itreviews.com Updated:
2016-02-12 10:00:13
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Here's the key question about Rockstar's quite staggering L.A. Noire: just how much of a is it? There's little doubt that it makes a fascinating piece of work to watch, but whether a game is the right medium for it is a broader question.First, let's...
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...
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channelnews.com.au Updated:
2016-02-12 10:01:29
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In one way, it?s a great game, but as a crime fiction story alone it checks all the boxes.Dramatically and thematically, LA Noire ticks all the boxes of a perfect crime fiction story. The hard-boiled, gritty take on post-war America resembles the crime...
Realistic facial animation; brilliant story; diverse gameplay...
Dated body animation doesn?t live up to faces; overly scripted chases...
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L.A. Noire. The game that promised so much, the hype almost became unbearable, and the wait even more so. Having pre-ordered the game a couple of months back, May 20th just couldn’t come fast enough for me and as I scampered home on that bright spring...
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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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...
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The year is 1947, and the City is Los Angeles. A city filled with hope and promise. A town filled with secrets. Not unlike the game L.A.Noire itself, in fact. Receiving a lot of pre-launch hype and a lot of early accolades, we undertake our own investi...
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For once, you can believe the hype. L.A. Noire is a revolution in interactive entertainment (or video games, as us less high-falutin’ types like to call it) and a major step forwards for games as a narrative artform. Both aesthetically and technically...
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...
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I've been racking my brain this past week for the phrase to best describe Detective Cole Phelps, L.A. Noire's fedora-clad gumshoe and ostensibly infallible leading man. I've toyed with "straight-laced," which seems too two-dimensional a descriptor, and...
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...
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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...
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L.A. Noire has spoilt gaming for us. The level of realism on display here, thanks to the impressive facial animation technology, has us so convinced that the industry might as well revert back to flinging faceless pixels back and forth between two padd...
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...
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There are two things you need to know going into L.A. Noire, and the first is that this isn't just a 1940s-set Grand Theft Auto. Yes, it features a lot of driving and shooting in an open world, but its real focus is on investigation. And while you're p...
Fascinating story and characters, Action's relatively simple, but lots of fun, Investigation is surprisingly addictive...
Occasional visual hiccups, A few too many tailing missions, No rumble feedback when you're being shot...
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While many people might know Rockstar Games because of the popular Grand Theft Auto series, people expecting a 1940s GTA will be disappointed. This game is not the type of game to play for someone who wants to cause mass mayhem and destruction. Rather...
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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...
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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...
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Tweet Story has been a big factor in recent Rockstar games however it takes especial precedence in L.A. Noire. As explained in the “gameplay” section of this review, although the player will find himself in an expensive replica of 1940s Los Angeles, t...
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L.A. Noire is the type of game that begs to be played more than once. Much like any good mystery, Rockstar's newest blockbuster offers enough hidden clues and foreshadowing to warrant multiple playthroughs. After being thoroughly impressed by the Xbo...
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gameobserver.com Updated:
2016-02-12 10:01:21
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Fighting crime isn’t all glamour and excitement. The job of a protector of the peace isn’t all shootouts, car chases, street brawls, damsels in distress, and throwing cars at super villains. There’s a lot of walking around crime scenes and looking at s...
It is still a great game with a well-conceived and well-told story, and it is well deserving of being in anybody’s library. L.A. Noire and Heavy Rain set a successful groundwork for what I hope will become a popular new genre of mystery/thriller/invest...
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L.A. Noire took me by surprise. Not following much of its lead up to release, I was expecting something similar to, well, pretty much everything that Rockstar’s published in the last ten years. Instead, LA Noire turned out to be somewhere between a rev...
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L.A. Noire is a different kind of game. Not just because it was published by Rockstar Games, who are well known for their open world action titles, but rather due to the game’s unique nature of both presentation and gameplay mechanics. Set in a fully r...
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L.A. Noire is a far cry from Rockstar's usual offerings of mayhem and badassery. This Rockstar Plays it straight with White Knight main character Cole Phelps, an incorruptible good cop who's looking to restore order to what would just be a day of colla...
