Inside the Cancelled LA Noire Sequel 

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It’s such a shame that there’s no sequel to la noire, it was such an experience. It still is truly one of a kind

They could 100% revive this as a series. The beauty of it is you could have a game, a story, and a setting in multiple cities around this era and it would just work. • L.A. Noire • N.Y. Noire • Chicago Noire • etc. Kind of like how GTA follows a separate story with different characters in a different city but keeps the same formula in each game.

The facial animation system is still impressive even after all of these years. I'm surprised they didn't try to license out the technology to make up for the huge development costs.

Would love a 50's Chicago Noire, 70's NYC and a 80's Miami Vice inspired games.

Time to get sad about video game development 😎

I really enjoyed this! I've always dreamed of an L.A. Noire sequel, a game set in a 70s NYC, inspired by the gritty cop films of that era like Serpico and The French Connection, would be my dream concept. I had never heard of "Whore of the Orient" though so it was really interesting to learn about it. Thanks for the great, well researched video!

La noire was and still is in the my top 5 games of all time.absolutely loved everything about the game.

The first time I played L.A Noire I was blown away by it's graphics, storyline and the motion scan technology system used to create the character's real life faces. The gameplay was good and entertaining in some areas but not so great in others, repetitiveness issues slightly hurt L.A Noire as well, although I think many players overlooked this at the time because they thought and felt there was something unique and special about the game as a whole. L.A Noire was more like playing a movie game which appealed to many people, the storyline was captivating and you really connected with all the characters and their backgrounds. Driving around the streets of L.A with your partner gave the impression the open world environment was huge, almost never ending, it looked and felt so real and it's a shame you couldn't interact more with the City and people, like go into a restaurant/cafe to have a meal and drink, nip into a bar for a refreshing beer, visit a casino and play on the slot machines, take a trip on a bus get to a certain location, these sorts of things. By all means L.A Noire is not a masterclass, it had it's flaws like any other game, but everyone at Team Bondi did a fantastic job under very poor working conditions to create a rare gem. Rockstar knew once L.A Noire was released that making a sequel was gonna be just a big a challenge, there is always a possibility that we will see an L.A Noire 2 in the future, although I'm not very confident of this actually happening. If there is to ever be an L.A Noire 2 then it must look, feel and play like the original, but be so much better in every single way, Rockstar knows this and they don't want the ruin the name "L.A Noire" by releasing a rushed sub standard sequel which players will look upon it as an inferior follow up to the original. The 1970s or 1980s would make for 2 good decades to base L.A Noire 2 around, even if it took 3-5 years to make the sequel fans of the franchise would be patient and give Rockstar all the time they needed, the anticipation and excitement of eventually playing a follow up would be electric. I'm enjoying L.A Noire just as much now as I did back in 2011, some cases are great to relive as it brings back fond gaming memories and reminds me to appreciate just what Team Bondi had done and achieved. If you imagine, L A Noire looked great back in it's day, gaming technology has advanced immensely over the last 10 years, so if we are ever treated to a sequel then no doubt it will be mind blowing, and have awesome realism and gameplay to boot.

Such a fascinating subject. You put so much into these videos too, I'm blown away that you manage to escalate with each new upload. Also some great voices in this one!

Cole Phelps is definitely an interesting character as we learn more about him through flashback sequences to watching him progress through the police ranks until his untimely demise

This game truly deserves a full series, rockstar have a hidden gem here if they buy the rights to it

Great video! L.A. Noire is one of my favorite video game of all time, and to see that it’s still subject to in-depth analysis and video essays more than 10 years after its release gives me great pleasure! What’s the outro music please?

You did a fantastic job and I truly appreciate this video as a hardcore L.A Noire lover! I wished for a sequel since the release of the original. Still longing for what can’t be :(

I didn't expect to hear Josh from Panels to Pixels. That was a nice surprise!

Hey that was great and I am intrigued by that voice over, he sounds like a stud! Okay enough simping over josh, LA Noire is one of my favorites and it's cool to have a better grasp on what happened behind the scenes. Even though it sounds like a nightmare from top to bottom. Great video mate.

