Sleeping Dogs - Out next week

WTB · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 14497

So I've seen this mentioned on NeoGAF a few times but I never bothered to investigate and click into a thread until today. I had absolutely no idea this even existed. It looks really good. And it's out next week?!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYG8moUy_rM

Has anyone been following this? I've only watched the above video, but it does a fine job of making it look good. It's basically GTA Hong Kong with Triads and stuff, but the combat looks like it'll put GTA's clunkiness to shame. And you can use the environment to fight!

Of course, it'll probably turn out to be a dud, right? No reviews yet as far as I can tell.

Who's going to be the BEEX guinea pig and buy this first? Where's Ian?

myp · **Posted:** Wed Aug 08, 2012 22:15

This is essentially True Crime 3, isn't it? The first two were dogshit - I wouldn't touch this with yours. If a True Crime game is so bad the publisher drops it, god knows what this abortion is like.

WTB · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 14497

Not exactly! See this info from GAF:

Quote:

Sleeping Dogs was formerly known as Black Lotus before Activison decided to turn it into: True Crime: Hong Kong, unfortunately it was dropped by Activision as they thought the game would not sell to their expectations.

This is when Square Enix stepped in and decided to buy the rights to the game giving the new title of: Sleeping Dogs.

With a greater time frame with the the game, it has let the development team further polish the game under Square Enix's hand. It's developed by United Front with members previously working at EA Black Box, Rockstar Vancouver, Radical Entertainment and Volition Inc, most of the members have previously worked in open sanbox-box games.

But yeah, the True Crime games were dogshit. However the last one came out in 2005, so they've had plenty of time for that to not matter any more. Maybe. The video looks good, damn it!

myp · **Posted:** Wed Aug 08, 2012 22:17

Enjoy!

WTB · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 14497

I'm skint! I was actually hoping you'd take the plunge with your hefty wallet, and then I'd know whether or not it was worth living off beans for a month.

myp · **Posted:** Wed Aug 08, 2012 22:21

WTB wrote:

I'm skint! I was actually hoping you'd take the plunge with your hefty wallet, and then I'd know whether or not it was worth living off beans for a month.

The last time I dropped £40 on a dud was... I actually don't know. Race Driver 2 on the original Xbox, maybe?

WTB · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 14497

From Wikipedia:

Quote:

Work on a open world action-adventure video game began in 2008 by United Front Games, almost immediately after United Front Games was formed.[14] The game was meant to be a completely original IP called Black Lotus, however Activision (the publisher) decided that the True Crime name would help the game sell, so it then became True Crime: Hong Kong.

So it just had the True Crime name tacked on. Sadly it has had the opposite to the intended effect on myp.

It's developed by United Front Games who are fairly new but made up of a decent pedigree. So it's affiliated with True Crime in name only. Well, it was.

WTB · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 14497

The Last Salmon Man wrote:

WTB wrote:

I'm skint! I was actually hoping you'd take the plunge with your hefty wallet, and then I'd know whether or not it was worth living off beans for a month.

The last time I dropped £40 on a dud was... I actually don't know. Race Driver 2 on the original Xbox, maybe?

Dragon's Dogma. But only £25 so it doesn't count.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14380

I've got no interest in this at all. I'll just get the DLC for Grand Theft which I still haven't played if I want to scratch a GTA itch. And I ain't itchy.

WTB · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 14497

Damn it! Dimrill?!

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22302

Seriously? Does anybody really honestly have any expectation that this is not going to be utter dogshit?

This is a game that Activision thought wasn't worthy of having the True Crime moniker FFS!

WTB · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 14497

But the video! The video!

I was wondering why nobody had ever mentioned it ever...

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22302

I'll pirate and let you know how bad it is if you like

WTB · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 14497

Cheers mate!

Zardoz · **Posted:** Wed Aug 08, 2012 23:47

I've just clocked it.

