Sleeping Dogs is an exceptional Action/Adventure that raises the bar for the genre.
90
Verdict
94%
Steam
82
IGDB
Verdict score based on confidence-adjusted Steam reviews?
Very Positive on Steam (94% positive from 17K reviews)
Critically acclaimed (82/100 critic average)
Compelling narrative and story
Rich open world to explore
No significant drawbacks reported
Sleeping Dogs is a 2012 action-adventure game developed by United Front Games and published by Square Enix. The game was released for PlayStation 3, Windows, and Xbox 360 in August 2012. Set in contemporary Hong Kong, the story follows Wei Shen, a Hong Kong-American police officer and martial artist who goes undercover and infiltrates the Sun On Yee Triad organization. Gameplay focuses on Shen's martial arts moves, fighting, shooting and parkour abilities, and on gadgets that can be used for combat and exploration. The player must complete missions to unlock content and continue the story, but they may instead freely roam the game's open world environment and engage in both legal and criminal activities. The latter may incite a police response, the intensity of which is controlled by a "heat" system. Actions such as fighting, driving and racing grant Shen statistical rewards and earn the player achievements.
Runs well on modern hardware.
Last updated 4d ago
GTA-like but combat-based (Arkham Games Counter Style) with a good story and a great atmosphere. Hong Kong, especially at night and in the rain, looks and feels great. You play an undercover cop who infiltrates a gang, enjoying missions and gameplay as both a cop and a gangster. Well written characters, some really nice game mechanics. Runs great on Deck.
An amazing 2012 game which surely holds up to this day. Enjoyable story, amazing combat and atmospheric gameplay. Makes you feel like you are in a John Woo film (which obviously influenced the development heavily). The voice acting is superb and as far as I can tell most actors are actually stars in their respective fields. One negative aspect of it was the driving that feels very clumsy and cartooney. Also, the gun play is kind of limited. Seems like it was the intention of the developers to make guns something that did not occur every time, focusing more on traditional melee fighting. As such, gunplay is limited 99% of the time to special missions. Another negative aspect is the very unworthiness of the skills system. Basically your upgrades do not affect gameplay at all. Overall: 8/10 solid. Worthy buy if you are into open world games.
Unplayable with controller
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