Yeah this kills me. I know the game went through crazy development hell but they accidentally created one of the most compelling protagonist and world of last gen.
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Sleeping Dogs is a great game, where is Sleeping Dogs 2 ?
- Thread starter Shakerovic
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I don't know the exact sales numbers but I've never seen or heard it mentioned amongst game enthusiasts outside of this forum. Definition of a hidden gem.
It's great, really great, but I can't imagine it was much of a big hit.
It's great, really great, but I can't imagine it was much of a big hit.
actually kind of okay with it not getting a sequel. if feel if it did it'd try to be competitive with GTAV and other modern contemporaries with 'bigger is better' and kind of lose what made it work
still though a shame it never quite got its due, and i'd still like a follow up in some form or another
still though a shame it never quite got its due, and i'd still like a follow up in some form or another
Godlike atmosphere, fun driving, great gameplay, and the holy triad of radio stations: Warp, Ninja Tune, and motherfucking Daptone.
Letting the sequel go is why I still haven't forgiven Square Enix and buy their RPGs only on Xbox rather than PlayStation because I suspect that irritates them more than not purchasing at all.
Letting the sequel go is why I still haven't forgiven Square Enix and buy their RPGs only on Xbox rather than PlayStation because I suspect that irritates them more than not purchasing at all.
NEVER FORGET!
LOL.
They're not even remotely the same thing.
Wut ?
Didn't the sequel get retooled into some multi-player game? Hell wasn't sleeping dogs the result of true crimes 3 being in development hell?
They sort of are. They're both East Asian crime dramas with a focus on melee combat and brutal takedowns. Both series have noble protags who aren't part of crime families but are often involved with them.
I'm not saying they're the same exact thing but if a Sleeping Dogs got made nowadays it would have a tougher time against Yakuza than it would've had back in 2011/12.
United Front Games closed because sqaure enix are asshats so I dont want another one if it doesnt come from them. Same as im not too keen of wanting another Bully game (as much big of a fan im of) if its not made by Rockstar Vancouver, that transformed into United Front Games, that are now closed. So you get the gist of it.
Sleeping Dogs is one of my favourite games ever, and one of my favourite open world, seriously, this is the good old clueless Square Enix that can't appreciate their western studios when they achieve great things.
I Loove going back to that game, they nailed the Hong Kong vibes so perfectly, even though they had to basically integrate Kowloon into HK island. So many memories especially those very first hours at the night market and the club with the karaoke.
Music are also very good, Softly Radio is my favourite station
The only flaw of this game in my opinion are guns, really half of the game you teach me kung fu techniques and the fighting mechanics are actually VERY good (i love the environmental kills), and how guns really aren't that useful so don't use them at all.
The two women chatting right outside your house are my everything: every morning you get an update on their stories, they're a great slice of chinese culture (i remember one of the two said she was going to marry her american boyfriend, and the other woman started to get mad at her because of that, thinking how shameful that was for the family, everyone will call her a slut because of that...)
I Loove going back to that game, they nailed the Hong Kong vibes so perfectly, even though they had to basically integrate Kowloon into HK island. So many memories especially those very first hours at the night market and the club with the karaoke.
Music are also very good, Softly Radio is my favourite station
The only flaw of this game in my opinion are guns, really half of the game you teach me kung fu techniques and the fighting mechanics are actually VERY good (i love the environmental kills), and how guns really aren't that useful so don't use them at all.
The two women chatting right outside your house are my everything: every morning you get an update on their stories, they're a great slice of chinese culture (i remember one of the two said she was going to marry her american boyfriend, and the other woman started to get mad at her because of that, thinking how shameful that was for the family, everyone will call her a slut because of that...)
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There's no sequel coming, but there might be a movie starring Donnie Yen, one of the HK action legends who inspired the game.
but as you can see it was a while ago, I'm guessing its been canned like so many other video game adaptations.
but as you can see it was a while ago, I'm guessing its been canned like so many other video game adaptations.
They were not horrible, it was a couple million but Square had unreasonable expectations at the time that it would do GTA numbers. They were stupid because cultivating a fanbase takes time (Yakuza) and if they kept the series going eventually it would have reached numbers they'd be satisfied with.
