Rockstar Games have kicked off a series of in-depth gameplay videos for L.A. Noire with an overview of the game’s core mechanics.

Mmm, lookin' good!

Titled “Orientation”, the new video looks at interrogating witnesses, as well as featuring some “classic action” like brawlings and shootouts. How will your real-world detective skills, intuition and cunning play into the video game? Better watch and find out – and you’ll be treated to one of the best voice-overs I’ve heard in some time – so smooth and essentially American.

As usual, this has been compiled entirely out of in-game footage. L.A. Noire is due out for Xbox 360 and PS3 in mid-May, 2011 from Team Bondi and Rockstar Games.