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Blame every MF that wasted money on Shark Cards. We could've had something special

This game was fantastic. Not the type of game I normally play but was hooked on it. Defo classic

Anyone would think this channel has millions of subs with the great narration and editing you certainly deserve it. Awesome channel 💯

Audibly gasped when I saw that this video has 1.6k views and not 1.6m. These videos are great, keep it up 👍

Although there’s plenty of room to continue & expand the series, it’s quite a rarity to catch lightning in the bottle with a game like LA Noire and not have it be replicated. Truly a relic of its time, especially with the detailed facial expressions/features playing such a prominent role in questioning. Brilliant work by Rockstar & Team Bondi!

Fantastic video, love hearing about these pieces of video game history x

I still replay LA Noire to this day. It’s incredible, really don’t understand how/why R* never gave us another game. It’s absolutely amazing all these years later

2:37 look at the hair on this chap’s arms.

Great video! Very well written and researched. Cheers man

I think it's for the better that LA Noire never got a sequel since Cole died. Actually now the I think about it, maybe a sequel could have worked with the player controlling Jack Kelso for a majority of the game.

This is an amazing video you deserve so many more subs

I really love LA Noire a 40s 50s hollywood dark mystery with back & white star. if there a LA Noire 2 hope it can let people know how crazy TV boomer, cold war made a social impact around that time in LA.

You're gonna be 500k subs within 12-24months my dude. Congrats on the top notch production.

I beat this game 5 times throughout my life. From middleschool (when it first came out) to a year after highschool (last time I played it). It holds a special place in my heart. Playing the game in the living room while my dad watched. He loved movies and this was just one big movie. He's gone now, and I've played it once since he's passed. It was hard to get through remembering his reactions and comments about everything. Maybe for my sake, it is good we never got a sequel. 😅

If you ask me rockstar has been taking way to lonng to release games, we've only had about 2 games from Rockstar in the passed 9 years and people remaster don't count as new games. The houser brothers left rockstar so who knows what will be the fate of all Rockstar's forgotten and canceled projects, great video man :)

There's nothing I want more than LA Noire 2. Especially with today's graphics and animations. Btw. thanks for reminding me to play La Noire VR^^

la noire, no matter how forgotten it is in its industry, will never be forgotten in the gaming community and I love that, love the vid!

Just discovered your channel through this video. Great content, keep it coming!

God how does this channel have so few subscribers? This is a really good documentary!

2023 and still this game surprise me how well this is all put together to this day when we says old games were made of gold means we mean it

i was thinking of la noir and team bondi's relationship with rockstar the other day, this answers all my questions

LA Noire remains in my top 10 favourite games ever. I really want it to get a sequel

your videos are phenomenal. feels as perfected as a noclip documentary

Imagine this game in 2025... Although I feel like gaming companies, and companies in general, just aren't willing to take any risks anymore. Rockstar ain't going to release a sequel when they're making money hand over fist with GTA online and, of course, the upcoming GTA 6. Manhunt, Bully, LA Noire, The Warriors, TABLE TENNIS... those were the days. Now it's all about making the most money possible with the smallest risk.

The graphics for this game were so ahead of its time. It holds up well even by todays graphics. The facial movements and frames were crazy good for 2011. If you just made it 4k it would look like a decent modern game. This looks om the same level or slightly better than gta 5

The VR and remastered versions give me massive hope for a sequel 🤞

These videos are extremely well made, great job!

Great video 👍 first one I've watched of yours but going back now to watch the rest well done. I loved L.A Noire so different to nearly everything else it's such a shame that it never got a sequel. Tho these days the way some sequals are handled perhaps it's good that its legacy wasn't distroyed

Blame GTA online for us not getting the sequel or any other rockstar sequel

I'd like a sequel, but it doesn't even have to be L.A. It can be another city in another state. "N.Y. Noire". "Chicago Noire". Something like that but similar gameplay.

The recent Tarantino movie got me thinking that a 60s-set sequel to LA Noire would be great, with stories based around the Manson Family etc, and with aged versions of the surviving younger characters

I would love to see a "Chicago Noire" set in the 1920s.

Whore of the Orient looked and sounded like a fantastic idea for a game. I wish they could have followed through.

So, I've had this video in my watch later playlist for a while now and I've finally had a chance to sit down in front of the TV and watch it. With the quality of editing and structure of this video, I was expecting it to be made by a channel with a hefty amount of subscribers. Then I go to subscribe to you and find out you've only got 200! How? This kind of work is very impressive. Please, keep it up!

