Shame we never got a follow-up or spiritual sequel. The closest thing I've played to this gameplay rhythm since then was the Sign of the Times dlc for Mafia 3.
Let's not forget the detectives from each department. Bekowsky and Rusty are so amazing that they're still embedded in my memory over a decade later. So many of the characters in this game are just excellent.
@@Swedishmafia101MemeCorporation Each desk has a really good supporting cast due to the detectives at the helm. Rusty was my personal favorite, mainly because how much he clashed with Phelps in his policing style.
He's also literally me
@@Swedishmafia101MemeCorporationRusty?...amazing? Wtf if wrong with you?
@@TheBigBlackJoshi A burger?
“You f*ck young boys Valdez?” -The greatest detective of all time
Hahahaha I know right!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
*fuck
The reason the Homicide Desk seems as weird as it is, is because its based off the Black Dahlia if I remember correctly. The Black Dahlia was a woman murdered in LA in 1947 and was famously a massive blunder for the LAPD that was never actually solved. Today a lot of people theorize it was the work of a serial killer which is what LA Noire went with. In the game the killer turned out to be the brother of a politician or something, which is why it was covered up and all the people you locked up would be quietly released.
To be fair the atmosphere was probably at its strongest in Homicide, outside of Arson. There's still a lot of theories to this day about the Dahlia murder especially.
thank you, comrade
Funnily enough you can meet the killer early in a Marriage Made in Heaven by finding the bloody knife and returning to the bar during the day
@@12LoLproductions you meet him at the beginning of the desk at the bar enquiring about Celine.
The weird thing is you effectively framed every single suspect in your time at the homicide desk, all the evidence against everyone was entirely spurious.
We do a lot of presuming, it comes with the turf
You love young boys, Valdez?
ARE YOU A MADMAN!?@@detectivecp
THIS WILL CAUSE AN INTERNATIONAL INCIDENT
The twist in the Vice Desk story where Cole cheats on his wife had me so fucking pissed I quit the game for six months. Because it came so out of left field.
Yeah I remember playing through that the first time and not realising what the fuck actually happened. Was so strange lmao
It was nice to be introduced to his wife and his divorce in the same cutscene.
@@shawnconway9957 You can actually see her in the game's intro cutscene when Cole leaves his house, but it doesn't actually highlight the fact that it's them. This is essentially the largest role Cole's wife has in the game prior to the divorce plotline.
At that point I was like "Cole has a wife?" lol
I'm glad I'm not the only one who felt that way. It feels like Phelps was betrayed by the need for a plot twist
18:33
"Its that dirty cop from the newspaper"
"The cop that massacred a bunch of thugs with a thompson or the cop who stopped a robbery with an M1 Garand? OR the cop who stopped a mugging by running over the mugger with his car?"
"Umm..."
The use of Little Resistance with Kelso’s entrance was just 🤌🏼
"The enemy's dating a 13 year old we have to get our hands dirty. Flamethrowers. We'll burn 'em out."- Jack Kelso
This game has a well-deserved spot as one of my favourite games ever made. There's just nothing quite like LA Noire, it's almost like an entire genre on its own. And the characters, the world, the music, and the story of each individual case work so well together.
Although I always enjoyed this game, I've definitely developed a deeper appreciation for it now in my adulthood compared to my teenage years when I first played it.
I hear you. I never forgot about it but also regrettably never finished it. I was also a bit too young (early twenties so still underdeveloped) when I first played it, but especially with the way the industry and medium has progressed since then (it hasn't in any real or positive way), I only appreciate quality products and standout oddball works more now.
You're damn right it's unique and almost in its own genre. I'm aware of Sherlock adventure games with detectives as well as detective work, but nothing that's in the vein of Rockstar and yet isn't Rockstar.
Oh, and just like with New Vegas, the devs worked with what they had to turn out something amazing only to seemingly be screwed over hard by the bigger company. Real champs and a real shame.
i definitely miss old mid-late rockstar. bully, LA Noire and GTA 4 are all very comfy even if i prefer san andreas. andreas is comfy more cause of the nostalgia and jank.
