10 Video Game Levels That Made You Turn The Console Off

10. L.A. Noire - A Different Kind Of War

It would be unfair to call L.A. Noire a one-note game. Whilst being a detective is its core mechanic, mixing in some shooting and driving into the fold adds some levity to proceedings. There's only so many times you can watch Phelps yell without provocation at someone before you call it a day.

When it's done right, it's great. Car chases through 1940's Los Angeles and gunfights with the Black Dahlia murderer in dank, underground church passages are tense and exhilarating. These are the high points.

It would be hard to quantify what players would want from a finale to this game, but for many, this wasn't it. It's not that it's terrible, it's just such a slog that many just lost interest so close to the end.

Played out in five parts, switching between Phelps and rival-cum-reluctant-ally Jack Kelso, the final sections were pure attrition. Running after bad guys with a flamethrower would be fun in any other game.

But in a game that favoured grilling questions over flaming gameplay, it was unexpected and more trial and error than necessary. How do make a flamethrower section bad, seriously?!