Internal Friction

[Story]
You are Cole Phelps, a World War 2 veteran who, after the war, became a police officer at the L.A.P.D.
While you are getting promoted and transfered to new departments, you will get to see flashbacks from his time as a soldier.
This keeps the story at a solid pace.

Cole inspecting a clue found at the crime scene

[Graphics]
The graphics are the star of show here.
Not the necessarily the textures, but the faces and character models.
Rockstar used a new facial recognition technique which made the faces very realistic.
You can really see the characters' faces change emotions and the actors who did the faces are easy to recognise.

[Sound]
The voice acting is extremely well done.
This doesn't make dialogues a chore.
But then again, this game isn't all about action, but mainly about the dialogue.

[Gameplay]
Gameplay is of course very important in any game.
and besides the great graphics and terrific sound, Rockstar didn't forget about the gameplay.
The gameplay is mainly searching for clues at crime scenes, and using the evidence you found while searching against the suspects.
You get alot of variety in your 'cases' since you get transfered from 'Traffic' to 'Murder' to 'Vice' etc.

Cole receiving news on an autopsy report.

You also regularly get calls from the office informing you about a crime going on somewhere, you can ignore the calls, or check the hassle.

[Verdict]
This game nails it all!
You got the great graphics and faces, the teriffic sound terrific, and the fun gameplay.
The only real downside is the fact that there is not really any challenge to it
Overall a great game,if you do not expect a gta IV like game, and the free roam mode makes you come back for more even after you've finished the game!

Pros
+ Great Graphics
+ Terrific Sound and Voice acting
+ Fun gameplay
+ Varied and fun side-missions

Cons
- No challenge

[Rating]
9/10


review by [IF]pexer