The incorrect answer jingle is like if Pavlov ran a second experiment where he rang a slightly different bell whenever he beat the dogs with a hosepipe.
The "Clicking everything until it works" description is so accurate. When I first played the game, I didn't know who Winston Churchill was, so when you had to find the British boxer's hotel room, I just clicked every name in the ledger until it popped.
The clue from Roy of "look for famous tommies" had me looking for people with the name "Tommy" I didn't catch he meant famous Brits. I wasn't familiar with the slang "Tommy" to mean Brits.
LA Noire, ends like life itself... Bad Guys, will never be gone. and the ones who defy them, dissapear
So are you from the bad guys or the one who defies them??
Of course Valdez is in the thumbnail.
1:13 best part
Joshi needs to play Brothers in Arms
Agree
Kelso bringing his war buddies with him to goddamn raid a mansion has to be the highlight for me. Because of all the things you did in the game, it for once made me ask:
"Holy shit, isn't this illegal?"
Especially when you know who that mansion belongs to.
Breaking and entering with fully automatic weapons is generally considered pretty illegal, yeah, weirdly enough.
@@TheBigBlackJoshi considering all the 'mildly' illegal stuff you've been doing as Phelps. That one mansion raid is the kicker for me. I don't know why.
@@jerrysmooth24 Even had the courtesy to greet him by name and all, even with a drink in hand. Only for him to blast you on the leg 😔
Jack: I'm an upstanding citizen.
Also Jack: *Tries to rizz Cole's cheating girlfriend*
I had no idea this game was so violent.
Also, I have noticed a trend of people reviewing decade plus old games and giving them lots of love. Which means two things:
1. The olds hits hold up. New players still love them despite how long ago the games were release.
2. The new modern games are so bad that people are going back in time to subdue their cravings for good, fun games.
id say your 85% correct. We dont get whole single player that have 100s of hours compared to the rush unfished games of today.
1. i think mandaloregaming and setthtzenatzh (i fuckin butchered the names) and few others gave start to this ttrend.
2. i remember many older gamers talking shit about some of the old games being praised right now. either the older gamers had influenced the way modern games were created or the fucking reporters and game snobs had their poison from those early days.
Your comment is actually hilarious considering the fact that LA NOIR wasn't a hit it was so big of a flaw to the point that the studio that was developing it got shut down right after it's release 😅
No, we were thinking exactly the same 15 years ago.
Read what people wrote about video games in the late 00' or early 10', many people found the latest releases were really low in quality compared to what existed a decade ago.
Welcome into the world of "it was better before". In 15 years, people will still say it about today.
Lol :D @@stillwaiting6037
Better facial expressions than 90% games today, lol
“Excuse me sir, this is very important. How do we get to the top of the chandelier?”
“You what?”
I'd sacrifice my firstborn for a Joshi video on S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
Edit: YOOOOOOOOO (i didnt want kids anyway)
p r o v e
I'll sacrifice my left nut for a revirw of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
As long as its not anomaly or gamma
Better get ready to follow through on that promise. New stalker game coming out pretty soon. would make sense to make the video
Send pic after
16:40 is a certified dracula flow moment
One problem I have with the game is a case that you tackle in the Homicide desk.
******Spoiler (obviously)*****
It's the Golden Butterfly case. Long story short, a murdered woman ends up with two suspects- a husband who has a ton of evidence against him, and an 'overly friendly babysitter' that circumstantially fits the profile- but appears slightly more legitimate.
If you could verify the blood on the husband's shoes as being nonhuman, it would probably make both men 50/50- but still.
Your partner suggests at first to charge the "free hugs" suspect to protect the children- giving the husband a free pass for now, but your partner changes his mind and says the husband was the more likely culprit after you interview both men.
HOWEVER- if you cuff the husband, that dildo of a captain of yours flips his shit and says you shamed the department- threatening to fire you if you fuck up again.
PARDON ME for not wanting who i think actually did it to get a temporary pass for just enough time to book it to Tijuana.
