Sleeping Dogs is an open world open world action-adventure video game published by Square Enix.
The game was originally in development as an original IP, but was announced in 2009 as True Crime: Hong Kong,
the third installment and a reboot of the True Crime series.As a result of the game's high development budget
and delays, it was canceled by Activision in 2011. Six months later, it was announced that Square Enix had
picked up the publishing rights to the game, but the game was reannounced as Sleeping Dogs in 2012 as Square
Enix did not purchase the True Crime name rights.
Sleeping Dogs is played as an over-the-shoulder, third-person perspective action-adventure game with role-playing elements.
The player controls Wei Shen , a police officer that goes undercover to infiltrate the Sun On Yee Triad organization .
The graphics aren't very good , but for the pc you can opt for an HD texture pack which makes the game pretty good looking.
Also the bright colors and lights , the busy streets filled with people and the variety of buildings make you feel
immersed into the world of the game.
The audio is lively and makes you feel like you are in the giant city known as Hong Kong .I mean it's always nice to
hear someone yell at you when you scare them or almost hit them with your car. This type of details immerse you into the game
even more.
The storyline is predictable but acceptable. I wasn't bothered by it , but neither was i impressed. It was just right.
This game is an open world after all and the focus is on exploring and running people over with your car , and not on the story.
The melee combat is brilliant , violent and satisfying. This is one of the biggest pluses of this game. The firearm combat...not so good
it's not the combat itself but the optimization on pc . A lot of people complained about the freezing aim bug when you are in the
passenger's seat or when you fire from cover ,which makes the game unplayable, a bug i have had the unpleasantry of meeting too.
So i would say that the optimization is the biggest flaw of this game.
In conclusion this game gets a 7.5 / 10 funky points , making it worth buying for it's awesome combat and very well
done open world.
Video Review : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gInmeSC1xxA&feature=g-all-esi