First L.A. Noire Trailer

Rockstar Games: Today, we present the highly-anticipated first trailer for L.A. Noire. Coming in 2011 to Xbox 360® and PlayStation®3.

[scruffy_bear]

Looks awesome

[Jamegohanssj5]

I just want my fucking Rockstar North game!

Nice trailer though

TGSI

[TOO PAWNED]

insane facial animations

[vsr]

Awesome !!!!!!!

[UltraNova]

Is it me or this is the best voice over work ever?

[Eamon]

Yep, facial animations are the most detailed I've seen yet in any game.

[Active Reload]

*Link is broke*

[The Wood]

well its not bloody spam:(

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[Red_Orange_Juice]

Time to create a list of noire movies to watch, as a preparation for this game.

@Jamegohanssj5, you mean Agent

[lastdual]

And yet another game to look forward to in 2011. *looks at wallet* No complaining from you!

[SnuggleBandit]

"Made using in game graphics"

Very impressive for a multiplat. I bet this game is gonna own.

[EliteAssass1n]

Please, team bondi, learn from 2K Czeck and their Mafia 2 mistakes.

[Active Reload]

The facial animations will be setting the bar. They said they've put a lot of money into the tech and you won't see hardly any game matching it for some time to come.

[PSFan100]

I agree, the facial expressions are the most realistic i've seen in a game; you can still tell it's a computer generated image though. Very impressive.

[DORMIN]

This looks quality!

I want to see the gameplay.

[Game-ur]

2011 GOTY

It captures the classic 50s movie felling well.

[specialguest]

Facial animation looks better than that $137 million Final Fantasy: The Spirit Within movie.

[zeeshan]

Wow! Heavy Rain, Uncharted 2 and LA Noire. They both look soooo visually appealing! Imagine what the next generation of consoles will be able to do. Wow! Great stuff! Now please show us something, ANYTHING related to AGENT.

[RedDevils]

P.s.

TGSI = THE GEEK SAID IT :)

[doa766]

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[Red_Orange_Juice]

it's going to be a great game

[King-Leonidas]

face animations are spot on

[SKUD]

Agreed. I really hope this a great single player story. I'm dieing here for more.

[-Alpha]

Yeah the face animations are the best I've ever seen, my job dropped after seeing that black lady scream.

This is looking great.

[pantatkaula]

The facial animation is really good but I think Heavenly Sword is a bit better. King Bohan FTW!!

[visualb]

looks great! refreshing too, hopefully will have as much investigation as action

looking good =)

can't wait to see what Agent is like =O this but in 70's?!

sweeet!

[Mizz_mai]

facial animations are awesome....but i cant stand eople saying this set's the bar because it doesn't kratos's last opus still sh*ts on this from heights yet Uncharted(see what i did there...lol) but for real if you've only got a 360 dont comment on graphic prowess and which devs are raising bars........

[frostypants]

Just the other day as I was finishing up Red Dead Redemption, I thought about how cool it would be if they made a sandbox game with that level of depth (as opposed to GTA) but set in the Prohibition or Post War eras.

I had completely forgotten about LA Noire.

Sweet.

I'd rather it take place in NYC or Chicago, but it'll do.

[hikayu]

this will be the ground work for future Noire game from rockstar , just how GTA started .

[nnotdead]

i just hope they lessen the auto aim. one of the biggest problems i had with Red Dead was how easy it was due to the auto aim.

[Rip-Ridah]

All you have to do is go into the options and set the aiming to expert for single player and (if you desire) multiplayer. I did that as soon as I started the game. Much more challenging and enjoyable imo.

[nnotdead]

don't i feel foolish. i only go into menus to fix camera and mouse sensitivity. good thing i enjoyed the game for its story and character development. other wise i may have started to trash the game because i never went into the option menus.

[Christopher]

Definitely some top-notch in-engine non-gameplay scnes there. I like how they're focusing a lot on the characters in the cut scenes, but not likely you'll see this level of facial detail during gameplay.

