Sleeping Dogs

Sleeping Dogs is an action-adventure video game developed by United Front Games and published by Square Enix Europe for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360, and later a remastered version subtitled Definitive Edition was released for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Windows, and macOS.

Plot
Set in contemporary Hong Kong, the story follows Wei Shen, an undercover Hong Kong-American police officer on an assignment to infiltrate the Sun On Yee triad organization.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) All of the characters are quite likeable, even for an action adventure game.
 * 2) The melee combat is inspired by martial arts films and it's pretty fun.
 * 3) Huge variety of combat moves. You can learn new moves by finding statues scattered around the world.
 * 4) The graphics look pretty amazing that it still holds up very well.
 * 5) The game's setting is pretty awesome as it mostly consists of an authentic Hong Kong atmosphere, which is a really nice touch compared to other games.
 * 6) Interesting undercover cop story.
 * 7) During missions, everything you do will increase your "Cop Score" or "Triad Score", which will increase your level, unlocking different sets of abilities. Cop abilities will make it easier to obtain firearms or interact with police forces. Triad abilities instead will make melee combat easier.
 * 8) It has a variety of missions, so it has a ton of replay value.
 * 9) Numerous collectibles to hunt down. Finding them will give you bonuses like high amounts of money, extra health or firearms.
 * 10) Action hijacking, which literally allows you to jump on a car while driving behind its' back with another vehicle, and then control it.
 * 11) Variety of activities to choose from, which is fun.
 * 12) The driving sections are pretty fun to play.
 * 13) The gun combat is smooth and is also usable like most games.
 * 14) Great voice acting for all characters.
 * 15) Awesomely composed soundtrack which does fit the game very well.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The game's draw distance is quite poor.
 * 2) While the graphics hold up, the character models look pretty weird.
 * 3) The game's textures for the loading times look very bad.
 * 4) The camera mechanics, while good, are wonky and mediocre.
 * 5) Animations might be stiff at times for no reason.
 * 6) Despite that the combat is fun, it is unbalanced. The player can literally button-mash moves and you can beat up guys easily. However later in the game you will gain guns, which are more difficult to use than the standard moves.
 * 7) The final boss is extremely easy.
 * 8) Obtaining firearms is hard if you don't have a specific perk. Also, if you are seen by the police while having a firearm in your hand will automatically make you wanted.
 * 9) There is a drug bust, called Sun Yat Housing Complex, which is incredibly difficult, compared to other missions in the game.
 * 10) The notorious Plant a Bug which is incredibly considered one of the hardest parts of the game. To do so, the player must stay in 70-80 dB sensitivity and 130-140 Hz frequency for some seconds. Depending of the player's sensitivity or controller's sensitivity, it can be really clunky as it swerves away of the sweet spot making planting the bug extremely difficult. It is even worse in consoles because the player must stay the sweet spot in both the sensitivity and the frequency causing the player to lose even more time. After the player finishes the segment, the player must do another segment with the time spent, (for example picking the lock with its stressful controls in the mission Listening In) Failure to do the objective and the player is forced to plant the bug again.  This is even worse because two mandatory missions "Listening In" and "Conflicted Loyalties" are required to use of planting a bug making the game nearly unbeatable for casual gamers.

Reception
The game has received positive reviews. Angry Joe gave this a 6 out of 10. Much of its praise comes from the unique Hong Kong setting that is different than Stilwater or Los Santos.

Trivia

 * This is by far the only GTA-style game in where vehicles can be used as RHD (right hand-drive) due to the game set in Hong Kong (an Asian country).
 * Before Square Enix took over the development phase, the game was intended to be a third entry for True Crime titled True Crime: Hong Kong and was developed by Activision. It was announced in 2009 before it would get cancelled in 2011 due to a number of delays and budget issues.

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