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Jasmine Gould-Wilson

15 years since LA Noire's "revolutionary" facial animations, it's still the best Rockstar series that never was

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LA Noire was the most important game to come to PS3. At least, that's how it felt when I first beheld it. I was already taken by the idea of a sleek detective murder mystery game before my brother showed me the disc box, and its "revolutionary new facial animation technology" sealed the deal.

At the time, it was. Interrogation scenes looked straight out of a film thanks to the MotionScan technology; a suspect's gaze might dart about shiftily if they were lying, or they'd make full, urgent eye contact if being honest. Others might suck their teeth or squint slightly if they were telling half-truths, which I recall being much trickier to spot, meaning the unexpectedly "aggressive" Doubt response was one of my favorites (until the 2017 re-release patched it out in favor of the more representational "Accuse").

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