3/5 ★ – beardedgoddess's review of L.A. Noire.

There’s so much potential here that is lost to its extremely repetitive gameplay, the length overstaying its welcome by good 10-15 hours, and the characters and dialogue being literal dog shit. After a certain point—let’s say the homicide desk—the only thing keeping this game together is the noir vibe and atmosphere, but atmosphere can only take some so far. It would have been top tier had it ended there despite the horrible dialogue between Cole and his antagonistic partners and the bad cop technique writing. I love classic film noir and neo-noir, and this game gets it, but that’s about it. I even took a two month break to finish the vice desk, and I just sat down to play the last mission and I’m still just as fed up. A real shame.