L.A. Noire

LA Noire is one of the best detective games ever made because it actually gives you the tools to feel like a real detective. The game gives you all the puzzle pieces and asks you to put them together yourself, and the result is a truly engrossing experience.

The quality-of-life improvements like HD Rumble, touchscreen support, and interrogation changes offset the unchanged wonky combat and occasional technical hiccups to make the Switch version the premier way to experience LA Noire. It is a positive sign of Rockstar Games' support for Nintendo Switch.

Rockstar parent company Take-Two has repeatedly said it considers L.A. Noire a candidate for becoming a recurring franchise, and replaying the game six years after its initial launch proves its crime-solving formula holds up. The Switch version may suffer visually, but the modular nature of this narrative makes it a perfect companion for gaming on the go.

LA Noire is a game about crime, justice, and doing the right thing even if it’s not always clear. Cole, as a protagonist, is a boy scout, but troubled by his famed WWII past. You get a real sense of who he is throughout the game and its many flashbacks to WWII.

L.A. Noire's remaster isn't perfect due to some technical flaws but it was great to revisit this authentic and gritty depiction of L.A. in the 1940s. Hopefully, one day we'll see a sequel.

L.A. Noire is a very unique game and definitely one worth playing if you like detective thrillers. While some of the cases can be very macabre, it really is a very fun adventure throughout. If you’ve played the game before, I’m not sure playing on the go is the most compelling reason to buy it, but for newcomers, you won’t find another game quite like this on the Switch.

In the end, L.A. Noire holds up. It’s a little odd to play as an open world game because of it’s strong focus on story, but the immersion is unreal. Every aspect of my detective work felt like a genuine adventure in a world I could never be a part of. There’s plenty of content here to be played, and I strongly recommend giving L.A. Noire some time, even if you’re not a shooting, car chase thrill seeker. The focus are the cases themselves, and that’s awesome.

The most important parts of LA Noire have aged beautifully, with incredibly detailed faces, diverse characters, and unique, challenging crimes to solve as a detective. The top-notch writing and voice acting bring 1940s Los Angeles to life, but are let down by a dull open world with frequent frame rate drops. Aside from difficulty aiming in gun fights, it’s a smart port with accurate motion controls and the ability to play almost entirely touchscreen, too.

If sharp visuals and higher frame rate are huge factors in your enjoyment, then you're better off playing L.A. Noire on PS4 and Xbox One, which sport added bells and whistles that elevate the game's performance. But if you're charmed by the idea of experiencing it portably, then L.A. Noire on Switch comes recommended. It may not work the best under pressure, but it's well worth replaying or experiencing for the first time on Nintendo's convertible console.

L.A. Noire's troubled development resulted in accusations of poor management at Team Bondi, the fallout of which was enough to effectively sink the studio. Despite its troubled history, it's heartening that players are being given the chance to revisit Los Angeles on the Nintendo Switch.

If you've never played LA Noire, you might as well check it out on Switch. It's not a perfect game, and the Switch additions are so pointless they aren't worth mentioning, but it's a nice piece of gaming history and there's nothing else quite like it on the platform.

There are so many big games these days, it's easy to forget the details of one even as recently as last gen, and L.A. Noire does a fantastic job in reminding just how good it is. The story is engaging, the investigations are fun, the world is deep and immersive, and the interrogations are truly unique. Even with the slight performance woes, the game is very impressive on Switch, especially in handheld mode.

The facial animation is still some of the best ever, with a quality script and voice-acting. Detective elements can feel a little random but still work well. A true film noir atmosphere is not evident in much of the game.

The game mixes up investigation and clue hunting with interrogation scenes where players have to use a combination of their own intuition and subtle tells from the characters they meet to inform their questioning.

Rockstar put the effort into this port and it shows. Sure, it’s a bit of an older game and does show some age from time to time, but L.A. Noire is another great triple-A third party release that shouldn’t be overshadowed by games like Skyrim and DOOM. If you are looking for a fantastic story-driven game with unique gameplay, L.A. Noire should be in your Switch library.

L.A. Noire remains an absorbing run through crime-ridden 1940s Los Angeles, and the Switch port runs well and looks excellent.

The game was fantastic as it was, but it did lack in a bit of variety outside of just living the tortured life of Cole Phelps, especially when you consider the nature of most other open-world Rockstar games.

L.A. Noire sigue siendo un juego a la vanguardia, que perfectamente podría haberse puesto a la venta hoy en día. Su combinación de narrativa detectivesca con el trasfondo de los horrores de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y la genial ambientación de época que nos sumerge a la perfección en el Los Ángeles de los Años 40 y sus dos caras, la glamourosa y la oculta con una oleada de criminalidad sin precedentes, hacen de este juego un imprescindible al que todo el mundo debería dar una oportunidad.