So, I actually really love that part of the game and find it totally realistic. Here's a little essay I've written for you:
A family member of mine was a detective, and he had a very similar experience. He was working a murder case, and the person they were looking to charge had a ton of very damming evidence against him. His bosses wanted to charge a group of suspects who really had nothing on them. The optics of shutting down an imagined human trafficking ring responsible for a murder would've looked a lot sexier than just bringing in a lone suspect. My family member persisted with trying to prove his case for that charge, so he was removed from the investigation and had any hopes of career advancement pretty much destroyed for doing so.
His bosses continued pursuing this group, had them charged and tried with the flimsy evidence they'd come up with, and it was thrown out of court.
18 years later, the suspect my family member had tried to charge is now on trial for a whole slew of crimes, including that murder. Many of them were committed long after the murder my family member was investigating. It's too little too late for my family member, though. He retired on quite a shitty salary, and his mental health and relationships with the family are in tatters because of it.
That little section of the game really kind of hit home for me. The way that you're put into a position where you have to adhere to your Captain's feelings about that suspect - which are totally understandable in that instance, don't get me wrong - or risk disciplinary action really shines a light on how politics, beliefs, emotions or egos all still come into play in law enforcement institutions. It can be as cutthroat and bullshit as any other business, these people aren't usually rewarded for doing their job if it conflicts with the interests of their superiors.
However, during the first cutscene of the next case they actually reference the previous one. No matter who you charged with that murder, the Captain acts as if you charged the suspect that he didn't want you to charge. I think an ironic remark is made about him being happy with the result, and he leans over the table they're sitting at and furiously says "Over the moon, boys!" or something to that effect. That bugged me, because there clearly should've been a version of this cutscene where he was genuinely happy about the outcome of the previous case if the player had charged the guy that he wanted you to.
Also, the stupid Black Dahlia case at the end really just kind of ruins this whole thing in order to make a very similar observation about police work in a more grandiose, yet dumber way. I wasn't a big fan of that, but I suppose perhaps the devs might've thought most people wouldn't have picked up on the more subtle version of it that we're talking about.
I should point out though, considering how bad the conditions at Team Bondi were during the game's development, I'm not surprised to see these kinds of missteps. It's probably a miracle that we even got the game that we did.
i had exactly the same complaint, you also got a bad case grade if you arrested the husband. in my mind it seemed very idiotic and left me a bad taste in my mouth that they "forced" you in such a way to arrest the weirdo
@OstrichNipples I'm on vacation so I apologize if my response is too short- but I'd like to express my condolences for the bs your father went through.
While I still hate this part- I think you've changed my opinion in that I'm now hating it purely for your captain being a two faced piece of crap
@@OstrichNipplesThe story about your relative is downright heartbreaking. I am glad though that the game was able to give you a bit of catharsis with regards to this senseless tragedy.
Can I ask what part of the country this was in?
@DerKurator I appreciate the kind words. So this isn't in the US, and a lot of this won't be public until the end of the year/early next year. Depending on the outcome and how I end up feeling about sharing specifics, I may throw a link somewhere here when it's all over. That comment took a lot of editing and rethinking just because it's all being dragged up again at the present moment after years. Honestly, I just wanted to speak about it because a part of the game I thought was really interesting was being criticised. Hell, when I first played the game, I thought it was stupid too. I didn't know anything about the things I've shared here when I first played the game. It's only looking back to that level after learning about and dealing with the fallout of what happened that I've started to appreciate it. Funny thing is, maybe I've totally missed the mark regarding what the developers were trying to portray in that level, I could be totally projecting for all I know.
What i like about la noire is that instead of having the usual good guy wins and villain loses, it's one of the few games that actually show us that cole might be a good cop but he isn't flawless, he knows that he did alot of terrible things during ww2 and had an affair with elsa but that didn't stop him from trying to uncover the corruption of the police department, it shows us that there are people out there who are corrupt under a badge.