After Sleeping Dogs the developers went on to work on a multiplayer focused game set within the Sleeping Dogs universe. However Square Enix cancelled it before it was released, this left the developers high and dry and in dire straights. They scrambled to make a new game and developed Smash + Grab which was also an mp focused game (it was quite fun imo), the developers seemed to have REALLY been counting on it to do better to keep the studio afloat but sadly it didn't, after one month of being in early access it was announced that the developer would be closing down and the game would be taken offline.
However there is a Sleeping Dogs movie being made, and it's starring none other then Donnie Yen (the actor that plays in Ip Man and played in Rogue One). So that's at least some silver lining.
Maybe with the release of the movie if it does well Square Enix will bring it back?
Square Enix was CRAZY for their sales expectations. They said that it was a failure in terms of sales (along with Tomb Raider and Hitman: Absolution in 2013).
The game sold 1.5 MILLION copies in a month, SE had to be crazy to expect even higher sales, especially since it was a new IP, hell most new IP's would be thankful to sell near that much.
However there is a Sleeping Dogs movie being made, and it's starring none other then Donnie Yen (the actor that plays in Ip Man and played in Rogue One). So that's at least some silver lining.
Maybe with the release of the movie if it does well Square Enix will bring it back?
Square Enix was CRAZY for their sales expectations. They said that it was a failure in terms of sales (along with Tomb Raider and Hitman: Absolution in 2013).
The game sold 1.5 MILLION copies in a month, SE had to be crazy to expect even higher sales, especially since it was a new IP, hell most new IP's would be thankful to sell near that much.
It's in heaven :(
Waypoint did a great write up of the games development from inception to cancellation.
Waypoint did a great write up of the games development from inception to cancellation.
Never forget that Klei put sleeping dogs in Mark of the Ninja as a homage to the Sleeping Dogs team:
For what it's worth there is the Donnie yen staring movie based off the first game still happening.
Dead sadly :( I would've loved to see what they'd with a sequel and how it'd look made for current/next-gen hardware. Chances seem astronomically low, but if that Sleeping Dogs movie actually does well hopefully we'll get another game.
I'll also have to give that Waypoint article a read.
I'll also have to give that Waypoint article a read.
I do think this is true, but largely due to marketing reasons. In terms of actual gameplay they really don't play very much alike.
I will always be saddened that a proper sequel never came out for this game. This is hands down my favorite game, and by far my favorite open world game styled like GTA.
I still hold out hope that one day we'll see this game get revived in some way shape or form, whether it's a spiritual successor or a proper reboot. There's so many avenues that a new game could go down - the potential is just oozing.
I still hold out hope that one day we'll see this game get revived in some way shape or form, whether it's a spiritual successor or a proper reboot. There's so many avenues that a new game could go down - the potential is just oozing.
Unfortunately dead. I hope Sqaure Enix gives it to another studio to make a spiritual successor or sequel though
A lot of its appeal was in its atmosphere and cultural milieu, and Hong Kong isn't really interchangeable with Japan. Hong Kong crime has its own flair which the game tapped into successfully and that you can't quite replicate with Yakuza stories. It's like the difference between British underworld films and films about the American Mafia.
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They made some shitty online game no one cared about instead.
Sleeping Dogs is incredibly overrated. It has some fun melee combat, but shit driving, and I don't even remember the shooting. The premise is great, but the game doesn't live up to it, and Hong Kong is a great setting but the map design is weak. I still would've been up for a proper sequel though.
The setting. Hong Kong was absolutely fantastic and felt alive. Loved driving around listening to the local commercials.
Still my favorite open world game. I'll never forgive Square for ruining any chance for a sequel. Between this and that garbage Nosgoth multiplayer game they've made it their mission to break my heart every chance they can get.
This game was sooo good. I would stand next to the pork bun vendor so the guy can ask me why I don't have a pork bun in my hand while also listening to the NPC's walking by speaking Cantonese. The memories!
PS, Are there any other games where Cantonese plays a major role? The only other game I remember that focused on Cantonese was that Jet Li game, Rise to Honor lol
PS, Are there any other games where Cantonese plays a major role? The only other game I remember that focused on Cantonese was that Jet Li game, Rise to Honor lol