Sleeping Dogs (formerly True Crime: Hong Kong)

[Maynard]

i watched a few videos on steam and this game looks pretty cool.

[ryne candy]

Waiting for mine to come in on Thursday from Newegg....can't wait.

[Swarley]

I'm having a lot of fun with this game so far.

[Swarley]

Loving this game so far. It's a lot like the GTA games, but since you're an undercover cop, you do stuff for both the Triads and the police. No idea how long this game is, but I've put a pretty decent amount of time into it yesterday and today. Really hoping at the end of the game it'll let you choose who you side with, the cops or the Son On Yee.

[Maynard]

the one video i watched the guy said he had 19 hours in and was at 84%

[Swarley]

the one video i watched the guy said he had 19 hours in and was at 84%

Was he doing any side missions? I usually don't do many of those until I beat the main story.

At this point I've done all of the cop missions. The Triad missions seem to be getting close to a climax.


EDIT: LOL, I didn't even realize there was a statistics tab in the menu. 26/30 main missions - 86.67%. He must have been doing a ton of side stuff, b/c I'm at 11.5 hours.

[jms493]

yeah I am getting sucked in....I am doing any missions....side or main.

[Swarley]

yeah I am getting sucked in....I am doing any missions....side or main.

How many main missions have you done?

[Swarley]

Swarley's Sleeping Dogs Review:

Finished up the story in Sleeping Dogs. Surprisingly decent story for this type of open-world game. I was also surprised at how well they brought you in to the emotions of the main character for a game like this. By the end of the game you can feel the anger and pain of Wei Shen, which makes the last couple of missions that much better. The hand-to-hand combat makes this game a blast. I found it a lot more fun to whoop Triad ass with Kung fu rather than to just shoot them from behind cover like most games of this type. I also loved the fact that you got to do missions on both sides of the law with the Triads and the Hong Kong PD.

If I had to describe this game, it would be a combination of GTA and LA Noire, throw in the hand-to-hand combat of the Batman Arkham games, and sprinkle in a tiny bit of the platforming from Uncharted.

Very good game. I've been saying all summer long that this game would be one of the more underrated games of the fall season, and it did not disappoint one bit. It's a very refreshing take on the games of this genre. If anyone enjoys the GTA games, or any of these type of sandbox games, I would definitely recommend giving it a try. I'm giving it a solid 8.75/10.

[Twigg4075]

Swarley's Sleeping Dogs Review:

Finished up the story in Sleeping Dogs. Surprisingly decent story for this type of open-world game. I was also surprised at how well they brought you in to the emotions of the main character for a game like this. By the end of the game you can feel the anger and pain of Wei Shen, which makes the last couple of missions that much better. The hand-to-hand combat makes this game a blast. I found it a lot more fun to whoop Triad ass with Kung fu rather than to just shoot them from behind cover like most games of this type. I also loved the fact that you got to do missions on both sides of the law with the Triads and the Hong Kong PD.

If I had to describe this game, it would be a combination of GTA and LA Noire, throw in the hand-to-hand combat of the Batman Arkham games, and sprinkle in a tiny bit of the platforming from Uncharted.

Very good game. I've been saying all summer long that this game would be one of the more underrated games of the fall season, and it did not disappoint one bit. It's a very refreshing take on the games of this genre. If anyone enjoys the GTA games, or any of these type of sandbox games, I would definitely recommend giving it a try. I'm giving it a solid 8.75/10.

I wish someone else would do what The Getaway did way back on PS1. I've mentioned this many times but the way that game was set up was one of the coolest things I've seen in gaming. You play as both a mob member in London trying to get out but then your wife and daughter are kidnapped so you are forced to do several more jobs for the mob to get them back. You play like 10 or 15 scenarios (20 maybe) as the "bad guy", doing things like torching a bar owned my a rival gang. Then you play as a detective and you see what it's like from the other side of things. Responding to the engulfed bar and subsequent shoot out as the cop knowing that you had previously caused the carnage yourself as the mob guy, was fucking cool as shit. And that was on PS1.

[Twigg4075]

Also, Swarley, was the DLC pack you got from Best Buy worth a damn? Any additional trophies? I'm guessing no.

[krulmichael]

Just Redboxed it today and it's currently installing. Here's hoping I enjoy it as much as everyone else has been.

[Twigg4075]

By the way, I just canceled my order for this. I'll wait until it goes on sale for $40 or something. Fucking Amazon still hadn't shipped it even though it's been showing as "Shipping Soon" for four days. It's not worth it for a measly $10 credit and probably a throw away DLC pack. If it was a $20 credit I'd probably wait it out.

I'm sure it will be $40 soon enough, plus I'm balls deep in Arkham City anyway.

[Swarley]

'll wait until it goes on sale for $40 or something.

You should just go down to Best Buy and get it...like now. Lot of fun.

[Twigg4075]

You should just go down to Best Buy and get it...like now. Lot of fun.

Why? So that I can distracted from Arkham City again? It's probably a good idea it didn't sip. I want to finish Batman.