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Sleeping Dogs is the quintessential example of a game that deserves attention and care. Including all the DLC is old hat for rereleases by now, but I appreciated having it all in one place regardless-especially since the environments underwent the same loving care as the main game. This game got plenty of downloadable content in its day, but much of it slipped under my radar. When Square Enix calls this a "Definitive Edition," though, it certainly means it. Then again, what I wouldn't give for Rockstar to watch its imitators and implement a car-bash mechanic like the one in Sleeping Dogs. It's less impressive when it tries to imitate GTA-style car chases, since the driving is only so-so.
It works best when it's striking out on its own, with a well-designed combat system that holds up remarkably well. Sleeping Dogs was always an inventive open-world game, but still owed part of its identity to following in GTA's footsteps. Similarly, the open-world roaming is firmly rooted in the last generation.
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They are a marked improvent over the original, though, and I couldn't exactly expect them to get a full makeover. The world looks so beautiful it's easy to forget this is a port, but then a cutscene starts and the faces remind you. Though they are expressive and well-animated enough to do their work, it can be jarring to see them here. While the environments are comparable to ones built explicitly for the new console generation's benchmarks, the faces are more clearly a holdover from the last one. Its character models are less impressive. The most prominent enhancement is the nighttime fog, which moves dynamically with the fight sequences, and adds an extra thrill to throwing people to the ground. My memories of Sleeping Dogs are of dark nights and gray days, but those two factors certainly helped the Definitive Edition acquire some much-needed ebb and flow to its darker moments. The streets themselves feel alive and bustling with activity, and the neon-soaked alleyways are always a sight to behold.Įnvironments are further enhanced by a new dynamic weather system and the day-night cycle, which lent a little more variety to the world. The streets themselves feel alive and bustling with activity, and the neon-soaked alleyways are always a sight to behold. Hong Kong was already gorgeously rendered on the last generation, and the new Definitive Edition makes it look even better. The city is the star in plenty of open world games, but that holds especially true for Sleeping Dogs. It shares more than a few similarities with the Hong Kong drama Infernal Affairs, in which an undercover cop suffers conflicting loyalties as he dives deep into organized crime. Except while GTA puts you in the shoes of criminals and scumbags, Sleeping Dogs has you on the right side of the law, albeit a gray one.
If you missed it the first time around, now is the time to catch up.īoth in its original release and more recent incarnation, this doesn't stray far from the open world drama formula tread by Grand Theft Auto.
It was a true unknown, so we can only credit word-of-mouth for its new Definitive Edition. But unlike those games, Sleeping Dogs didn't have franchise recognition going for it. Just like Tomb Raider and Hitman, it suffered the brunt of blame for Square Enix's disappointing fiscal year. Sleeping Dogs was given an almost prophetic title, since it became the textbook definition of a sleeper hit.
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