In the latest issue of Game Informer Magazine, some new juicy details are to be had.
Cole Phelps is the lead character who is part of the LAPD in 1947, mind you the department is ridden with corruption.
Phelps moves up in ranks from traffic to vice and eventually landing in homicide. Interesting stuff.
It’s courtesy AGB and the entire list is below:
Phelps has his own issues to deal with, including some very bad things he did in World War II.
As a detective, you have to solve cases through a mixture of investigations, interviews and interrogations. According to the article in GI, when you come across a scene, you won’t find highlighted items sitting in obvious places.
Crime scenes are said to look natural and require a deft eye to spot important clues. See a pair of glasses on the ground of a supposed murder scene and you can pick them up, noting details such as the brand etched on the inside of the frame. These little bits of information are jotted down on your notepad, which can be brought up at any time.
Team Bondi is using revolutionary technology that could change the way games are made. The new facial motion capturing system sets actors alone in a giant room with cameras all around. In full make-up, the actor delivers their dialogue. Every facial moment is recorded, from the most exaggerate of motions to the slightest twitch of an eye.The dialogue is recorded at this time as well, creating a seamless scene. All of this is then translated into a 3D game landscape with no animators needed. The result? According to GI, it’s a picture-perfect rendering of the actor’s scene.
Like Mass Effect, your dialogue choices come from a handful of general options: coax, accuse or force. The way you handle an interview or interrogation is greatly determined by the reactions you get from the suspect. You can also refute testimony by selecting clues from your notebook.
So for almost 3 years, or even more we haven’t heard a word concerning LA Noire and suddenly new details come out plus a release window to boot?
Big things.
This game is looking really good I love these type of detective thinking games the more the better and with the new facial animation technology used in LA Noire this game is going to look superb graphically wise. Can’t wait to hear more on this title it’s shaping up very nicely.
I’m a big fan of the 40s-50s type stories, can’t wait to see how this one unfolds!
this whole detective theme sounds really interesting. And the new technology sounds really cool
Rockstar’s behind it, let’s hope it turns out to be something.
I’m hopeful.