L.A. Noire

 Xbox One
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7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 88 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 20 out of 88
  3. Negative: 9 out of 88
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  1. Xbox_Alive
    Jan 2, 2018
    9
    When L.A. Noire first came out in 2011 I fell in love immediately with it and it offered me a fantastic time, so as you can imagine I was very pleased when the remaster was announced. Thankfully as far as remasters go L.A. Noire is a very good addition and whilst it doesn’t have major changes you can definitely see the improvements that have been made. What makes L.A. Noire stand out isWhen L.A. Noire first came out in 2011 I fell in love immediately with it and it offered me a fantastic time, so as you can imagine I was very pleased when the remaster was announced. Thankfully as far as remasters go L.A. Noire is a very good addition and whilst it doesn’t have major changes you can definitely see the improvements that have been made. What makes L.A. Noire stand out is its detective style gameplay and once again it shines through brightly here and at times it can feel more responsive than before. I also noticed that the gun mechanics in the game had seen some improvements, and the more fluid action makes the guns make more of an impact. The biggest change in the game is when you go into interrogation mode and the changes to this mode are very good because it makes interrogating a lot less confusing, which means you don’t get frustrated at all. I did however get a little frustrated when it came to the photo mode and the main reason for that is that it puts too many restrictions on the mode. I was also hoping for some changes to the open world, but unfortunately that didn’t happen and it can still feel lifeless in some places. They have however included more collectibles for you to collect and this definitely gives the game some replay value, which is great because once you start playing you don’t want the fantastic story to end. The presentation side of the game is better than ever. Visually the game has seen some significant improvements and at times can look great. The sound design has also seen some improvements over the original and everything sounds clearer and on point, which is great. At the end of the day if you were a fan of the original L.A. Noire then I fully recommend that you get this version and play it again because in my opinion it definitely does enough to warrant a purchase again. If you’ve never played L.A. Noire before then you’re in for a treat and I recommend that you play this version of the game because things are more crisper here. As far as remasters go it’s a pretty decent affair and once again L.A. Noire gets a massive recommendation from me.… Expand
  2. stinkwheel
    Nov 16, 2017
    10
    one of the very best games ever. Well thought out, hugely engaging, captivating setting. Just needs a proper sequel now.

    LA Noire gets mixed reviews, but i think many dont understand what it is. Its an interactive movie and a wonderful piece of nostalgia.
  3. Dperks
    Feb 11, 2020
    7
    Considering the hellish development this game went through its a miracle the game is as good as it is. While nothing to blow your socks off the main story was compelling enough to keep me interested. And the actual detective work off putting all the pieces together and solving a case was very interesting if not always engaging and is definitely something id like to see explored in aConsidering the hellish development this game went through its a miracle the game is as good as it is. While nothing to blow your socks off the main story was compelling enough to keep me interested. And the actual detective work off putting all the pieces together and solving a case was very interesting if not always engaging and is definitely something id like to see explored in a similar game or a sequel if such a thing could even happen now. Where the game lacks is in any sort of compelling side actives or good gunplay and an ending that left me disappointed. L.A. Noire is a very flawed game but if a big open world detective game interest you its defiantly worth a try. just be warned that what game play you do get you'll probably be sick of it towards the end.… Expand
  4. Joellemm
    Jul 7, 2019
    7
    LA Noire is stylish and always compelling. The facial animation, quality writing, and noteworthy characters, make for a consistently engaging narrative experience. The world is well crafted. I enjoyed the game a great deal. Despite this, its far from Rockstar's best. Dialogue choices never feel clear and their impact on the narrative itself feels minimal. The gameplay is okay, but there isLA Noire is stylish and always compelling. The facial animation, quality writing, and noteworthy characters, make for a consistently engaging narrative experience. The world is well crafted. I enjoyed the game a great deal. Despite this, its far from Rockstar's best. Dialogue choices never feel clear and their impact on the narrative itself feels minimal. The gameplay is okay, but there is little variation (pretty sure, 5 times someone waited around a corner after i had chased them for 5 minutes, only to whack me in a fixed, awkward animation).Also, inspecting clues felt unnecessarily slow. There was a lot of textures popping in late. All of this displayed a level of quality that was surprisingly poor. However, due it being a unique experience with a solid narrative, i think its well worth playing.… Expand
  5. GamerJosh0137
    Nov 26, 2017
    7
    Before I get to my thoughts I do want to say that for the current price of $39.99 L.A. Noire is totally worth it and if you never got around to playing the original version then I double down on my previous statement. When Noire first came out it was coined for being revolutionary in terms of character movement and body language. From what I remember not a lot was said about how the gameBefore I get to my thoughts I do want to say that for the current price of $39.99 L.A. Noire is totally worth it and if you never got around to playing the original version then I double down on my previous statement. When Noire first came out it was coined for being revolutionary in terms of character movement and body language. From what I remember not a lot was said about how the game played. I think a lot of people (including myself) thought this was a kind of GTA spin off. It especially seemed that way from the screen shots back then. I say back then like it was a long time ago but it wasn't. I just think that between then and now the gaming industry has changed considerably, almost like a growth spurt. Quickly out dating games that were only made months prior. In my opinion pacing is L.A. Noire's biggest problem. Solving cases, and cop chasing sounds like a blast but the solving part can be quite a slog sometimes. Part of solving cases is interrogating suspects. This is where the "revolutionary" movement and body language came in. By looking at a suspects face you are supposed to determine whether they are lying or telling the truth. In the original I think the main 3 options were good cop, doubt, and accuse. They are now good cop, bad cop, and accuse. By looking at the suspects face after asking a question you need to play close attention to not only what the suspect says but body language and face movement after they say anything at all. This is where it falters a little bit I think. Unless i was sitting about a foot away from my T.V I had a really hard time knowing when a suspect was telling the truth or lying, and unless I had the right evidence I would sometimes end up kind of falling the interrogation prompting me to go back to a certain crime scene to search for more clues or evidence. Effectively making into quite a slog. To be quite honest the new version doesn't do a much better job in that aspect. The stories for the most part are really interesting, and it made me want to keep playing despite mistakes I had made. For the most part if it wasn't for that kind of thing happening quite often this game would have a much higher score from me. Normally I would never tell anyone to use a guide on your first play through but in this case I say go for it. It is still worth playing just for the stories inside each case.… Expand
  6. Davidelu123
    Jan 3, 2018
    0
    Especially considering it originally came out in 2011, I was impressed that playing through LA Noire on the Nintendo Switch amazed me all over again. From the top-quality voice acting and the still-unmatched facial animations to the multi-layered crimes to solve, the parts that really matter work great on the Switch. The old-looking and empty open-world parts in between, not so much.Especially considering it originally came out in 2011, I was impressed that playing through LA Noire on the Nintendo Switch amazed me all over again. From the top-quality voice acting and the still-unmatched facial animations to the multi-layered crimes to solve, the parts that really matter work great on the Switch. The old-looking and empty open-world parts in between, not so much.

