Where’s My Sequel?: L.A. Noire

<p>Even before release&comma; <em>L&period;A&period; Noire<&sol;em> was geared to be the start of a franchise&period; Its commercial and critical acclaim helped stir talk of a sequel&period; It’s easy to see why&period; The game had a good storyline&comma; great characters and believable motion-capture for interrogations&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>Searching for That Sequel<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>The game captured the attention of the vast majority of gamers with sales skyrocketing and many praising almost every aspect&period; It garnered so much praise from fans that people wanted a sequel as soon as possible&period; A quick Google search for &OpenCurlyQuote;<em>L&period;A&period; Noire<&sol;em> sequel’ yields page after page of forum posts dedicated to discussing a future installment in the franchise&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;137874" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-137874" style&equals;"width&colon; 1917px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-137874" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;05&sol;06181253&sol;L&period;A-Noire-Rockstar-Games-Video-Game-Sequels1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"&lpar;L&period;A Noire - Rockstar Games&sol;Team Bondi&rpar;" width&equals;"1917" height&equals;"1080" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-137874" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;L&period;A&period; Noire &&num;8211&semi; Rockstar Games&sol;Team Bondi&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>The vast majority of these forums detail when a sequel will be released or discussing unconfirmed rumors that it&&num;8217&semi;s already being worked on&period; Many of these theories have been proven to be false&comma; however&comma; even though we&&num;8217&semi;d all wish they were true&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It&&num;8217&semi;s perfectly understandable why players would want an <em>L&period;A Noire <&sol;em>sequel&period; The world map rivaled many of the modern <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;&quest;s&equals;grand&plus;theft&plus;auto"><em>Grand Theft Auto<&sol;em><&sol;a> games and it had a story any RPG would be proud of&period; Add in the crisp visuals and some pretty smooth motion capture action for interviews&comma; and you&&num;8217&semi;ve set yourself up for success&period; Team Bondi knew this and was well prepared for future installments&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; Team Bondi &lpar;the game&&num;8217&semi;s developer&rpar; was shut down not long after its release&comma; with the development team itself moving onto a range of other projects and teams&period; This was in spite of the game&&num;8217&semi;s universal success&period; In that regard&comma; it looks as though a sequel won&&num;8217&semi;t be seeing the light of day anytime soon&period; That being said&comma; many members of the original team&comma; including the game&&num;8217&semi;s director&comma; have expressed interest in returning to the franchise&period; There&&num;8217&semi;s always going to be some hope for an <em>L&period;A Noire<&sol;em> sequel&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;