Game review: L.A. Noire

My husband purchased L.A. Noire for the Xbox 360 a couple of days ago. Given the long weekend, we had plenty of time to give it a whirl.

The game is based on the stylistic movies of the 1940s and 50s. Sex, lies, and corruption are everywhere. You play a rookie police officer. It is your job to nab the bad guys. However, not all of the witnesses are honest people. You need to use everything at your disposal, including your intuition, to decide who is lying and who is telling the truth. When you solve enough cases, you get promoted to another area of the precinct, where more difficult cases await.

We are having tons of fun with this game. I didn't think it would be nearly as difficult to figure out when suspects and witnesses are lying. But, like real life, liars aren't always easy to notice. It gives the game something a little extra. You aren't just blindly following a trail. Options change depending on what clues you find or what answers you get. I'm very happy that we decided to pick it up.

So busy!

I'm sorry that I have been so busy the past few weeks. I haven't even had time to do anything worthy of blogging about. My husband picked up L.A. Noire the other day but he hasn't had a chance to play it. That is the plan for this Memorial Day weekend. On top of that, I am about halfway through Liar's Game. I'm not sure I'll have it finished by next week though. I'll definitely be able to give you some opinions on the video game. It's almost summer! Yay!

Favorite Friday

My family did go to see Thor a couple of weeks ago. I thought about writing about it but I didn't have much to say. The movie wasn't awful. It wasn't amazing either. The graphics were good, the acting was decent. I'm ready for The Avengers. That needs to happen faster.

A video!

Wow. It's been awhile since I last posted. I'm sorry. Life has kinda gotten away from me. For now, I'll give you a trailer for a video game that I would love to watch my husband play. L.A. Noire. It comes out today!

Anniversary ideas needed

This year will be my 10th wedding anniversary. Wow. I need some ideas for anniversary gifts. Luckily, I have until October to come up with something good. The traditional gift is tin or aluminum but the modern gift is diamond jewelry. I'm not really into jewelry and the tin/aluminum thing sounds lame. Though...my husband is a big gamer. Maybe I can find him a metal figure of a video game character. Then again, maybe I'll just forget the 'types' of gifts I'm supposed to get him and just go with a nice dinner.

Glee

I know I am way behind everyone on this. My husband, my daughter, and I have started watching Glee on Netflix. They only have the first season up and we're about halfway through it now. I get why so many people like it. Not only is the music pretty good, it's also catchy and most people recognize the songs. Unfortunately, that is the only good thing about the show. The characters are annoyingly two-dimensional, which doesn't leave a whole lot for the actors to do between songs. Supposedly the glee club "needed" 12 members in order to participate in competitions. However, half of them are barely there. One of the characters is even referred to as "Other Asian." If you're going to bring in new characters, at least use them. In addition, the "plot" is only there to carry the characters to their next musical interlude. Almost everything in the show is based on lies and trickery. It would be nice if the show didn't use music as a crutch. Let the characters carry the plot. There are some great beginnings there. Stop forcing them into song just because they haven't sang for 10 minutes.

Even though I will continue to watch the show, I can't guarantee that I will ever actually like it. It's too big of a hit for them to make any changes to it now. And that is rather sad.