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* [[Base Breaker]]: Kelso.
▲* [[Awesome Music]]: Has it's [[LA Noire (Video Game)/Awesome Music|own page]].
** On the flip side, finding out about
▲* [[Base Breaker]]: Kelso. {{spoiler|Everyone falls into one of two camps: either he's a total badass who was a better protagonist and more fun to play than Cole, or he's [[The Scrappy]] who derailed the last few cases of the game due to being a [[Marty Stu]] action hero in a Noir setting.}} There are no exceptions.
* [[Catharsis Factor]]: It feels SO fucking good to run over the racist, sexist douchebag known as Roy Earle with a car. Granted, you get a [[Game Over]] if you kill him, but it still feels SO satisfying to do it.
▲** On the flip side, finding out about {{spoiler|Cole and Elsa's affair}} can be a potential base breaker, either showing the former's still human or being the point he becomes unlikable.
* [[Complete Monster]]:
▲* [[Catharsis Factor]]: It feels SO fucking good to run over the racist, sexist douchebag known as Roy Earle with a car. Granted, you get a [[Game Over]] if you kill him, but it still feels SO satisfying to do it.
*
**
** While not a significant villain,
* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: Most of Cole's partners. Even Roy has some fans.
** [[The Coroner|Dr. Malcolm "Mal" Carruthers]].
** Captain James Donnelly for being an Irish Catholic [[Badass]].
* [[Freud Was Right]]: Rusty boils down ninety percent of the L.A. Homicides to this.
** Rusty's Rule: If he's bangin' her, he's our killer.
* [[Germans Love David Hasselhoff]]: The game has turned out to be an unexpected hit in Japan, [http://kotaku.com/5821008/la-noire-is-japans-bestselling-game-just-one-of-many-western-successes topping local games charts]. This is presumably owing more to the game's narrative-heavy structure, reminiscent of local [[Visual Novel|visual novels]] than anything else.
* [[Good Bad Bugs]]: It is full of glitches and weirdness. Just see [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BaxwvBBs48 this video
** [http://youtu.be/O0DC5Fiz0-A More fun glitches].
* [[Hype Backlash]]: The initial previews and reviews for the game seemed to indicate it would be a solid contender for Game of the Year on several websites, but increasing complaints by players about the somewhat underdeveloped
* [[Idiot Plot]]: The Homicide desk. Hoo boy. {{spoiler|About half a dozen women all found dead in the ''exact'' same unusual circumstances, some with messages clearly meant to taunt the police, and it isn't until the penultimate case that anyone seriously entertains the idea that there's a serial killer
* [[It's Easy So It Sucks]]: Some have argued that the gunplay being overly simplified (compared to GTA and Red Dead Redemption) makes the shoot out scenes either this, or frustratingly unpolished. It gets really noticeable near the end of the game when [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|things start going crazy.]]▼
▲* [[Idiot Plot]]: The Homicide desk. Hoo boy. {{spoiler|About half a dozen women all found dead in the ''exact'' same unusual circumstances, some with messages clearly meant to taunt the police, and it isn't until the penultimate case that anyone seriously entertains the idea that there's a serial killer.}} It's ''somewhat'' justified by Captain Donnelly being a borderline [[Knight Templar]] obsessed with delivering swift retribution, but it's still jarring.
** However, Phelps does uncover more than enough evidence to charge the suspects, and even though he's wary of how convenient it all seems, he doesn't have the proof to say otherwise.
▲* [[It's Easy, So It Sucks]]: Some have argued that the gunplay being overly simplified (compared to
* [[Jerkass Woobie]]: Herschel Biggs.
* [[Magnificent Bastard]]: Arguably {{spoiler|Garrett Mason}}
* [[Marty Stu]]: Jack Kelso. For a guy who exists to show Cole he's not perfect, Kelso seems pretty perfect himself.
* [[Memetic Mutation]]: Troll Phelps.
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* [[Most Wonderful Sound]]: The clunking piano music you are rewarded with for making a successful accusation, as well as the sound of your XP bar filling.
