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Look past the glitz of technical achievements, richly designed sets, ostensibly interactive environments, and you will see the real L.A. Noire – a vapid adventure with a hole-ridden plot, a boring unsympathetic hero, and rough stitches in places where content should be.
In attempting to ape the triumphs of another medium, it overlooks the triumphs of its own. The result is disappointing game, but an impressive interactive experience.
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CD-Action
L.A. Noire is a new breed of adventure game. It's quality and scale completely eclipse even the most important achievements in this genre and I strongly recommend it as the best interactive detective story of all time. [June 2011, p.52]
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cistianuju97
L.A. Noire es un triunfo de la narrativa interactiva y un experimento fascinante que transporta al jugador a la época dorada del cine negro con una fidelidad asombrosa. Encarnando al metódico detective Cole Phelps, el juego nos sumerge en una Los Ángeles de 1947 magistralmente recreada, donde la corrupción, el glamur y la decadencia se dan la mano. El verdadero pilar del título es la revolucionaria tecnología de captura facial MotionScan, la cual permite que las sutiles microexpresiones de los sospechosos sean la clave absoluta para resolver los casos. El bucle jugable de registrar minuciosamente las escenas del crimen en busca de pruebas físicas para luego utilizarlas en tensos e intensos interrogatorios es una delicia de diseño que te hace sentir como un auténtico detective, obligándote a leer la mirada, los gestos y los titubeos de los personajes para discernir la verdad de la **** embargo, el precio a pagar por esta obsesión con la narrativa y la veracidad de los rostros es un mundo abierto que se siente dolorosamente desaprovechado. La hermosa recreación de Los Ángeles sirve únicamente como un bellísimo decorado de fondo; carece de vida orgánica o de actividades secundarias de peso, limitando la interacción a acudir a crímenes callejeros aleatorios muy simplistas mientras conduces de una misión a otra. Además, el sistema de interrogatorios, aunque brillante en concepto, sufre de cierta inconsistencia en la ejecución, ya que las reacciones de Phelps al presionar a un testigo a veces resultan exageradamente agresivas o impredecibles respecto a la opción seleccionada. Los momentos de acción pura, como las persecuciones a pie o los tiroteos, cumplen su función pero se sienten un tanto genéricos y encorsetados en comparación con la profundidad de las investigaciones. L.A. Noire es una obra imperfecta, pero su valentía a la hora de priorizar el intelecto y la observación sobre la violencia gratuita lo convierte en un clásico imprescindible de la historia de los videojuegos.
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Spiro0
There is something about the gameplay that just makes me dislike the game, i can't put my finger on it but i didn't really enjoy my time playing it
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jspeerino413
I don’t usually like games that require you to think on your feet because they ruin the fun of just enjoying yourself. However, ever since I played L.A. Noire, I’ve realised that what I used to say was **** L.A. Noire, you play as Cole Phelps, a war hero, as he investigates everyday cases. If you don’t analyse the crime scene properly, the cases can vary, adding action and variety.Despite being overlooked by some as the least notable game from developer Rockstar Games, it's worth giving it a try to understand how it works.

L.A. Noire

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May 17, 2011
Metascore
Generally Favorable
89
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8.0
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Metascore
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Jun 1, 2011
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Adventure Gamers
Whatever you call it, L.A. Noire is a monumental achievement that every console-owning adventure fan needs to experience.
May 16, 2011
96
Xbox Achievements
On paper, LA Noire sounds like an open-world sandbox fused with an interactive movie, but in truth, it's so much more. It's groundbreaking, effortlessly engaging and utterly sublime. To miss playing LA Noire would be a heinous crime. Simply put, it's a work of unbridled genius.
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8.0
72% Positive
1054 Ratings
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Jun 1, 2025
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victortilla
Muy buen juego. Buenas mecánica,gráficos interesantes y una historia que destaca. Muy recomendable y porfavor pasaros lo examinando todo con detalle y llendo lento que merece la pena
Jan 31, 2025
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SonnyForelli00
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
May 25, 2011
91
XboxAddict
While the 360 version will not be remembered as a graphic masterpiece, the game should continue to be lauded for what it truly is - An innovative stepping stone into the next generation of strategic gaming.