It was absolutely awesome, you'll love it. I really cannot recommend this enough. It's solid, meaty, nourishment.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Thu Aug 09, 2012 8:07

It looks roughly as good as Dark Souls

Runcle · **Posted:** Thu Aug 09, 2012 8:19

The official Xbox and PS3 mags both gave it 9/10. Although they seem like exclusive reviews since no others have been released yet, so take then with a pinch of salt.

metalangel · **Posted:** Thu Aug 09, 2012 9:44

Runcle wrote:

The official Xbox and PS3 mags both gave it 9/10. Although they seem like exclusive reviews since no others have been released yet, so take then with a pinch of salt.

4/10 is still worth buying.

I have to admit, I keep seeing it on Steam and feeling tempted.

Zio · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6093

Currently has a Metacritic score of 84, with 11 reviews (including from better known sources such as Gamespot and IGN). I'm definitely interested in this one.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49233

I has ordered.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

The Gamespot review makes it sound excellent (much more excellent than the 8 out of 10 rating they give it actually, but who cares about the numbers) so I've added it to The List. So expect comments from me about it sometime in 2015.

MaliA · **Posted:** Tue Aug 14, 2012 10:19

I don't understand the whole "you can date girls" in a game. One can look forward to quick time events of "didging the contents of a shoe cupboard", "Press A to maintiain a look of real interest whilst anecdotes about people you don't know are being told" and "branching conversations about if you actually want to go to a wedding or not".

WTB · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 14497

Craster wrote:

I has ordered.

Eeeeexcellent.

ApplePieOfDestiny · **Joined:** 17th Dec, 2008 **Posts:** 8293

MaliA wrote:

I don't understand the whole "you can date girls" in a game. One can look forward to quick time events of "didging the contents of a shoe cupboard", "Press A to maintiain a look of real interest whilst anecdotes about people you don't know are being told" and "branching conversations about if you actually want to go to a wedding or not".

Someone should bring a chapter into the game where right at the start, you tell your wife that you are going to a music quiz on a set date. Then two weeks beforehand, you confirm to your friend, whilst in conversation with your wife that you are going to said quiz. Then the week beforehand, you reconfirm this in conversaion with your wife present, and also discuss where you will eat beforehand. Then the day before the quiz you refer to it, and your wife expresses surprise that this is the first time that she has heard of the quiz.

You complete the chapter the day after the quiz if you manage to convince your wife, while wearing a winners medal, holding a mix CD and sporting an astronomical hangover that you actually went to a quiz and didn't spend the evening sat on the sofa with her.

Fuck it, that sounds far too difficult to complete even on Novice.

Malabelm · **Posted:** Tue Aug 14, 2012 11:36

Craster wrote:

I has ordered.

And it has already been dispatched. Ace.

Malabelm · **Posted:** Wed Aug 15, 2012 15:35

This is sitting at home, apparently. I'll post some thoughts about it later.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Wed Aug 15, 2012 15:39

About it sitting at home alone like an Emo?

Is it cutting itself and dying small portions of its floppy barnet pink?

Does it long for acceptance in a world that doesn't care?

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Aug 15, 2012 15:58

It has Emma Stone in it, apaprently.

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Aug 15, 2012 17:59

Malabelm wrote:

This is sitting at home, apparently. I'll post some thoughts about it later.

Quote:

Brand new game, sitting alone on the floor,
Surrounded by emptiness like my life,
I want to play it, NO ONE UNDERSTANDS ME,
But I'm a long way from home,
And I'm still waiting for my mum to collect me.

metalangel · **Posted:** Wed Aug 15, 2012 18:43

Grim... wrote:

Malabelm wrote:

This is sitting at home, apparently. I'll post some thoughts about it later.

Quote:

Brand new game, sitting alone on the floor,
Surrounded by emptiness like my life,
I want to play it, NO ONE UNDERSTANDS ME,
But I'm a long way from home,
And I'm still waiting for my mum to collect me.

Sorry darling, I'm working late at the shit factory, put some potato waffles in the toaster, there's some baked beans in the cupboard. NO LOUD MUSIC.

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22302

MaliA wrote:

It has Emma Stone in it, apaprently.

Wait, what?

