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Noire on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 has very different implementations for dynamic shadows (top) and screen-space ambient occlusion (below). The transition points are rather too close on both versions producing some ugly artifacts, but combined with the dithering the effect looks poorer on 360. Noire uses a cascade of different resolutions - the further you go back 'into' the screen, the lower the resolution of the shadows. There's also the matter of how shadows are rendered. Unfortunately, on close-up shots, the dithering simply looks rather ugly and undoubtedly impacts the quality of the effect. In this sense, the Xbox 360's dithered look should be more realistic - and indeed it is. Even broad daylight can only really produce shadows this strong in certain conditions.

The PS3's harder shadows often look a little strange because the intensity of light required to produce shadows that sharp is somewhat at odds with the muted ambient light that makes up much of L.A. Which of them is 'better' is down to personal opinion really.

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On the Xbox 360, shadows are dithered at the edges while the PS3 version uses the RSX's PCF (percentage closer filtering) technique, giving a much 'harder' and more defined look. Two elements of visual quality that have brought about plenty of comment since the game launched concern the implementation of shadow and the use of screen-space ambient occlusion (SSAO).

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Noire's Rockstar predecessors all commanded a resolution advantage on Xbox 360, but the situation appears to have been redressed here: both console SKUs run at native 720p and both are using hardware-based 2x multi-sampling anti-aliasing.

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Noire PS3/360 comparison video - use the full screen button for 720p resolution, or click on the link below for a larger window. Let's kick off with the head-to-head movie, backed up by an appropriately colossal L.A. Just how well does the Microsoft platform compete in providing the same gameplay experience? With the sheer amount of characters in the game, combined with that state-of-the-art MotionScan facial tech, it's safe to say that this game is very data-rich, almost filling a 25GB Blu-ray disc to the point of capacity.

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Noire, Team Bondi pares back some of the world effects and rich detailing, but compensates by using a real-life city with authentic period detail, plus characters animated with a brand new motion capture technology: MotionScan, from Team Bondi's sister studio, Depth Analysis. The environments were the focus in GTAIV and Red Dead Redemption: the emphasis was on building a narrative around a hugely complex and realistic game world.

But it's also interesting to see how Team Bondi has taken a very different approach to its project in comparison to Rockstar's teams. Noire addresses all of these deficiencies and it is easily the closest multi-platform open-world game that Rockstar has released to date. Both of those titles undoubtedly ran more smoothly on Xbox 360 with higher native resolutions - but things are different this time. Noire may be using a variation of the same RAGE engine that underpinned Grand Theft Auto IV and Red Dead Redemption: certainly a number of graphical techniques carry over from the previous games into Team Bondi's epic. There are various reports of enhanced graphical effects, smoother frame-rates and of course the plain and simple fact that the PS3 version ships on one disc rather than three.įive years in development, the final version of L.A. Noire - that the developers were more au fait with the Sony platform, resulting in a tangibly better game. Produced by an off-shoot of the team that made The Getaway, it might be tempting to suggest that the PlayStation 3 is the natural home for L.A.

6.6GB (disc one), 6.6GB (disc two), 6.7GB (disc three)

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