I love how the people are so hyped by a sequel but don't realise those things take a shit ton of time to be made. FFS guys, it took 7 years to get LA Noire, so don't expect R* to release the second one just like that. They've managed to put out RDR2, and now it's been very clear they're working their ass off on GTA VI.

I always loved the idea of LA Noire’s successor being based in Detroit and set in the late 60s. Whereas LA Noire highlighted a city just beginning to blossom, Detroit Noire would feature a mature city that at the beginning of the worst decline of any major American city. 60s Detroit saw an explosion in crime, racial strife, and the downturn of its benchmark industries. I think there are lots of interesting stories to tell which would make for a pretty amazing sandbox game which allows for a solid main story and unlimited side quests.

I hope one day Rockstar makes a sequel. New York, Las Vegas, Chicago, Atlanta, Boston, and Philly would be cool places to see.

Great video, keep up the awesome work that you do!

I always thought LA Noire would have been great if you had played as a Private Detective instead of a cop. Would have allowed more freedom and interesting situations in my opinion. Still enjoyed the game as it was, but hoped for a sequel as a PI.

Great video. I love LA Noire. It's a flawed masterpiece, certainly has it's problems but there isn't another video game like it at all, not even one that comes close. It's just great.

A good plot twist is that Cole survived being swept away by the floodwaters. Maybe he returns to find Elsa after regaining his memory.

I remember when I was twelve years old and I played this gem. I thought it was cool that for once in a “Rockstar” game (I put quotations because it’s not really a rockstar game) you get to play as an actual legit good guy and fight against crime. I was also genuinely surprised by the writing and how every character seemed real and not black and white. I wish there was a sequel, but maybe it’s best that this remains the only game so that others hopefully see this game and play it for themselves. I think it’s timeless, and it’s quite the experience. I felt so engaged with the protagonist that the ending hit like a truck when it was all said and done.

LA Noire was my first M rated game. I was 9 when it came out and I’m about to turn 21 and I still love the game and occasionally play it to this day.

Just started L.A. Noire again. A sequel would be epic af

I loved LA Noire as a kid but had never heard of this. Great video man, you earned a new subscriber ✌

I'm playing again with mods at my pc, using black and white colors, the immersion of that game stills amazing, I imagine if the game could use nowadays texture resolutions the faces would be incredible.

Playing L.A. Noire for the first time on PS4, such a great game.

This is a beautiful video

Wish they could have done a sequel set in the early 1970s in New York. At least we were left with 1 awesome game. Horrible that people were treated badly in the making of it though.

Thank you for bringing us this story. In contrast to what the quoted person said about leaks hurting the business; we disagree. In the long run, the IP holder still believes in their project, and is looking to do it justice with the right team. Therefore, by those reasons alone, the project still stands strong, top secret, code named and under the radar. All a leak like that does is perpetually whet the imaginary appetite for if and when the game is realized.

“I told you. I didn’t do it!” *face twitch and eye roll followed by smug smirk, slight chuckle, and 30 degree head shaking*

It is such an amazing game that just cries for the sequel. Such a shame...

First one always felt half completed. You have the main storm and very little else. So much work went into making LA and 90% of it went unused.

I love this game. I’m actually replaying it. They could have gone in so many directions for a sequel. I’m still hoping Rockstar does a sequel after GTA VI.

LA Noire was one of those one of a lifetime games that perfectly captured the post-war 1940s vibe. Too bad McNamara was such an a-hole tho and Team Bondi closed

I’d love a La Noire sequel that’s based around the movie The Nice Guys, I think the movie takes place in the 70s, but in reality I just want another La Noire game, I mean it’s not like it can’t happen, Rockstar owns the property after Team Bondi went under I’d hope if the game ever gets a sequel it will have more stuff to do on days off, like activities to do by yourself or with your partner, definitely needs better customization, no more shitty preset suits I wanna be able to customize my outfit to my liking, also being a dirty cop would be a cool feature as well

On a side note, that Mad Max game is awesome! I loved every minute

im fed up of games being non stop action, La noir was a perfect blend of film and gameplay

A little bitter sweet that so much sweat equity was put into a game that is relatively under appreciated.

L.A Noire was and still is fantastic game. Graphics and facial expressions are the best in this game. But, I have one problem with this game now. I have it on steam for some time. After update in summer(not sure what update it was)game stopped working. It said version is not supported or smth like that. I tried getting V-patch and it make game not starting at all. It won't launch. I tried to scan files and they are good. I have internet connection and I have game on Steam. Please if you know help Thanks

one thing i really wanted from this or a sequel was the ability to go into a diner and order a coffee and pie idk why. the face scan tech and recreation of l.a. is still impressive to me..

