I bloody love this game. Admittedly I'm a huge mark for Hong Kong cinema and martial arts movies in general, so it plays me like a fiddle, but sometimes a good fiddle is downright lovely. I actually liked the gunplay more that most open world action games, if only for the slow mo pop'n'shot maybe and combos to extend the combos. That said I really don't care for most third person shooters anyway.
I thoroughly enjoyed this game. For me the big disappointment (other than that Kelly Hu's "in game avatar" wasn't hotter, of course) was United Front ended up making a failed MMO follow up to the game ("Triad Wars") that was basically the same game if it completely lacked a story, mission diversity or an actual direction and goals. They made THAT instead of a proper sequel.
Glad that our lovable "pok gai" Razorfist liked Sleeping Dogs, which I'll have to play at some point. I could only watch playthroughs, but I fell in love with the martial arts combat, the voice acting, the story, the customization, and many of the characters from the game. Speaking of which, Jackie Ma still deserves more love. Yes, Kelly Hu's character Inspector Teng could have used a makeover in the game, but I thought that she didn't look that bad to begin with. Here's hoping that she shows more skin in a sequel. Sorry for calling you "pok gai," Razorfist. That phrase should be reserved for those who were responsible for the recent Thief game, hmm?
I just got this game over the weekend and fucking balls is it awesome I ended up playing it for 6 hours before even realizing it this is what gta 6 needs to look at if they are gonna set that in a Asian country they could make the gun play better and the driving better
I've only played a bit of this game. So far I like it, but I can't continue due to the Popstar Glitch. Basically at the end of the third mission I have to take pictures of him buying drugs, using the drugs, and finally Popstar killing the dealer. The error occurs when I try to take a picture of him killing the dealer. It won't recognize that I took the picture and keeps saying I failed to get the evidence. I googled the error and tried all the solutions that popped up but none of them worked. Great video as always Razor.
Loved the Deus Ex: Human Revolution bit with "This Is How We Do It" playing. I needed that laugh xD keep on hauling ass Razorfist for I am addicted to your videos.
I loved this game! I thought the gameplay was great! I loved the “GTA + kung fu fighting” gameplay and the story and characters was amazing! And the voice cast was one of the best I’ve ever seen in a videogame. It’s really sad that so many people have slept on it. (I’ll see the definitive edition on sale on Steam or PS4 for like $5! I think it’s easily worth $40-$60 even right now, it’s that good. And of course Square Enix dropped the series and gameplay-style to never revisit it again. (I mean, the first “Saints Row” wasn’t a huge hit either but because the potential was there, it was given another chance. “Sleeping Dogs” was an excellent game that needed better marketing. I only found out about it from a random IGN article about combat. Square Enix could have done soooooooo much more with that engine an combat system! It could have been their “Yakuza” killer. Because I enjoy the combat and other gameplay more in “Sleeping Dogs” than I do “Yakuza”. And because of the engine and setting, you aren’t just limited to doing “GTA” story clones. You could be a random woman who sees the wrong thing at work and has her life turned upside and down and is being hunted. So she has to clear her name, or maybe she just wants revenge on those that stole her life. That could easily set up a 3rd-person “Deus Ex” like experience with that engine and kung fu instead of guns. There’s just so much you can do with that gameplay instead of “complete GTA clone”.
Hey Razor, big fan here. :) I know this is off topic, but you ever play Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines? I remember you being into noir and being a huge deus ex fan, so having just finished Bloodlines, I can say it was one of the best WRPG I've played, right up there with the original Deus ex. I checked to see if you'd reviewed it, and you haven't....so I thought I'd just give it a recommendation to you. You need the fan patch though, or it's broken. Plus, the patch restores cut content.
It was because of Silent Rob (aka LeisureSuitGaming2) that I went over to your videos. I am glad that I did. I'm glad I subscribed a week ago. Keep up the good work, and God fucking speed.
Thank God for that, because Activision would have released it way to soon and without polish, and we'd have gotten a buggy and unfun True Crimes:Hung Kong.
This game is actually True Crime: Hong Kong before it got cancelled for no good reason when it was fucking FINISHED. So Square bought it, renamed it, and published it. There's obviously more to it than that, but that's the gist of it. So, don't think this necessarily means Square has learned anything lately.
