Sleeping Dogs (Rare Hong Kong setting)

Anyone is playing this game? I'm impressed by the setting as I saw many Hong Kong elements and even listened to some Chinese folk songs (I'm Chinese, btw). Its action combinations remind me of Arkham City (especially the grapple), but have a mix of Chinese martial arts.

no one is playing... we just have a lot of topics on it. :lol:

no one is playing... we just have a lot of topics on it. :lol:

jakes456

Ah....it looks good, personally. :D

I'm also really enjoying the game

he's joking, alot people are playing, it's a surpsingly great game, even when the rest of its pre-release trailers sucked

Anyone is playing this game? I'm impressed by the setting as I saw many Hong Kong elements and even listend to some Chinese folk songs (I'm Chinese, btw). Its action combinations remind me of Arkham City (especially the grapple), but have a mix of Chinese martial arts.

CoS_Ethan

I've been playing the sh!t out of it. Took about 2 hours to become one of my favorite games ever. It's absolutely a blast, with very few faults. Also, you're Chinese? Tell me, are the lyrics to the 24Herbs songs on the HKlub radio station as good as the beats? One in particular, No Brothers, has me parking my car to listen to it every time it comes on (that synth string drop going into the third verse... AAAAAAwesome). The beat is incredible, and the raps have a fantastic flow, but, not speaking Chinese, I have no idea what they're saying. Judging by the name of the song, I'm assuming at least part of the chorus translates to "no brothers", but that's about it. Hahaha. Have you heard of those guys outside of the game? Are they awesome?

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Anyone is playing this game? I'm impressed by the setting as I saw many Hong Kong elements and even listend to some Chinese folk songs (I'm Chinese, btw). Its action combinations remind me of Arkham City (especially the grapple), but have a mix of Chinese martial arts.

the_bi99man

I've been playing the sh!t out of it. Took about 2 hours to become one of my favorite games ever. It's absolutely a blast, with very few faults. Also, you're Chinese? Tell me, are the lyrics to the 24Herbs songs on the HKlub radio station as good as the beats? One in particular, No Brothers, has me parking my car to listen to it every time it comes on (that synth string drop going into the third verse... AAAAAAwesome). The beat is incredible, and the raps have a fantastic flow, but, not speaking Chinese, I have no idea what they're saying. Judging by the name of the song, I'm assuming at least part of the chorus translates to "no brothers", but that's about it. Hahaha. Have you heard of those guys outside of the game? Are they awesome?

Yep, the lyrics are good (although in Chinese), what impressed me is they picked up several melodic Chinese songs and put them in an Enligh game. Maybe I will try to get that translated a bit when I went home, haha.

I finished the main mission and most of the side missions. I hunger for more Sleeping Dogs content!

What was that other Hong Kong set game that came out a few years ago? I think Chow Yun Fat was in it.

It didn't get a good review and this looks very similar to it. Avoiding.

What was that other Hong Kong set game that came out a few years ago? I think Chow Yun Fat was in it.

It didn't get a good review and this looks very similar to it. Avoiding.

Starshine_M2A2

I know he has some famous movies, is the game based on one of his movies?

What was that other Hong Kong set game that came out a few years ago? I think Chow Yun Fat was in it.

It didn't get a good review and this looks very similar to it. Avoiding.

Starshine_M2A2

Hmm. I'm not sure what game you're thinking of. But, no matter how similar Sleeping Dogs may look to any bad game you've ever heard of, it's awesome. Definitely worth checking out. There's a free demo you can download on Steam, that does a great job of introducing you to the hand to hand fighting, which is definitely the centerpiece of the game.

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What was that other Hong Kong set game that came out a few years ago? I think Chow Yun Fat was in it.

It didn't get a good review and this looks very similar to it. Avoiding.

the_bi99man

Hmm. I'm not sure what game you're thinking of. But, no matter how similar Sleeping Dogs may look to any bad game you've ever heard of, it's awesome. Definitely worth checking out. There's a free demo you can download on Steam, that does a great job of introducing you to the hand to hand fighting, which is definitely the centerpiece of the game.

He's talking about Stranglehold.

He's talking about Stranglehold.

mhofever

Ah. Well, I never played that, so I don't know for myself, but this is pretty funny.

It didn't get a good review and this looks very similar to it. Avoiding.

Starshine_M2A2

I just can't bring myself to buy it. Why spend $50 on this when I'll be purchasing Assassins Creed 3 and GTA V anyway?? :( biggest_loser

Because it's a really fun game with a great story, that isn't made any less great by the existence of other (probably) great games?:P

Anyways, definitely keep an eye on it, at least. Download and play the demo on Steam, if you haven't already. If that doesn't convince you buy it right away, with other games that you're more interested in coming up soon, then at least keep an eye on it, and pick it up the minute it drops in price or goes on sale or something. It's a blast, and I doubt you'd regret buying it, even at full price, if you're the slightest bit into the genre.