Compelling story lifted up by great acting and realistic graphics. Great soundtrack and voice work.
Chapter breaks broke up the flow. Cop-out ending. Some bugs.
Blurring the line of CG movie and video game, L.A. Noire takes us through the 1940s crime scene to discover the evidence and motives of some of Los Angeles' most horrible criminals. Buy it now...
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evergeek.com Updated:
2016-02-12 10:03:06
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As the company responsible for such globally domineering game franchises as Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption, you might think that Rockstar Games was due for a dud. But you'd be wrong.Instead, with the help of some serious game developing mojo...
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Let’s get this out of the way up front – L.A. Noire isn’t Grand Theft Auto 1947 Edition. For one, you play as an L.A.P.D. detective named Cole Phelps, sworn to protect the people of post-war Los Angeles. He’s not the type to endanger civilian lives or...
Let’s get this out of the way up front – L.A. Noire isn’t Grand Theft Auto 1947 Edition...
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L.A. Noire takes place in Los Angeles post-World War II. Players assume the role of Cole Phelps, a decorated war hero who continues serving his country by signing up with the L.A.P.D. You start off as a street cop but quickly climb the ranks of the de...
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The characters are deeply engaging. Cole Phelps, played by Aaron Staton (Ken Cosgrove, for those who watch the television show Mad Men), is a great protagonist. His story is delivere...
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gaming-age.com Updated:
2016-02-12 10:03:49
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I'll start my review of L.A. Noire by stating that Cole Phelps, the main character you'll play as, is about the blandest video game character I've run across in quite some time. It's not that his dialogue is particularly bad; in fact, most the writing...
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In the venal world of film noir and its hard-boiled literary counterpart, few stories end happily. It's not uncommon to see tales of hapless everymen and working schlubs that are pushed or duped into tawdry affairs, criminal scheming, and murder. Chara...
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atomicgamer.com Updated:
2016-02-12 10:04:11
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Rockstar Games has made some of the best crime-simulating video games we've seen, and they've got a great history of making some of the most memorable anti-heroes for us to get behind, and now they're turning things on their head by putting you into...
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armchairempire.com Updated:
2016-02-12 10:04:47
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As a boy, I actually liked watching black and white movies, particularly with Humphrey Bogart. There was something about him in The Maltese Falcon and Casablanca that exuded devil-may-care cool in the face of overwhelming odds. As I grew u...
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In another lifetime, L.A. Noire's upstart Detective Cole Phelps would have gotten on well with cartoony Capcom criminal defense lawyer Phoenix Wright. The two do-gooders share a similar crime-solving methodology; investigation, inter...
Well-constructed linear adventure; amazing facial animation tech fused with some superb voice-acting.
Success is usually the only option.
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gamespot.com Updated:
2016-02-12 10:05:17
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What awaits Cole Phelps at the next crime scene? Will it be a couple of hopheads who overdosed on morphine and are now on the midnight train to nowhere? Or maybe a young lady whose dreams of Hollywood stardom were chewed up and spit out by the studios...
Authentic and outstanding 1940's style and atmosphere, Solid performances and good use of motion capture, Compelling investigation and interrogation mechanics, Memorable noir story, Some great shootouts and action sequences that make use of real LA locations.
Early investigations are very limited, Disconnection between cases leads to jarring moments, Some restrictions during pursuits and shootouts feel artificial.
L.A. Noire's absorbing investigations and intoxicating sense of style make it an unforgettable journey through the seamy side of the City of Angels...
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ign.com
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2016-02-12 10:05:17
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L.A. Noire is different. It's not like most video games developed by Rockstar. You don't play the outlaw running wild, free to kill, steal, and cause destruction. You're a cop. A good cop at that, determined to restore order to the violent streets of 1...
I struggle with L.A. Noire, because at times I love it, yet it has some notable flaws. As a noir fan, I find moments that really get me grinning. There are certain cases that draw me in and side characters who eat up the scene. But it never adds up --...
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