LA Noire

I'm going to start out by just saying that I LOVE this game. I'm a huge fan of the Noir genre and have always wanted a game set in it, and now here it is. As soon as I got it from my local gamestop's midnight release, I put this in and started playing. The game was so good, I nearly played for two days straight until I beat it. It most definitely would have taken longer, but I cheated and used the strategy guide, and boy did I need it. Like many people, I fancy myself a detective, using my own intuition to guess the plot-twists and the identity of the killers in Mystery Movies, but this game will throw you for a loop if you try that. That's not to say that it can't be done but it will surely make the gaming experience last longer and add a great level of difficulty to it. With that said, I still think this is an awesome game with a excellently written story.

One of the greatest thngs about the game though is its graphics. LA Noire has the best Game Avatars I've ever seen. Seriously, they're so life-like, there were times I forgot I was playing a game and thought I was watching a movie. And to make things even more fun, they have a cast of the proverbial who's who of television actors. There were so many faces I recognized from various shows including Aaron Staton as Cole Phelps, Gil McKinney as Jack Kelso, Michael McGrady as Rusty Galloway, Andrew Connelly as Captain James Donnelly, Keith Szarabajka as Herschel Biggs, Erika Heynatz as Elsa Lichtmann; as well as Alexis Cruz, Daniel Roebuck, William O'Leary, Brian Krause, Haley Ramm, and John Noble.