Rockstar’s long-awaited sandbox thriller, LA Noire, gets a release date, as well as a spectacular trailer, which you can see within…
I don’t normally go weak at the knees over every advance in graphical realism in videogames – let’s face it, such things usually slip by unnoticed after a few minutes’ play – but the quite remarkable digital faces in LA Noire have really got my attention.
Far from the computer-generated, stiff-jawed ghouls we’ve been subjected to in numerous other games, the characters in LA Noire actually look and behave like the actors who play them – Mad Men’s Aaron Staton is immediately recognisable as the game’s protagonist, Cole Phelps, and the other players in Rockstar’s upcoming interactive thriller are all similarly capable of expressing proper, identifiable facial expressions.
The studio’s startling usage of cutting-edge technology would be meaningless without a decent game behind it, and LA Noire looks as though it excels in this department, too, offering a sandbox 1947 LA to explore, and a crazed sociopath to track down.
The new trailer, which you can see below, is made up entirely of in-game footage, and it looks quite brilliant. After almost six years in development, we’re relieved to learn that we won’t have to wait too much longer for the game to appear, either – LA Noire is set for release on 20 May for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
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