la noire downloadable content ps4 LA Noire Remastered: 6 Things To Know Before Buying. Rockstar's LA Noire is finally releasing on November 14 th for Xbox One, PS4 and PC. However, this isn't just an ordinary release – this is LA Noire Remastered with better visuals and all previously released content. If you've never heard of LA Noire before but want to know if its investigation-minded gameplay is for you, then we'll run down some of its key aspects here. What's changed and is the entire experience still worth it six year later? Let's take a look. Investigations. You play as Cole Phelps, a USMC veteran that gets into police work at the end of World War 2. It's Los Angeles, California where the music is swinging, the cops dress classy and the mob is still very much around. Phelps takes on cases from different departments within the LAPD and after receiving his partner, he has to go around searching for clues and interrogating witnesses. Do a good job in a case and you're assigned Stars at the end of it. Melee combat, gun play and driving do play some part in the overall experience but this isn't Grand Theft Auto. You can't just pull out a firearm whenever you wish and the driving is very on-rails. There are side cases to complete called Street Crimes which see some characters re-emerge. All in all, it's a very mission-driven experience that focuses on characterisation, investigation and interrogation. A free roam mode is also available where you can complete different activities but the real meat of the game is in the campaign. Good Cop, Bad Cop, Accuse. Speaking of interrogations, LA Noire is full of them. Based on who you interrogate, you could either wind up with more evidence or accuse the suspect of the crime. Using information gathered up till that point can help your case. Unlike the original release, LA Noire Remastered now uses the Good Cop, Bad Cop and Accuse options when interrogating. You can either be nice to a suspect to gather information, go insane or simply accuse them of something that they or may not have committed. You'll need to pay close attention to a suspect or witness to see where they could be lying and press them further. Such is the importance of interrogation and investigation that you can actually skip an action sequence if you fail it three times and just continue with the story. The Facial Animations. When interrogating witnesses, as noted above, you need to watch their faces for discerning expressions. Thankfully, LA Noire offers some of the best facial animations in the industry thanks to MotionScan. The technology used 32 cameras to record facial expressions of the actors from numerous angles, thus allowing every nuance of an expression to shine through. The result is a bit uncanny but also uneven – some things in LA Noire just don't look as impressive as the facial animations. In order to assist the core gameplay mechanic, however, they're top-notch and it's always great to see something so gorgeous actually having a purpose in the game. Includes All DLC. Of course, Rockstar Games recognizes that LA Noire is a 2011 game. Along with improved graphics that include better texture details, new camera angles and improved weather, LA Noire Remastered will also include all previously released DLC. The Naked City offers a new Administrative case that's an homage to the 1948 film; A Slip of The Tongue is all about grand theft auto; Nicholson Electroplating deals with Arson; and so on and so forth. You also get all the in-game items that were only available as pre-order content like the Chicago Piano Gun, the Broderick and Sharpshooter suits and Badge Pursuit Challenge which sees you gathering 20 badges that have been littered around the city. So even if you complete the 20 hour or so long story, there will be plenty to keep you busy afterwards. Nintendo Switch Features. Perhaps the most intriguing aspect of LA Noire Remastered is that it's also coming to the Nintendo Switch. This will be Rockstar's first game for the hybrid console and it runs in 720p resolution in handheld mode. Touch screen controls and motion controls that can be activated when the Joy- Cons are detached are included but you can avoid using them. In terms of performance, LA Noire Remastered works extremely well and the Nintendo Switch is the perfect solution for carrying the series on the go. The only drawback is that a digital copy of the game takes up 29 GB of space which exceeds the Switch's internal memory. A microSD card will be necessary but even those who purchase the physical cartridge will need some additional space since a 14 GB digital download is required anyway. Worth Buying? Honestly, yes though you might want to wait for more information on the Switch version's performance. LA Noire is one of those games which everyone should play through once. There's truly nothing like it and the gameplay is simply phenomenal when everything clicks together. LA Noire gets re-release for PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. LA Noire was one of the bigger blockbuster titles in the previous generation, offering eerily realistic facial expressions and a great 1940s take on Los Angeles. The development hell was well-documented though, while the interrogation scenes were criticised by more than a few reviewers. But the game still seems like a ball, so colour us surprised to hear that LA Noire is coming to PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch (!). The news was announced by Rockstar Games and also includes word of a VR title, featuring seven cases from the original game. “We’re taking our first steps into virtual reality with LA Noire: The VR Case Files , featuring select cases from the original game rebuilt specifically for a virtual reality experience on the HTC Vive,” Rockstar Games wrote on its website. The publisher has detailed the improvements for the Switch version as well. LA Noire is making an appearance on all current generation consoles, Rockstar announced. “ LA Noire for the Nintendo Switch features the complete original game and all additional downloadable content, with specific enhancements including a Joy-Con mode with gyroscopic, gesture-based controls, HD rumble and new wide and over-the-shoulder camera angles, plus contextual touch screen controls for portable detective work.” It’s unclear whether the touch screen controls will be disabled when playing in docked mode, however. What about specific improvements to the PS4 and Xbox One version? “ LA Noire for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One delivers the complete original game and all additional downloadable content with a range of technical enhancements for greater visual fidelity and authenticity, including enhanced lighting and clouds, new cinematic camera angles, high resolution textures and more,” Rockstar wrote. “Plays (sic) natively in 1080p for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One consoles, and stunning 4K for PlayStation 4 Pro and Xbox One X, these versions capture the grit and grime of the City of Angels like never before. L.A. Noire. A dark and violent crime thriller set against the backdrop of 1940’s Los Angeles. Amid the post-war boom of Hollywood's Golden Age, Cole Phelps, an LAPD detective is thrown headfirst into a city drowning in its own success. Corruption is rampant, the drug trade is exploding, and murder rates are at an all-time high. In his fight to climb the ranks and do what's right, Phelps must unravel the truth behind a string of arson attacks, racketeering conspiracies and brutal murders, battling the L.A. underworld and even members of his own department to uncover a secret that could shake the city to its rotten core. Utilizing revolutionary facial animation technology that captures every nuance of an actor's facial performance in astonishing detail, L.A. Noire blends the breathtaking action of chases and shootouts with true detective work for an unprecedented interactive experience. Solve brutal crimes, plots and conspiracies inspired by real crimes from 1947 Los Angeles, one of the most corrupt and violent times in L.A. history. Search for clues, chase down suspects and interrogate witnesses as you struggle to find the truth in a city where everyone has something to hide. • Showcased in 1080p for the PlayStation®4 and stunning 4K for PlayStation®4 Pro. • Includes the complete original game and all additional downloadable content plus new collectibles and detective suits to unlock, each with unique special abilities. • Features an array of technical and graphical enhancements for a more realistic Los Angeles. What's the deal with. LA Noire on Nintendo Switch? If you don't know what all the fuss is about, we've got you covered. Rockstar's decision to bring LA Noire to the Nintendo Switch - as well as PS4 and Xbox One - came out of the blue earlier this year and wasn't an unwelcome one. Developed by the now-defunct Team Bondi under director Brendan McNamara in his sole collaboration with Rockstar, LA Noire was originally released in 2011 and saw Aaron Staton star as Detective Cole Phelps, a decorated World War II veteran turned cop, as he policed the streets of pre-freeway 1940s Los Angeles. A bit of a flawed diamond, LA Noire was famous for its intricate period recreation of LA and its slow-paced, investigative gameplay. So what's the deal with the Nintendo Switch version? Is LA Noire on Nintendo Switch the full game? Yup. While some contemporary multiformat games have continued the sad Nintendo system tradition of being pared back to fit the platform's technical restrictions (we're looking at you, FIFA 18), LA Noire is a pretty fulsome port of the PS3 and Xbox 360 original, featuring all the original case files and downloadable content. LA Noire was a hefty game, especially with the DLC, so you're getting a really decent chunk of entertainment for your money. What's different about LA Noire on Nintendo Switch? Rockstar has updated