Rejoice fellow boomers - L.A. Noire is coming to PC.

From this thread on the Bioware Social Forums

http://www.gameboomers.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/ubb/newpost/Board/2.html

you'll learn that L.A. Noire will be released for the pc.

Here's the word straight from the horse's - or Rockstar's mouth:

http://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/17161/la-noire-is-coming-for-pc-this-fall.html

And here's a quote:

PC gaming aficionados, we hear you. And today, we are very happy to announce that L.A. Noire will be arriving on the PC platform this fall.



Kotaku also has the story:

http://kotaku.com/5814824/la-noire-headed-to-the-computer

A quote from the Kotaku annoncement:




And I need to start saving up for a new computer...

Thanks Karsten for this great news!


I'm playing L.A. Noire right now on XBOX 360 and I am loving it!

I don't think it qualifies as a Darkside Game though.

Best,
Leigh-Anne

Thanks Karsten


Presto, has it been pure adventure so far?

It is an action adventure, definitely not pure adventure. My kids have it and I've watched them play.

Ana

Thanks, Good to see it going for P.C.

Something I will buy, now that it is P.C.

friendly.

Dunn

@Looney4labs, in my opinion it's much more adventure then action. The action parts remind me somewhat of Dreamfall. And those parts can be skipped if you so desire. The gameplay is mostly gathering clues, questioning witnesses and perps, and straight out puzzles. The action bits consist of brief gunfights, chases (both in cars and on foot), and fist fights. When a case is failed for whatever reason, the game gives second chances and third chances.

I'm liking it a great deal even if I can't seem to drive very well in the game.

Best,
Leigh-Anne

I was disappointed that this game wasn't coming for the PC, until I read this post :)Thanks Karsten!

My son told me about this game and it looks real good ,He seemed to think it would be more of an adventure game but they have moved this thread to the darkside ,As I see in prestos post he seems its more adventure to .I am going give it a go any way .The story and this sort of thing is just up my street

Thanks Ana

Thanks Presto, these hybrid games are always hard to classify. I'm glad we we are talking about it Somewhere though.

Yes! I've been hoping for this for a while! Can't wait to play. I just hope I don't have to buy too many new PC parts to play

That's awesome!! Thanks for letting us know!

Tracy

Same here, my brother sent me a couple of trailers and i thought this was interesting, i went to Gamespot to find out more only to see that it was for PS3 and X360. Good news that it's coming on the pc.

I like the sound of this game too but unlike my favourite kind of RPG, an Action/Adventure game usually has "real time" fighting with no "pause button"

And I'm hopeless at that

I'll just have to wait for some more player comments I reckon

Hi Mad

On justadventure I've found this info from Lucien21 in this thread:

http://justadventure.com/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1308854083/22#22

Lucien21 says:



As one of those who also have trouble with fast action bits in games, I'm really happy to learn about this

Wow !! Good news !! Thanks, Karsten

Very nice indeed! Thanks Karsten

I am looking forward to this. Went to buy it not knowing it wasn't on PC - scoured the shops for ages

Which is where it should have been in the first place.

Here here, totally Guybrush

Dunn

This is great news for me I too will start saving for ths game....maybe a Christmas present for myself.

Yup, I'm so happy about this too. I heard it heats up your consoles so I wasn't getting it for my PS3.

Just reveived a E-mail from dave at interact that they will have the game for sale shortly after the due date of 11/08.
Richard

I was just over at Steam and see that they have it for download for $49.95. I looked at the computer reequrements and I see that the video card range is probably out of my range. It states that it will run on a Nvidia 8600ST and I have a Nvidia 7800GS. Maybe there are min requirements and my card may work.

I ordered my game from Dave and he just sent it out. lexxy my requirements aren't much higher than yours. Will let you know how it plays.
Richard

This just to let you know that there is a review for the pc version of this game on Gamespy:
It can be found at http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/la-noire/1212422p1.html

A quote from the review's conclusion:


The score given is 3/5. There's an editor's note saying this:




On Gamasutra, there a blog entry about the inconsitenceis in the narrative.
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/37380/Analysis_Three_Roles_I_Played_In_LA_Noire.php

A quote from this analysis:



Spoilers abound in this analysis, even though they are toned down a bit and used only as examples to make the point of the article, I'll advice to read on your own risk.