leemond2008 Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 Any one going to get this? all the reviews I have read say its pretty **** good. I'm gunna pop out and pick it up tomorrow but I know exactly what I am like I will play it for a few hours say its awesome and then never touch it again sleeping dogs review Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 I read a pretty good review for this aswell. It doesn't seem to do anything original, but what it does do is get pretty much everything right. The story seems to imitate Hong Kong cinema to good effect (both the serious and not so serious), with combat mostly being hand to hand in a Batman Asylum/City kind of way, with flowing combos against multiple enemies, but it makes greater use of the environment then either Batman games. The only down side seems to be the graphics - which are indicative of the fact the project started life quite some time ago as True Crime: Hong Kong, which was scrapped, then picked up and finished, and it ended up being Sleeping Dogs. I won't be buying it, I have a silly amount of games to finish off, and ones I have hardly started on, before I go buying new releases, and this one doesnt interest me enough to buy it anyway despite that fact. I would like to hear what people think though, as a successful 'GTA clone' set away from America does intrigue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 I'm definitely getting this, been looking forward to it for a while. I'm just not sure whether to get it on ps3 or 360 though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leemond2008 Posted August 16, 2012 Author Share Posted August 16, 2012 To be honest the only game that I have been playing lately (again because I literally played it for 2 or 3 hours, thought it was good and never played it again) is batman arkham city, I havent played fifa or CoD for months and months I dont recon I would bother buying this one if I had to actually pay for it but I have got a **** load of vouchers for HMV and there aint much else that I want so I am gunna give it a go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laivasse Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 This one looks kind of derivative, but also kind of entertaining and I hear the PC port is supposed to be really good. Once it drops in price a little I'll probably start eyeing it up more seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginko Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 You can buy it for £26.99 on Steam right now if you fancy playing it on a P.C. I read the Kotaku review and watched Gametrailers review as well and both seemed to be very favourable. I love open-world games and I had the original True Crime: Streets of L.A which started off promisingly enough before suddenly incorporating weird shit and it got pretty boring. This, however, looks a lot better and I haven't had a proper GTA fix in a long time so I will no doubt pick this up at some point in the next few days, probably for 360. It has Emma Stone in it so that's nothing but a good thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leemond2008 Posted August 16, 2012 Author Share Posted August 16, 2012 plus I wanna put some money on a cock fight and go to a hooker and cant afford to do either in the real world Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leemond2008 Posted August 17, 2012 Author Share Posted August 17, 2012 Just Gunna shoot up town and pick this up now I'll return in a few hours to let ya know what I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laivasse Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 You can buy it for £26.99 on Steam right now if you fancy playing it on a P.C.€50 for me in Ireland :/ Also I'm waiting on a preorder cancellation from greenmangaming before I buy anything new. BTW giantbomb's quick look on the PC version made it look pretty appealing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leemond2008 Posted August 17, 2012 Author Share Posted August 17, 2012 just had an hour or so on it so far it is basicly GTA with noodles, the controls are identical to it but the hand to hand combat is really good (a whole lot has been taken from batman) but it seems a bit sluggish at times. The voice acting is good, the graphics are decent (nothing ground breaking but not uneasy on the eye at all) cant really say a lot more at the moment because I havent played that much on it but so far it is looking like it is going to be quote a lot of fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 360 or ps3 leemond? Bit of a nerdy question but how does it run? Smooth? Screen tearing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leemond2008 Posted August 17, 2012 Author Share Posted August 17, 2012 ps3, like I say I only had it on for an hour but it looks smooth enough to me at the moment. I just done a couple of easy missions then went on a rampage smashing the **** out of everyone and anything I saw which is always fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laivasse Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 In the course of reading up on this I found some comparison screens for you console guys. http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=487361 360 seems to have much nicer visuals but I'm not used to console comparisons. PC version looks very slick indeed, however, with an official Hi Res texture pack available as free DLC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 Got this coming rented from Lovefilm. Only just started using Lovefilm for game rentals and it's pretty good. I buy most of the big games like Fifa and CoD, but games that i'll only play once like this one, i'll rent. The gameplay stuff looks pretty good. I'm looking forward to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legov Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Looks like Infernal Affairs in a video game. That can't be a bad thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Been playing this for most of the weekend, a huge amount of fun. Whats great is the focus on hand to hand combat rather than gunplay, although admittedly i am finding it quite tough going to get to grips with the fighting. The driving is great (even if the camera lets it down), the missions are fun and varied. I prefer this over Saints Row quite a lot actually. It looks great as well, not the best graphics ive ever seen but its quite pretty, at night it looks brilliant in downtown hong kong. It definitely needs a few things added to it. As mentioned, the camera needs tightening up and a few options added as the one and only viewpoint hinders driving in close quarters a bit. Maybe a few more activities to do also. Further more id expand the car customisation quite a lot as well as its quite a big thing over there and seems a bit odd not to include it to some degree. But as it is its still a fantastic game. Well worth a purchase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginko Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 I've played this a fair bit recently and it is good fun, it's not perfect and it's not quite up to the standard of GTA IV was for me, but it's a lot of fun. Plus, I've just been driving around in-game and listening to Kerrang on the radio (love the fact they have Kerrang in Hong Kong apparently) but I just heard one of my favourite Bombay Bicycle Club songs on it! That immediately bumps the game up in my estimation, that and I keep hearing the DJ on Ninja Tune radio mention The Cinematic Orchestra, but I don't think I've heard any of their songs just yet. Either way, music aside, it's a good laugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leemond2008 Posted August 20, 2012 Author Share Posted August 20, 2012 just about to stick this back on again , I'm about 40% through the main story I think. I said in an earlier post that I thought the fighting was sluggish but I have really got to grips with it now, I think its a great game and it is holding my interest a lot more than GTA does, my only problem is that I dont think it is going to be long enough, I am having to take my time with it to save me from running through it in a matter of days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginko Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 I'm not that far into the story as of yet, but I picked up a gun in one of the side missions so that was fun. I then went going around trying to do the CCTV hacking and found a gang who had bloody assault rifles. Needless to say, they killed me. Now I have no gun and I could probably do with one because a few of the other CCTV camera missions have guys with guns and I can't really do much until I pack some heat. Maybe I need to play some more of the story missions and it'll unlock somewhere I can buy or find weapons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laivasse Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 I picked up this game after cancelling another preorder and I'm delighted I did so. Hong Kong looks fantastic, the story is solid, it's pretty addictive and the combat is deeply satisfying. Like leemond, though, I have a feeling the story can be rushed through pretty quickly so I'm hanging back and spreading myself over a bunch of side activities. Also there are some teething problems with the PC version they need to sort out, mostly down to dodgy camera while driving. I haven't found much use for guns yet. In fact of all the game mechanics, the gunplay alone feels kind of janky. I've found a couple of guns in lockboxes but finding them didn't end well for me. When I found the second one I thought it would be a great idea to massacre one of the unarmed hacking-site gangs with it - that just made everything way harder than it had to be, since the police started on me for the very first time outside of a mission or hijack. I had to run off, come back and reattempt it bare handed. TBH that suits me fine because I'm having way too much fun beating the crap out of triads with my bare hands, in ridiculously brutal ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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