With L.A. NOIRE, Team
Bondi and Rockstar Games, setup to create a unique thriller that explores to
what it means to be a detective in Hollywood’s golden age, one of the world’s
most glamorous and most violent periods in the city’s history. Inspired by the
real world cases, players must solve crimes,
plots and conspiracies all set with the meticulously recreated city of LOS
ANGELES. The game takes place in 1947, a time before freeways in a glamorous city soaked in alcohol, jazz
and corruption. The game blends classic action gameplay such as shootouts, with
clue finding and interrogations, critical thinking skills are just as important
in surviving skirmishes, or chasing criminals. You play as Cole Phelps, the
World War 2 hero and rookie cop, looking to write the wrongs committed during
his time in the war. Phelps works to raise
through the ranks of the LAPD, starting a patrol as a beat cop and working
his way through the traffic, homicide, wise and arson. Instead of missions or levels,
each desk is comprised of self-contained
cases. A successfully solved case brings new challenges and leads Cole
closer to unveiling the dark card of the LA criminal underworld. Every case is
comprised of parts, examining crime scene for clues, questioning witnesses, tracking persons of interest and
interrogation. When questioning suspect of witnesses, players analyse their behaviours
to separate the truth from the lies. By knowing when they doubt or believe a
suspect or when to use an evidence to accuse him or a crime, players reveal new clues or open up new lines
of enquiry.