My primary problem is that I know this is all 360 capture, not PS3. At least until R* finally proves otherwise, because so far they just haven't been able to handle the PS3 at the same level as the 360 this generation.

[stonecold3]

which they were showing off not the 360 version since it was a ps3 exclusive before it became multi

[Christopher]

Nope. That's definitely 360 version, stonecold3. It matches up to the quality of their other 360 videos almost perfectly and doesn't have any of the usual signs of being from their PS3 engine.

Just because this was marketed in the very early days of development as a PS3 exclusive doesn't mean this didn't begin early development on both platforms. It's been two years, they had more than enough time to get both going in parallel, with the majority of work being on core design and functionality. And, R* is _known_ for utilizing the 360 as the main development platform and porting over to the PS3.

[ReservoirDog316]

That looks pretty sick to be honest. Even the the atmosphere is thick with that noir feeling, it still looks more likable than mafia 2. Something about those cutscenes just felt annoying.

But whatever, another game to look forward to next year. Can't wait.

[DigitalAnalog]

But the lip-syncing.... OH my, if Heavy Rain could only utilized this tech.

-End statement

[AngryTypingGuy]

Didn't watch the trailer yet, but I've read enough about it to know that this game is gonna kick ass!

[NYC_Gamer]

i'm feeling the vibe of this game from the trailer

[mrmikew2018]

It kind of reminds me of LA Confidental. If they can pull that off in the game, I'm all for it. Too bad we don't see more games like these this generation. Instead we get the same titles over and over again.

[Eamon]

but yeah, it does give off that feeling. No doubt, it must have had some inspiration for this game.

[beatrixkiddo]

LA confidential is suck a kick ass movie. I'm going to watch it tonight in honor of this trailer's release!

@ Eamon- time to change your taste in movies. LA confidential was up for several academy awards the year it was released including best picture. it may take some brainwaves to appreciate it but it's one of the best Noire movies ever made IMO

[jack_burt0n]

hmmm deeply underwhelmed looks over cooked.

[Eamon]

would you rather play some Black Ops?

[cranium]

Too true man. Thanks for the laugh.

[jarrod1981]

lol. rockstar is absolutely amazing. every thing they release is great. they make such great games its unbelievable. i cannot wait for this.

[BeOneWithTheGun]

Everyone is entitled to their opinion. That said, what makes you feel that way? It looked pretty good to me. Not hating just curious. The voice acting and facial animations seem pretty high bar.

[beavis4play]

it looked like one long cutscene - very nice to look at but i didn't see any gameplay. show me a game and i'll be able to comment on it.

[jack_burt0n]

I am one of the few who wont ever buy anything activision published.

My comment means it looks like they have spent 3years working on facial animation, decided they needed a game and stuck it on top of mafia 2. Ignore the facial animations and thats exactly what it looks like lol.

[Shaman]

They were right about their facial animation tech.Its the best i have seen,definitely.

[visualb]

I disagree, even RDR is as good =| with exception of one guy, there isn't anything amazing

Enslaved and Uncharted 2 have better facial animations , fine, they aren't not open world like this game, but I wouldn't say this is "the best ever"

one of the best for sure though...

[trounbyfire]

is up there as well

[TOO PAWNED]

who ever says Uncharted 2 or HS have better facial animation, get of that weed man. Seriously. I love Uncharted 2 and it is second best, this game judging by this trailer takes the top spot. If you don't see that i recommend taking off those fanboy glasses.

[Quagmire]

Agree, Uncharted and Heavy Rain definitely win in the Graphics department, and while their facial animations are good, this game just pushes it to a whole new sense of believability. Too bad the GFX had to compromised for multiplat development tho.

[Eamon]

Uncharted 2 has better graphics and amazing animations

but LA Noire's facial animations beats Uncharted 2.