I just can't bring myself to buy it. Why spend $50 on this when I'll be purchasing Assassins Creed 3 and GTA V anyway?? :( biggest_loser

Because Sleeping Dogs is not Assassins Creed 3 or GTA V.

Why spend $50 biggest_loser

Sleeping Dogs on GMG

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GMG25-1BW0K-K1A3G

= $37.50

You're welcome

Note: Code is only valid for another hour as of this post, but GMG have had a LOT of sales on Sleeping Dogs and sales across the whole site (got my copy for $36 two weeks ago, since then it's been up for $35 and now $37.50).

I think thats just snark to say "because its not Assassins Creed or GTA" - if you can't see the glaring similarities in the game play then you're blind. My point is that its probably not going to be as good as those two so why buy the second banana first if you're going to be doing similar things but not as good? I think its risk to buy games on story. Most of the storytelling in games is terrible at the moment. biggest_loser

[QUOTE="biggest_loser"]I think thats just snark to say "because its not Assassins Creed or GTA" - if you can't see the glaring similarities in the game play then you're blind. My point is that its probably not going to be as good as those two so why buy the second banana first if you're going to be doing similar things but not as good? I think its risk to buy games on story. Most of the storytelling in games is terrible at the moment. C_Rule

Pretty much. And so what if there's similar mechanics in certain parts. Yeah, you'd have to be blind to not see the similarities, but you'd also have to be blind to not see the differences. And for what it's worth, storytelling in games has been lackluster lately, but Sleeping Dogs is one of the exceptions. Definitely among the best of recent memory.

[QUOTE="biggest_loser"]I think thats just snark to say "because its not Assassins Creed or GTA" - if you can't see the glaring similarities in the game play then you're blind. My point is that its probably not going to be as good as those two so why buy the second banana first if you're going to be doing similar things but not as good? I think its risk to buy games on story. Most of the storytelling in games is terrible at the moment. C_Rule

[QUOTE="C_Rule"][QUOTE="biggest_loser"]I think thats just snark to say "because its not Assassins Creed or GTA" - if you can't see the glaring similarities in the game play then you're blind. My point is that its probably not going to be as good as those two so why buy the second banana first if you're going to be doing similar things but not as good? I think its risk to buy games on story. Most of the storytelling in games is terrible at the moment. biggest_loser

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Congratulations, you found a review which points out some similarities between the two. I've played the game, you haven't. Your opinion is moot.

Sleeping Dogs is as much GTA as Just Cause is GTA. It's like saying Battlefield and Call of Duty are the same thing, just because they're both first person shooters.

Game was a lot of fun..Was great till the ending like some of yall said..It was like a few hours towards the ending i think they ran out of ideas an it got bland..The karate part of the game was interesting an different an fun..Had fun with the game myself..

I'm having a blast playing the game. Hong Kong is a very nice setting, reminds me of Shenmue 2 ;).

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He's talking about Stranglehold.

the_bi99man

Ah. Well, I never played that, so I don't know for myself, but this is pretty funny.

It didn't get a good review and this looks very similar to it. Avoiding.

Starshine_M2A2

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Ah. Well, I never played that, so I don't know for myself, but this is pretty funny.

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It didn't get a good review and this looks very similar to it. Avoiding.

Starshine_M2A2

:lol:

I just picked it up yesterday and really enjoying it. I was also glad to see Hong Kong as the setting. Far too many games use New York (or some made up version of it) as the setting. I would much rather see more exotic locales in games.jtcraft

To me, New York is exotic. As it is to most people who don't live in America.

[QUOTE="jtcraft"]I just picked it up yesterday and really enjoying it. I was also glad to see Hong Kong as the setting. Far too many games use New York (or some made up version of it) as the setting. I would much rather see more exotic locales in games.HyperWarlock

To me, New York is exotic. As it is to most people who don't live in America.

it looks exactly like any other big city though and it's overused

I thought it was a very good game all around and enjoyed the game.

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[QUOTE="jtcraft"]I just picked it up yesterday and really enjoying it. I was also glad to see Hong Kong as the setting. Far too many games use New York (or some made up version of it) as the setting. I would much rather see more exotic locales in games.wis3boi

To me, New York is exotic. As it is to most people who don't live in America.

it looks exactly like any other big city though and it's overused

[QUOTE="jtcraft"]I just picked it up yesterday and really enjoying it. I was also glad to see Hong Kong as the setting. Far too many games use New York (or some made up version of it) as the setting. I would much rather see more exotic locales in games.HyperWarlock

To me, New York is exotic. As it is to most people who don't live in America.