Sleeping Dogs

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8.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 1564 Ratings

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  1. greenbey
    Jul 18, 2020
    8
    A-
    Good open world. Hong kong is done well.
    Combat system is really good.
    Story is ok.
    Ending feels a bit rushed like they run out of money for cutscenes.
  2. Hayter
    Nov 10, 2019
    8
    Очередной клон ГТА или всего лишь похожая на неё оригинальная задумка?
    Можно долго спорить на эту тему, каждый останется при своём мнении, лично мне игра понравилась, наиграл в ней 95 часов.
  3. T-Babyboi
    Aug 4, 2020
    10
    The game to me, entertains and excites me more than any modern title to date. Take note, im am atmoshperic player, that doesn't always require mechanics, difficulty, or endless things to do. This game is a balance between good and evil, it focuses on some of the worst,yet,atmoshpericly, it backdrops into zen, pure bliss,a choice of centerdness among the madness.
    The fans in the game, the    The game to me, entertains and excites me more than any modern title to date. Take note, im am atmoshperic player, that doesn't always require mechanics, difficulty, or endless things to do. This game is a balance between good and evil, it focuses on some of the worst,yet,atmoshpericly, it backdrops into zen, pure bliss,a choice of centerdness among the madness.
    The fans in the game, the one in the boathouse specifically,a major simplicity makes for a medetative state I think only the Asian can encompass.
    I can feel heritage,a genuine buddhist touch in the game.
    This game flows like water in the areas that pinpoint Asian culture at its roots.    … Expand
  4. Cz3rw0ny
    Feb 9, 2021
    9
    One of my favorite fighting games styled to be a bit like GTA. I have completed it at least 3 times and each time was a lot of fun!
  5. Nameless2131
    Feb 6, 2020
    10
    10/10 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  6. SetPatrone
    Jul 23, 2019
    10
    Story and the characters involved in it are amazing. Felt immersed and connected with the world. Visuals are still good for today. Driving however, has a feeling of you being guided by rails, but decent enough. Hand to hand combat is where this game shines for me, learning the combos is not hard, when you do you feel like you cant take on anyone. Gun-play is simple cover based system notStory and the characters involved in it are amazing. Felt immersed and connected with the world. Visuals are still good for today. Driving however, has a feeling of you being guided by rails, but decent enough. Hand to hand combat is where this game shines for me, learning the combos is not hard, when you do you feel like you cant take on anyone. Gun-play is simple cover based system not much to say there. This is a game for people who enjoy an amazing story with amazing immersion.… Expand
  7. joao_da_silva
    Jun 5, 2020
    10
    AWESOME GAME, AWESOME STORY, AWESOME DRIVING AND AWESOME FIGHTING. But the parkour are stranger, and some puzzles are frustating but thats dont affect the game.
  8. Crimert
    May 13, 2020
    8
    A good combination of Open-World & Martial Arts game which is GTA-like. The story-telling and gameplay were good. 20hrs on record.
  9. r03vg
    Apr 17, 2020
    8
    В своё время игра отлично скрасила ожидание перед Watch Dogs. Понравилась графика и атмосфера.
  10. PanMrkvicka
    Feb 12, 2020
    8
    Amazing game that for me was better than any GTA. Interesting side activites and average but still fun story.
  11. AMBO
    Feb 17, 2020
    8
    08/10......................................................................
  12. Penaldo7
    Mar 22, 2020
    10
    One of the best action-fighting games with open world i have played. It has decent story with good gameplay every mission is unique, decent driving, beautiful visuals overall this is good game and it deserves a sequel.
  13. Wrathzo
    Mar 20, 2022
    8
    Sleeping Dogs is an open world and martial arts action-adventure video game developed by United Front Games and published by Square Enix's European subsidiary. Set in contemporary Hong Kong, the single player story follows martial artist and undercover police officer Wei Shen who infiltrates the Sun On Yee Triad organization. Gameplay focuses on Wei Shen's martial arts moves, fighting,Sleeping Dogs is an open world and martial arts action-adventure video game developed by United Front Games and published by Square Enix's European subsidiary. Set in contemporary Hong Kong, the single player story follows martial artist and undercover police officer Wei Shen who infiltrates the Sun On Yee Triad organization. Gameplay focuses on Wei Shen's martial arts moves, fighting, shooting and parkour abilities, and on gadgets that can be used for combat and exploration. Players must complete missions to unlock content and continue the story, but they may instead freely roam the game's open world environment and engage in both legal and criminal activities. The latter may incite a police response, the intensity of which is controlled by a "heat" system. Actions such as fighting, driving and racing grant Shen statistical rewards and earn the player achievements.… Expand
  14. Sinan4412
    Apr 27, 2020
    10
    Tek kelimeyle efsane bi oyundu.Ozellikle seneryosu ve Hong Kong atmosferi beni hayli bi büyüledi
  15. TrasteroDPablo
    May 8, 2020
    8
    8,4 Muy buen juego, buenos gráficos, gran ambientación, buena variedad de misiones, buena historia. Pero para mi GTA V es muy superior a este juego. He tenido varios bugs que he tenido que reiniciar la partida, el mapa es pequeño, la policía es un chiste.