Damn I always wanted a sequel… LA Noire is still a masterpiece

Hey Rockstar is reportedly working on Bully 2 (a sequel to a game from 2006) so perhaps some new spin on LA Noire is in the cards! They released a PS4 remaster a few years back and it remains a pretty acclaimed game online so I don’t think they’ve completely forgotten about it

Great informative video. I would still like to see a sequel or a spiritual sequel of LA Noire developed by some studio somewhere.

LA Noire was a masterpiece and I cannot be more disappointed at the fact it will never get a sequel it deserves

I wonder if that McNamara bloke ever thought about taking some of the hair from his arms and transplanting it to his head?

I like the idea of a game set in Shanghai during that time. What happened to all of the unfinished work?

I had no idea a psuedo/spiritual sequel to LA Noire had ever been in development. I was under the impression Team Bondi went under and Rockstar decided to intervene in a development capacity (as opposed to serving as a publisher only in this case) and pick up where that studio had left off to complete LA Noire to get it out to market so they could recoup at least some of what was lost from the whole ordeal. I had never heard of "The Whore of the Orient", but I have certainly wished ever since playing the original LA Noire that Rockstar would decide to take on the task of making a true LA Noire sequel all on their own instead of letting the IP stagnate. Given that Rockstar did decide to release a VR version of LA Noire in 2017 as you note here, one would think that they are not quite done with the IP. Other than taking the opportunity to mess around with the novelty of VR technology, though, I have no idea why Rockstar would decide to make a VR game for LA Noire knowing full well that significantly fewer people own VR headsets than consoles or PCs. One might suggest that they were using that VR game to test whether there's still enough interest in what could become a full franchise, but if so, why test the waters by focusing on an audience that would already be smaller by default? That would not make any sense. I for one definitely wish there were more games like LA Noire out there. There are precious few games that design mysteries well and even fewer games where you get the opportunity to step into the shoes of a well-written and acted hardboiled film noir detective character. I have no interest in GTA and passing interest in Red Dead Redemption, so Rockstar would certainly have more out of my wallet if they decided to revive LA Noire and give it the proper franchise treatment it deserves.

Why didn't they just make a sequel set in New York? It seems like such an obvious slam dunk after the first game was in LA? There's so many stories you could've done with the mafia or other things during that time period.

LA Noire remains my favorite game of all time. I've owned it on 4 different systems (360, PS3, PS4, Switch) and always have an itch to replay it every couple of years. Really blows a sequel was never released, it deserved one

L.A. NOIR is my all time favorite game!!! The story the time period the vibe of it.... it just captured my attention so much!!! Would love if Rockstar would make it a series!!! I think settings in the 20's, 30's and 40's are the best!!!!!

The lack of a sequel is nothing short of criminal.

Watching this video makes me realize that we are actually very lucky to even got the game in the first place. This game could've been cancelled if Rockstar games didn't step in take control of the development. Thank your Rockstar for giving us this masterpiece.

This guys doesn’t miss with his videos!

I always wanted a Undead Nightmare DLC for LA Noire. But, instead of Zombies, we get a 1950s XFILES type situation involving Aliens and UFOs and Abductions.

A year and a half later, it was indeed not LA Noire 2.

Rockstar arleady released an remastred and vr version it give me some hope to see an la noire sequel or spin off

I still think whore of the orient if someone ever goes and revives the project the potential story ideas of being a detective in Shanghai in the 1930s during the time period would be interesting

I've always thought they should make the next LA Noire tie into the old radio and TV series Dragnet. Dragnet started in 1949 a couple of years after the events in LA Noire. Since forensic analyst Ray Pinker appears in both La Noire and Dragnet, it only makes sense that Sgt. Joe Friday exists in the old LA we see in the game. LA Noire 2: The Dragnet

I would love an LA Noire sequel. The original was great

I think we’ll get an la noir 2 but in my opinion it be after gta 6 is released before rockstar would say anything public about it.

This game came from an alternate version of Earth, and I wish I was part of it 😢

Rockstar's motive has always been.... Make a great game, never touch it again. Make another update or game of "Hood Simulator" rinse and repeat.