The shooting mechanic in and of itself wasn't that bad imo, what buggered it was the camera deciding I'd rather see a dynamic profile shot of Wei than actually show me where the fuck the bullets were coming from
Having sold 1.75 million copies (not counting Digital Sales), do you think this new IP has a chance of producing a sequel? Franchises such as Street Fighter, Assassin's Creed, Red Steel, Just Cause, etc. for example had improved sequels and sales compared to their first game.
Considering how many times Activision has dropped the ball on various past titles in the last decade, that doesn't even come close to surprising me. I'm pretty sure they're kicking themselves in the nuts as we speak.
Razorfist, great review. In fact had to buy the game on your review word only. Anyway spot on comparing it to the arkham games. The combat is the close but not being batman you do not feel quite as invincible. Also the size of the map is comparable to arkham also both have a large play area but make the traveling less of a pain in then in say of something like saints row two. I would add that your review of something you love are way better then any time you review something you hate.
Great review Razorfist. You are a true reviewer in every sense of the word. You give us your opinions on a game but have facts to back them up. Which is more than I can say for gaming sites like Gametrailers and IGN. I wanted your opinion on the new IP releasing in about a week called Dishonored. From the information I've gathered so far, it reminds me of the Thief series. Is this game in the same league as that series, or is it just a pretender?
Hmmm. My first impression seeing the commercial for this game was wtf is square-enix doing entering this genre. I'll have to give it a look, i'm glad that SE is doing something right so I won't feel like i'm giving cash to an oxycodone junkie when I buy this game.
the thing that freaking annoys me about this is this. Sleeping dogs is( though not always was) a new ip. It didn't have any major attractions, other than the game itself. No huge marketing, nothing major. It managed to sell nearly 2 million, based mostly on the word of mouth from the players. In ANY other publishers, sleeping dogs would be a massive success. But thanks to S.E.'s stupid business expectations (we expect tomb raider to sell more than any other T.R. game), its now a failure,
And the story wasn't half bad either. Never got in the way of the fighting/gameplay yet always stuck true to the fact that your in the Triad as a cop which honestly how many times have you ever seen that concept in a game's storytelling? They did that splendidly well considering how absolutely no one's touching undercover-cop in a sandbox crime game with a ten foot pole and the participants of gently fondling that idea usually are blasted off into obscurity by the cumshot.
GTA3>SR2>Sleeping Dogs >SR3>=GTAIV However, don't get me wrong here. Sleeping Dogs has tons of flaws that really detracted from my experience with it. The gun play and the overall story felt clumsy, even if the voice acting was decent and a few scenes well-done individually. I have some major gripes with many of the game's mini-games, one of which is literally 'follow the orange circle' which just felt insulting.
No, I don't suck at driving in GTA IV. But when I am driving and I slightly turn left, I don't want to fucking spin out and crash into every living thing.
When I drive, I don't do a 360 just because I turned right slightly too hard. It's not realistic, it's just bad handling. As for Sleeping Dog's simple handling, it fits the game's unrealistic action style. And it's actually FUN to drive in that game, not a fucking chore that makes me want to blow my brains out.
I haven't watched this yet. It better be good, cause this game was fukken great. I ll get back with you. Alright, enough of this shit about how crap the driving and the guns are. They arnt even that bad. The only thing wrong with this game is that to unlock all your FU moves you have to Finnish the game. Oh, also they prevent you from just starting some random ass whoop in the night clubs. That was a bummer. Other than that it's the Kung Fu movie you play!
I really don't think you should compare this to GTA for the simple fact that for the most part GTA has been. "Cause as much mayhem as you want while listening to stupid parody radio shows. Until you feel like doing the story, you die, get caught, or get bored." This game on the other hand is a more serious story driven game. The 2 only share the aspect of being a sandbox game. my 2 cents
This game is actually really good. It will probably get overlooked, but I'd still recommend it to any open world fan while waiting for assassin' creed 3
Completely agree with you. Especially on the shooting mechanics. Those are terrible. I got this game on steam the day it came out, and was so surprised by how much fun it is, I even got all the DLC for it. Just to speak with my wallet, mostly. To show that games like this should be made more often. Even though I can't imagine how they'd pull off a sequel. But I will not get into this, as to not spoil the game for anyone. If you like GTA and the like, you should definitely give this a chance.
