Because it's really only pissed off users who post those "reviews." They really can't be taken seriously, sorry. I don't like Call of Duty either, but this is not a good point.

We literally just went through this in the BLOPS2 thread. Why are we even discussing that here?He sorta covers this with the following quote. It's really mass appeal that's ruining thing, so there are plenty of parties to blame. Pointing fingers isn't really going to prove productive here though. I say we talk about Sleeping Dogs instead.Yup. And indies existed pre-Kickstarter. You like FPS games? Check out Natural Selection 2. Kickstarter free. And it's actually coming out. But uh.. back on topic.

This game is a lot of fun. I'm not sure that it's the best looking sandbox game overall, but certain aspects of it are certainly very nice looking.

I found some of the reviews rather unfortunate. Edge said the game produced solid entertainment, but panned the script and gave it a SIX, seemingly because of the story. Has GTA suggested to them that this is all the genre can do well? I quite like GTA4. I think the city is more well designed (still love Sleeping Dog's map!); I like the characters more, and I even like the car handling a good deal more (hoodcam!). But Sleeping Dogs does a lot of things really well. The combat is really fun. There are some fantasic little touches too. I love the collectables map. I love the left click to scroll through local objectives feature. And the little things and big things all add up to what is a really enjoyable experience. It's certainly not a fucking 6. That's just a bad damn opinion.

My only real criticism is the driving. It sucks. I'm shocked people like it.

I've seen some comments about it on NeoGAF, but some people seem to dig it. It's very easy to control, and very fluid and fast. Ultimately arcadey. But here's the thing: I love arcade racers. There's no real sense of weight. It's fast and responsive, but it just doesn't feel right. You can plow through 90 degree corners with the accelerator held down. You can drift your bike while standing on your seat--and doing a wheelie. I appreciate the over-the-top appeal of these things, but I do wish some of it were a little more grounded. If this was primarily a driving game, it'd be a real problem. But it's not, so it's not. Ultimately, it's easy enough and there's enough over the top awesomeness that happens during driving bits of missions to make it completely forgivable. I just don't like it very much. And it's something that apparently appeals to some other folks.

I think I've mentioned it a bunch because it's really one of the only things that stands out as a negative for me. And it's not even a big one. It's not a design I care for, but it's executed pretty competently.

I just stick to bikes for transportation. They're super easy and make it easy to zip through traffic (I love you, world density slider).

Edit: Oh, and I'm using a Razer Onza (360 pad). I'm sure it mostly handles the same on other platforms. This game supports multiple simultaneous inputs (like GTA and SR), so you could use the kbm on foot/for combat, if you wanted, but I wouldn't recommend it. There's too much melee stuff. That's not the kind of stuff that translates especially well to the keyboard and mouse. I did nearly all of GTA4's on foot sequences with the kbm controls, because it improves GTA's combat quite a bit (you can ignore the awful lock-on and cover systems when you do this), but there's no such appeal here. This game works best with a pad.I spent most of last night steeling cars for Tran and just messing around. It was fun. I think it does the sandbox stuff pretty successfully.

Gotcha. And I might agree, but I'm not sure yet. I haven't played as much yet. I think the sandbox can get a bit dual by itself in GTA too though. But I could agree that it does offer more interaction and more interesting things to do.

I just don't know yet. I do think messin' around has potential in this game. It's a shame events like Trans car missions even end. They could just go on forever if they really wanted them to.. and they're fun. Some of the other little distractions are fun too. The martial arts clubs for instance. I was a bit worried that the side mission content in this game wouldn't be very good.. but it aint bad. I think this hits a lot of the marks that the genre aims to deliver, and it has a lot of its own interesting ideas to add too. I dig it. And all dat neon! And rain! OMG!

On, that's another thing about the PC port. It's great! I have experienced a couple of crashes, but nothing that I'd consider major. Maybe two in around 10 hours of gameplay. It runs well. It looks pretty awesome. Good stuff.

It's not great, but it's not like.. Shepard bad.

The game does look perty. You really can't beat all that rain and neon :D



And Wei is a boss.

I believe all copies use Steam. I bought it from Greenmangaming.com.