L.A. Noire

L.A. Noire

2011
Action, Shooter
L.A. Noire is a neo-noir detective action-adventure video game developed by Team Bondi and published by Rockstar Games.L.A. Noire is set in Los Angeles in 1947 and challenges the player, controlling a Los Angeles Police Department... officer, to solve a range of cases across five divisions. Players must investigate crime scenes for clues, follow up leads, and interrogate suspects, and the player's success at these activities will impact how much of each case's story is revealed. (wikipedia.org)
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L.A. Noire

2011
Action, Shooter
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Rated 15 Jan 2018
80
83rd
Talk about a game that broke through the uncanny valley! *raises eyebrows up and down 3 times, looks out the sides of eyes*
Rated 20 Jan 2018
85
89th
Hot playthrough tip: Select lie every single time or bad cop and watch Cole Phelp's World's Worst Detective unfold. Bi-polar monster man.
Rated 21 Jan 2018
57
41st
An interesting tech demo that nails the setting and presentation, unfortunately the game itself is pretty bleh. Investigations are a joke - it relies mostly on ridiculous over acting and silly facial expressions as obvious tells for people lying. The investigation is very hand holdy and ultimately the value of the clues you find are laid out to you. The open world is superfluous to the point the game even gives you a "skip" function, the shootouts are hardly any better.
Rated 20 Jan 2018
77
82nd
I wish this game got a sequel, noir done right, gameplay done okay
Rated 05 Feb 2018
75
59th
I do wish the game was tighter on its focus on detective work instead of sandbox shenanigans and underground gunfights - perhaps because the writing was decent. Extra points because Downtown Los Angeles is my everyday stomping ground, and the level of historical accuracy and craftsmanship was a joy. When the APB said there was a bank heist at the exact address I currently live in, I involuntarily shouted, "FUCK YEAH THERE IS!" and accepted that shit.
Rated 23 Feb 2018
80
78th
An interactive L.A. Confidential you say? I'm game.
Rated 15 Apr 2018
89
56th
I enjoyed LA Noire immensely throughout most of its story, the only dark spot being the unfortunate last hour of gameplay. It’s a game like no other I’ve played before, and I thought it did a great job immersing me in its era and making me feel like, for the first time since Red Dead Redemption, that doing the right thing was the only way to have fun.
Rated 23 Oct 2018
62
52nd
It's a very interesting tech demo but this often still veers too much into the realm of GTA. The tech systems themselves are not used well enough either. It's still fun to see how much the facial systems work.
Rated 24 Oct 2019
80
87th
Excellent game. Remember playing this when it first came out. I fully beat this getting every clue in this game via a walk through. Otherwise it is so hard in this game to get every question right. Unique game because it was one of these games like Heavy rain where you explored and tried to solve clues. 1 of the better Rock star games
Rated 26 Jan 2018
79
56th
A cool idea. I love Noire, and I loved LA Confidential, but when the game became a series of shootouts, and the characters handled them casually, I lost interest. The idea of being a detective and following clues and logic and psychology to close cases is great, but this game failed to do this effectively. A neat experience, but it quickly gets tiring.
Rated 19 Jan 2018
79
43rd
Aside from the wonderfully constructed and authentic 1940s LA environment, the core interest here is in the detective crime scene investigations and the technically marvelous suspect interrogations, and that is where L.A. Noire works best, however everything in between is poor with clunky action and dull driving sections. When the detective sections become a little repetitive, overall progression starts to become more of a grind and personally I lost interest and failed to finish the game.
Rated 04 Feb 2018
80
0th
Lot's of fun. Works well if you play cooperatively with others to solve the cases.
Rated 06 Mar 2018
75
48th
Excellent.
Rated 23 Jun 2018
35
24th
I respect the ambition to make a noir-themed AAA game, but the end result is just about what you'd expect: a lot of cutscenes with some gameplay tacked on. The cutscenes aren't bad, but it eventually gets a bit monotonous.
Rated 09 Apr 2019
65
62nd
i think the detective shit just let me down. maybe especially the crime scene stuff. but like you had to replay missions if you got certain results and that was lame. and the dialogue wheel was trash and i never knew what i was gonna say well enough, so i had to pause and use a guide i think, and you dont have enough time anyways to choose
Rated 24 Oct 2019
95
88th
An amazing game experience. The painstaking recreation of post World War II Los Angeles was beautiful. I would sometimes just drive around looking at different landmarks and compare them to modern day L.A. (via Google maps) To this day it still has the best mouth movements of any video game, as the facial motion capture was extremely detailed. Too bad the company folded. If any game deserves a sequel, it's this.
Rated 25 Jan 2020
50
2nd
I really wanted to like this game. But there were many things that made it painful to play. The arbitrary/nonsensical/confusing interviews/interrogations Simple but pointless "shuffle things around" puzzles. So much driving around!, Then suddenly you're a different person!? The story was a confusing Frankenstien of old movies and the plot that faded in and out through the different cases. Some of them being just confusing. I played it to the end, I'm not sure my time was well spent.
Rated 25 Jun 2020
70
33rd
What's the facial expression for "i really like open-world rockstar games, but i'm not sure how i feel about the tons of opportunities missed here"? A blank stare? Check.
Rated 25 Mar 2021
77
38th
I liked it, does some things very well, but can also get a bit repetitive. Generally quite good.
Rated 24 Nov 2020
75
22nd
L.A Noire is a really good game using face capture tech. and its really good for its time!
Rated 05 May 2021
45
10th
Really wanted to like this game but unfortunately I found it deeply flawed. The whole tell who’s lying by facial expressions, for me, didn’t work at all which in turn leads to a lot of going back to start over. Also marred by to much driving across L.A. without much to do.
Rated 07 Aug 2021
72
32nd
It's been a bit but I remember I did not like this game, I felt like some choices and conclusions didn't really make sense.
Rated 04 Apr 2023
74
25th
I like the jazzy music in this game. But lots of tunes are repeated, and get old fast. Daily cases of LA bore with chasing at the end. I hate tailing people. Multiple choice question isn't really a fun game mechanic. Crashing cars with Phelps comments is dang funny. All cases feels like basic fillers as it doesn't have any stakes till MUCH later in the story. Ending wasn't satisfying.
Rated 07 Feb 2023
71
52nd
It's decent. The unique way they handled motion capture is certainly interesting, although I don't think it aged that great. The concept of investigating crimes and figuring out which dialogue choices to pick was a good idea, but I don't think it all works that well. The correct choices aren't always as clear as they should be, but also there should be a bit more flexibility in the dialogue trees. The city was well designed, so that was fun to explore, although some collision was annoying.

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