L.A. Noire

The game is not for everyone, but it is so well developed that it can be called a masterpiece.

ADVANTAGES:

Extremely detailed and multi-level plot with three story branches. The first branch is the game itself, Cole’s career in the police, the second is army flashbacks between levels, and the most interesting third will be revealed only if you are curious enough.

The game is loyal to mental abilities, but this does not mean that you don’t need to think. Each level can be completed in an hour or more and requires full involvement in the details of each case, otherwise you will be content with two stars out of five at the end. I recommend going through each case in one gulp so as not to miss anything

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Truly an original game. In 2011, everyone was clamoring to play with new ideas. And we received at least one of these. It was L.A. Noire, created by Australians from Team Bondi. The Australians were probably stubborn because they couldn't get along with their sponsor Rockstar, and the rights to L.A. Noire ultimately remained with the GTA developers, who in the second part will only be able to “delight” us with another gangster story.

It was very noticeable that Rockstar was not developing L.A. Noire. The large open world was here for show (all you could do in it was drive every car in the game), and the emphasis was on the story. It was a great noir story with lots of twists and turns. The game had a very strong and interesting narrative.

But the main original idea was the quest mechanics of… Read full

Let's be honest. L.A. Noire turned out to be not a particularly original game. Let's start in order: the game is a quest in which you need to solve puzzles, conduct interrogations, look for evidence, in general, do the work of a detective. We have access to the open world of the City of Angels, where you can move freely and even encounter various petty crimes on the streets. There are also some shootouts in the game, but the game is not focused on them. And no matter how offensive it is, the “sandbox” interferes with the game, since everything happens tediously, and the game, I repeat, is a quest. Since the game takes place in the 40-50s, the cars here are slow, the controls are not very pleasant, so you want to get to the task faster, since you can waste trips. The process of searching fo… Read full

The first of its kind, and a revolutionary detective story for its time.

On guard of the law

As a rule, in games we are on the wrong side of the law and break all sorts of rules. For example, the GTA series. But the time has come to stand on the side of the law, to be in the role of a cop to investigate crimes.

It would seem that a game that has no action or anything else, as it would seem, could be of interest, but the game pleasantly surprises as you progress.

The most important thing in this game is the atmosphere, the era of America in the 40s is perfectly conveyed. The atmosphere is preserved during the gameplay. Before going to the scene of the incident, you sit at a briefing and receive information from your superiors, and only then we go to the scene.

As expected, the detective examines the crime scene and interviews witnesses. and in your head you alrea… Read full