Looks staggering, genuinely interesting and innovative,
A little too straightforward?
Something really special that not everyone will appreciate. Those who do will find it comfortably one of the best games they've played in some time....
Putting my finger on what I think of this game may just be the hardest job I’ve ever had to do when it comes to video games. On the one hand, the graphics and animations of the actors (who are real people, a great cast, which is pretty phenomenal in it...
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Published: 2011-05-31, Author: Ben , review by: avforums.com
Abstract: You step in front of a vehicle and hold triangle. Cole Phelps - protagonist of LA Noire - brandishes his ID. "Sir, step out of the car please. L.A.P.D." It's a moment that underlines just how familiar yet different LA Noire is from other Rockstar offering...
Motion capture and facial expressions are excellent, story telling, atmosphere, packed full of recognisable characters, plenty to get your teeth in to
Hiding under the surface is a game that's actually fairly linear, driving sections could have been better
In the end, it is the atmosphere and the storytelling, more than the somewhat flawed gameplay, that make L.A. Noire so unmissable. Like Heavy Rain before it, it’s a game that shoots for the moon and falls slightly short, but where the fact that it aims...
Rockstar's incredible winning streak continues with another near masterpiece. The facial capture technology is impressive, but it's the quality of writing and storytelling that really draws you in. ...
Abstract: Name: Genre: Platform: Image Gallery: Despite potentially warranting its own entirely new genre classification, LA Noire initially seems very familiar. Using a sandbox setting from which to springboard its more complex game mechanics, LA Noire offers ...
L.A. Noire is a game that needed making. It offers something truly unique in an unbeatable setting. It isn’t perfect, but it is a breath of fresh air in an otherwise increasingly stale industry. Team Bondi need to be proud. 9.3/10Print this pageComment...
Abstract: PlayStation 3L.A Noire is, at the very least, a kind of game that has never been seen before. Taking you back to glamorous 1940's Los Angeles, the player steps into the gumshoes of Detective Cole Phelps, a World War Two veteran, as he rises through the...
Abstract: After the sprawling heights that Rockstar’s unexpected success Red Dead Redemption soared to in 2010, one would think that it would be next-to-impossible for them to bring us something as eagerly-epic the following year in 2011. Indeed, many video game...
