Push Square to Doubt These L.A. Noire PS4 Remaster Rumours

Why "Of all systems"? That line confuses me.

But hey, more games for PS4 is more games for PS4. Granted, yes, it's L.A. Noire, but it isn't anything by David Cage so it's already better in my eyes. Did L.A Noire even make any profit first time around?

Tell you what, I bet those facial animations haven't aged well.

I wouldn't mind another chance to play this again. I barely gave it a go on 360 and I can't find a PS3 copy at all.

@KratosMD Yeah true. However, I kind of follow on from what some others have said regarding Switch, in that Nintendo chose third party games to prove the support is their. Like why bring FIFA, as EAs only game? Because it's their biggest selling franchise, and the most likely to do well, so if youre going to test the waters, do it with the biggest you've got that fits the market.

As for Rockstar doing this? Iunno. As I said maybe its to recoup costs, who knows, selling a remaster to the PS4 install base and a new market would be a good quick buck.

@ShogunRok and you know what, if those animations haven't aged well....that was a lot of money into that. This is my biggest gripe with "Realistic" styled games. It can look great when new, but as the technology evolves, and as we have actual real life as a comparison for that tech, the older stuff loses its luster faster than something straying from realism.

And honestly, that's a shame, because with all the tech Team Bondi bankrupted themselves with on it, it does look good. I remember checking it out when it was new-ish, and hell I was impressed. But now? The tech has improved, it looks closer to real life than before, and the older stuff has aged because of it.

I always meant to play it but never got around to it. I would probably get it if true.

@BLP_Software I agree, striving for realism above artistic style will always result in a dated look at some point down the line.

Loved LA Noire! One of my favourite PS3 games. Loved finding and driving all the old cars and played the entire game in it's black & white mode. Good times!

@get2sammyb THAT headline! You clever, you!

Don't know if I'd buy it again but it is a very good game. A remaster could be happening, everything else is getting one, but the rumors I've read all say Switch exclusive. If Nintendo fronted the cash, sure, but if not, doesn't make sense to leave out the PlayStation and Xbox userbases as well when there are some who would probably double dip.

@ShogunRok actually, those facial animations are still superb. Their checks puff out, their throats move when they talk etc. - all the little things that don't get animated in other games but make the faces so much more alive. Sure, the other graphics are dated, but those face animations are still the best face animations I have seen in a game.

I'd play it 🙂

La Noire looks and plays very well on my PS3. I liked the crime solving. Overall though i found the game only playable for short sessions. It's the slow pace, little action, and no life away from police work for character developement that brings the game down for me. The created world is too large and too wasted.

I was not hoping for GTA Noire but for something more like La Confidential. Instead i got the old Dragnet tv show. Good on tv but not so good for a video game.

With all that said i still enjoyed the game some.

@KratosMD What the hell are you talking about? If it was just Table Tennis you'd have a point but Bully and Manhunt are more "main" Rockstar games than LA Noire. The fact those existed on Wii means this would be pretty unsurprising.

Your second point I agree with though and I would prefer RDR, or even Bully and Manhunt again before this.

It's kinda understandable that they'd use this though, as an experiment in how well their games could run and sell on Switch. It's probably their simplest game bar Table Tennis and could probably be ported with minimal effort.

@Gamer83 If this is real it will definitely be on PS4 and X1 too. The rumour states PS4 anyway, and Nintendo would have many many more important projects to fund before this. I'd imagine if they were moneyhatting Rockstar they'd go for RDR2 or GTA5, anything else wouldn't be worth it really.

@KratosMD You're right but GTA, Red Dead, Max Payne and to a lesser extent Midnight Club are huge AAA mature games with massive budgets. To port them to Nintendo would incur a large cost that would be unlikely to be made back due to Nintendo's audience.

Bully, Table Tennis and Manhunt were ported to Wii because they are smaller games that could be done very easily and cheaply, and also because they fitted the system (Bully being Rockstar's least adult "full", "open world" type game, Manhunt and Table Tennis being amazing for motion controls). LA Noire falls comfortably into the second category so wouldn't be too surprising at all. Especially if they're porting it to PS4 and Xbox One anyway, and were already interesting in seeing whether the Switch could be a fit for them. Why not add that on too.

An odd rumour. It wouldn't be my first choice for a remaster. The interviews were hilarious - you could always tell if someone was lying because their eyes would dart around like a mad person!

Got the platinum on this on PS3. Cant say I would revisit again on PS4 though. Would be interested in a sequel though. It was a great experience, if very flawed

@PorllM
That'd be my thought as well. If you're going to moneyhat, and Nintendo certainly has some spare cash lying around, you go for the big franchises like GTA, but I've seen these companies do crazy things before.

I heard a rumor it was coming to the Switch, would be nice but I can't see it'll happen.

Hey I would not say no I enjoyed it and having another chance to finish it would be good

It's the weirdest option and choice of game, so they go hand in hand.

One of my favourite games of last gen. I would gladly play it again on the PS4.

I loved la noir but all ive cared about since the ps2 days is BULLY 2.
R* should introduce a bad female student as well as a custom character (weirdo mute kid). And in gtav fashion let you switch between the 3 on the fly.

I loved it on PS3, but I wouldn't buy it again. I'd take a sequel, though.