14 Forgotten Video Game Franchises That Desperately Need Sequels

12. L.A. Noire

Team Bondi came so close to delivering the ultimate detective game in 2012, but with such a strange execution that ended up feeling fairly broken in parts, it split all those who played it into two distinct camps. Either you were firmly on board, drinking in the gorgeously-realised and contextually appropriate L.A. itself, or the scattershot interrogation mechanics that forever meant protagonist Cole Phelps went from screaming at people to talking in hushed tones at the drop of a trilby completely ruined any sense of immersion. This is the perfect example of the sort of game I was alluding to in the intro; something that came so close, yet surely another go-round would allow the developers to perfect what they initially attempted. The whole 'detective genre' isn't really overflowing right now, but as both Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments and Sam Barlow's Her Story proved, we're quite partial to putting clues together and discovering the narrative ourselves - so let's have the most famous detective game of the last 10 years get another chance.