7 Reasons Why Sleeping Dogs Is Better Than GTA V

GTA V is a great game, with three protagonists. Also, it is the most successful game Rockstar has ever produced in their history! Micheal, Franklin and Trevor, all of them are awesome.

Sleeping Dogs is a game made by Square Enix in association with United Front Games & Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) . In this game, we play as Wei Shen, who is a very loyal and good man. This game has an incredible story line, in which, you're a undercover cop and a triad. This game was supposed to be the third part in the TrueCrime franchise but then it discontinued and named "Sleeping Dogs".

[IanVanCheese]

Pork buns.

[Hellsvacancy]

"A Man who never eats Pork Buns is never a whole man"

[KonsoruMasuta]

"Why don't you have a Pork Bun in your hands?!"

[Goro]

You beat me to it xD

[Crazay]

HAHAH! Well played sir.

[Venoxn4g]

I gotta agree that Sleeping Dogs is better than GTA V

[BattleReach]

I gotta disagree that Sleeping Dogs is better than GTA V

[Golden_Mud]

I gotta agree and disagree that Sleeping Dogs is better than GTAV

[Az1mov]

I gotta sleeping dogs that disagree is GTA V than better

[bman53]

I gotta agree that Sleeping Dogs is better than Watch Dogs.

[Braid]

Watch Dogs gotta be better Sleeping Dogs than GTA V.

[brokenbracket]

I gotta Watch GTA Sleeping V Dogs is better than disagree.

[Razputin]

I've had enough of these "Why" articles. This is all a matter of opinion.

I loved Sleeping Dogs, and I think Watch Dogs is great too, and I know once I play GTAV it will be awesome too.

This is seriously getting ridiculous, trying to get people to jump on Band Wagons for no reason.

[LOGICWINS]

"Why" articles are an expression of an opinion. If you're such a proponent of "opinions", then you shouldn't have a problem with them.

Not everyone likes all open world games equally like you seem to.

[dcj0524]

Well sir it's labeled an opinion piece for a reason. Now if this was marked news then yeah, I'd agree with ya. That's like the whole point of an opinion piece, to express a certain opinion in this case why Sleeping Dogs is better than GTA V.

[brokenbracket]

Your mom is better than GTAV ;)

[nope111]

I dunno.... SD had a good story/characters and awesome high-speed shootouts, but everything else was so-so.

[DragoonsScaleLegends]

It had the best combat system out of every open world game I've ever played.

[iceman06]

True. I played Sleeping Dogs for hours...just for the hand to hand combat mechanics. I only wish that the varying styles weren't DLC options and were, instead, something that you could toggle in a customization. (basically, I don't want to have to pay for Drunken Kung-Fu!!!)

[Christopher]

I actually didn't care for the melee combat system...

The driving was a bit stiff and had that cheating AI aspect in it.

Gunplay was okay.

I never did finish the game, but probably will at some point. It just didn't keep me invested in the game. Not that GTAV did that either since I haven't finished it either.

[LOGICWINS]

Disagree. No other open world game has nailed the shooting, driving, and fighting mechanics like Sleeping Dogs did.

[TheSaint]

The driving is horrible is SD. All clunky and no finesse.

[Dannycr]

Better than GTAIV definitely. Better than GTAV, nope.

[Hroach616]

Yeah these "why" articles are stupid. There is a new one every day. Sometimes more. And the absolutely rediculous thing is sometimes the same writer does an article about why X is better then Y. Then the next day or week they do one saying why Y is better then X. It's stupid.

It's just people trying to creat controversy and get people joining bandwagons like Razputin said.
I'm tired of it. Is it just me?

[mezati99]

not even close

[DanaBlack]

You know what we need, a real new True Crime

[Ratty]

Agreed.

[gamerfan0909]

I loved the first two true crimes immensely. I have no clue why it didn't do better numbers than it did when both games came out. True crimes streets of ny captured that city so well and the soundtrack was awesome. I have no clue why they cancelled it and made it into sleeping dogs.

