Report: Sleeping Dogs HD Spotted for PS4, Xbox One
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This had better not be Triad Wars.
Anyway, I wonder what the additional content is. Same DLC they've been selling? Something new and exclusive?
I love the game, but I don't think even the latter would merit it.
Or possibly because other Hd versions have sold. Which probably leads back to point one.
I mean, I'm honestly not in the "games should imitate Hollywood" vein, but it can be done and it can be done to good effect.
Anyway, I wonder what the additional content is. Same DLC they've been selling? Something new and exclusive?
I love the game, but I don't think even the latter would merit it.
Because there's a dearth of games worth playing on current gen consoles.dumbseizure said:
Or possibly because other Hd versions have sold. Which probably leads back to point one.
It turned an action movie into a game. And honestly, when you're looking for an action movie, you're probably not concerned about complete originality. What it did, it did well, even with its flaws.Fasckira said:
I mean, I'm honestly not in the "games should imitate Hollywood" vein, but it can be done and it can be done to good effect.
Sleeping Dogs doesn't need an HD edition. Last of Us doesn't need an HD edition. Tomb Raider doesn't need an HD edition. The more I see of the next gen consoles the more I wonder what's the point?
No backwards compatibility for the Xbone and PS4. To make up for that, we're going to re-sell you all the games from last generation to play on the current generation instead of being consumer friendly and offering a version of the Xbone and PS4 that comes with backwards compatibility.
... and people wondered why I said "fuck buying the new generation of consoles."
Also, didn't Square Enix put Sleeping Dogs on its list of games that "weren't successful" or (in other words), it didn't make enough money for Square Enix to be happy with it? Why are they wasting more money remaking it instead of... oh... I don't know... giving us a sequel? Giving us a new game? Giving us a new Chrono Trigger instead? Fuck this bullshit.
... and people wondered why I said "fuck buying the new generation of consoles."
Also, didn't Square Enix put Sleeping Dogs on its list of games that "weren't successful" or (in other words), it didn't make enough money for Square Enix to be happy with it? Why are they wasting more money remaking it instead of... oh... I don't know... giving us a sequel? Giving us a new game? Giving us a new Chrono Trigger instead? Fuck this bullshit.
Why? Who would go buy a WiiU version of a Wii game? There weren't that many games on the Wii I would consider great. And many of those I wouldn't really re-buy either. It'd be just cheaper to buy a Wii for $50 and keep the games you have.Worgen said:
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Well, considering the wiiu has some decent power behind it and the wii was only slightly more powerful than the original xbox, I can think of a few games from it I wouldn't mind seeing with real graphics, like Twilight Princess or Xenoblade or the Metroid Prime Trilogy.SilverUchiha said:
Finished this game just yesterday actually, was in my backlog for several months now.
I would say it was pretty decent, though I was zooming through the story and didn't really touch anything else beyond health shrines and jade statues.
The game has a severely clunky feel to it, after being spoiled by batman, Wei Shen's movements felt like he was carrying boulders on each limb. I suppose they were trying to make combat more realistic, but I still didn't enjoy the input delay.
Speaking as an Asian who understands the dialect spoken by the characters, I'd say it does an impressive job in capturing the Hong Kong feel, like a true asian movie, though some of the cantonese did seem forced and gratuitous, I supposed that's because I actually understood them, and many times they were basically repeating what they just said, only in cantonese. Perhaps if I didn't understand them it would feel more like how Ezio inserted some italian into his conversations, which I really liked.
The story itself was a missed opportunity, it started off so well, yet in the end didn't deal with the tension of undercover cop vs triad member, everything was sort of resolved for you, you didn't feel like you had any choice in your path or destiny at all. That's just a minor gripe though.
Still, I don't think this game warrants a re-release like this, I like to call it the darksiders of open world sandboxes, it mixes tons of ideas and mechanics from other games with a fairly original concept into a stewpot, but just can't carve an identity of it's own. Sleeping Dogs of course does better than Darksiders in this regard, but still, releasing a current gen sequel, with a special bundle price that comes with the original, and also allowing separate purchase, would have been better.
