L.A. Noire 2: Why Jack Kelso Is Cole Phelps' Perfect Replacement
Courtesy of Take-Two Interactive's recent quarterly earnings report, it looks as though a sequel to L.A. Noire could be on the way, and if any character should replace protagonist Cole Phelps, it should be Jack Kelso. Rockstar Games' parent company teased sequels to L.A. Noire and Max Paynein its first investor call of 2021, hot on the heels of Rockstar officially confirming development on Grand Theft Auto 6 was underway. While future installments of L.A. Noire or Max Payne are seemingly still a ways off, there's plenty of room for speculation as to how either series could continue. In L.A. Noire's case, a game focusing on Jack Kelso in the 1950s could be one route that Rockstar takes with a potential sequel.
[Warning: full spoilers for L.A. Noire follow.]
Released in 2011, L.A. Noire was originally developed by Australia-based developer Team Bondi and published by Rockstar Games. The title, which was set in post-war Los Angeles in 1947, saw players take control of Cole Phelps, an ambitious cop and WW2 veteran, as he rose through the ranks of the L.A.P.D. The game featured a mixture of capers for players to solve, incorporating a mix of detective gameplay, puzzle-solving, cover-based shooting, and open-world driving. It also employed revolutionary facial-capture technology, with players having to deduce whether a suspect was lying or being honest based on the evidence they'd accumulated and the behavior of the interrogatee.
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