[DragoonsScaleLegends]

I think Activision selling off what became Sleeping Dogs is sure sign that True Crime is dead. What I hope is they possibly make an hd remake of the first true crime game which imo was better of the two. Maybe then make a real sequel to it.

[Ratty]

I think both games had something the other didn't have. I liked both equally I think. Sleeping Dogs definitely had a more serious and immersive story.

I also loved jumping on cars in pursuits. That was awesome. The combat was definitely better in Sleeping Dogs. One thing I didn't like is I felt the world was small at one point.

GTAV had more things to do as well. The protagonists were all pretty cool and interesting characters but at the same time I felt it was hard to feel immersed because of the multiple characters.

Yeah it's pretty much a tie for me.

[LOGICWINS]

I agree with almost everything you wrote. Sleeping Dogs had the more immersive story with natural voice acting. I can't remember the last time I cared for a gaming protagonist's plight to the degree I cared for Wei Shen's.

GTAV DID have more things to do, but most of those things weren't things that I actually wanted to do(hunting, riding a ferris wheel etc.). Still, GTAV is the best GTA ever given the complexity of the missions.

Overall, I think Sleeping Dogs is the more replayable/enjoyable of the two despite the smaller game world and lack of post main story content. I was really impressed with how well the game handled dating, something that most games in this genre are missing or not doing well enough. The shooting/driving mechanics are arguably more entertaining that GTAV's as well.

[DragoonsScaleLegends]

What sleeping dogs needed was to wait for next gen than instead of activision giving destiny a half a billion dollars in the long run, give that to true crime. But instead they make a dumb decision and sell off all the work they put into sleeping dogs. So if they want to start the franchise up again they have to start from scratch and invest millions into making it again.

[Psychotica]

The main thing I didn't like about SD is that it wasn't truly open world. There were areas that they intentionally blocked off, the small islands were off limits as well.

[chrissx]

Sleeping dogs is a real good game but overall as a sandbox game, gta v is the best till today

[KonsoruMasuta]

Played both. Even though Sleeping Dogs was good, it's not better than GTA V. In Sleeping Dogs, both the gun play and driving were off.

The only thing Sleeping Dogs has on GTA V is melee combat. It was a first try at something different though. GTA has had multiple installations to perfect it's craft. A Sleeping Dogs sequel might hold up when compared.

[Harmonizer]

The story, the music and the melee fights were definitely better in Sleeping Dogs while GTA 5 had better...well fuck it i actually liked Sleeping Dogs better now that i come to think of it.

Sleeping Dogs PC was a beauty to look it, cant wait to see what Rockstar will bring to the table with GTA 5 on PC this September.

[Chrono]

It has certain good aspects like the melee combat, parkour, and plot, but overall, GTA V is better. But it's one of the best for this kind of games.

[gamerfan0909]

Sleeping dogs is not in the same league as GTA V. The scope of the world alone destroys it not to mention the better story, gameplay, characters and content. I'm sorry but Sleeping dogs is starting to become the most overrated game of last gen.

[Minute Man 721]

I have this game sadly I haven't gotten a chance to play it yet

[snookiegamer]

Aw hell no!

GTA V is a better game than Sleeping Dogs overall. The driving mechanic in Sleeping Dogs makes Watch Dogs driving feel legit, that's how awful it was for me.

I'm not dumping on Sleeping Dogs, as every gamer has a different feel for games, but outside of the combat, me and Sleeping Dogs didn't hit it off ;/

[The_Truth_24_7]

It's not even close. SD is far superior to gta5.

[MultiConsoleGamer]

7,000 reasons why opinions are better than opinions.

[matrixman92]

Gta5 was a huge letdown for me, so I agree

[ibrake4naps]

they should so make a next-gen version!

[DawginTow1]

They already are: http://www.eurogamer.net/ar...

[ibrake4naps]

Yeah, but i already played that one. I want a sequel built from the ground up for next gen, with improved driving and shooting!

