Sleeping Dogs anyone?

So I started playing this Asian themed GTA unofficially from the True Crimes lineup. I have to say it's a strange one to play due to the fact that it easily feels outdated due to the GTA feel...but then you get into a fight, which you do ALOT, and the melee combat setup is so much fun.

Little bit of info:

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Sleeping Dogs is a 2012 open world action-adventure video game developed by United Front Games in conjunction with Square Enix London Studios and published by Square Enix, released on August 14, 2012 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Sleeping Dogs takes place in Hong Kong and focuses on an undercover operation to infiltrate the Triads.
The game was originally in development as an original IP, but was announced in 2009 as True Crime: Hong Kong, the third installment and a reboot of the True Crime series. As a result of the game’s high development budget and delays, it was canceled by Activision in 2011. Six months later, it was announced that Square Enix had picked up the publishing rights to the game, but the game was reannounced as Sleeping Dogs in 2012 as Square Enix did not purchase the True Crime name rights.

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Gameplay video with fight scene:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBx_AJnCttM

You have 2 campaign's to play....the cops and the Triad. Not to mention the 'favors' you do around town to build face...so there is always something to do and so far the individual "quests" are lengthy and broken down in parts so you never really get bored.

I love the hand to hand combat style....you use a button sequence to do different attacks and the options are immense...you forget the old stuff you have learned in the kungfu dojo when learning new stuff cause there's so much. The use of enviromental objects as finishing moves it awesome too.

Now as for the gun play....it really needs to be refined a bit....there is no "zoom aim" so you pretty much strafe bullets everywhere in an attempt to hit your opponent...luckily theres not much gunplay....so far.

Driving is very easy...I think developers made it easier due to the fact that you will be spending more time looking at the world around you or shooting at someone elses car. It did take some time for this westerner to get used to driving on the other side of the street though :). The later option of actually jumping out of your vehicle in a slow motion scene and taking over someone elses car or shooting and killing someone sounds awesome but I haven't gotten that far yet.

And after the campaign is done. the world is still full of hidden objects to find. So it will keep you busy for a while.

So has anyone else started playing this yet?

the game is really nice , bad in driving and awesome in fighting :)

am going to get it . thanks for sharing , weird i didn't see this game around x) .

Ok...update :)

The shooting does get better later on....you do get aiming. The moving car hijack is a little difficult due to the fact that you have to steer and drive and try to hold another button till an arrow turn green then you have to release and hit again quickly...but once you get the hang of it it gets easier.

Loving this game...it's alittle difficult not to get sucked into the Triad lifestyle and it's easy to forget your a cop...you definitely hear about it from your handler when you do though lol

The game is amazing, the bad thing is that it doesn't have MULTIPLAYER.. btw as I said, the game is brilliant.

I want this game, but I have pre-ordered Assassins Creed III - Join or die Edition which I bought for £55 plus P+P from Amazon, I am going to have to wait till christmas to get this

I've pre-ordered a lot of games.. can't wait for Halo 4, Black Ops 2, Borderlands 2, AC III and the rest that are coming..

This game is just wow i really fell in love with it yes the driving is not that great but the combat is the shit i didn't even want to use guns. Sadly i already finished the story :(

Aside from the driving, shooting looks dodgy, i.e. - Reloading an invisible clip, gun shooting while in reload animation...

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Originally Posted by Daedius

Aside from the driving, shooting looks dodgy, i.e. - Reloading an invisible clip, gun shooting while in reload animation...

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All this depends on what settings you have...on extreme you see a clip falling ect ect...

As for the shooting during reload anim...think thats video lag....I wish at times I could shoot while reloading...lost a few missions due to this...Uncle Poe died like 10 times lol

It looks good , but the handling / physics are pretty dumb (you can stop on the bike without putting down your feet , car physics are more like need for speed than GTA , you need to hit a whole lot of things to see your car damaged , you almost never fly through the windshield uppon impact , weird car skill to dodge traffic , etc.) other than that , its pretty cool , and the gameplay itself is interresting. Also the car base is pretty low , also there are no bikes , choppers (as far as i know) , planes (as far as i know).

I've been playing this since Skidrow's release came out, I've spent a full day on it because it's just awesome! I just turned a Red Nose

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Originally Posted by mucski

It looks good , but the handling / physics are pretty dumb (you can stop on the bike without putting down your feet , car physics are more like need for speed than GTA , you need to hit a whole lot of things to see your car damaged , you almost never fly through the windshield uppon impact , weird car skill to dodge traffic , etc.) other than that , its pretty cool , and the gameplay itself is interresting. Also the car base is pretty low , also there are no bikes , choppers (as far as i know) , planes (as far as i know).

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Yes the game has bikes and scooters, boats but I didn't saw a single Plane nor Helicopter yet

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Originally Posted by Scratch.

I've been playing this since Skidrow's release came out, I've spent a full day on it because it's just awesome! I just turned a Red Nose

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LOL Red Pole :)

There are no aircraft in game, just completed it and by god was i happy i got to kill him in the end. Great ending to a great game, lasted me 20 hours all in all definitely worth the asking price.

I pre-ordered this game at the beginning of the year, took me just under a day to complete the main storyline and it was well worth it.

This game has been in the making for five years including Activision cancelling True Crime: Hong Kong and selling the rights of the game to Square Enix, but not the name rights so they called it Sleeping Dogs.

It looks good, but before I get it, is it worth the money?

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Originally Posted by Lewiss

It looks good, but before I get it, is it worth the money?

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Yes it is indeed, Considering it's been in the making for 5 years.

I might consider getting, But if GTA V comes out anytime soon, Sleeping dogs will go to the bottom of my list lol

GTA 5 is nowhere in coming soon list.

You sure? I thought it must be near complete if they were releasing them screenshots what looked like the game was more or less finished, Im predicting it will be out 2013 May time

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Originally Posted by Lewiss

You sure? I thought it must be near complete if they were releasing them screenshots what looked like the game was more or less finished, Im predicting it will be out 2013 May time

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No one knows when GTA 5 is coming out so you can get sleeping dogs :)