L.A. Noire

L.A. Noire

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The Shadow

The Shadow

Tail a suspect without being spotted, in a single case.

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How to unlock the The Shadow achievement in L.A. Noire - Definitive Guide

The first time this achievement can be earned is in The fallen Idol mission on the Traffic Desk

As your finishing your visit to the Hospital a short cut scene will play showing June leaving with her lawyer. The Dectectives decide to follow her to see where she goes.

Things to note:
If the icon starts to fade you're to far away.
If the icon starts flashing you're to close.
Also don't use the siren
Try to avoid crashing into cars

Once you've followed her around for a short time, she'll come to a stop outside a cafe and go inside. Cole will jump out the car. What your want to do before going in is use cn_RB to take cover by the door so you can see in. Once the person in front of June has hung up, wait until she turns to use the phone, at this moment press cn_RB again and walk inside, the second booth on the left has a newspaper on it, press cn_A to interact with it. Cole will sit down and listen in on the conversation. After she's finished the call wait for her to leave first before getting up from the booth. Your be given your next objective and the achievement.
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21 Nov 2017 23:52

6 Comments
Not even the guild book I have mentions that. Thank you.
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By Proxy Lionheart on 05 Jan 2018 16:09
You can do this earlier, in the first mission of the Traffic Desk if you fail the interview with Frank Morgan, you will have to follow him.
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By SweetArkhane on 05 Jan 2018 16:06
I did go through this and failed the first time, succeeded the second time and got the next objective, didn't pop. Do I need to replay?
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By NevrSurrender on 09 Dec 2018 23:42
This achievement seems to be bugged. I was caught immediately upon sitting down in the café during this mission and it popped instantly.
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By ThronedFiddle75 on 15 Feb 2018 00:07
I was afraid that this one is super tough. Actually it's super easy. I played it on June 23. First you have to tail the car, it doesn't affect the achievement when you fail. just wait for the fail screen and do it again. As soon as you stop at the boardwalk, that's your new save point. Again failure doesn't matter. Simply standby the door and then sat in the booth. As soon as you pickup the newspaper the achievement unlocks. I played the German version of the game on easy. Hope this update helps.
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By svenmx1 on 02 Jul 2023 09:37
Well, it implies you fail at something, so I hope a guide book wouldn't lead you to a failure^^
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By SweetArkhane on 05 Jan 2018 16:55
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Cases: The Fallen Idol [Traffic] & The Set Up x2 [AD Vice].
Street Crimes: None

The first time you tail a suspect is in the case 'The Fallen Idol'. You'll come to a point in the case where June Ballard will get into a vehicle and you'll need to follow her in your car. Make sure you stay at a safe distance, so about a half a block or a little more. If you go any further or you lose sight of the car the red car icon on your mini map will start to flash, which is indicating you've lost sight of your suspect! If this happens, simply catch up a little or turn the corner so you can get a view on the car again.

You'll want to make sure you don't get to close to the suspects vehicle activate your siren or drive like a mad man as the suspect will spot you and you'll fail your objective.

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Case/s: The Fallen Idol [Traffic] & The Set Up x2 [AD Vice].
Street Crime/s: None

The first time you tail a suspect is in the case 'The Fallen Idol'. You'll come to a point in the case where June Ballard will get into a vehicle and you'll need to follow her in your car. Make sure you stay at a safe distance, so about a half a block or a little more. If you go any further or you lose sight of the car the red car icon on your mini map will start to flash, which is indicating you've lost sight of your suspect! If this happens, simply catch up a little or turn the corner so you can get a view on the car again.

You'll want to make sure you don't get to close to the suspects vehicle activate your siren or drive like a mad man as the suspect will spot you and you'll fail your objective.

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Please note that if you fail once, you will need to start the case over. There is another chance to get this trophy and that is when you are going for The Moose trophy. Please see that trophy for more info.

The very first place that this trophy can be achieved is in the case The Driver's Seat on Traffic Desk. Simply play the case until you reach the interview with Frank Morgan in Cavanagh's Bar. At this point make sure you guess the questions WRONG that way it will force a tail on Frank Morgan. For both questions simply select TRUE as the answer and you will have to tail Frank Morgan to his apartment where Adrian Black is.

The second place that it can be achieved is on the case "The Fallen Idol" on the Traffic Desk. You will tail June Ballard until you reach a cafe. At this point you must get inside the cafe without alerting her. At the entrance of the cafe press to go incognito and then move over to the booth with the newspaper on the left of the entrance and sit. At this point the trophy should pop-up.

YouTube - L.A. Noire: The Shadow Achievement Guide

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Case "The Fallen Idol / Fallen Idol "
After you talk with Jessica at the central district hospital, at the exit (after the cut scene), you will be asked to follow June Ballard. Follow her slowly in the car, keeping a large distance. After June enters the cafe, run up to the entrance and stand behind the wall (use cover ). Watch June, as soon as the telephone booth is free, she will start calling it.
WAIT!!! until she picks up the phone (before that she will turn around and look back a couple of times) and only after that go into the cafe. Go to the table with the newspaper (second from the left) and sit down for him.
When you sit down the trophy will appear
If for some reason you are noticed, then restarting from the checkpoint will not help to get the trophy (you need to start the case again).
Video hint (time code from 23:00)
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28 Dec 2017 12:54

A fairly simple trophy, one might say a plot one. Will be available for the first time in The Fallen Idol when we follow June. You need to follow the suspect from start to finish and not allow yourself to be noticed (at the same time a special signal is emitted), both on foot and by car (the suspect's mark will begin to flash on the map). If with foot surveillance everything is quite simple and it’s almost impossible to screw up, then with a car the main thing is to keep your distance, don’t knock over pillars with people, and most importantly, don’t turn on the siren
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26 May 2011 09:40