underworld and even members of his own department to uncover a secret that could shake the city to its rotten core.Įspecially considering it originally came out in 2011, I was impressed that playing through LA Noire on the Nintendo Switch amazed me all overEspecially considering it originally came out in 2011, I was impressed that playing through LA Noire on the Nintendo Switch amazed me all over again. 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. Corruption is rampant, the drug trade is exploding, and murder rates are at an all-time high. Confidential.Īmid the post-war boom of Hollywood's Golden Age, Cole Phelps is an LAPD detective thrown headfirst into a city drowning in its own success.

Various plot elements reference the major themes of detective and mobster stories such as The Naked City, Chinatown, The Untouchables, The Black Dahlia, and L.A. The game uses a distinctive colour palette, but in homage to film noir it includes the option to play the game in black and white. The game draws heavily from both the plot and aesthetic elements of film noir-stylistic films made popular in the 1940s and 1950s that share similar visual styles and themes, including crime and moral ambiguity-along with drawing inspiration from real-life crimes for its in-game cases, based upon what was reported by the Los Angeles media in 1947. Players must investigate crime scenes for clues, follow up leads, and interrogate suspects, and the player's success at these activities will impact how much of each case's story is revealed. Noire is set in Los Angeles in 1947 and challenges the player, controlling a Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officer, to solve a range of cases across five divisions. It was initially released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 platforms on a Microsoft Windows port was later released on 8 November 2011. Noire is a neo-noir detective action-adventure video game developed by Team Bondi and published by Rockstar Games.

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