Ziggy Stardust said:
Two words:
L.A. Noire
Hmm, Rockstar Games. So basically it is Red Dead Redemption/Grand Theft Auto IV/Bully in a 1950's detective setting... I guess it is cool if you are into the open world clunky control third person thing, I just never have been. No matter what setting or genre they turn it into it isn't my thing.
I really enjoyed Bully for a while, thought it was pretty cool, played it for what felt like a really long time. I was beginning to get tired of it, and was pretty sure I was nearing the end. Then the gates to the school opened up and let me leave the school grounds and venture into the much larger world of the surrounding neighborhood, and my friend (who recommended the game to me) excitedly told me, "No it isn't almost over! It is just starting! You pretty much just beat the tutorial. You still have a lot of game left to enjoy!" and I smiled back and said, "Ah, that's... good..." and promptly never played it again.
I think I made it almost an hour into GTA4 before failing near the end of a mission, deciding I really couldn't be bother to redo the whole thing again, and put the game away for good. And for some stupid reason I still keep thinking, "Man, Red Dead Revolver looks cool! I should buy it when it gets a bit cheaper." But it will be the same thing again, after a few hours of playing I'll fail and the annoyance of restarting it will overshadow my desire to press forward and find out what the rest of the game has in store for me. I'll probably think the same thing and be tempted when the price of L.A Noire begins to drop as well.
Speaking of crappy third person games... I have yet to put my recently purchased copy of Assassin's Creed II in my console and give it a try or to try out that copy of Mass Effect my friend loaned me (along with Fable II, also untouched) in exchange for Bioshock 2. I've got a lot of third person goodness (?) awaiting for my attention.