[The Wood]

can visualb's comment be marked as trolling....what are people on here. I mean if his edit changed it then fair enough but it seems opinions arent even allowed when some mods are lurking...

Im liking this trailer and i liked LA confidential. Its a fresh setting and the facial animation did look good. I wondering what the actual gameplay looks like

[The real killer]

Wow, your disagree's getting reported as trolling.
How sad it is you can't see true about it.

In my eyes is GOW3 the best looking facial animation and then Uncharted 2, but this one look also very good.

[BillOreilly]

Its good but alan wake, uncharted, and enslaved were on par with what i saw here. This game, while the setting is interesting, as of this trailer seems very bland and boring. That might change when i see gameplay but i think it will be gta 1950's. Gta series got stale last gen. Its the same game every time. I have played 7 yes seven gta games. If this has investigating, more heavy rain storytelling i might buy.

[Antan]

Now THAT is some serious lip sync technology!

[mrmikew2018]

I will say this is the first "multi-platform" title that the facial animation can compete with the ones in Heavenly Sword. However it looks like another GTA/Mafia game. The good lord knows we don't need another one of those type of games. Hopefully there is something new in it that seperates it from those titles, I don't want to judge the game before even I played it, so hopefully the game is release before the next olympics.

Edit:

All that is left is Agent and Max Payne 3, hopefully these titles are unveil sometime next year.

[Sunny_D]

However, you are wrong. GTA/Mafia games make you the criminal living a criminal life. Here, you are a detective/private eye looking for the criminals. There's a difference and it should be different to play from the other side of the law.

[Baka-akaB]

we do need more of those . more than dont always try making you play a bandit , be it good hearted or evil or a plain shooter .

From previous accounts , the game is "supposed" to be an open world investigation game . Think heavy rain or those traditional pc adventure games , in an open world .

We never had anything like that yet .

[jjank11]

Sure we have things like this before. Its basically just playing the good guy instead of the bad guy. It honestly is not that different in my eyes. There are plenty of investigation games out there.

I agree with the OP about competing with Heavenly sword but I haven't played that one in a year or more so maybe it looks outdated now.

[Baka-akaB]

you never had an open world investigation game . I'm pretty sure of that . Alan wake was originally going to do it , but changed along the project .

You had at best shooting games with without/cars as open world games .

With that in mind i dont see how one can claim it's more of the same thing .

[Der_Kommandant]

Voice acting looks beyond incredible

[tomisnever]

Voice acting sounds* beyond incredible! Hah yeah i agree, especially the guy with the sean Connery vibes.

[gillri]

cant wait...been waiting for ages

[hatchimatchi]

looks awesome to me, it'll be like playing an interactive version of l.a. confidential.

[Convas]

Looks mighty solid. Team Bondi looks like they may have pulled off a masterpiece. Can't wait for some gameplay!

[Johandevries]

PC PC PC PC PC PC

[Xfanboy]

no PC damn!! would look nice in full HD!!

[NYC_Gamer]

the PC version will come later....like most Rockstar titles

[Johandevries]

Red Dead Redemption doesn't seem to come :(

[DeathMetal]

Gta 4 took 8 months to come for Pc, it's only been not even six for RDR * crosses fingers *

[Pedantic91]

A trip through Uncanny Valley !

[BYE]

This game is gonna be a big one.

Day 1 for sure!

[EazyC]

Now we need a GTA V trailer!

[Eamon]

And an Agent trailer! >.<

[djreplay]

Next Thursday for first Agent teaser trailer, mark my words.

[Quagmire]

Don't forget max payne 3!

[Syaz1]

speaking of max payne 3, i think team bondi should handle the max payne fanchise, while rockstar vancouver should leave max payne alone and go back to the bully franchise.

[jay2]

The only thing thats really ruined this is once again another open world game restricted in size going multi platform. What Sony need to do is bring Getaway/8 Days back to show what 50GB game do for open world games.

[Ashriel]

Again with this sh*t? How has multiplatform development affected open world games?

