Noire was the first video game to be shown at the Tribeca Film Festival. The technology is central to the game’s interrogation mechanic, as players must use the suspects’ reactions to questioning to judge whether or not they are lying. Noire is notable for using Depth Analysis’s newly developed technology MotionScan, whereby the actors portraying the game’s characters were recorded by 32 surrounding cameras to capture facial expressions from every angle. Various plot elements reference the major themes of detective and mobster stories such as Key Largo, Chinatown, The Untouchables, The Black Dahlia, and L.A. The game uses a distinctive colour palette, but in homage to film noir it includes the option to play the game in black and white. The game draws heavily from both the plot and aesthetic elements of film noir, stylistic films made popular in the 1940s and 1950s that share similar visual styles and themes, including crime and moral ambiguity. Players must investigate crime scenes for clues, follow up leads, and interrogate suspects, and the player’s success at these activities will impact how much of each case’s story is revealed.
Noire is set in Los Angeles in 1947 and challenges the player, controlling a Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officer, to solve a range of cases across five divisions. You need to talk to witnesses and get them to tell you what you need to know.8 Conclusion L.A. Working as a detective will see you needing to work crime scenes and gather clues. However, you have nowhere near the amount of freedom that you have in a GTA game and I am fine with that because this is not a GTA game! You can go and explore and you do get side missions and these random missions that will pop up. That is not the case at all and instead what we have is a much more linear kind of experience. Noire went into it thinking this was a massive open-world style game, similar to what Grand Theft Auto offers. In my experience, those who did not care for L.A. The voice acting as you would expect from a game with Rockstar on the box is just incredible! Know What You Are Getting Into It is not always easy to do, but the way the game goes about it is very impressive. When you are talking to people, you need to look at their face to try and get a read on them. It is incredible stuff that they managed to do. It is not just the fact that they look lifelike, but the fact that their facial animations look more realistic than in many other more modern games. These characters look very, very lifelike. One of the main things that had people excited about the game was the way the characters look. From the fashion, the cars, and the way people behave it truly is a joy for the eyes. LA is brought to life incredibly well and the 1940s setting gives it a look, unlike any other game. Noire or the newer version this is a fantastic looking game. No matter if you are playing the original L.A. The ending section of the game is where the story falls flat for me and from what I have experienced most other people too.
I thought the story progression was great and each case that I worked on felt important and I was determined to get to the bottom of it.