Pixels or Death's Jason Rice writes:
"Like many of us, I’ve spent the last few weeks mournfully looking at the dozens of games I purchased during the various holiday sales and bemoaning my hubris at thinking I could play them all. In desperately trying to justify my purchases, I’ve finally gotten around to playing Square-Enix’s Sleeping Dogs, a GTA style crime drama set in the bustling city of Hong Kong. It’s a great game, the driving mechanics are a perfect balance of arcade-y and realistic, the hand to hand combat mirrors the fluidity of Arkham City, and the setting and story ooze style. It’s a classic HK action flick given life.
As is always the case, the protagonist, Wei Shen, is an undercover cop. His goal — to take down the Triad from the inside – is first and foremost one of justice. Early fights are entirely hand to hand, a refreshing break from the tiresome gunplay most open-world games rely on. You counter, combo, and crush your way to victory, leaving scores of writhing and broken men in your wake. You don’t kill them though. Wei Shen is still a cop, right?
That is, until you impale a guy on a pile of swordfish heads."
Huzaifah from eXputer: "Sleeping Dogs from the early 2010s is one of the best open-world games out there but in dire need of a resurgence."
You say "yet" as if it's even possible anymore. United Front Games is gone, along with anyone that made this game what it is
That’s what happens when games sell poorly. And I’ve seen people wonder why people cry when a game sells badly… this is your answer.
Majority of the time it's true but if a company/publisher is big (in terms of money), they can take a hit or 2. e.g. I am not worried about Rebirth sales as Square will make Remake 3 anyway but if FF 17 doesn't sell then Square might need to look for alternative. <-- my humble opinion
Oh okay, Activision owned True Crime, but when that didn’t sell as intended it was canceled. Six months later Square Enix bought the rights and changed the title to Sleeping Dogs.*
*As per Wikipedia
Sleeping Dogs was a sleeper hit back then. It was fantastic. It actually still is. Would love a sequel to this, or at least a revive of True Crime series.
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watching the video is better then going through 31 pages of gamingbolt.
Do they explain in the video why there are two numbers 3? Starfield and Tears of the Kingdom?
GF365: "Here are eight games that need sequels. These games are ones that players would love to experience another time, bigger and better."
Bloodborne is a game I still restart and play every few months. I would welcome just a re release in 60fps with a visual upgrade. It's a perfect game. If I was king for a day I would include the randomizer mods because then it would be a kind of rogue like and I could play it forever.