[MasterD919]

Nope...Sleeping Dogs is lower than Saints Row, which is lower than GTA V.

[Squeaky_door]

Man..fuck the Internet

[RosweeSon]

And here's a fact for you it's just not end of, sleeping dogs was a great game and a brilliant stop gap until the wait for GTA Was over but a better game, someone's on the sherbert, even if you don't like the characters or story of GTA there is no disputing that game is a beast.

[YodaCracker]

This is a completely unfair comparison. Sleeping Dogs is not even in the same league. GTA V is ridiculously polished and has absurdly high production values that almost no game can match. I know everyone loves to root for the "underdog" but GTA V is far superior to Sleeping Dogs in virtually every way possible. Of course with the exception of the fighting mechanics, which are the main focus of SD.

[cheetah]

I agree with you 100%. GTAV is the pinnacle of game making and encompasses everything we had hoped to see in games for 35 years. I have been playing for that long and no other world is as impressive as San Andreas. Hyrule in OOT was excellent for its time, but R* have raised the bar big time.

[Adrian_v01]

Where have I been the last 35 years?! DD:
If GTAV is everything we hoped to see in games for 35 years then I feel very sad about what games and gamers have become.

Don't get me wrong, GTAV is fun but only 13 year olds would say it's the best thing produced in the last 35 years.

[liquidhalos]

Pinnacle of game making? what the heck, look, it was a fantastic and fun game but to say its the pinnacle of game making? Thats just silly. And to make things worse you say its what we had hoped to see in games for 35 years. Really? so thats it, our pinnacle of hope and dreams in the gaming community came out last year on ps360. Thats it then devs, pack up, go home the game is up. I dont think so man

[cheetah]

Relax guys. What I mean is that to me, San Andreas is the best realised world I have experienced in gaming. It was alive and I don't think any developer has matched that. That game is more than the sum of it parts.

Rather than just say you dont agree with me, offer a counter opinion. Is Fallout better, is Skyrim better? I am talking about sandbox games, because while other genres may have nailed their specifics better, GTAV has to get so many things right, driving, action, story, physics, variety etc etc

[Audiggity]

Yep. There is no comparison. Sleeping Dogs was good. I'd buy the sequel day 1. But GTA V blows it so far out of the water it's scary.

[SgtBrianB14]

This "why" thing are really stupid and getting annoying

P.S: GTAV is better not even close but still sleeping dogs is really good too

[mogwaii]

7 reasons why i dont give a damn

[inmusicutrust]

Read the comments first and was excited for the article(didnt expect it to be better than gtaV but I enjoyed the first true crime) but when I read the article, what a weak list! Clothing bonuses, a likable 'perfect' protagonist, hand to hand combat(the original true crime focused on this too, silly to compare the two games in this aspect when gta has neve put eemphasis on this)

The comments here made me want to play SD, the article did the opposite.

[zu4G]

umm no ..
this game is just like True Crime Street of L.A of last gen ..
both games sucks..
GTA V 4Life yo!

[nerdman67]

I don't know about being better than GTA V, but it is certainly better than Watch Dogs

[bauer007]

GTA V is the best open world game ever made, plain and simple nothing already out can beat it!

[kingdom18]

Eh, couldn't really get into GTAV.

[FriedPi]

SD had a unique atmosphere and a great story, it sucked me in like few other games have, ie; red dead, fallout 3, and LA noire. The controls were good, shining in fights and driving shootouts, otherwise driving was adequate, and the motorcycle races insanely hard.

GTA's story was laughable, and not in a good way. It's got a huge world ...full of walking cardboard cutouts. No heart and soul. After the very short story was over, I kept looking for something more, nothing. Perhaps some really good single player dlc will up it's status, but it currently feels they were aiming at 12 year-olds who enjoy wrecking cars.

[deathtok]

I enjoy and own both games! But lets not pretend for a second that Sleeping Dogs is better than GTA V...

[NeoTribe]

I thought sleeping dogs was pretty boring to be honest.