L.A. Noire · RAWG · Courtesy of RAWG
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L.A. Noire is an adventure, action and strategy video game first released on 17 May 2011, and made available on PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. It was developed by Team Bondi, Rockstar Leeds and Rockstar North, and published by Take-Two Interactive and Rockstar Games, offering a single-player mode. It is rated Mature by the ESRB.
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Game data
Metacritic 83- Released
- 2011-05-17
- User rating
- 4.16 / 5
- Genres
- Adventure, Action
- Platforms
- PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3
- ESRB
- Mature
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Game details · IGDB
L.A. Noire is a neo-noir detective action-adventure video game developed by Team Bondi and published by Rockstar Games. It was initially released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 platforms on 17 May 2011; a Microsoft Windows port was later released on 8 November 2011. L.A. 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. Players must investigate crime scenes for clues, follow up leads, and interrogate suspects, and the player's success at these activities will impact…
- Released
- 2011
- Genres
- Strategy, Adventure
- Platforms
- PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), SteamVR, Xbox 360
- Game modes
- Single player
- Developer
- Team Bondi, Rockstar Leeds, Rockstar North
- Publisher
- Take-Two Interactive, Rockstar Games
Key facts
- Developer
- Team Bondi
- Publisher
- Rockstar Games
- Director
- Brendan McNamara
- Producers
- Naresh Hirani Josh Needleman
- Designer
- Alex Carlyle
- Programmers
- Franta Fulin David Heironymus
- Artists
- Chee Kin Chan Ben Brudenell
- Writer
- Brendan McNamara
- Composers
- Andrew Hale Simon Hale
- Platforms
- PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 Windows Nintendo Switch PlayStation 4 Xbox One
- Release
- 17 May 2011 PS3 , Xbox 360 NA : 17 May 2011 PAL : 20 May 2011 Windows NA : 8 November 2011 PAL : 11 November 2011 Switch , PS4 , Xbox One WW : 14 November 2017
- Genre
- Action-adventure
- Mode
- Single-player
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- video game
- Country of origin
- Australia
- Publisher
- Rockstar Games
- Main subject
- Los Angeles Police Department
- Depicts
- Stout Scarab
- Voice actor
- Vincent Kartheiser
- Narrative location
- Los Angeles
- Developer
- Team Bondi
- Platform
- PlayStation 4
- Game mode
- single-player video game
- Distribution format
- optical disc
- Official website
- www.rockstargames.com/lanoire
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- distributed by
- Xbox Games Store
- publication date
- 2017-11-14
- input device
- gamepad
- programmed in
- Lua
- language of work or name
- Spanish
- units sold
- 5000000
- review score
- 86/100
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Encyclopedic overview
L.A. Noire is a 2011 action-adventure game developed by Team Bondi and published by Rockstar Games. Set in 1947 Los Angeles, the game follows the rise of detective Cole Phelps among the ranks of the Los Angeles Police Department as he solves a range of cases across various bureaus. When he is tasked with investigating a morphine distribution ring involving several of his former squadmates from World War II, Phelps finds both his personal and professional life falling into turmoil, and reluctantly joins forces with his estranged former comrade, Jack Kelso, as they uncover a major conspiracy involving prominent Los Angeles figures.
The game is played from a third-person perspective. The player may freely roam its interactive open world, primarily in a vehicle or on foot. As the game progresses, the player advances through several police department bureaus—Patrol, Traffic, Homicide, Vice, and Arson. The story is divided into multiple "cases", during which players must investigate crime scenes for clues, follow up leads, and interrogate suspects and witnesses; the player's success at these activities impacts how much of each case's story is revealed and their overall rating. The game features fast-paced action sequences, including chases, combat, and gunfights. Outside of cases, the player can complete optional street crimes and collect items found around the game world.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “L.A. Noire” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.