Look at Just Cause 2, RDR, Far Cry 2, FO:NV, GTA4. Compare them to Infamous (wich is the only exclusive open world game I can think of), for example.

50gb don't mean shit when it comes to the size of an open world game.

[plenty a tool]

bubbles up

these idiots that say things like that are annoying.... but you forgot too add saints row to that list. another game that destroys infamous in every department

[Thatguy-310]

buddy have you seen infamous 2 ??? LOOKS FREAKING AMAZING !!!THATS WHAT 50GB CAN DO

[maxcer]

"buddy have you seen infamous 2 ??? LOOKS FREAKING AMAZING !!!THATS WHAT 50GB CAN DO"

the topic of discussion was the city size of infamous1, way to change the subject so you don't have to answer the tough questions...

[Redempteur]

???
what about infamous 2 ?

[gigaware]

You do know the history of open world games running on both consoles right? Especially RockStar games. Your size claim is bull PS3 has Blu-ray and PS3 still struggles with open world games. Your secret code is obviously a attempted dig at the 360.

[JonnyBigBoss]

The faces. Oh man!!! The facial movements are fantastic...

[Sevir04]

Its amazing!!! its really up there with the best in the industry right now. i love the feel of it. but the graphics arent mind blowing. i noticed alot of clipping in it. It looks amazing though and i want to play through this game so :-) i'm happy. now all i want to see next is Agent. if LA Noire's techis being used by R* North then it will be amazing when it's finally shown. :-) my God

[dorron]

Looks great.

[SeraphimBlade]

*fanboy squee*

I got a good feeling this is gonna be awesome

[TomSawyer187]

I've been waiting for this title since the GameInformer article. The facial animations look great.

[Ashriel]

Can't wait! *-* Is there any info about the gameplay??

[Tilian]

...the main actor is Aaron Staton (Ken Cosgrove) from Mad Men. His face and voice are perfect matches. Anybody else pick up on this?

EDIT: Yes, I was right:
http://popwatch.ew.com/2010...

[xyxzor]

I would say the lip-syncing in this title is about the same as Uncharted 2. There's a little bit of a dip in environmental textures but that's completely understandable since it's an open world title.

[Whoooop]

L.A. Confidential made into a game...

[-Gespenst-]

The voice acting's some of the best I've heard in a video game, and the facial animations are pretty good. Some of them seem a little bit flat; the lead guy really doesn't seem to emote, but maybe that's the idea. I'll need to see more if i'm to be convinced that it's better than heavenly sword. Still it is unbelievably awesome.

Also, does anyone else find that woman screaming at around 0:19 to be fucking scary? Her face bugs the fuck out! It looks sort of glitchy or something.

[oilahize]

but they said they would remove the uncanny valley. I think Uncharted 2 still does the best job at this. Maybe even RDR does it better. Ok I think my problem is the motion capture of the bodies. Idk...still can't put my finger on it.

[Ahasverus]

UNcharted is not realistic, it's stylized realism if want to call it so, LA noire is going to realism so it's more difficult.

I would have prefered stylized realism though.

[TheGuardianFID]

are second to none, WOW, impressive, most impressive, SOLD!!! 8)

[gillri]

its comon knowledge there isnt a PC version so why the surprise

I doubt there will be a port unless there is a RDR port

[TANUKI]

You know you got something special here, when the scripting, voice acting and environment are superb!

Pre-order away!

[Pug]

Well this could be the first Rockstar game I buy this gen. I skipped GTA and RDR as there wasn't anything new there, just looked like the same game with much repetition but with different settings and newer graphics.

Providing this isn't "GTA in the 50s" I'll take a look. The investigative side makes it look interesting and it might have something a bit deeper than the norm. It's on my radar.

[stuntman_mike]

I just really hope they dont release it with loads of glitches like rockstar usually do (even tho some of them make the game fun). maybe thats to much to ask of a dev in this day and age.

the facial animation is phenominal, just hope the rest of the game matches it.

