There's a new trailer out for L.A. Noire's remaster, and it reveals a rather important change to one of the game's core gameplay systems. And yes, we know this is a Switch-specific video, but we don't see why this alteration would't be implemented in the PlayStation 4 version as well.
Okay, so in the original L.A. Noire, you had three options when interrogating someone: Trust, Doubt, and Lie, and you'd choose one of these three options based on the statements that a character would make. In other words, if you thought they were telling the truth, you'd pick trust. If you felt like they were being especially shifty, or if you had evidence that they were feeding you porkies, you'd pick lie.
A lot of the time, though, it was the Doubt option that would screw you over. There were points where selecting Doubt would result in lead character Cole outright threatening someone, and this could potentially end up scuppering the whole investigation. It was all a bit poorly signposted.
Fortunately, the remaster appears to be changing things for the better. As the trailer shows, the three options are now presented with more clear wording: Good Cop, Bad Cop, and Accuse. Kind of makes you wonder how the developer ended up with Trust, Doubt, and Lie to begin with.
L.A. Noire's out on PS4 next week, but will you be picking it up? Have you played it before? Don't doubt in the comments section below.
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If I play this again I'll only ever be choosing bad cop.
Oh thank god, I HATED those options. Still not excited for the game, but I might nab it for my Switch at some point if it's an improvement on the original.
Paragon, Renegade, Renegade interrupt.
The facial animation stuff looks so weird in 2017.
well that certainly sounds better, at least it makes more sense this time
@get2sammyb still better than Mass Effect Andromeda though
@FullbringIchigo Anything's better than that monstrosity. Definitely a poor man's Splatoon.
I just disliked the game fullstop. Its rare I get bored and do not finish a game but this managed that rare feat.
@BLP_Software ?
It looks like LA Noire. It's a last gen remaster. What are you expecting?
The decision points on splatoon are better. I would have preferred good cop, bad cop, incontinent cop but you can't have everything.
Needs the 4th option 'do you feel lucky punk?'
THANK GOODNESS. There were so many times where Doubt would screw me, as it would often lead to a very aggressive accusation, one which I had nothing to back up yet. They'd shut down, and the case would be borked.
We built this city, built this city on Yorke and Cole
@BLP_Software I don't think they ban people for liking Nintendo, do they? I haven't really kept it a secret that I enjoy Nintendo a lot, even more than Sony in certain aspects, and I'm still here.
So it's the same system, it's just worded differently? Meh. Still somewhat excited for this re-release though.
Phew, I thought from the headline that they had done away with the whole interrogation system which is one of the core parts of the game. I guess the new titles do make it simpler, but Doubt did not always cause Cole to become aggressive so Bad Cop may not always apply tonally.
Sammy and Robert are always nice to me in the comments, and I'm a huge Nintendo fan, even my pic is from a Nintendo franchise.
So I highly doubt that there is any problem towards Nintendo fans on Pushsquare.
@DLB3 @KirbyTheVampire @BLP_Software Yeah we don't ban people for liking Nintendo, but we ban people for derailing comments sections (that's not a threat btw!).
It's simple stuff at the end of the day: we can't have a PlayStation site where all the comments are about Nintendo, even if a lot of our readers frequent Nintendo Life as well.
Hi, was it not the confusing Truth, Lie Doubt System that prevented you Saving the Game too many times, before you realised you had to re-start from the beginning again ....?
Otherwise great premise and Setting, although for a Re-mastered Version even with the Original DLC I think it has been Priced
a touch high.
Will be getting this for Switch. I really liked it on PS3 and looking forward to going through it again. Not sure this change really makes a difference but if it makes the game make more sense for some people that's good I guess.
@DLB3
I comment about Nintendo stuff all the time and haven't been banned. Some people are just overly dramatic.
I wonder if they'll keep the black and white option? I played the entire game in black and white and I felt it really enhanced the experience. Did anyone else play it this way?
I often wondered why Ken Cosgrove was freaking out on everybody. Glad they finally fixed that.
The main thing I remember from this game was when driving around I crashed into something and the guy in the car with me cut off his dialogue to say, "Cole! Stop driving like a d*ck!" ....my wife and I still quote this. 😂
Does anyone know if these changes are coming to the PC version too?
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