Sleeping Dogs

[Scarlett Johansson]

I believe the one dlc gives you like poisonous gas or something you can use on npcs iirc

 

[DrFaggot]

I'm Wei Shen! Who the fuck are you?!

Went into this game a four or so years ago after a sale and was pleasantly surprised. I really enjoy playing through this game about once a year. Story does a decent job with the concept of a cop going undercover, climbing the ranks, and trying to justify to himself why he still is wearing a badge. It has some equally fantastic and cringy dialogue. The combat is fucking great. I played through Arkham Knight recently and it just didn't feel as good as Sleeping Dogs though that's a bit of a rough comparison because AK has a lot more systems in play. SD just feels more snappy if that makes sense. Also, as mentioned before, the on foot chases do a good job of being more fun than tedious reload fests of making a small mistake and losing a whole pursuit. Driving takes a bit to get used to and I could easily see someone not liking the game for that alone. DLC costumes giving you Spider-Man style special abilities is pretty damn cool.

It's also nice to see an open world game that represents the craziness of HK pop culture. Whether it's driving on a different side of the road than I'm accustomed, visiting street vendors, or the games reluctancy to hand you over fire arms, I can appreciate how the game is attempting to immerse me on that level.

All in all, a nice piece of gaming history that I'm glad exists. Would have loved a sequel years ago as they planned but hoping for one now is just asking for disappointment.

 

[Agent of Z.O.G.]

Mixed opinions here.
I liked the combat as everyone else but I found the story and side missions boring and lacking in variety and creativity.

The worst part for me (And the part that nobody ever seems to speak about) is the third act, where all fights devolve into really, really mediocre and boring shootouts and the combat system goes unused.

Overall, better than true crime, worse than Saints Row and GTA.

Feel the same way except the combat was just BamHam with some gimmicks. Better than your average GTA clones "press button, it makes you punch" combat but nothing to write home about, and it certainly didn't compenste for the game's other flaws like the shitty driving and the tiny world.

 

[Smaug's Smokey Hole]

Feel the same way except the combat was just BamHam with some gimmicks. Better than your average GTA clones "press button, it makes you punch" combat but nothing to write home about, and it certainly didn't compenste for the game's other flaws like the shitty driving and the tiny world.

I thought the combat had more weight to it even if it was stiffer. It's most noticeable during those fight challenges you find here and there, you get into a completely different flow than in the Batman games.

I don't really replay games but Sleeping Dogs was a game I played through three times in a year. It felt a little unfinished here and there, like the dating missions was just a couple of things and then they were gone for the rest of the game. It felt like they had to wrap it up quickly but I might have been damaged by endless "hey cousin!" phonecalls. I don't care about romance options in games but these were actually fun to play, it wasn't the shameful Bioware shit instead it had meaningful gameplay.

 

[OJ Simpson]

Thought Sleeping Dogs was a banger, honestly. One of those rare gems we get with a new IP that hits on most cylinders and comes out of seemingly nowhere (Even if it was supposed to be something else, it ended up being Sleeping Dogs.). Combat was great, setting was pretty cool, story wasn't half bad. Above all else though it was just fun.

Here's the part where I'm supposed to say I hope we get a sequel, but modern gaming fucking sucks for the most part, and I don't expect much from any developer. Rare is it that we get games that stay true to what they are through the years/decades, especially in modern times. But United Front is dead anyways so it doesn't even matter. RIP.

 

[X Pac Heat]

Sleeping Dogs was fun but honestly gets kind of overrated for what it is IMO.

It actually started off as it's own IP (originally titled Black Lotus), then Activision pushed it to be True Crime Hong Kong, then when Square bought the publishing rights it went back to being an original IP.

 

[Boston Brand]

It completely kills me that this game wasn't a bigger hit... especially given some of whats been discussed about plans for the planned sequel.

 

[The Last Stand]

It completely kills me that this game wasn't a bigger hit... especially given some of whats been discussed about plans for the planned sequel.

I take it the remaster didn't sell as well as expected so they left it.

 

[Scarlett Johansson]

Forgot to mention Sun from Lost, Tzi Ma, Robin Shou, Chin Han, and Tom goddamn Wilkinson are also in it

 

[Urbanmech]

Forgot to mention Sun from Lost, Tzi Ma, Robin Shou, Chin Han, and Tom goddamn Wilkinson are also in it

yea the voice cast stood out to me due to being almost entirely asian compared to other games like the Dubbed Yakuza games.

 

[Scarlett Johansson]

I genuinely don't get why the studio shut down. They were doing well iirc. The game was very positively recieved

 

[The Valeyard]

I genuinely don't get why the studio shut down. They were doing well iirc. The game was very positively recieved

Sleeping Dogs didn't sell well enough for the publisher, and their next project was a multiplayer spin-off that got canned before getting out of the Closed Beta phase.

 

[Ughubughughughughughghlug]

Sleeping Dogs was really good and it has that warm, nostalgic feeling of GTA clones (although it was really way more than a GTA clone) back when that was still kind of a novelty. It's a shame it didn't get serialized.

 

[gaystoner]

The best part was a decently accurate interpretation of Hong Kong. Beautiful setting and honestly blows a game like Cyberpunk out of the water in terms of setting...despite Cyberpunk being allowed to do literally whatever it wants vs a real world interpretation.

 

[Jonah Hill poster]

Sleeping Dogs was the first true Hong Kong-setting game that I played, since I guess I was never cool enough to play the Yakuza series or GTA: Chinatown Wars.

And yes, the story was great for it’s time. Especially the wedding and aftermath of the wedding missions in the game:

LONG LIVE MRS. CHU! MRS. CHU NUMBA WAN!

 

[The Valeyard]

Sleeping Dogs was the first true Hong Kong-setting game that I played, since I guess I was never cool enough to play the Yakuza series or GTA: Chinatown Wars.

Neither of those other games are set in Hong Kong.

Yakuza is set in Japan, and GTA: Chinatown Wars is set in Liberty City which is based on New York.

 

[Jonah Hill poster]

Neither of those other games are set in Hong Kong.

I meant first Asian game that I ever played that was not Yakuza or Chinatown. Plus both of those games paved the way for Sleeping Dogs to exist, along with the classic action movies that were based in Hong Kong.

 

[ShitlordroltihS]

It was pretty good. I would recommend.

 

[Scarlett Johansson]

Big mention to the bamging soundtrack: Duran Duran, Queen, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, Ladyhawke, The Maccabees, Tears for Fears, Thin Lizzy, Robert Palmer, The Who, Allman Brothers, and Deep Purple

 

[Boston Brand]

Big mention to the bamging soundtrack: Duran Duran, Queen, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, Ladyhawke, The Maccabees, Tears for Fears, Thin Lizzy, Robert Palmer, The Who, Allman Brothers, and Deep Purple

Oh hell yes... jetting around Hong Kong on a motorbike with Trivium blaring... the game was an utter joy even in its down moments because of little touches like that.