Within minutes of starting our hands on session with the Nintendo Switch version of L.A. Noire, Rockstar’s classic 1940s-set detective title, we’re confronted with the sprawled out body of a female murder victim. Fully naked, badly beaten and mutilated, this poor woman’s body has been dumped in the hills above the Los Angeles neighborhood of Westlake with a pair of initials scribbled on her torso in red lipstick.
Not exactly the kind of experience you’d expect to have on a Nintendo console. We’re not in New Donk City anymore.
Perhaps that’s what makes L.A. Noire such a perfect choice to act as Rockstar’s Switch debut – the game is so far removed from anything else on Nintendo’s hybrid machine that it comes as a refreshing change of pace from the colorful, kid-friendly characters that usually populate the console.
As police detective Cole Phelps, you’ll be tasked with solving a number of crimes within the Homicide, Vice and Arson divisions of the LAPD. To do so, you’ll need a mind for investigation, a keen eye for detail, problem solving skills and, of course, a quick trigger finger.
Though the game was originally …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Gaming
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