Error message   Game Review: L.A. Noire  You pretty much know
what you're getting into with this game just from the title. A
good, old fashioned, film noir crime drama based in Los Angeles.
Think Chinatown or The Big Sleep, except you're controlling one
of the guys from Mad Men. No, not that one...this one.  If
you've played any of the games in Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto
series, L.A. Noire will feel familiar. It's a third person, open
world game. You explore on foot and in cars; the vehicles
evoking models from the mid-1940s, where the game takes place.
Your character starts as a beat cop, but quickly gets promoted
to detective in the L.A.P.D. Each mission starts with a video
clip of a crime. Then you're assigned the case, you drive to the
scene, and you start looking around. This generally involves
walking in circles till the controller vibrates, then hitting X
to see what's on the ground. Not everything you pick up is
relevant, though. After you get enough clues, you can interview
any potential witnesses.