Well I must admit this game kinda snuck up on me and came out of no where either but if the hand to hand combat is as good as you say it is, definetly have to pick it up and give it a go.
Well, to be fair RazorFist... SE didn't have any creative input in this one, or any other western developed game they published, so they are not that enlightened.
Horrible gunplay, horrible driving tempered by decent voicework and good hand-to-hand sequences... I dunno. If I rememer correctly, the game was originally going to be the next installment in the True Crime: Streets of ____ series, which I didn't enjoy all that much. Still, if this gentleman enjoyed it, it might be worth a peek.
I am here dying of laughter. The bit about vehicle speed was not only great, but the cat on the turtle followed by "hang on to your fucking balls" and a high speed motorbike crash...for some reason that murdered my funny bone. Thank you for the laugh, it's exactly what I needed man. ;)
HAHAH I watched this video at 6am, sleepy as fuck. I just got that the game is somewhat good, the melee combat awesome and the gun play shit. I usually can keep up on most videos, but got completely lost with this one. Its good to see you back to activity tough. And on my way to bed.
He just said Gta is getting kind of stale, calm down. You don't have to get your pubic hairs in a twist every time somebody says something negative about a game you like.
I'm sorry to break this to you, but GTA was built from the very beginning to be over the top and goofy and Rockstar decided to arbitrarily dumb down the gameplay into a tiresome realism simulator and to shoe horn a pretentious, boring story in order to placate the idiotic hipster generation we currently inhabit. I cannot begin to fathom as to how GTA IV is called "serious and realistic" when you can launch a bus from a swing set 10,000 ft in the air and land on the other side of the map.
How timely that Detroit tap water joke was. Freaking Nostradamus over here.
He's the hand of fate!
HE'S NOSTRADAMUS!!
I bloody love this game. Admittedly I'm a huge mark for Hong Kong cinema and martial arts movies in general, so it plays me like a fiddle, but sometimes a good fiddle is downright lovely.
I actually liked the gunplay more that most open world action games, if only for the slow mo pop'n'shot maybe and combos to extend the combos. That said I really don't care for most third person shooters anyway.
Heh, nicely done.
Funnily enough my father is a violinist. :P
Catkeeper haha that is fucking golden XD
'Honk' Kong? Is that a reference to BBC News' excellent proof reading standards?
Bungis Albondigas Ah balls, thanks for spotting that. :/
And fixed! Now providing no one else looks down, no one will ever know. :P
The two highlights of this video me was Adam Jensen's "THIS IS HOW WE DO IT" and, the one and only, Mister Wu.
I thoroughly enjoyed this game. For me the big disappointment (other than that Kelly Hu's "in game avatar" wasn't hotter, of course) was United Front ended up making a failed MMO follow up to the game ("Triad Wars") that was basically the same game if it completely lacked a story, mission diversity or an actual direction and goals. They made THAT instead of a proper sequel.
Still have to come back to that Deadwood-clip. I can't imagine how many retakes that must've taken.
that thumbnail is too cute
Glad that our lovable "pok gai" Razorfist liked Sleeping Dogs, which I'll have to play at some point.
I could only watch playthroughs, but I fell in love with the martial arts combat, the voice acting, the story, the customization, and many of the characters from the game. Speaking of which, Jackie Ma still deserves more love.
Yes, Kelly Hu's character Inspector Teng could have used a makeover in the game, but I thought that she didn't look that bad to begin with. Here's hoping that she shows more skin in a sequel.
Sorry for calling you "pok gai," Razorfist. That phrase should be reserved for those who were responsible for the recent Thief game, hmm?
I just got this game over the weekend and fucking balls is it awesome I ended up playing it for 6 hours before even realizing it this is what gta 6 needs to look at if they are gonna set that in a Asian country they could make the gun play better and the driving better
I just got the definitive edition on PS4 for $7. About to play the shit out of it.
Definitive Edition for just $7? Wish that my hometown sold the game at that price.
Pop-culture references from 9 years ago seem like a different century.
