Review of L.A. Noire

When I first played this game I automatically got attached. You play as a detective named Cole Phelps, he was previously a war hero and now he is a crime fighter. He is married with two daughters and he seems to be the strong, intelligent quiet type. Throughout the game you get an overview of what life was like back in the late 1940's in LA and the amount and type of crime that took place. When playing LA Noire, it personally felt like a movie because there was so much storyline and there's just something about it that kept me intrigued right from the beginning to the very end mission. As the game and story progresses, you get to know Cole more and that he really loves his job and he wants to keep crime of the streets. You become attached to him and what he has been through and everything that he goes through, you go through with him. After doing two patrol missions, you are promoted by the Captain to the traffic desk, as the Captain sees the potential in Cole and the determination. Because he does so well and is a great case man, he gets promoted to homicide where he eventually catches the city's serial killer and he is the type of cop that is always being talked about and is always in the newspapers. You're then on the vice desk where you do missions that are based on drugs and a ship was robbed and now there is morphine being sold on the streets to everyday people, even though they were only meant to be used during the war for injury pain. An incident happens in Cole's life and he cheats on his wife and therefore is demoted to the arson desk. With every desk there is a big plot, and you can see that Rockstar have thought long and hard about every last detail. Some say this game isn't good enough and there are too many mistakes, or they were 'disappointed' but I certainly wasn't. I was amazed with the efforts and just the game play in general that I've completed it 13 times and got all the achievements (for the xbox 360)and I just love everything about it. You connect with everyone you meet and the special features are amazing because in every other cop game that I've played there has never been things like searching for evidence, interrogating suspects, chasing suspects, meeting new partners on every desk and on top of all that it brings in Cole's life as well so it isn't all just about police work. My personal favourite mission that really gets your brain ticking is "The Quarter Moon Murders" I think this was amazing how you had to find the serial killer by following his clues, which obviously made Cole look incredibly intelligent to figure it out and it was just astonishing. If you haven't played it yet, and you're into fighting, shooting, solving, drama and everything else that comes with it, then definitely try LA Noire. I can assure you, you'll like it.