8 Video Games That Should Have Been Movies

8. L.A. Noire

With Team Bondi sinking a sizeable portion of their budget into new facial capture tech in order to bring their lofty vision of "being able to see the lie", there was considerable pressure on L.A. Noire to deliver the crime-caper goods upon release.

And in this one area, it bloody well did.

However, while looking for facial ticks and sweaty brows was a novel and interesting feature, the rest of the title did feel like it was dragging a heavy load to keep pace, as the gunfights often felt clunky and the very world around you empty and devoid of anything truly interesting to do. This is an almighty shame because the tale on show here really is one of the ages and one that fits perfectly with the Noire film genre.

It's got everything, corrupt cops, murders, scandal, and tragedy, all of which would make for one hell of a film without any of the meaningless downtime driving around quiet streets at a max of 50 miles an hour. Hell, you hired actors for this game and then painstakingly digitized them so why not use the exact same cast and shoot a big-budget movie instead?

Likely wouldn't have had such a massive falling out with Rockstar and their crunch culture either!