1GR Designer's Playbook: LA Noire -- Game Design Analysis

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L.A. Noire was developed by Team Bondi and published by Rockstar. Available on Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and coming to PC.

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[Eoon]

It's interesting that you've mentioned that unability to forsee what COle will say during an intorrigation. I wanted LA Noire to be awesome, but this one thing keeps me from playing. I now realise that this might be because it ruins my immersion.

[LiamOrSomething]

Good Show! Keep making theese!

[dombou70]

Looks good man!

[MsWazza]

Awesome video Dom :)

[MegaOpie123]

good stuff dom, keep it up, thoroughly entertaining

[xIIAntonIIxx]

Great description and analysis of the game, interesting to look into that much depth of how the story is made. You should definitely do Mass Effect next.

Well done, I think this is the start to a great line of videos, looking forward to your next one.

[secretworldleader]

Another thing: you know how in Mass Effect if you stay at the dialogue wheel for too long text will appear showing the piece of NPC dialogue you're responding to? L.A Noire could have used that in interrogations.

[secretworldleader]

Also I thought Cole cheating on his wife seemed really out of character. Until then he had been a goody-two-shoes who wouldn't hurt a fly (unless it had broken the law of course)

[secretworldleader]

A flaw with the game: I think the part where cole's wife finds out about Elsa fell short as we hadn't met her or cole's daughters until that point. How was I supposed to care that I had hurt them if I didn't know them?

[bigglesfire89]

That was really fantastic Dom, very interesting and well put together. I think you've really managed to achieve something original here, and I'm genuinely looking forward to the next one. Congrats