L.A. Noire 2011

Is it still worth playing?

Team Bondi's 2011 open world third person action adventure for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, set in 1947 Los Angeles. Cole Phelps rises through the police desks, Patrol, Traffic, Homicide, Vice and Arson. You inspect scenes, follow leads and keep a notebook, then interrogate suspects by choosing to believe, doubt or accuse, and an accusation needs evidence. MotionScan facial capture is central to the interrogations, cases are rated in stars, and chases, melee and gunfights with cover fill the action, which can be skipped after three failures. Each clue you log opens new lines of questioning. With interrogation as the core loop, reading faces and backing accusations with evidence, the detective work still rests on the cases rather than on shooting today.