Product Description
A
bit Hong Kong action flick spliced with Grand Theft Auto? Go on, then.
Playing as undercover cop Wei Shen, your mission in Sleeping Dogs is to
infiltrate the dangerous gangs of Hong Kong and learn important
information about their activities, before reporting back to domestic
and international intelligence forces. He's a bit of a loose cannon
though - Shen has a history of bad behaviour, and blames the Triads for
"what happened to his family." Quite what that is will be revealed as
you progress, but you can imagine it's not pretty.
Hong Kong is a bustling, active open world full of twisting back alleys,
DVD shops, noodle bars and brothels. And a hell of a lot of neon in
most districts. Traipsing through the claustrophobic streets of Kowloon
is a rather authentic experience. You can explore the game world at your
leisure, or distract yourself on a number of different side quests in
between tackling main campaign objectives. Whatever you do, though,
prepare for some confrontation at every turn.
The combat system is very similar to Batman: Arkham City. Punches and
kicks are transformed automatically into kung-fu style vaults of
powerful flair, while timing the presses of a reversal button will allow
Shen to knock away oncoming foes with ease. Stylish moves and other
critical-damage manoeuvres will sound an almighty thud, and the
presentation clicks like some kind of Korean beat'em up film.
The interesting part is in the environmental damage that comes into play
- grab an enemy and find a glowing red object to perform some rather
brilliant finishers. Smashing heads in vents, chucking bodies in bins,
slamming grills on bodies, ramming dudes into electric boxes and lobbing
victims into nearby seas... there's a vast range of ass-kickery that
Shen can deal. Gunplay is a core part of combat, too, and aiming whilst
vaulting over cover kicks in a slow-motion mode that allows you to take
out baddies in bullet time.
This Definitive Edition makes use of next-gen hardware to really make
Hong Kong come to life, as well as packing in no less than 24 pieces of
DLC released since the original game's launch back in 2012.