Hello from 2021
I've only played a bit of this game. So far I like it, but I can't continue due to the Popstar Glitch. Basically at the end of the third mission I have to take pictures of him buying drugs, using the drugs, and finally Popstar killing the dealer. The error occurs when I try to take a picture of him killing the dealer. It won't recognize that I took the picture and keeps saying I failed to get the evidence. I googled the error and tried all the solutions that popped up but none of them worked. Great video as always Razor.
I can't believe that thumbnail made me laugh. Goddamnit, Razor.
Whats the movie you included "wus on first"?
Great review. I do wonder where the hell you get some of your accompanying pics and vids though ha
Loved the Deus Ex: Human Revolution bit with "This Is How We Do It" playing. I needed that laugh xD keep on hauling ass Razorfist for I am addicted to your videos.
I found this game to be a pleasant surprise, loved it. Interesting story, the fighting and virtual Hong Kong.
I loved this game! I thought the gameplay was great! I loved the “GTA + kung fu fighting” gameplay and the story and characters was amazing! And the voice cast was one of the best I’ve ever seen in a videogame. It’s really sad that so many people have slept on it. (I’ll see the definitive edition on sale on Steam or PS4 for like $5! I think it’s easily worth $40-$60 even right now, it’s that good. And of course Square Enix dropped the series and gameplay-style to never revisit it again. (I mean, the first “Saints Row” wasn’t a huge hit either but because the potential was there, it was given another chance. “Sleeping Dogs” was an excellent game that needed better marketing. I only found out about it from a random IGN article about combat. Square Enix could have done soooooooo much more with that engine an combat system! It could have been their “Yakuza” killer. Because I enjoy the combat and other gameplay more in “Sleeping Dogs” than I do “Yakuza”. And because of the engine and setting, you aren’t just limited to doing “GTA” story clones. You could be a random woman who sees the wrong thing at work and has her life turned upside and down and is being hunted. So she has to clear her name, or maybe she just wants revenge on those that stole her life. That could easily set up a 3rd-person “Deus Ex” like experience with that engine and kung fu instead of guns. There’s just so much you can do with that gameplay instead of “complete GTA clone”.
Hey Razor, big fan here. :) I know this is off topic, but you ever play Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines?
I remember you being into noir and being a huge deus ex fan, so having just finished Bloodlines, I can say it was one of the best WRPG I've played, right up there with the original Deus ex.
I checked to see if you'd reviewed it, and you haven't....so I thought I'd just give it a recommendation to you.
You need the fan patch though, or it's broken. Plus, the patch restores cut content.
When the hell is the sequel coming?
2:40 - and then Mortal Kombat X happened XD
I crack a smile whenever you use Deadwood clips. Good show.
And then Final Fantasy XIII-3 happened. Bye bye to the notions of Squeenix getting said clue.
It was because of Silent Rob (aka LeisureSuitGaming2) that I went over to your videos. I am glad that I did. I'm glad I subscribed a week ago.
Keep up the good work, and God fucking speed.
Considering this was a True Crime Sequel simply purchased by Squenix, it doesn't surprise me that it's this good. I loved True Crime: Streets of LA.
Thank God for that, because Activision would have released it way to soon and without polish, and we'd have gotten a buggy and unfun True Crimes:Hung Kong.
Razor Fist still the punch line god, you should do stand up or record a rap mixtape,
On the subject of Square Enix, since the sandbox demonstrations at E3 and the contracts mode, what are your thoughts now on Hitman Absolution?
10 minutes shorter then Joe's "review" yet twice as informative (even though you can't really double 0 anyway)
This game is actually True Crime: Hong Kong before it got cancelled for no good reason when it was fucking FINISHED. So Square bought it, renamed it, and published it. There's obviously more to it than that, but that's the gist of it. So, don't think this necessarily means Square has learned anything lately.
The definitive edition is on sale for 4 bucks on xbox
OK here is the big question Razorfist. Is sleeping dogs better thant saints row the third? Yes or No?
Sleeping Dogs is one of the most underrated game made. Admirable in so many ways!
Is it just me or does Sleeping Dogs feel like if Shenmue had been giving just an ounce of actual adrenaline?
The shooting mechanic in and of itself wasn't that bad imo, what buggered it was the camera deciding I'd rather see a dynamic profile shot of Wei than actually show me where the fuck the bullets were coming from
Having sold 1.75 million copies (not counting Digital Sales), do you think this new IP has a chance of producing a sequel? Franchises such as Street Fighter, Assassin's Creed, Red Steel, Just Cause, etc. for example had improved sequels and sales compared to their first game.