I would say it was pretty decent, though I was zooming through the story and didn't really touch anything else beyond health shrines and jade statues.
The game has a severely clunky feel to it, after being spoiled by batman, Wei Shen's movements felt like he was carrying boulders on each limb. I suppose they were trying to make combat more realistic, but I still didn't enjoy the input delay.
Speaking as an Asian who understands the dialect spoken by the characters, I'd say it does an impressive job in capturing the Hong Kong feel, like a true asian movie, though some of the cantonese did seem forced and gratuitous, I supposed that's because I actually understood them, and many times they were basically repeating what they just said, only in cantonese. Perhaps if I didn't understand them it would feel more like how Ezio inserted some italian into his conversations, which I really liked.
The story itself was a missed opportunity, it started off so well, yet in the end didn't deal with the tension of undercover cop vs triad member, everything was sort of resolved for you, you didn't feel like you had any choice in your path or destiny at all. That's just a minor gripe though.
Still, I don't think this game warrants a re-release like this, I like to call it the darksiders of open world sandboxes, it mixes tons of ideas and mechanics from other games with a fairly original concept into a stewpot, but just can't carve an identity of it's own. Sleeping Dogs of course does better than Darksiders in this regard, but still, releasing a current gen sequel, with a special bundle price that comes with the original, and also allowing separate purchase, would have been better.
Even though I probably won't buy it if I end up getting a next gen console I am happy to see it get ported since they may be using it as a test to see if people have enough interest to warrant a second game which I want badly. Sleeping Dogs is easily in my top 10 games of this generation and is the third best sandbox game I've ever played, it did quite a bit different from other sandboxes such as making a non American city its setting which brought about many interesting things such as an increased emphasis on hand to hand combat, different culture, and little things like having to drive on the left hand side of the rode.
So this generation is going to be that of re-releases of old/barely old games to a new system along with PC riding piggyback on this new bandwagon slight goldmine?, this is probably why I'm better off with getting a Wii U.
It does do a good job of capturing the vibe of Hong Kong, but an abysmal job of replicating some of the key areas. I drove up to The Peak and it looked nothing like the real deal. I thought I might be able to drive down to the massive ferry terminal and look across Victoria Harbour to Kowloon. No dice. I would have been nice if you could travel to Kowloon or Lantau Island as they have a different vibe to Central, Admiralty or North Point.AmberSword said:
Hopefully this is something they might do if they ever did a new Sleeping Dogs game. You could catch a ferry across to the 'Walk Of Stars' and spar in front of the statue of Bruce Lee.
I can't speak much for this aspect, because the last time I went to Hong Kong was almost a decade ago, too young and too long ago to remember much of what I experienced. I will say though, the next game should let you cross over to Macau, what with it being one of the gambling capitals of Asia, I'm sure they could stage an arc around those 5 star hotels there like the Venitian. I also hop they try to include Disneyland as well, haha.Programmed_For_Damage said:
Actually that is a great idea! I was in Macau a couple of years back and about 80% of the cars, no matter how crap they were, were tricked out to some degree with body kits. And as you said, the casino fronts would look awesome.AmberSword said:
Yeah, just like many others are wondering, why? Sleeping Dogs looks fine already. It's a game from 2012 for god's sake. Oh wait, money and lack of games. Right.
I'll definitely not be getting this thing, but when they do come out with a sequel that surpasses this, then count me in.
Doesn't have to be Wei Shen, besides his cover has been fully blown so he can't go undercover anymore, would be cool to have him back in some way though, afterall, HE'S WEI SHEN MOTHERF*CKER, eats pork buns to become a whole man.
Doesn't have to be Wei Shen, besides his cover has been fully blown so he can't go undercover anymore, would be cool to have him back in some way though, afterall, HE'S WEI SHEN MOTHERF*CKER, eats pork buns to become a whole man.