An Immersive Detective Story | L.A. Noire Retrospective

Today, we're going to look at an immersive detective story with Rockstar and Team Bondi's 2011 modern classic L.A. Noire. In the wake of games like Grand Theft Auto and Saint's Row, L.A. Noire stood out from other action-adventure sandbox games by putting you on the side of the law rather than as a criminal. You can examine crime scenes, find evidence, and interrogate witnesses to solve the case — all told through the lens of 1940's Los Angeles. It's a wonderfully realized setting and a perfect backdrop for the noir-style narrative, but how well does L.A. Noire hold up today? That's what we're gonna find out. #LANoire #ColePhelps #Rockstar
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TIMECODES

00:00 — INTRO
01:57 — DEVELOPMENT HISTORY
07:34 — GAMEPLAY
14:30 — DESKS AND PARTNERS
23:00 — WORLD OF L.A.
26:22 — AESTHETICS
31:14 — STORY AND NARRATIVE
43:57 — CANCELLED SEQUEL AND CONCLUSION
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SOURCES / RECOMMENDED READING:
Gamesindustry.biz: McNamara Makes a Getaway to Sydney (https://bit.ly/3v2bdTW)
Gamespot: Team Bondi Announces PS3 Game (https://bit.ly/3wj2T2j)
Gamespot: Rockstar Gets L.A. Noire (https://bit.ly/33RCkFx)
News.com.au: L.A. Noire Boss Read More than 1000 Old Newspapers (https://bit.ly/3uZ4L09)
Gamesindustry.biz: L.A. Noire’s MotionScan Animation (https://bit.ly/3weXGIX)
Air & Space Mag: Oldies and Oddities: He Shot California (https://bit.ly/2SVDHRb)
Rockstar Games: L.A. Noire: The Technology Behind Performance (   • L.A. Noire: "The Technology Behind Perform...  )
Rockstar Games: L.A. Noire Honored as First Videogame to Make Official Selection of the Tribeca Film Festival (https://bit.ly/3fqjydz)
Gamesradar: Team Bondi accused of dropping developers from L.A. Noire's credits (https://bit.ly/3wdt0b4)
Sydney Morning Herald Blockbuster L.A. Noire Faces Credits Crisis (https://bit.ly/3wgbT8B)
IGN: Why Did L.A. Noire Take Seven Years to Make? (https://bit.ly/3eXcsy6)
Gamesindustry.biz: IGDA to Investigate Team Bondi Allegations (https://bit.ly/2RYwYpb)
Gamesindsutry.biz: The Emails Behind The Whistle Blowing at Team Bondi (https://bit.ly/33QPmTL)
Engadget: L.A. Noire Developer Team Bondi Shutting Down (https://engt.co/33TrY81)
Gamesindustry.biz: Team Bondi Staff Among Creditors Owed More than $1.4m (https://bit.ly/3bxlW0T)
GamerLive: Brendan McNamara Explains Why L.A. Noire 2 Won’t Take As Long to Make (https://bit.ly/3hF3587)
Eurogamer: Brendan McNamara Is Making the Video Game of “One of the Great Untold Stories of the 20th Century (https://bit.ly/2RZDcVQ)
IGN: L.A. Noire Dev's New Game is Next-Gen (https://bit.ly/340FFSt)
Sydney Morning Herald: ‘Racially Insensitive’ Computer Game Faces Challenges Over Title (https://bit.ly/3tZzWH8)
IGN: Whore of the Orient Not Likely to Be Released (https://bit.ly/2SVHG05)
Kotaku: Whore Of The Orient’s Development Studio Has Reportedly Been Closed Down (https://bit.ly/3hB6FjQ0)
Gamesradar: Whore of the Orient Production Gets $200,000 Funding (https://bit.ly/2SYI12e)
Escapist: Rockstar AAA Open-World VR Game in Development at Video Games Deluxe (https://bit.ly/3v0SmZo)
Goomba Stomp: What Happened to the Facial Capture Technology Behind ‘LA Noire’? (https://bit.ly/3u2cUzw)