Have you played Resident 6 ? I really want to see your opinion about it.
Still the best game even today sad, we never got Sleeping Dogs 2
Considering how many times Activision has dropped the ball on various past titles in the last decade, that doesn't even come close to surprising me. I'm pretty sure they're kicking themselves in the nuts as we speak.
Razorfist, great review. In fact had to buy the game on your review word only. Anyway spot on comparing it to the arkham games. The combat is the close but not being batman you do not feel quite as invincible. Also the size of the map is comparable to arkham also both have a large play area but make the traveling less of a pain in then in say of something like saints row two. I would add that your review of something you love are way better then any time you review something you hate.
Will you do a Yakuza 0 review? Should be right in your alley if you like this and the 80's
Great review Razorfist. You are a true reviewer in every sense of the word. You give us your opinions on a game but have facts to back them up. Which is more than I can say for gaming sites like Gametrailers and IGN. I wanted your opinion on the new IP releasing in about a week called Dishonored. From the information I've gathered so far, it reminds me of the Thief series. Is this game in the same league as that series, or is it just a pretender?
Hmmm. My first impression seeing the commercial for this game was wtf is square-enix doing entering this genre. I'll have to give it a look, i'm glad that SE is doing something right so I won't feel like i'm giving cash to an oxycodone junkie when I buy this game.
Going on 2 a.m. but it is nice see a new RazorFist review and some fucking Deadwood.
Why didn't this get a sequel?
And then, back in 1999, Planescape Torment showed all RPG in existance how to do it. SPECIALLY, how to talk the final boss to death.
where did you pick up your arsenal of big words?
What movie was this from? 2:14
I think its Deadwood, a western tv series
"Cars handle brilliantly" BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
the thing that freaking annoys me about this is this. Sleeping dogs is( though not always was) a new ip. It didn't have any major attractions, other than the game itself. No huge marketing, nothing major. It managed to sell nearly 2 million, based mostly on the word of mouth from the players. In ANY other publishers, sleeping dogs would be a massive success. But thanks to S.E.'s stupid business expectations (we expect tomb raider to sell more than any other T.R. game), its now a failure,
And the story wasn't half bad either. Never got in the way of the fighting/gameplay yet always stuck true to the fact that your in the Triad as a cop which honestly how many times have you ever seen that concept in a game's storytelling? They did that splendidly well considering how absolutely no one's touching undercover-cop in a sandbox crime game with a ten foot pole and the participants of gently fondling that idea usually are blasted off into obscurity by the cumshot.
GTA3>SR2>Sleeping Dogs >SR3>=GTAIV
However, don't get me wrong here. Sleeping Dogs has tons of flaws that really detracted from my experience with it. The gun play and the overall story felt clumsy, even if the voice acting was decent and a few scenes well-done individually. I have some major gripes with many of the game's mini-games, one of which is literally 'follow the orange circle' which just felt insulting.
No, I don't suck at driving in GTA IV. But when I am driving and I slightly turn left, I don't want to fucking spin out and crash into every living thing.
That Olso joke was brilliant
so Razorfist are you gonna review borderlands 2?
Re: Kelly Hu scanned into the game buck naked the whole time: to that I say, we should be so lucky.
When I drive, I don't do a 360 just because I turned right slightly too hard. It's not realistic, it's just bad handling. As for Sleeping Dog's simple handling, it fits the game's unrealistic action style. And it's actually FUN to drive in that game, not a fucking chore that makes me want to blow my brains out.
Just got this game for Christmas and its all I've done for the past three days. One thing though, am I the only one who doesn't hate the shooting?
Dude razorfist, i got invited to the hawken beta. Its fucking cool, if you like combat fps mech games this will be the game for you!
I haven't watched this yet. It better be good, cause this game was fukken great. I ll get back with you.
Alright, enough of this shit about how crap the driving and the guns are. They arnt even that bad. The only thing wrong with this game is that to unlock all your FU moves you have to Finnish the game. Oh, also they prevent you from just starting some random ass whoop in the night clubs. That was a bummer. Other than that it's the Kung Fu movie you play!
what happened to that avgn rant?