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Just watched the movie LA Confidential again for the first time in over a decade and it’s incredible how much that movie inspired LA Noire. There’s several lines of dialogue in LA Noire that are taken nearly verbatim from LA Confidential. The LAPD briefing room is also a one to one match in both the movie and game. It’s really cool.
my favourite part of this video is when you say you didn't spoil anything but literally showed the ending in a gag
1:14 this moment simply killed me
* bad boys bad boys what you gonna do when they come for you *
L.A. Noire's a masterpiece: incredibly high production value combined with masterful storytelling and writing - it tells a serious, sincere, and mature story without falling into tedium, rigidity, or relying on seediness to keep the player's interest. I doubt we'll ever see another game like it. I absolutely _want_ a San Francisco Noire set maybe 20 years after L.A. Noire starring Jack Kelso as a private investigator... I just don't think it could be made today. Everything, for some reason, has to be soaking in irony or weaving (or shoehorning) anachronistic present-day activism throughout the narrative... something L.A. Noire completely avoids. It just tells a damn story... and a good one at that... and that's not something people seem capable of doing anymore, for some reason.
Joshi, you are one of the very few content creators that genuinely make me laugh out loud. Your videos are always a treat to watch and they never fail to make me smile.
Keep doing what you’re doing!
Ngl the Irish boss in this game had the second most infuriating face for me. There was something about him that came off as overly dramatic and like he wasn't quite genuine.
Then of course Cole gets his bratwurst dipped and he suddenly becomes like "How could ya do dis tuh me, lad? Yer breakin me poor hart"
I'm preaty sure the boss is a scot
PTSD from teenager me recording Cole's dialogue with hip hop music only for it to get half a million views and people constantly messaging me to let me know i didn't mix audio properly for a video i meant for 5 people
bruh the editing and commentary are just *chefs kiss*. great vid mate!
Wait does this mean we getting LA Noire streams? Peak
Hey, a quick heads-up for those who consider to (re)play this masterpiece. Use Widescreen Fix tool to uncap frames, since by default it's capped at 30 f/s. This not only fixes frames and wide screens, but also somehow alters cars' physics, making it actually much better (more realistic).
13:50 what did he mean by this
WHAT DID HE MEAN BY THIS?
The battle of the wills between Kelso and Mickey Cohen was so serious the modern L.A. still has visible burn marks
Phelps is literally me
I can't think of a character like Roy Earle who I liked and hated at the same time.
I was not even close to interested in this video but this dude's spin on things are to funny to not binge watch all the videos just for the pure laughs.
love how you bring up Cole's wife that appears for like one scene prior to the whole cheating scandal and how it makes that whole dramatic sequence means absolutely nothing
and just gloss over his two unnamed daughters that only get mentioned during the twist scandal to further "twist the knife" and are only physically present during Cole's funeral in the epilogue, barely visible
On our next episode of the Black Yoshi Bionicle Chronicles, we head back to the 40s, a time when we were recovering from a second World War and everyone wore a suit and a fedora.
This game hits especially hard living/working in LA. The city used to look so wildly different but really, not much has changed.
I love how you presented Kelso, hit the nail on the head.
I like how he even gave a shout-out to the game's soundtrack at the end. The main theme of the game was top notch, specially the redux version.
15:15 that caught me so off guard holy shit
"A man permanently afflicted by a bad case of Max Payne face". Has to be the funniest line I've ever heard in a video. And a very true statement 😂. If your to ever review Max Payne 1. I'd love a reference back to this but instead say he has a bad case of Stefan Bekowsky face😂
0:15 I can safely say yes to all of those I’m gonna submit my application now thanks for the recommendation
Harlon Fontaine is such a brilliantly evil villain, I love that smooth as gravy Colonel Sanders drawl.
Remember kids, Joe Barbaro would use that 10% offer.
He would use it to pay da fee for da BARBER!
The intro may be a slow burn, but Cole's men certainly burned very fast
WAW OST intensifies
Correction, the Okinawans burned really fast.
1:11 favorite part
damn, last time you uploaded a video I had a family, a dog, a cat, a child and money, now all I have is mental illness and no home
I’ve watched two reviews of yours and you immediately have me subbed. Your reviews are unbelievably in depth and tickle my funny bone in the right way.
You didn’t talk about the Jazz music at the club best part of the soundtrack
We NEED an La Noire 2
This game sat in my steam library for quite a few years, wasn't really expecting to like it much but it turned out to be a really good game. A good blend of serious and campy, the main story was decent but the mission n stories were great with some heavy subject matter in a few.
