Overview
- Number of Players
- 1 (Single Player)
- Genre
- Release Date
Nintendo Switch
14th Nov 2017, $49.99
14th Nov 2017, £44.99
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Reviews
A city of undercurrents, where not everything is as it seems
Back in 2011, L.A. Noire was a revelation. It captured the feel of 1940s Los Angeles in manner that was so convincing and immersive that it put many live-action TV shows and Hollywood movies to shame; centered around the earnest and driven detective Cole Phelps, the now-defunct Team...
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About The Game
A dark and violent crime thriller set against the backdrop of 1940’s Los Angeles.
Amid the post-war boom of Hollywood's Golden Age, Cole Phelps, an LAPD detective is thrown headfirst into a city drowning in its own success. Corruption is rampant, the drug trade is exploding, and murder rates are at an all-time high. In his fight to climb the ranks and do what's right, Phelps must unravel the truth behind a string of arson attacks, racketeering conspiracies and brutal murders, battling the L.A. underworld and even members of his own department to uncover a secret that could shake the city to its rotten core.
Utilising revolutionary facial animation technology that captures every nuance of an actor's facial performance in astonishing detail, L.A. Noire blends the breathtaking action with true detective work for an unprecedented interactive experience. Solve brutal crimes, plots and conspiracies inspired by real crimes from 1947 Los Angeles, one of the most corrupt and violent times in L.A. history. Search for clues, chase down suspects and interrogate witnesses as you struggle to find the truth in a city where everyone has something to hide.
- Includes the complete original game and all additional downloadable content plus new collectibles and detective suits to unlock, each with unique special abilities
- Features an array of new enhancements specifically for Nintendo Switch gaming including a Joy-Con mode with gyroscopic, gesture-based controls, HD rumble and new wide and over-the-shoulder camera angles, plus contextual touch screen controls for portable detective work
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I'm in the UK, so this will likely retail at £50, which frankly is a bitch. I'll pay it though because I can't pull myself away from the console at the minute!
Unrelated, but I like the new box art a helluva lot more than the old one.
It's £36 at Base.com 👍
@alasdair91 have you purchased from Base before? never come across them.... trustworthy?
@wariosmith I use Base all the time, and even when I lived in Reykjavik, Iceland they'd send it in time for release and it never was late or missing.
@wariosmith It's also £36 on Amazon if you'd rather not take a risk. Even though it is probably a great site.
Anyone having issues with traffic horns going off too oftwn and being very buggy sounding?
I've been hanging on for a review of this game, reviews have appeared of other games which were released after (such as Skyrim), but no sign of a L.A Noire review, any reason? Will there be a review?
@Bod2019 while you wait for a 'real' review... i've played the first 20% or so... and been totally underwhelmed.
Looks lovely - character models great / world view / map... but its just a dull game.
Think GTA but remove the fun... it takes itself far too seriously. The driving is dull, the 'side quests' are so spread out on the map you want to give up before you get there.
The questioning is multiple choice and i seem to be relying on guess work rather than logic to go good / bad cop...
The main character (thus far admittedly) is so straight down the line you just want to drive him to a bar and get him drunk!
Looks - 9/10
Story - 6/10
Fun - 1/10
wish i'd bought Doom instead...
@wariosmith appreciate your feedback.
Maybe they've tried to mimic 'real life' a little to closely. So much for escapism. Doom is my radar also. Love all the originals, never played this current version.
@Bod2019 yeah - played Doom for 5 mins on a mates switch yesterday. going to sell Noire (before the reviews come out...) and buy Doom instead
Still waiting on this review! I see the score's up now. I had this on 360 the first time around and struggled to get into, and what the comments above are saying I would have agreed with back then. The trouble is when you play this initially it feels so much GTA IV/V but far more rigid, and as a result far less fun! But it is not meant to be like that and the clue is in the title! What they've gone for here is a detective game; think a cross between GTA and the Phoenix Wright games. It's not perfect, the interview sections could have borrowed some more from PW where in those games you couldn't advance until you collect all the relevant evidence; it's not always obvious how to approach an interview and if you even have the right evidence to do so. This I hope will become more apparent as the game goes on. But after all that l am enjoying playing it Switch and this is largely due to the console itself as it makes it so much easier to get into games like this. I was very much looking forward to it when it was announced as I thought it would be well suited to the Switch and it is. It looks very good on system, and is a noticeable improvement on original release. It's still amazing to be able to play games like this anywhere. It is a slower paced game but definitely worth picking up for anyone wanting to pick up a really solid detective game, especially seeing how it can be got for around £36 now. Fills the Switch game library nicely. 8.5/10.
@Colonel1000 Wondering this myself as well, where's the review?
@Colonel1000 @Megal0maniac
Still waiting for a review too. Thanks for your thoughts on the game (Colonel1000).
Strange how most other titles have had reviews out so quickly.
Was going to get this until I found out I have to download 14gb of the game on top of the cartridge. What’s the point in buying physical if you have to do that.
I’ll pick it up on my kids 360 or wait till it’s 10 quid on PS4
@Kedelima yah, I hate the sirens, I'm just trying to drive and suddenly ***WEEEEEEYOUUUUU*** !!!, which get to be a pain when you're trying to maneuver and predict where people and cars are going, then suddenly cars act wierd and block you and people stop running out of the way and just let you splat them on your windshield by accident
@Bod2019 L.A. Noire is actually an older game, look up reviews on p.c. game sites, most Switch players aren't into this type of game/gameplay, and if it wasn't for the fact I love Noire novels and movies & it was on sale at game stop for $17, I would not have tried this type of game for the first time either, but I can't keep my paws off it, it is a little slow paced, but it is 90% in depth story and I love it, yes it is very much worth the price new of $30 U.S. I wonder if they would take a request and add a DLC with a special Humphrey Bogart character and Maltese Falcon case? that would be awesome !!!
BTW, pay attention to the rating, it is not Nintendo's idea of "R", it really is harsh, they really love to curse too, during one interrogation, he asked Valdez "Do you like to F**K boys ???", I wish I had not had a mouth full of soda, because it ended up all over my TV, LOL
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