Inspired by classic Hollywood and Asian cinema style action thrillers, Sleeping Dogs is a gritty open-world cop drama set in the vibrant city of Hong Kong. Sleeping Dogs catapults players into the role of undercover cop Wei Shen, tasked with taking down one of the world’s most fearsome criminal organizations from the inside... the Hong Kong Triads. As players explore the bustling and crowded Hong Kong island, through its neon-lit side streets and sprawling street markets, an incredible story unfolds of loyalty and betrayal where Wei begins to question his own motives as he is sucked in deeper than he could ever imagine.
Offering players an island packed with action, every street corner, market stall, harbor dock or city skyscraper can become an opportunity for intense shoot-outs, adrenaline-fueled street races and intense, brutal martial arts combat. Featuring one of the most intuitive and imaginative combat systems, Sleeping Dogs empowers players to perform an extensive set of martial arts moves, singlehandedly taking on numerous opponents. Players perform bone-crunching kicks and combos, vicious counters and a cinematic set of environmental takedowns making use of countless real-world items from circular saws to phone booths, incinerators to refrigerator doors.
For all their ambition, the good cop/bad cop karmic system meets open-world, GTA-style sandboxes of the last two True Crime games never really clicked with me. Sure, the block-for-block recreation of New York City featured in the last installment allowed me to cruise by what was supposed to be my old lower east side apartment and crash my car into some guy who looked a little like the asshole landlord I had at the time, but ultimately it was a shallow and empty city inhabited by nothing but my own disappointment. Read More »
Also known as: True Crime: Hong Kong [working title], Black Lotus [working title]
Release Region: United States
Release Date: August 14, 2012
Publisher: Square Enix
Release Region: United Kingdom
Release Date: August 17, 2012
Publisher: Square Enix
Release Region: Japan
Release Date: September 27, 2012
Publisher: Square Enix
Release Region: Australia
Release Date: August 16, 2012
Publisher: Square Enix
Expansion packs related to this game:
Sleeping Dogs: Nightmare in Northpoint (X360)
Also available on: PlayStation 3, PC
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