Long-Delayed L.A. Noire Gets Trailer, Spring 2011 Release 54
It's been years since the announcement of L.A. Noire, an expansive murder mystery game set in 1940s Los Angeles. After several lengthy delays, Rockstar Games has now posted a trailer and confirmed that the game will release in Spring of 2011. One of the game's major undertakings is to step up the realism of the voice acting and the way characters' faces and bodies are animated, "allowing players to analyze every subtle nuance of an actor's performance in order to get to the truth." The trailer shows in-game footage (though not actual gameplay), and while it's always a good idea to take such displays with a grain of salt, the facial expressions do look pretty realistic.
I think this about sums it up (Score:4, Insightful)
http://i.imgur.com/BITmX.jpg [imgur.com]
Re:Uncanny Valley here we come! (Score:2, Insightful)
The faces do look real, but I am going to have to agree with the uncanny valley crowd here and say that they look creepy.....maybe it looks better on an hd tv than it does in the trailer, but damn those things were creepy.
It's chiefly because of the terrible (or rather, nonexistent) lighting. Seriously, it looks like global lighting from a 2002 game. I hope it's because it's only an alpha.
i cant tell if real people are lying (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:I think this about sums it up (Score:3, Insightful)
If you ignore the fact that it features a huge sandbox world many times the size of all combined doom levels, and isn't even an FPS, then your point stands! A++ would read again!
Re:Could go 2 ways (Score:3, Insightful)
Why don't the hats cast shadows on faces? (Score:1, Insightful)
Re:No PC version. (Score:4, Insightful)