    Six years later, LA Noire is still a unique game. (Read our original LA Noire review.) There are cops-and-robbers car chases and occasional gunfights, but most of it is a smartly paced, contemplative challenge that keeps you thinking. As a Los Angeles cop working in the 1940s, you’ll be sent to a weird and wonderful array of crime scenes where you find clues, interact with witnesses, and draw conclusions with a limited amount of hand-holding. I never thought I’d find myself interested in the forgery of pink slips until I met the diverse cast of suspects and witnesses involved in a grand theft auto scheme, and using the right pieces of evidence against each of them presented a test of its own. A few of the 21 cases are a little repetitive, but every time I was close to feeling bored, something completely unexpected would happen and draw me back in again.The interrogation system is still my favourite part of solving a crime in LA Noire, and there’s a unique challenge in reading a suspect’s face and determine if they’re lying to you or not. The reason that really works is because of the stellar performances from the actors, which are captured down to every grimace and wrinkle. Watching one of the countless well-realized characters speak with a slightly lopsided mouth or twitch one of their eyebrows for just a moment, combined with a smart script, makes them truly feel like real people. I’m not sure I’ve played another game that does this quite so well.    … Expand
  7. polyakov23
    Mar 20, 2018
    9
    This game was awesome.In her a lot of time gameplay,original soundtrack,grate motion capture.She is don.t copy.
  8. tec-goblin
    Feb 6, 2018
    5
    I haven't played another game with elements of such disparity in quality. The atmosphere is great, with nice colour touches and details everywhere. The characters look and sound authentic. But the rest of the game is not up to par. The most interesting parts involve searching for clues and trying to picture who's the culprit in your head. Then there are the interrogation sequences: aI haven't played another game with elements of such disparity in quality. The atmosphere is great, with nice colour touches and details everywhere. The characters look and sound authentic. But the rest of the game is not up to par. The most interesting parts involve searching for clues and trying to picture who's the culprit in your head. Then there are the interrogation sequences: a controversial mini game which is half 'Have I understood the person's eyes and motives?' and half 'what does the developer want me to do here?'. It's frequently punishing out of developer laziness, and it becomes frustrating.
    But not so frustrating as the elements that come out of GTA. Look, they're using almost the same engine, so why not throw in LOTS of driving with bad controls and, some half-baked out of character murdering..eeehm... shooting, and a bunch of totally raw on-foot chase scenes? These elements are so bad that they destroy an otherwise interesting game.
    It doesn't help that the Xbox One port is half-baked. It looks as if they changed a few settings and repackaged it at almost full price, without even bothering to lighting up the community servers (so 2 of the ways to use your experience in the game are ALWAYS disabled, making it even harder and more frustrating).
    In the end, after the fourth consecutive woman murdered for totally silly reasons, I got tired of the game and left it half-way.    … Expand
  9. SunshineRex1885
    Oct 21, 2020
    10
    Que jogo épico! A proposta dele é completamente diferente dos demais jogos da Rockstar, com o protagonista sendo um homem da lei e resolvendo casos como um investigador da polícia de L.A., A história do jogo é rica em detalhes e profundidade, cada cena de crime é única e o sistema de pistas é bem elaborado, por outro lado os interrogatórios não saem perdendo, sendo extremamente necessáriosQue jogo épico! A proposta dele é completamente diferente dos demais jogos da Rockstar, com o protagonista sendo um homem da lei e resolvendo casos como um investigador da polícia de L.A., A história do jogo é rica em detalhes e profundidade, cada cena de crime é única e o sistema de pistas é bem elaborado, por outro lado os interrogatórios não saem perdendo, sendo extremamente necessários para o progresso no jogo, neste podemos contar com a expressão facial dos interrogados, o que pode muitas das vezes entregar se o mesmo está mentindo ou não, a qualidade das expressões faciais neste game são de fato incríveis! Valendo citar também o ótimo trabalho ao representar a cidade de L.A, com direito a um colecionável focado nos pontos turísticos da cidade! Este com certeza valeu cada minuto jogado e certamente mais um 100% de peso para minha biblioteca!… Expand
  10. lil_benjas
    Jun 21, 2020
    7
    El mejor juego de detectives que ha salido hasta el momento con una historia que nos habla de los ángeles de la época en cada caso mas que de nuestro protagonista, con unas mecánicas simples que pese a no evolucionar a lo largo de el titulo casi en ningún momento este se te hace repetitivo. Técnicamente hay que destacar la tecnología facial de la cual dependes para poder realizar unEl mejor juego de detectives que ha salido hasta el momento con una historia que nos habla de los ángeles de la época en cada caso mas que de nuestro protagonista, con unas mecánicas simples que pese a no evolucionar a lo largo de el titulo casi en ningún momento este se te hace repetitivo. Técnicamente hay que destacar la tecnología facial de la cual dependes para poder realizar un interrogatorio de manera correcta ya que gracias a la expresión que pongan tendras que deducir si mienten o dicen la verdad. Juego que recomiendo a todos los amantes de las historias policíacas.… Expand
  11. Kio22
    Feb 4, 2023
    7
    L.A. Noire is an interesting game; the individual cases are all really fun to play through. The overarching story could have been better toward the end but is ok. All of the individual characters are great and well voice acted. The gameplay is somewhat stiff and has some frustrating moments, these include the driving mechanics and gun play. One of the unique things about this game was theL.A. Noire is an interesting game; the individual cases are all really fun to play through. The overarching story could have been better toward the end but is ok. All of the individual characters are great and well voice acted. The gameplay is somewhat stiff and has some frustrating moments, these include the driving mechanics and gun play. One of the unique things about this game was the ability to play as a detective and use clues and facial expression to try and solve cases and determine suspects. The frustrating thing about this game is that all the clues and dialogue options don't always make sense to the current situation the player is in, or multiple clues link to the suspect but only one is right. This frustrating system does drag the game down a bit. Another problem is if you go to certain places before others, you will miss evidence due to this which is a horrible design. The open world is faithfully designed and looks cool, but it is vastly empty with just a bunch of hidden stuff for people to find like I SPY. Overall, this game has a lot of great ideas that seem not completely complete any of them. The ending of the story is very disappointing not because of how it ends but because there should have been more. After 100% completion I think it's still a fun game to playthrough and figure out what is going on, it just could be done better especially if another game like it is made today.… Expand
  12. Slckaer
    Jun 12, 2021
    8
    4K resolution looks sharp but 30fps is slow, very slow. impossible the make fast turns in the heat of the fights.