** The sound that plays when you've discovered all the clues on a scene.
* [[Narm]]:
*
* [[Replacement Scrappy]]:
* [[Scrappy Mechanic]]: Many people have taken issue with the hyper-sensitive driving controls. Regardless of whether or not it's a problem, it's a definite polar opposite to the car handling in
▲* [[Replacement Scrappy]]: {{spoiler|Jack Kelso, who the writers seemed enamored with enough to make him pretty much subsume Cole's role in the story.}}
▲* [[Scrappy Mechanic]]: Many people have taken issue with the hyper-sensitive driving controls. Regardless of whether or not it's a problem, it's a definite polar opposite to the car handling in GTA IV.
** Also, Cole's ridiculous overreactions to doubting peoples' testimonies, followed by the fact that he ends up looking foolish and defeatist if the player chooses to revert their decision, make him look like a [[Rabid Cop]] with bipolar disorder. This became a source of [[Memetic Mutation]] literally hours after the game released.
** Killing a perp with a human shield is nigh impossible compared to ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV
* [[Squick]]: In abundance throughout the game, such as the Homicide cases, which heavily mimic the gruesome real life Black Dahlia murders, but especially
▲*** In terms of the gameplay, this is a result of the sprint function being revised; button mashing now only works when you're close enough to tackle a suspect. If you've played other Rockstar titles, though, you ''will'' find yourself being outdistanced at the beginning of a chase because [[Damn You Muscle Memory|said tackle button is located where the main sprint button was in GTA and Red Dead, while sprinting itself has been moved to a trigger.]]
* [[Strangled
▲**** And similarly, car chases: they're obviously scripted for the most part, witt chased cars accelerating unusually fast and turning so unnaturally as if they were pulled by an invisible string. This would be more believable if you were chasing sports cars, but some of the chases involve ''pickup trucks'', which are normally the some of the slowest vehicles in the game!
▲* [[Strangled By the Red String]]: Some fans don't take the lack of relation development between {{spoiler|Cole and Elsa}} well.
▲* [[Squick]]: In abundance throughout the game, such as the Homicide cases, which heavily mimic the gruesome real life Black Dahlia murders, but especially {{spoiler|during the Arson case 'A Walk in Elysian Fields' when Mr. Morelli's severely burnt corpse breaks apart. It even freaks out WWI vet Herschel Biggs.}}
* [[Visual Effects of Awesome]]: The new motion capture technology used in this game is put to good use in cutscenes. The detailed facial expressions can make you think you're watching a Live Action movie rather than playing a game.▼
** The tech is designed with the gameplay in mind, having players determine how truthful suspects are during questioning via facial expressions and body language. A possible case of [[Awesome Yet Practical]].▼
* [[Uncanny Valley]]: The faces of the people in the game ''are'' the actual faces of their voice actors. Whether this is creepy or not is up to you. If you're prone to being creeped out by realistic-looking computer animated characters, steer clear of this game. Made worse by the fact that you'll occasionally see NPCs talking to themselves in a very realistic manner, or hurling anger and insults (or flirting) at Cole for no particular reason.
** The motion capture for the rest of the body doesn't seem to be as sophisticated as it is for the face (example
** The skin of everyone is incredibly smooth, and oddly shiny sometimes. Take a look at your skin and see how smooth or shiny it is.
** It seems to have trouble capturing eyes/wrinkled skin. Case in point, [http://memberfiles.freewebs.com/69/76/52637669/photos/LA-Noire-General/LANhappytohelp.jpg John Noble].
*** [http://media.rockstargames.com/rockstargames/img/global/news/upload/lanoire_characters_nicholson.jpg Ron Perkins], who plays Fred Nicholson in the "Nicholson Electroplating" DLC case, is a similar example here.
** It can also terrify if you figure out the trick
** You can view all of its glory [http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-05-27-whos-who-in-l-a-noire-article here].
▲* [[Visual Effects of Awesome]]: The new motion capture technology used in this game is put to good use in cutscenes. The detailed facial expressions can make you think you're watching a Live Action movie rather than playing a game.
▲** The tech is designed with the gameplay in mind, having players determine how truthful suspects are during questioning via facial expressions and body language. A possible case of [[Awesome Yet Practical]].
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