L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files Reviews

This game works perfectly with quest 3 not sure why everyone's struggling to use it

This game was made very well for VR, and I liked figuring out how to drive (a lot of NPCs died in the process). The cases were well built and the racing, boxing, and shooting ranges in the war room were also fun too! The only thing that I don't like about it is that they only put 7 of the cases into the game.

Still unplayable due to "Oculus failed to initialize" error on Quest 3 as of 2025/2/4. Eat poopoo, Rockstar

[h1]Cole Phelps. Presented by Rockstar in Virtual Reality.[/h1] [b]Oh boy, I really tried not to leave a negative review, but here we go.[/b] At the moment of [b]07.02.2025[/b], the game is working and accepting CD key provided via properties in Steam. But to launch it even on [b]Oculus Quest 2[/b] is really something. While [b][url=store.steampowered.com/app/650000/DOOM_VFR/]Doom VFR[/url][/b] and even [b][url=store.steampowered.com/app/851890/GalGun_2/]Gal*Gun 2[/url][/b] gave me headaches ([i]the second game especially[/i]) to run, I eventually got the result that I wanted. This one, however, for some reason, I cannot make it to. There are only two ways I could run it on [b]Windows 11[/b]: via [b]Oculus Link[/b], launching it directly from [b]RGL[/b], and [b]Virtual Desktop[/b] via replacing [b]openvr.dll[/b] and launching it through [b]RGL[/b] to make it open [b]Steam VR[/b]. Otherwise, I get this infamous [b]Oculus "runtime error: -1."[/b]. [spoiler]I prefer to run it with the Steam overlay enabled ([i]it's just one of my quirks - I tend to avoid Meta's software wherever possible with [b]Dash Killer[/b] to save GPU VRAM and launch directly in [b]Steam VR[/b] without that white Oculus-Meta discopanel[/i]). And I know that if the games run natively through Oculus runtime, in many cases, they would perform better.[/spoiler] Now about the game - personally, I think it transitions really well in VR. But because it IS an old title, there are janky controls and very unpleasant character movement. You cannot turn smoothly like in modern VR titles by thumbstick - it's either a very low-degree turn or spinning with a significant delay for some reason. Pushing the forward thumbstick to go forward sometimes registers as a different direction, depending on your position. ([i]I think if I bought it on [b]PS4 PSVR[/b] (gen 2), I would've played it without such hassle[/i]). There are fewer cases than in the main game, and they significantly butchered it ([i]I guess to improve the VR experience[/i]), so for me it's like [b][url=store.steampowered.com/app/502820/Batman_Arkham_VR/]Batman™: Arkham VR[/url][/b] on PC - a very prominent and lengthy tech demo. Things that I personally enjoyed: driving ([i]like in [b][url=store.steampowered.com/app/438100/VRChat/]VR Chat[/url][/b] custom rooms but slightly better, I guess?[/i]), looking for clues, and interrogating suspects and witnesses ([i]there are some blurry smears on their faces when they change emotions - but I guess it's due to facial capturing[/i]). Oh, and fighting par on par with criminals using only bare hands is also really satisfying. [h3]Would recommend to buy ([i]on sale ofc[/i]) only if you want to experience a pretty darn good noir game made by Team Bondi and are ready to figure out how to run it with this "[i]amazing[/i]" launcher such as RGL. [b]Otherwise, avoid[/b].[/h3]