It looks like there may be some issues with Rockstar Games’ highly anticipated and very ambitious LA Noire for the PS3 and Xbox 360. In particular it appears the Xbox 360 version is the one with issues. While many have questioned the DVD media format on the 360 since 2006, it seems the antiquated format is causing enough problems to be frustrating the team at Team Bondi, the developer behind LA Noire.
Apparently the frustration at Team Bondi is enough that Jeronimo Barrera of Rockstar has been tasked by the heads at Take-Two, Rockstar Games’ parent company, to calm the situation at Team Bondi over the size limitations by being stationed at the developer. While information is still limited on exactly how bad the limitations are, one would assume that some form of compression would allow for a HDD install on the Xbox 360.
The biggest concern is of course whether LA Noire could possibly go back to being PS3 exclusive as it was initially announced. The good news for Xbox 360 fans of course is that if T2 is involved directly and dragging Rockstar Execs into the mix for quality assurance, then chances are everything will go fine. We’ll just have to wait and see at this point. But one thing to note is that with Team Bondi using a completely new form of motion-capturing and video, compression may be a big issue. Stay tuned on this one.
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The DVD format hurt FF this gen.
You guys sure are content to live with old-generation conventions, aren't you? No wonder Microsoft's gaming strategies this generation come into question so frequently; not only is the company itself holding back progression this generation, but so are their stupid-ass fanboys and the media mongoloids that infest websites and publications alike.
*sigh*
The difference is that FF is a linear game, go from A to B to C, you only need to move to the next disc at a certain point and don't need to go back.
LA Noire is going to be an open world game. Imagine playing something akin to GTA4 where you have a mission that involves driving from one side of the game world to the other and you have to change discs halfway through. Then, on the return journey, you have to swap discs again!
It just wouldn't work. It's becoming more and more of an issue unfortunately, look at ID's Rage, they've had to lop out a huge chunk of the game so that it'll fit onto the 360.
How can some of you Dumases still not get it? Some of us were telling you this 3 years ago. Open world game = Fail. Online game = Fail. Every other type of game = Compressed, downgraded, cut-back, and annoying. And where did all the wizards go who were actually saying "NO GAME this generation will need more than one DVD; MS can just use compression..."?
What are you talking about?
Have any of you seen or played Mass Effect 2? The game is on two discs and still always you to travel anywhere in the galaxy that you want. The discs just have different parts of the main storyline on it. All they have to do is that. Not a big deal.
MS charge Devs EXTRA for Multi-Disc games. And it is already effected the PS3's games. RAGE / Lost Planet 2 / Final Fantasy XIII, ect. Due to these prices.
Example, = Lost Planet 2 Devs- cut out something like 5 levels due to limited Disc Space on the 360. So the Devs made the game to fit DVD, so now ALL PLATFORMS get the same bummed down version to what the Devs really want us to have. This was due to space and price.
PS3 is getting the better games now due to Devs geeting to grips with the tech-hardware. Devs have now seen just how much MORE the PS3 has to offer out the two consoles.
Now people will always say " The GPU is better in 360 " I would reply to that with this then " WHERE ARE THE GAMES TO SHOW THIS THEN " ?
Devs are making games for the PS3 bigger than 360 games, ( God Of War III ) bigger online games, ( M.A.G ) better Graphical games ( Uncharted 2 ), better CG's ( Final Fantasy XIII ) With more yet to come.
360 is old now, and IS holding back multi-plat games due to it's limitations.
I don't think that DVD is wrong just because there are gonna be problems with 5/6 titles in a whole gen and just for [censored] GCs movies.
Is much worse to have a bluedisk, slower than the DVD that often FORCES to installs to play games.
So stop complaining.
Even *IF* LANoir will be a bit better on PS3 won't be a problem.
Will be just one of the 5/6 games.
BD seems didn't help in MANY multi titles, neither helped in GTAIV where on PS3 was even subHD.
T2 can't loose the GIANT user base of Xbox 360 in USA, so the PS3 exclusivity is not an option.
Unless is temporary and heavy paied by Sony.
Play Mass Effect 2 and you'll see that if you don't need tons of CG you can have an open world without disk swapping more that TWICE in 60 hours.
Sure these can be explained away by the linearity of the game design, but then we realize why the game needed to be designed that way. The 360 version. I honestly hope LA Noire doesn't end up like this.
Mass Effect did just fine. I like both systems but saying that it makes it worse on one system because you have to swap discs is stupid. If the content is the same then the game is the same except for small graphical differences
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