It's a good play, I highly recommend it.
The chemical explosion mission is actually based on a real event, O'Connor Plating Works disaster in 1947
I’ll never understand why it’s a open world when it could’ve just been a telltale game
My Monday is better because of this video
Really loved this, keep coming back to it, wish you did more of a story synapsis but perfect vid nonetheless
9:30 TBH the Miranda Warning didn’t go into effect until 1966
I played the absolute hell out of this game back on Xbox 360, then got it again for free with my preorder of Max Payne 3. That's right, it's so old, it was back when I still thought preordering games was a good idea. LA Noire sits along Death Stranding for me in the category of "Games all my friends shat on for being too slow paced and movie like but aged like the finest wine in the cellar to me for some reason despite me also hating movie-esque games." because I mean, like Death Stranding, there's still nothing quite like it out there, so it sucks for the people like me who do want to see more of this kind of game.
My fav part was when phelps said "it's cole'in time" and phelps'd all over the interrogation room
25/09/23: Holy shit guys I was not expecting this much likes for such a bland comment lvoe yoy soo much
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Bruv
RUclips subscriptions have done me dirty... THIS CAME OUT 3 WEEKS AGO?
9:45
"The incorrect response jingle"
WAIT WHAT???
I though that jingle was the "you gottem", like there's more than meets the eye.
I love youtube keeps recommending me channel like this. KEEP EM COMING DONT STOP
This is fuckin hilarious, nice work dude.
British comedy is far from dead with you at the helm.
Imagine if LA Noire had 5 cases only, four tutorials and then the final mission in the sewer 😂
I died on the snuggle with a struggle part like my dude came up with an unexpected rhyme
I was just having a la noire nostalgia trip too!
The streams will be legendary. Nice video man.
I loved this game despite how I was so bad at it I never got introduced to major parts of the story like how your vice partner and the CoP are corrupt or Valdez, I also don't remember your traffic or arson partner like at all, it's only Rusty the loveable fatty or the corrupt one.
would be really cool if their was a game like this in modern times. maybe another one set in 80s or 90s.
thank you for this birthday present Joshi
Some times you gotta shake the tree to see what falls out.
One of my favorite games, thanks for making this video it was great and made me laugh
Wow did you see the moment at 4:20 ? It was super crazy
I tried completing this game several times. I start it, fully invested, being very cautious, finding clues, etc. And then I just stop and play something else. Some times passes and I am like 'well, I haven't finishied it the last time, how about I start from the scratch, but do it properly this time from start to finish'. Then the same thing happes. And I actually like the game, but what's up with that
24:33 Those YTPs are pure Youtubian white gold. That's why.
Workin the Homicide Desk can be moydah...
I know I sound crazy, but playing the game in black and white was super fun and I recommend it.
9:03 had me dying 😂😂😂
you should do mafia 2 next! seeing as you compared it's story linearity to la noire
i accidentally read this in a french way and literally pronounced it as "La noire" lmaoo i aint even french
I am so glad YT algorithm decided to be based that one faithful day, and recommended one of your videos to me. Been following ever since, what a great find
This was one of the best games I've ever played, first game I platinumed
There needs to be another game LA Noire.
I want Joshi continue his YTP after this video
Can you do a video on my favorite first person shooter Bulletstorm.
It never gets talked about enough.
Weird that you and I recently decided to reinstall this classic around exactly the same time
Cheers dude!! One of the funniest summaries I've seen in a long time!!! Especially the intro to arson!!! 😂😂😂
17:29 poor rusty got left behind😢
I play L.A. Noire as a phycopath, weirdly effective too
“Patrol: Cole Phelps. Car. Gun”
-Black Joshi 2023
Snuggle with a struggle in that robotic voice got me good.
I love how none of the characters have beards, because they couldnt track them
director : " show me your best material "
guy making the ambient interrogation song : * passes out on one key *
director : you son of a bitch, your in.
As a person who lives in California and has been to LA this is completely accurate
L.A Noire is to Video Games what The Third Man is to Cinema.
9:45
*Iconic*