CTRLRZ Review: L.A. Noire

Undoubtedly this is a solid title worth the play and exploration, if for no other reason than to see what doesn’t work – but it hardly deserves the degree of hype floating around. The game isn’t all bad, and there’s a lot to like, though that may not be readily apparent in this review from ctrlrz.com . And, it isn’t that the flaws were so large, but small and many – and worse, glaringly obvious – that L.A. Noire literally nearly beats itself to death in the attempt to innovate and forgets what really drives the this type of game: the story and characters.