I really don't think you should compare this to GTA for the simple fact that for the most part GTA has been. "Cause as much mayhem as you want while listening to stupid parody radio shows. Until you feel like doing the story, you die, get caught, or get bored."
This game on the other hand is a more serious story driven game. The 2 only share the aspect of being a sandbox game.
my 2 cents
Good shit razorfist. Looking forward to the next one.
Perhaps you'll eventually get around to Dark Souls?
So in summation, you are saying that we should not let Sleeping Dogs...lie?
this deserves a remake
This game is actually really good. It will probably get overlooked, but I'd still recommend it to any open world fan while waiting for assassin' creed 3
This one is certainly a lot better than watch dogs
Completely agree with you. Especially on the shooting mechanics. Those are terrible.
I got this game on steam the day it came out, and was so surprised by how much fun it is, I even got all the DLC for it. Just to speak with my wallet, mostly. To show that games like this should be made more often. Even though I can't imagine how they'd pull off a sequel. But I will not get into this, as to not spoil the game for anyone.
If you like GTA and the like, you should definitely give this a chance.
Big props for SHOW YA, I thought I was the only millenoal who knew pf them
Yakuza? What overrated quasi-open-world game?
WHY THE FUCK DIDN'T I PLAY SLEEPING DOGS EARLIER!?!?!?!?
You know in retrospect. For an undercover cop, you sure do commit a lot of murder in this game
Razorfist is the metal version of spoony.
Hey razorfist.. you do know that this IS the latest True Crime installment, right?
4:10
Is Batman being anally raped by Superman?!?!
Hong Kong isn't Yakuza. It's the Triads.
killer Sargeist shirt, dude.
I don't agree with GTA becoming stagnant but great review regardless.
Well I must admit this game kinda snuck up on me and came out of no where either but if the hand to hand combat is as good as you say it is, definetly have to pick it up and give it a go.
This game to me is still true crime: Hong Kong with sleeping dogs covering the title.
Well, to be fair RazorFist... SE didn't have any creative input in this one, or any other western developed game they published, so they are not that enlightened.
This is going for $4 on GOG right now.
GO GET IT!!
i'm going to go out on a limb and say that's the HBO show Deadwood
Rageaholics army has breached 8k!
Sleeping dogs isn't really a new IP, its True Crime with a different name
iJustine is a journalist?
Horrible gunplay, horrible driving tempered by decent voicework and good hand-to-hand sequences... I dunno. If I rememer correctly, the game was originally going to be the next installment in the True Crime: Streets of ____ series, which I didn't enjoy all that much. Still, if this gentleman enjoyed it, it might be worth a peek.
I am here dying of laughter. The bit about vehicle speed was not only great, but the cat on the turtle followed by "hang on to your fucking balls" and a high speed motorbike crash...for some reason that murdered my funny bone.
Thank you for the laugh, it's exactly what I needed man. ;)
HAHAH I watched this video at 6am, sleepy as fuck. I just got that the game is somewhat good, the melee combat awesome and the gun play shit. I usually can keep up on most videos, but got completely lost with this one. Its good to see you back to activity tough. And on my way to bed.
I don't get the joke about SFxT.
Razor fist did you like batman arkham city
unbelievably hilarious man. one of your best videos yet!
no it doesnt sure its streamlined but its epic.
A positive review from RazorFist?! I thought you hated all modern games.
I love it when you poke fun at HannahMinx. XD
thread bear plot =/ maybe next true crime
He just said Gta is getting kind of stale, calm down. You don't have to get your pubic hairs in a twist every time somebody says something negative about a game you like.
need 4:48 in my life
...for science
Respect for the Alice Cooper reference!
Love this guy. Don't always agree with ALL of his opinions, but I always respect them.
Sounds like fun, but first I need a better computer.
I'm sorry to break this to you, but GTA was built from the very beginning to be over the top and goofy and Rockstar decided to arbitrarily dumb down the gameplay into a tiresome realism simulator and to shoe horn a pretentious, boring story in order to placate the idiotic hipster generation we currently inhabit. I cannot begin to fathom as to how GTA IV is called "serious and realistic" when you can launch a bus from a swing set 10,000 ft in the air and land on the other side of the map.