10 Video Games That Are Flawed Masterpieces
5. L.A. Noire (2011)
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Everyone remembers the viral marketing that went into the L.A. Noire, with developers Team Bondi hammering the drum about their state-of-the-art motion capture technologies. Bringing with them a new MotionScan technology consisting of 32 camera angles, these hyper-realistic captures were meant to deliver subtle differences in expressions, down to even the slightest of twitches.
As we all know by now, this wasn't the case and the game was less gritty crime-thriller, and more 'oh my word, this guy would look more innocent if he actually confessed'.
But, at its heart, L.A. Noire is a brilliant homage to the genre and an often-overlooked era of history. The depth of detail Brendan McNamara and Team Bondi went to in producing an authentic-feeling 1940s recreation alongside some of the most famous cold cases from the day does a stellar job of immersing players into this world.
Toss this alongside the huge effort in storytelling (consisting of over four hundred actors and twenty hours of voice work), solid arcs for the main characters, and a stellar soundtrack recorded from Abbey Road, and there's far more to L.A. than a few meme-worthy interactions.
Forgive the odd wacky tell (which really only adds to the magic), and the Rockstar title is still a hell of a fun time.