Xbox 360 version of L.A Noire to take up three discs
Rockstar’s upcoming L.A Noire is so massive in terms of content that the developer had no choice but to retaliate to shipping the 360 version of the game with three discs. Rockstar’s Jeronimo Barrera told Kotaku that it was the only way to deliver the full experience Rockstar had originally envisioned.
“L.A. Noire was always going to be a massive game, from the size and detail of the world to the length of the cases, and of course, the sheer amount of MotionScan data required for the faces of over 400 actors in-game,” he explained.
“To tell the story and make the game we wanted to make, we knew that it was going to take an entire single layer Blu-ray disc and three Xbox discs.”
Rockstar’s previous offerings, GTAIV and Read Dead Redemption both shipped on just one disc while still packed to the brim with content. So we can imagine what L.A Noire has in store for us. The developer has promised that disc swapping will hardly prove an issue.
“Since the game is built around the concept of progressing through individual cases from desk to desk, players on Xbox will find disc-swapping is hassle-free. In fact, players will only need to swap discs twice at natural breaks between cases without interrupting the flow of the game.”
However, don’t expect the day one content to offer the full dose of the L.A Noire experience as Rockstar intends to release a plethora of DLC.
“Throughout development, we created lots of great cases, the bulk of which were central to the main story of Cole Phelps and his rise through the ranks of the LAPD, alongside other cases that felt more like strong stand-alone episodes,” said Barrera.
“This gave us a powerful main story, and left us with quality extra content that we wanted to put out as DLC, that would slot seamlessly into the existing game.”
L.A Noire hits shelves on May 17th in the US and on May 20th in Europe.
