Courtesy of Rockstar Games
We have to admit that video games
really aren’t thing. To put it in perspective, the last time we actually were
hooked on them Pac-Man had just donned a bow for the first time. The modern
beat ‘em up, shoot ‘em up style just doesn’t appeal to us. But then came L.A. Noire.
This game is a nod to the classic
Noir films like The Maltese Falcon
and The Big Sleep. Set in 1947 Los
Angeles it’s like getting to be a virtual character in Curtis Hanson’s L.A. Confidential.
The player starts off as patrolman Cole
Phelps and rises through the ranks — ultimately serving as a traffic
detective, homicide detective, vice agent and arson investigator. Sure there’s
the requisite amount of video game fighting to be done but problem solving and
sleuthing skills come into play as well.
Plus it looks super slick in an old
movie kind of way not common in the gaming world. And the music will put you in
a Noir mood, too. The soundtrack includes new tracks written by The Real
Tuesday Weld and performed by German singer Claudia Brücken. But it also relies
on original recordings by jazz greats Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald and
Billie Holiday to help set the tone.
Finally a grown-up game has arrived. Rockstar Games’ L.A. Noire is available for Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 and is in
stores now.
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