R* will not publish LA Noire Dev's next game

[BuckFly]

From IGN:

xbox360.ign.com/articles/118/1180562p1.html

Not a big surprise if you have been following the story. If you read the above check out the article with former Team Bondi employees and what they thought of McNamara.

...this just in; he could be a dick.

[BingJohnson]

I'm not sure how I feel about this article. I didn't care for LA Noire. I felt like the open world, GTA-ish side missions were totally unnecessary and actually hurt this game. I wonder if Rockstar's pushed creative control forced Team Bondi to add this stuff in.

Either way, if there is a sequel to this game, I probably won't buy it.

[BuckFly]

Jul 6, 2011 8:23:19 GMT -5 BingJohnson said:

I'm not sure how I feel about this article. I didn't care for LA Noire. I felt like the open world, GTA-ish side missions were totally unnecessary and actually hurt this game. I wonder if Rockstar's pushed creative control forced Team Bondi to add this stuff in.

Either way, if there is a sequel to this game, I probably won't buy it.

Binger, take a look at the earlier article...honestly, it seems like McNamara ran TB like a nut down there.

uk.xbox360.ign.com/articles/117/1179020p1.html

it is a good read.

[mrdelltoid]

Jul 6, 2011 8:23:19 GMT -5 BingJohnson said:

I'm not sure how I feel about this article. I didn't care for LA Noire. I felt like the open world, GTA-ish side missions were totally unnecessary and actually hurt this game. I wonder if Rockstar's pushed creative control forced Team Bondi to add this stuff in.

Either way, if there is a sequel to this game, I probably won't buy it.

I don't think they hurt the game since they were entirely optional. If you were forced into completing them then I'd agree, but it is entirely possible to play that game while completely ignoring the side missions.

[BingJohnson]

Jul 6, 2011 8:37:04 GMT -5 @mrdelltoid said:

Jul 6, 2011 8:23:19 GMT -5 BingJohnson said:

I'm not sure how I feel about this article. I didn't care for LA Noire. I felt like the open world, GTA-ish side missions were totally unnecessary and actually hurt this game. I wonder if Rockstar's pushed creative control forced Team Bondi to add this stuff in.

Either way, if there is a sequel to this game, I probably won't buy it.

I don't think they hurt the game since they were entirely optional. If you were forced into completing them then I'd agree, but it is entirely possible to play that game while completely ignoring the side missions.

That's true. But completing them was key to getting intuition points. I needed all of the intuition that I could get for the interrogations. So while optional, I still felt forced to play them.