[Filthy]

This game looks really cool, but I'm hoping against hope that it doesn't come with R*'s "trademark" sense of humor. Red Dead was cool, intriguing, and fresh... except for the sense of humor, which we've seen in every R* game to date. I'm sick of it; they do mature titles with childish fluff scattered all over the world that just brings down the experience

[Figboy]

facial animation i've seen this generation since Heavenly Sword and Uncharted 2.

i was worried when LA Noire kept having delay after delay after delay, but now i see it was, at the least, time well spent on perfecting this tech.

consider this game back on my list.

[jalen247]

Best facial animations to date....yes even better than Uncharted 2 and Heavenly Sword.

But Heavenly Sword is not far behind.

[Cock4Gamers]

is it just me or do the entire character models look 10x better than they should just because of this facial animation tech 0_0

[The_Devil_Hunter]

Facial animations look top notch!
Looks awesome.

[Ahasverus]

Damn Rockstar, when will cease to amaze me? answer: NEVER! :D

[Fozzy25]

This will prove what Aussie developers can do with the proper time and budget, can't wait!

[UltimateSin]

Tits.

[prayforjoejoe]

Hey, I dont mean to start anything but this game has been 6 years in the making and honestly, it shows. Aside from what everyone is calling "brilliant facial animations"(which btw I doubt anyone on here has even hand keyed or animated anything) the game's constant refreshing to keep up with new technology is kinda showing. I love the voices and the theme of this game, I want it to work. But from that trailer, I have to be honest, they didn't show me anything that I haven't already seen in Mafia 2. I read the game informer article about this a couple months ago...that got me more excited for this game than this.

I guess time will tell if this game will be as great as the hype its getting on here.

[DAS692]

5 Thumbs up for the facial animation in that game!!! REALLY! BETTER THAN ANY I'VE SEEN TODAY... (That includes Uncharted AND Heavy Rain)

[SuperbVillain]

wow the facial animations look amazing,best I've seen this gen,so far!

[Gameplay999]

awesome speech animations.

[TheLastGuardian]

Wow, those facial animations are just wow. I wish devs would stop making must play games for now. I want to play them all but I will have to spend over a thousand dollars in 2011.

[NnT3291]

Holy sh*t ! the facial animations are out of this world, the best I've ever seen.

[silvacrest]

this looks very promising

and yes facial animation look so damn good

[creamsoda]

They should have used this tech for Max Payne 3 since Max Payne 1/2 were sort of like this tech just not as advanced, they used real actors faces in the Max Payne games they should have done the same sort of thing for Max Payne 3.

[kratosgdz]

Another source, above slots are filled: http://www.ps3news.com/Play...

[OminaeYu]

The best facial animation I've ever seen in a game cut seen or otherwise. I'd buy the game on this alone.

Check this out - http://blind-edge.blogspot....

[v0rt3x]

I'll give you my opinion -

I don't think the facial expression and the lip sync is that good at all - and I'll tell you why:

It's because you're noticing it.

When we talk to people, and engage in communication and socialize with them - we usually do not take notice of their "lip sync" or emotional facial expression.

We do this sub-consciously - in my opinion.

To me - most of the facial expressions and the lip sync looks to me like you are watching slow-motion recorded material.

I think its over-detailed.

Reality as we know it is usually not pretty - and when games add imperfections to them - like scratches on the face, or pimples - that's when we say - WOW! This character has texture, this character has depth!

Another great way to see the lip sync from another perspective is to switch off the sound and try to read their lips.

Granted - not everyone can read lips - but especially when you know what they are saying - its usually easier to do.

Perhaps then you'll notice its not that great after all.

But again - my own opinion.

For those really interested in some good facial expressions - (again my own opinion) - check out: Enslaved.

[Lipscomba]

Is it just me, or did one of them look like a young Jack Nicholson? Awesome!