Instant 10/10

Malabelm · **Posted:** Thu Aug 16, 2012 9:14

I was going to post some thoughts, but fucked you all off while I smashed people's faces in. The combat really is quite fun, and very Batman-like. The driving is shit, but I'm hoping it'll get better. I like it a lot so far, but have only put an hour or two into it.

That's all you're getting from me.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Thu Aug 16, 2012 9:19

Grim... wrote:

Malabelm wrote:

This is sitting at home, apparently. I'll post some thoughts about it later.

Quote:

Brand new game, sitting alone on the floor,
Surrounded by emptiness like my life,
I want to play it, NO ONE UNDERSTANDS ME,
But I'm a long way from home,
And I'm still waiting for my mum to collect me.

...

WTB · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 14497

The Last Salmon Man wrote:

This is essentially True Crime 3, isn't it? The first two were dogshit - I wouldn't touch this with yours. If a True Crime game is so bad the publisher drops it, god knows what this abortion is like.

When can we poke fun at this?

myp · **Posted:** Thu Aug 16, 2012 9:25

WTB wrote:

The Last Salmon Man wrote:

This is essentially True Crime 3, isn't it? The first two were dogshit - I wouldn't touch this with yours. If a True Crime game is so bad the publisher drops it, god knows what this abortion is like.

When can we poke fun at this?

When I buy it and proclaim it to be the best game evar!@@@@!!!!! before abandoning it a week later for something else.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32619

A week would be well above average!

myp · **Posted:** Thu Aug 16, 2012 10:05

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

A week would be well above average!

I was giving him one tiny crumb of comfort that he wasn't an entirely terrible human being.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Thu Aug 16, 2012 10:09

The Last Salmon Man wrote:

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

A week would be well above average!

I was giving him one tiny crumb of comfort.

Your cock?

myp · **Posted:** Thu Aug 16, 2012 10:12

Zardoz wrote:

The Last Salmon Man wrote:

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

A week would be well above average!

I was giving him one tiny crumb of comfort.

Your cock?

No danger of you being the Kovacs hacker.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Thu Aug 16, 2012 10:27

The Last Salmon Man wrote:

Zardoz wrote:

The Last Salmon Man wrote:

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

A week would be well above average!

I was giving him one tiny crumb of comfort.

Your cock?

No danger of you being the Kovacs hacker.

I sense a theme for today

Malabelm · **Posted:** Thu Aug 16, 2012 20:26

“Follow the rules of the road to stay unseen.” No stupid proximity-based tailing bullshit.

I’m really enjoying this. It’s so, so much better than GTA for me so far.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49233

This had better be at home waiting for me tonight.

Reviews are coming in, lots of 7/8s.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Fri Aug 17, 2012 11:32

I have too many games to play at the moment..

Will pick this up later as I loved GTA, but I want to finish RDR first

myp · **Posted:** Fri Aug 17, 2012 11:34

Craster wrote:

This had better be at home waiting for me tonight.

Reviews are coming in, lots of 7/8s.

I wouldn't worry, it couldn't be any worse than the Saints Row series.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49233

The Last Salmon Man wrote:

I wouldn't worry, it couldn't be any worse than GTA IV. It might even be as good as the Saint's Row series

Fixed that for people who aren't enormous bellends.

myp · **Posted:** Fri Aug 17, 2012 11:49

GTA IV is one of the greatest games of this generation. Saints Row is a bug-ridden GTA III clone.

Morte · **Posted:** Fri Aug 17, 2012 11:51

Never could get to grips with the SR games.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49233

The Last Salmon Man wrote:

GTA IV is one of the greatest games of this generation. Saints Row is a bug-ridden GTA III clone.

SR1 is utter shit. SR2 is brilliant but buggy. SR3 is slicker than 2, but loses some of the fun.

GTAIV is tedium dressed up as a game. Still, we've had this conversation before. You're a twat.

myp · **Posted:** Fri Aug 17, 2012 11:55

No, you're a twat!

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32619

SR2 and GTAIV are both cobblers, and you're both twats.

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