L.A. Noire es un port increíble y uno de los mejores que hemos visto hasta la fecha en el Switch. Aunque se trata de un juego de pasada generación que destacó por contar con una enorme cantidad de contenidos, éste se acomodó de manera fabulosa a la consola y supo sacar provecho de sus capacidades para ofrecer una experiencia que se equipara, sin problema, a la de los juegos originales.

A pesar de que esta reedición no pone demasiadas novedades sobre la mesa, L.A. Noire sigue siendo, hoy por hoy, el simulador de detectives definitivo. Si no lo jugasteis en su momento y os atrae su propuesta inquisitiva de cine negro, no necesitáis más pistas para saber que es una compra obligada.

Si ya lo jugaste no tienes suficientes alicientes para recuperarlo, porque ninguna de las novedades, jugables o visuales, son suficientes para justificar el hecho de volver a pasar por caja.

Sin temor a equivocarnos, diremos que L.A. Noire es un juego ampliamente recomendable. Como comentamos, la experiencia no fomenta la rejugabilidad, pero si te sumergiste en esta aventura de detectives hace 6 años y no has regresado a ella desde entonces, posiblemente pases un muy buen rato recordándola en esta nueva versión.

Es ist schon erstaunlich, wie gut sich L.A. Noire gehalten hat. Selbst nach sechs Jahren können die Charaktere aufgrund ihrer Mimik überzeugen, außerdem wirkt dieses Los Angeles trotz steriler Abschnitte immer noch wie eine elegante Filmkulisse, in der einem gleich Greta Garbo zuwinken könnte.

Déterré à la surprise générale, L.A. Noire effectue un come-back qui mérite clairement investigation sur la très portable Nintendo Switch - à condition de passer par un lourd téléchargement y compris en version boîte.

Portage pas vraiment irréprochable d'un jeu qui ne l'était déjà pas, au moins sur le plan technique, cette version Switch de l'ovni L.A. Noire a tout de même l'avantage d'intégrer des options de contrôle alternatives (écran tactile, reconnaissance de mouvement), ainsi que des vues supplémentaires et des intitulés d'actions plus clairs qui concernent aussi les moutures PS4/XB1.

Au niveau des contrôles, Maxime les a déjà évoqués à cette adresse dans une longue preview, et on se contentera juste de rappeler que même en possession de la version physique de L.A. Noire, un téléchargement de 13 Go et des poussières sur l’eShop sera indispensable pour récupérer l’intégralité du contenu du jeu, c’est-à-dire avec les DLC.

Si certains détails techniques peuvent choquer, si les phases d'action sont parfois loupées, on est forcé de considérer ce titre comme une référence du genre, ne serait-ce que pour le soin apporté aux différentes personnalités.

L.A. Noire, nas suas virtudes e defeitos, continua a ser o mesmo jogo de há mais de seis anos. Oferece uma proposta única e inovadora, com ideias interessantes nas mecânicas e no enredo, com especial destaque para as incríveis animações faciais e belíssimas interpretações dos actores. Contudo os defeitos mantêm-se e a transição para a Nintendo Switch não está isenta de falhas. Apenas recomendado para quem nunca experimentou este jogo com um forte ambiente "noir".

Coloro che ai tempi decisero di dargli fiducia già lo sanno: L. A. Noire è un capolavoro. Lo è perché si allontana dalla sfrontata grandezza di altre opere Rockstar per un incedere più dimesso e riflessivo. Inseguendo e raggiungendo la cinematografia di genere, imposta un autentico poliziesco tanto nella storia quanto nel gameplay, che qui si fondono con rara naturalezza.

L.A. Noire è un graditissimo ritorno, che su Nintendo Switch guadagna alcuni valori aggiuntivi. Si parte dai comandi di gioco che rendono il gameplay ancora più immersivo e accattivante, per arrivare alla portatilità, il vero e proprio "fattore Switch".

L.A. Noire su Switch vive di alti e bassi. In modalità portatile, il gioco è un piccolo gioiello ed impressiona più di una volta. I comandi touch, così come i Joy-Con, trasformano l’esperienza in qualcosa di nuovo ed irraggiungibile da parte degli utenti PS4 ed Xbox One, una titolo che diventa quasi un’avventura grafica (volendo) da vivere nel palmo della mano.

Remaster L.A. Noire w wersji na PS4 charakteryzuje się wyraźnie poprawionymi teksturami i lekką zmianą w gameplayu. Wszystko to bez utraty klimatu, który tytuł ten zawdzięcza nawiązaniu do filmów z lat 40-tych ubiegłego wieku.