As the game progresses, the player advances through several police department bureaus-Patrol, Traffic, Homicide, Vice, and Arson.
The player may freely roam its interactive open world, primarily in a vehicle or on foot. The game is played from a third-person perspective. As the pair delve deeper into the case, they uncover a major conspiracy centering around the Suburban Redevelopment Fund program and several prominent figures in Los Angeles involved with it. When he is tasked with investigation a morphine distribution ring that involves several of his former squadmates from World War II, Phelps finds both his personal and professional life falling into a turmoil, and reluctantly joins forces with his estranged former comrade, Jack Kelso. Set in Los Angeles in the year 1947, the game follows detective Cole Phelps as he rises among the ranks of the Los Angeles Police Department. Noire is a 2011 detective action-adventure video game developed by Team Bondi and published by Rockstar Games.
