L.A. Noire
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…
L.A. Noire is an adventure developed by Rockstar Leeds, released 17 May 2011 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC (Microsoft Windows) and SteamVR. The main story takes about 28.7 hrs to finish.
What L.A. Noire is
L.A. Noire is an adventure game developed by Rockstar Leeds and released in 2011. It was published by Rockstar Games. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC (Microsoft Windows) and SteamVR.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Amid 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. Corruption is rampant, the drug trade is exploding, and murder rates are at an all-time high. 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. underworld and even members of his own department to uncover a secret that could shake the city to its rotten core.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, historical, mystery and open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 60 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
L.A. Noire holds a critic score of 89 out of 100. That places it above 91% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2011 averaged 68, so it scored 21 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 86, across 1,060 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 28.7 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 42.1 hrs, roughly 1.5 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel CPUs - Dual Core 2.2 GHz to Quad Core 3.2GHz; AMD CPUS - Dual Core 2.4Ghz to Quad Core 3.2Ghz, 2GB to 8GB of RAM and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT 512MB to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 1536MB or Radeon HD3000 512MB to Radeon HD 6850 1024MB. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 16GB.
What it launched against
L.A. Noire launched on 17 May 2011, within three weeks of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, Terraria, Infamous 2 and Dirt 3. It reviewed better than all of them.
Released around the same time: The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, Terraria, Infamous 2, Dirt 3.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for L.A. Noire yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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