When Square-Enix first contacted us regarding our copy of Sleeping Dogs, we thought we had a good chance to be able to write a full review. But when the game only arrived at Ghost_Deus' den yesterday, it was clear that he would not be able to make it on time for the game's release in Europe today. As you'll see in his videos, United Front Games' title oozes atmosphere and the Hong Kong setting is a nice change from the usual New York City landscape. Although not everything is perfect, it is great to see that the gameplay mechanics work well, especially combat, which is very satisfying. The console versions may not be as sharp as most AAA titles, even considering the open evironment, but they manage to be very immersive nonetheless. On PC, things look much nicer, as proven by the screenshots our good friend onirik took for us.
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When exactly was the point when gamers turned into complete morons who will buy literally ANYTHING thats got written 'Activision' or 'Zombies' on it because i kinda missed that day completly ?
In past times i was wishing "Man, there should be more ppl like us gamers out there..." Today i'm wishing all those mainstream gamers should all just fuck off and die. THEY turned gaming industry into what it is today, not some asshat CEO like Kotick...
If you want to have a gripe at a successful studio then EA's surely for the taking above Activision. I've not played a COD game yet, or for that matter activision game in general, that charges for an online pass, closes servers after a couple of years, rushed out bug ridden, promoted content locked on the disc as 'supporting' their game, or had a tacked on single player.
It's rather sad how some people rush to dismiss any one who gets value from the COD franchise as morons or zombies.
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Apparently im not the only guy thinking so... and im not even starting with MW3 (which btw is just a copy of a copy). But if you're happy with Activision fooling and screwing you all over and over again you just need a bullet like the rest. (Sorry for expressing it this drastically, i dont mean to offend you).
PS: ...and im not bying that ea shit either (only once in a while, since most of the time this applies for ea too). Its a good thing that kickstarter emerged, this way we can at least see some innovation from time to time.
How is Activision screwing people if said people enjoy the games?
You state your position in a definitive manner and then shut down the conversation, as if your being "mature"; you didn't need to say "COD is garbage", but you just couldn't help yourself.
We literally just went through this in the BLOPS2 thread. Why are we even discussing that here?
How is Activision screwing people if said people enjoy the games?
This game is a lot of fun. I'm not sure that it's the best looking sandbox game overall, but certain aspects of it are certainly very nice looking.
I found some of the reviews rather unfortunate. Edge said the game produced solid entertainment, but panned the script and gave it a SIX, seemingly because of the story. Has GTA suggested to them that this is all the genre can do well? I quite like GTA4. I think the city is more well designed (still love Sleeping Dog's map!); I like the characters more, and I even like the car handling a good deal more (hoodcam!). But Sleeping Dogs does a lot of things really well. The combat is really fun. There are some fantasic little touches too. I love the collectables map. I love the left click to scroll through local objectives feature. And the little things and big things all add up to what is a really enjoyable experience. It's certainly not a fucking 6. That's just a bad damn opinion.
My only real criticism is the driving. It sucks. I'm shocked people like it.
I'll probably pick this up at some point as it does look decent enough. I do think this sort of sandbox game survives on it's story to push you through it though.. it seems alot more more level headed than say SR3, or just cause 2 - where you can waste countless hours simply being rediculas with the playground offered. This seems more akin to mafia 2 - the open world simply setting the scene rather than allowing you to create your own fun? And with no multiplayer/co-op attached pretty soon its bag of tricks is shown so a decent narratives needed to push the player on.
I think I've mentioned it a bunch because it's really one of the only things that stands out as a negative for me. And it's not even a big one. It's not a design I care for, but it's executed pretty competently.
I just stick to bikes for transportation. They're super easy and make it easy to zip through traffic (I love you, world density slider).
Edit: Oh, and I'm using a Razer Onza (360 pad). I'm sure it mostly handles the same on other platforms. This game supports multiple simultaneous inputs (like GTA and SR), so you could use the kbm on foot/for combat, if you wanted, but I wouldn't recommend it. There's too much melee stuff. That's not the kind of stuff that translates especially well to the keyboard and mouse. I did nearly all of GTA4's on foot sequences with the kbm controls, because it improves GTA's combat quite a bit (you can ignore the awful lock-on and cover systems when you do this), but there's no such appeal here. This game works best with a pad.
I just don't know yet. I do think messin' around has potential in this game. It's a shame events like Trans car missions even end. They could just go on forever if they really wanted them to.. and they're fun. Some of the other little distractions are fun too. The martial arts clubs for instance. I was a bit worried that the side mission content in this game wouldn't be very good.. but it aint bad. I think this hits a lot of the marks that the genre aims to deliver, and it has a lot of its own interesting ideas to add too. I dig it. And all dat neon! And rain! OMG!
On, that's another thing about the PC port. It's great! I have experienced a couple of crashes, but nothing that I'd consider major. Maybe two in around 10 hours of gameplay. It runs well. It looks pretty awesome. Good stuff.
That said, does anyone else have an issue with the main character animation? I have yet to play it, but all the vids I have seen show the PC running like a child with a stick up his @ss. Not enough to turn me away, but it seems a little distracting, and could have been such an easy fix...
The game does look perty. You really can't beat all that rain and neon :D
And Wei is a boss.
many thx, I'm so tempted ...
many thx, I'm so tempted ...
many thx, I'm so tempted ...