    Gladly the gameplay is slow for the most of the time. Unique in it's genre so fun to play.
  13. DAnt0n
    Dec 17, 2021
    7
    Хорошая игра, интересный сюжет. Но геймплей и взаимодействие с предметами хотелось бы более интересным и расширенным.
  14. Hiccup3319
    Apr 25, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. La noire is one of the best story games that has ever to exist, rockstar did a fantasic job when developing this game and i want them to make a LA noire 2 were Cole comes back and **** up all the police plans.… Expand

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#73 Best Xbox One Game of 2017
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#52 Most Discussed Xbox One Game of 2017
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#43 Most Shared Xbox One Game of 2017

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Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. Games.cz
    Jan 21, 2018
    80
    Technically there are not many changes, but the important core has remained: exciting cases, interesting characters, movie narrative, great atmosphere of the 1940s. L.A. Noire is a game like a few others, and despite some mistakes in a game design, the fun is same as it was six years ago.
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  2. Official Xbox Magazine UK
    Jan 5, 2018
    70
    Though ponderous in places, there's nothing quite like this curious sandbox caper. [Jan 2018, p.90]
  3. Xbox Tavern
    Dec 16, 2017
    85
    With brilliant voice and face acting, a plethora of interesting characters to amuse and massive amounts of detail, L.A. Noire is a game I enjoyed and will continue to enjoy.
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