There was some doubt in our minds as to whether LA Noire should even be in the top three. There are large chunks of the game that are simply not as pretty as they could've been. That said, what brought the game kicking and screaming onto the podium was the incredible work put into the motion-capture. Interaction with NPCs was taken to a whole new level by Team Bondi, and we think it's fair to say that we'll be seeing the techniques pioneered in this game transplanted to future titles for a long, long time to come.