May 18, 2011
90
Cynamite
L.A. Noire is a fascinating interactive thriller that will suck you in with its story. With its fresh gameplay, L.A. Noire stands out from many other games that lack this kind of innovation.
Jun 15, 2011
86
Xbox World 360 Magazine UK
Presents an insanely detailed world and a game unlike any you've played before. [Aug 2011, p.96]
May 24, 2011
80
GameOver.gr
L.A. Noire is a superb adventure game soaked in the atmosphere of the post-WW II Los Angeles. The stocky storyline is held back only by minor gameplay issues, and Team Bondi created the first Rockstar game in which you don't mind whether you fire a gun or not. At all.
Jun 1, 2011
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GameCritics
In closing, L.A. Noire's ambitions far outstrip its abilities, and it's a frustrating failure most of the running time. That being said, the shooting is exceptional, the occasional fistfighting is functional, and the foot chases are endearingly dynamic.
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Dec 6, 2024
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gufan
最令人惊叹的是在审问嫌犯及目击证人的时候,他们面部细节以及神态所传达出的是否说谎,让我想到了一部经典港剧--读心神探。但是这个游戏追车追人以及战斗,真的还不如没有。
Nov 30, 2025
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Crycass
Probably the only truly “mature” game I’ve got around playing as far as video game maturity goes at least. I enjoyed it very much at times, though the anthological aspect and the pacing of the game can definitely take its toll on the player. It can get direly repetitive/exhausting the closer you get to the endgame especially considering how disjoined the plot really is; most of it basically happens towards the end and they tried to compensate for it with the newspaper collectibles. I remember vehemently disliking the game when it first launched so I’m happy to see it’s grown on me with time. The lie detection/interrogation system becomes less frustrating if you pay more attention to the logic and the validity behind every suspect’s answer instead of solely focusing on their inconsistent, often exaggerated facial expressions, but it’s still a heavily flawed system nonetheless; it feels as though every actor sort of rolled with whatever they thought was indicative of “lying” instead of following a unified rule the developers had intended for them. The setting of the game is wonderfully crafted, the music is excellent, and the characters are interesting enough to keep you going. I think where the game shines the brightest is really in the delivery and atmosphere. I’d have wished for more engaging gameplay elements, but the crime solving, mystery unraveling aspect of the game is still super fun and addicting on its own.
May 12, 2025
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tixi777
Was hyped to play this but turned out to be a dissapointment. The gameplay is extremely simple, every aspect is repetitive, even the main and secondary missions, and also being locked to 30fps makes the experience worse. The thing that saves this game are the dialogues and the story, which also doesnt get interesting until the last 4/5 hours.
Apr 11, 2026
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Spiro0
There is something about the gameplay that just makes me dislike the game, i can't put my finger on it but i didn't really enjoy my time playing it
Mar 30, 2026
4
tom974
Un concept intéressant, mais un jeu bien trop long pour la répétitivité des mécaniques qu'il propose. De plus, bien gérer les interrogatoires est quasi impossible tant les signaux qu'on est supposé repérer semblent aléatoires d'un dialogue à l'autre, idem pour le concept de prise en compte de preuves. Dernier clou, certaines enquêtes sont vouées à l'échec indépendamment de nos choix, ce qui ruine assez l'immersion en plus du reste.
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SummaryL.A. Noire is a next generation crime thriller developed by Team Bondi, a new Australian based studio founded by Brendan McNamara, of "The Getaway." L.A Noire is an interactive detective story set in the classic noir period of the late 1940's. It blends action, detection and complex storytelling and draws players into an open-ended chall... Read More
Rated Mfor Mature
  • PlayStation 3
  • Xbox 360
May 17, 2011
  • Team Bondi
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