a couple of key aspects of LA Noire for the Switch. The controls have been reworked to suit Joy-Con gameplay through a new Joy-Con mode, which features gyroscopic, gesture-based controls, HD rumble and new wide and over-the-shoulder camera angles, plus contextual touch-screen controls for when you're playing on the go. For example, when you're interrogating a suspect you can now tap the type of question you want to ask from options on-screen rather than using the buttons. Speaking of interrogations, something everyone noticed in the recent LA Noire Nintendo Switch trailer, which you can see below, is changes to the prompts you're given during interrogations. When the game originally shipped, you could choose between "Truth", "Doubt" and "Lie". Team Bondi had famously changed "Doubt" from "Force" in earlier drafts of the script after Aaron Staton had recorded his lines, meaning that his delivery of this second option often seemed. a little over the top. The Switch trailer shows new options "Good Cop", "Bad Cop" and "Accuse", which seems like a better compromise on the surface of it, although only time with the game will truly tell. So what is LA Noire actually about? Well, it's inspired by classic noir thrillers like The Big Sleep and Chinatown, meaning it's very moody and there's a lot of jazz. Over the course of the game, Phelps works his way through various parts of the LAPD until he's investigating grisly homicides, but this isn't a Grand Theft Auto-style game of running and gunning. Traveling around the city is often sedate, and you usually arrive at crime scenes after the fact and have to pick up the pieces. The emphasis is on police procedure - sifting through and marking evidence, interviewing witnesses, and building a case, before you finally interrogate a suspect. Fittingly for a Rockstar game, the research that underpins the whole thing is meticulous and fascinating. The period recreation of Los Angeles is something else, complete with landmarks that have long since disappeared, and the game's fiction draws on well-known crimes of the era, touching on mobsters, serial killers and more. Naturally there's more to it than just solving unconnected cases, and over the course of Phelps' adventure we learn much more about him and his war background, as well as the dark forces manipulating things around the city. It's always gripping, and while it stumbles in a few places - we seem to remember the second half of the game feeling a bit disappointing compared to the first - it remains unlike anything else you can play. We certainly can't remember another game that invested so much in its setting only to take such a restrained approach to what you can do in it, and we mean that as a compliment. Is the LA Noire Nintendo Switch version the best? That's pretty subjective. The PS3 and Xbox 360 originals are obviously fine and stand up well, while the PS4 and Xbox One updates released alongside the Switch version feature a range of technical enhancements. Rockstar says these include "enhanced lighting and clouds, new cinematic camera angles, high resolution textures and more". Plus the game now plays natively in 1080p, while PS4 Pro and Xbox One X users can play in 4K. Graphics aren't everything, though, and if you're a big fan of the flexibility and portability of the Nintendo Switch format, as we are, then you may prefer to experience the game that way. We certainly know plenty of people who will find it easier and faster to work their way through a game like LA Noire on Switch than they would do on a home console. It's also worth remembering that LA Noire: The VR Case Files is due out for HTC Vive in December, featuring seven of the original self-contained cases from LA Noire rebuilt in virtual reality. That's not quite the same as these remasters, but if you want to experience 1940s LA as though you were really there, that may be the one to try. L. A. Noire. A dark and violent crime thriller set against the backdrop of 1940’s Los Angeles. Utilizing revolutionary facial animation technology that captures every nuance of an actor's facial performance in astonishing detail, L.A. Noire blends the breathtaking action with true detective work for an unprecedented interactive experience. Solve brutal crimes, plots and conspiracies inspired by real crimes from 1947 Los Angeles, one of the most corrupt and violent times in L.A. history. • Showcased in 1080p for PS4™ and stunning 4K for PS4™ Pro. • Includes the complete original game and all additional downloadable content plus new collectibles and detective suits to unlock, each with unique special abilities. • Features an array of technical and graphical enhancements for a more realistic Los Angeles. Rockstar Games, Inc. ©2006–17. Rockstar Games, LA Noire, and R* are marks/logos/copyrights of Take-Two. Portions (c) Copyright Master Licensing. All rights reserved. 1 player 18GB minimum save size DUALSHOCK®4 Vibration Function HD Video Output 720p,1080i,1080p.