Each case forms an independent section in the game, but there is an overarching story with recurring characters and Phelps's personal history while serving during the Second World War. Drawing strongly from the stylistic film noir, players control LAPD officer Cole Phelps through 21 cases as he works his way through the ranks of his department to solve a series of murder mysteries. Noire is a hard-boiled detective game set in Los Angeles of 1947. Also the fact that he was the only one that could solve the murders of all those poor women.Not an American user? Description L.A. I have to find him likeable just because of the fact that he puts his all into being a cop/detective and actually takes his responsibility seriously. He’s just a real flawed character and cheating on his wife was definitely wrong, especially given that they didn’t do a good job at explaining why. I don’t find Cole Phelps to be “unlikeable” as most people here seem to. ![]() at the time and a big theme of the game, that they’re more concerned with how they’re viewed by the public than actually solving crime. But because of the bad publicity they end up demoting him and he becomes disgraced. He’s unquestionably one of if not the best at his job and one of the only few cops at the time who care about solving crime and putting their all into it. We see it more from the eyes of the public in a way. The angle they were going for was definitely that everyone has flaws rather than trying to fully explain why he did the things he did. And then you find out about him cheating on his wife which just goes further into the reveal that he’s not the fully good guy that the game made you think he was. Then you find out he wasn’t so heroic in the war (which they did hint at from the start with his hesitance to talk about the war and saying he’s not a hero, but you could’ve just assumed he was being humble). He’s literally the guy that solved the murder of the Black Dahlia in that game world. From the start he was linking the murders to the werewolf and rusty was just laughing him off. Especially in homicide, he’s the only guy that takes it seriously and really wants to solve the murders. With Cole’s character they were obviously making him out to be the most plain white baby face good guy there ever was, for the first half/two thirds of the game. But I like seeing how he reacts to the past trauma of his life. Do I ever imagine getting a beer with him? No. Phelps is a tragic character, and that tragedy is only compounded by his ultimate death - he died desiring to do something to atone for his sins from before and during the war, which I find particularly powerful and is why I like Cole Phelps as a character in L.A. ![]() I generally ignore it for the most part since the game does a poor job at explaining why he cheated. I guess the only weakness about Phelps' story is how he cheated on his wife for Elsa but since his wife was barely in the game to begin with, I found that character arc a bit confusing since we do not have any context behind why he decided to cheat on his wife. His self-awareness and desire for redemption through police work is what makes him work well within the context of L.A. He's celebrated as a hero but was actually a coward who simply survived. He knew he did nothing to deserve that Silver Star. What makes Cole the asshole work in this game is that he realizes he fucked up because of the stuff he did during the war and how he treated Kelso and the men under his command. He's a bit of an asshole with a chip on his shoulder, is a bit socially awkward, and gets defensive when he doesn't have to be. A lot of people say they don't like Cole Phelps as a character in this game, but I do.
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