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L.A. Noire

A 1947 detective game featuring realistic facial animation and interrogation gameplay.

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L.A. Noire is an action-adventure game set in an open-world 1947 Los Angeles, played from a third-person perspective.[1] The player investigates crimes, interrogates suspects, and progresses through the police department's Traffic, Homicide, Vice, and Arson desks.[1][2]

Making and release

Development of L.A. Noire began in 2004, initially under an exclusive Sony deal, but publishing rights transferred to Rockstar Games by September 2006.[3] McNamara founded Depth Analysis, which created MotionScan technology that records actors at 1,000 frames per second with 32 cameras for realistic facial capture.[4] The team spent the first year-and-a-half researching 1940s Los Angeles, using over 1,000 newspapers and 180,000 photographs.[5] Over 400 actors performed for the game, with Aaron Staton playing protagonist Cole Phelps after Rockstar's Dan Houser suggested him.[6]

L.A. Noire was released on 17 May 2011 in North America and 20 May 2011 in Australia and Europe.[7] L.A. Noire employs a proprietary engine developed by Team Bondi, rather than the Rockstar Advanced Game Engine used in other Rockstar titles.[4] Andrew Hale and Simon Hale created the original score, which was recorded at Abbey Road Studios.[8]

What the cited sources add

He described Cole Phelps as an honest but impetuous man haunted by his WWII experiences.[2] Helgeson found the interrogations, showcasing the facial animations, to be the most compelling aspect of the game.[2] He noted that walking around waiting for a controller rumble to find clues felt like an Easter egg hunt rather than an investigation.[2] Helgeson stated the game could have used more action sequences to break up the monotonous investigating.[2]

He concluded that at times L.A. Noire is one of the most vivid, gripping game experiences he had.[2]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "L.A. Noire" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Shoemaker, "L.A. Noire Review", Giant Bomb, 16 May 2011; Reparaz, "L.A. Noire review", GamesRadar, 17 May 2011, p. 2; Onder, "Review: LA Noire's remaster is the ultimate way to experience this underrated classic", GameZone, 17 November 2017; Shoemaker, "L.A. Noire Review", Giant Bomb, 16 May 2011; Helgeson, "L.A. Noire Review: A Compelling Yet Flawed Epic That Fascinates", GameStop, 16 May 2011; Blum, "Why L.A. Noire Fails as a Game", Wired, 29 June 2011; Petit, "L.A. Noire Review", GameSpot, 16 May 2011 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Helgeson, "L.A. Noire Review: A Compelling Yet Flawed Epic That Fascinates", GameStop, 16 May 2011. facts only, no text reused. gameinformer.com
  3. Wikipedia, "L.A. Noire" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Reed, "Team Bondi – The First Interview", Eurogamer, 20 February 2004; Bramwell, "Team Bondi's PS3 title named", Eurogamer, 25 September 2006; Surette, "Team Bondi announces PS3 game", GameSpot, 18 July 2005; Reed, "Team Bondi – The First Interview", Eurogamer, 20 February 2004; Reed, "Team Bondi – The First Interview", Eurogamer, 20 February 2004; Surette, "Team Bondi announces PS3 game", GameSpot, 18 July 2005; Sinclair, "Rockstar gets L.A. Noire", GameSpot, 25 September 2006; Cowen, "LA Noire developer interview", The Daily Telegraph, 5 J en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "L.A. Noire" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Helgeson, "Exclusive New L.A. Noire Screens", GameStop, 15 February 2010; Broughall, "The Story Behind LA Noire's Creepy-Real Faces", Kotaku, 17 December 2010; Stuart, "Sydney's Team Bondi set to revolutionise video gaming", The Sydney Morning Herald, 6 May 2011; Alexander, "L.A. Noire Debuts New Animation Capture Solution From Depth Analysis", Gamasutra, 4 March 2010; Millar, "The story behind LA Noire", GQ, 20 May 2011; Hurley, "Brendan McNamara interview: creating LA Noire and destroying Team Bondi", PlayStation Official Magazine – UK, 25 en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "L.A. Noire" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Hurley, "Brendan McNamara interview: creating LA Noire and destroying Team Bondi", PlayStation Official Magazine – UK, 25 January 2012, p. 1; Cowen, "LA Noire developer interview", The Daily Telegraph, 5 January 2011; Hurley, "Brendan McNamara interview: creating LA Noire and destroying Team Bondi", PlayStation Official Magazine – UK, 25 January 2012, p. 1; Hurley, "Brendan McNamara interview: creating LA Noire and destroying Team Bondi", PlayStation Official Magazine – UK, 25 January 2012, p. 2; Purchese, "First proper LA Noire details appe en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "L.A. Noire" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: R* Q, "Interrogate the L.A. Noire Detectives: Your Questions Answered – Part One", Rockstar Games, 3 October 2011; Broughall, "The Story Behind LA Noire's Creepy-Real Faces", Kotaku, 17 December 2010; Cowen, "LA Noire developer interview", The Daily Telegraph, 5 January 2011; Stuart, "LA Noire: the interview", The Guardian, 12 May 2011; Cowen, "LA Noire developer interview", The Daily Telegraph, 5 January 2011; R* Q, "Interrogate the L.A. Noire Detectives: Your Questions Answered – Part One", Rockstar Games, 3 October 2011; Narcisse, "Interv en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "L.A. Noire" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Surette, "Team Bondi announces PS3 game", GameSpot, 18 July 2005; Sinclair, "Rockstar gets L.A. Noire", GameSpot, 25 September 2006; Grant, "Trailer for Rockstar's LA Noire is Ellroy-esque", Engadget, 9 October 2006; Kietzmann, "Rockstar's L.A. Noire listed for PS3 only in T2 report", Engadget, 13 June 2007; Bramwell, "LA Noire delayed", Eurogamer, 11 September 2007; McElroy, "Keighley: L.A. Noire coming this September [update]", Engadget, 8 February 2010; Vore, "Take-Two Profitable Without GTA, L.A. Noire Officially Delayed", GameStop, 2 Se en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "L.A. Noire" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Citizen, "Rockstar reveals a pair of soundtracks for L.A. Noire", VG247, 9 May 2011 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org

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