  16. uknownothinque
    May 7, 2020
    9
    It was pleasure for me. Excatly it was more beatiful than GTA series.Graphics are OK for 2012. They succesed to create a living city. NPC's are good, city view a amazin (Hong Kong's view charmed to me). Best part of game; fighting combat. It is masterpiece although open wold game. It similiar to Arkham Asylum's combat system. As for the scenario, i wasn't perfect but it was good. I keeptIt was pleasure for me. Excatly it was more beatiful than GTA series.Graphics are OK for 2012. They succesed to create a living city. NPC's are good, city view a amazin (Hong Kong's view charmed to me). Best part of game; fighting combat. It is masterpiece although open wold game. It similiar to Arkham Asylum's combat system. As for the scenario, i wasn't perfect but it was good. I keept my curiosity till to end. I think the weakest parts of Sleeping Dogs is controls. It was so "woody" for PC port. it is not working stabil,Sometimes the charachter (Wei) can't detect to commands and make same mistakes. Also car driving mechanics are bad. It was arcade but turning and controls to car are too dificult until to get used to it.
    As a conculision, I like it, Excatly it worth to try. Especially when it was raining!    … Expand
  17. SurujSingha
    May 18, 2020
    8
    Reaching objectives takes ages and some missions which were completely irrelevant. The first half of the game isnt that good because it fails to build up the tension during it. It is only in the second half the game shows its true colour. I am disappointed to see that it doesnt quite have those stealth infiltration missions or those spying missions like in GTA except one mission. TheyReaching objectives takes ages and some missions which were completely irrelevant. The first half of the game isnt that good because it fails to build up the tension during it. It is only in the second half the game shows its true colour. I am disappointed to see that it doesnt quite have those stealth infiltration missions or those spying missions like in GTA except one mission. They would have brought immense level of diversity in the missions where the meele combat eventually becomes tiresome at the end.… Expand
  18. Artomer
    Jul 13, 2021
    8
    Beautiful map, really cool combat, thrilling story. This game is only 3.99 on steam sales, definitely pick it up, its very amazing.
  19. Inuyasha17
    Jun 22, 2020
    10
    What should I do today? It's a good game to play when you think you're bored.
    Stories are not a bad game, though.
    A fun game.
  20. bar0yka
    May 10, 2023
    10
    oynarken zevken epilepsi geçirdğim oyun 3 kere bitirdim mükemmel amk keşke devamını yapsalar:))(
  21. kimi1775
    Nov 9, 2020
    9
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  22. Gorbunov2004
    Aug 1, 2021
    8
    В игре почти все хорошо, много видов машин сюжет интересный. Но есть и минусы к примеру мало видов оружия и стрельба из них такая себе, и езда на машинах на геймпаде огромная мёртвая зона, Приёмов маловато можно было и побольше.В игре почти все хорошо, много видов машин сюжет интересный. Но есть и минусы к примеру мало видов оружия и стрельба из них такая себе, и езда на машинах на геймпаде огромная мёртвая зона, Приёмов маловато можно было и побольше.
  23. Torgall
    Dec 13, 2020
    8
    When I first bought it I had no idea what to expect, but it pleasantly surprised me. Driving, fighting and plot is very good. The idea o getting different skills depending on whenever you are good or crooked cop was fantastic.
  24. That_Normie7
    Jul 10, 2021
    9
    very good game a small amount of glitches encountered but other than that an amazing game
  25. Zeneko90
    Jul 14, 2022
    8
    Nettes. Spiel es hat echt viel Spaß gemacht. Mehr davon! Nicht zu lang, nicht zu kurz. Genau richtig.
  26. BroTheHomes
    Jan 2, 2022
    8
    I played Sleeping Dogs for the first time when I randomly saw it in my steam library and said "Well I'm bored and this can't be that good so I'll just play it for a bit". When I went into Sleeping Dogs I expected almost nothing and was pleasantly surprised. While it isn't exactly revolutionary in its idea or concept, and its story isn't revolutionary either, but this in no way means theI played Sleeping Dogs for the first time when I randomly saw it in my steam library and said "Well I'm bored and this can't be that good so I'll just play it for a bit". When I went into Sleeping Dogs I expected almost nothing and was pleasantly surprised. While it isn't exactly revolutionary in its idea or concept, and its story isn't revolutionary either, but this in no way means the game was unenjoyable. I believe it mixes combat and open-world well enough to create something that is different enough to not be considered a GTA clone. The story is interesting but nothing to really gush about, the driving is kinda of mediocre, and the combat can be frustrating. However, I feel everything works together to create a pretty enjoyable experience, the combat is different, the setting is beautiful, it has plenty of things to do other than the main story. If you see it on sale or just have it laying around, this game is definitely worth a try.… Expand
  27. NicoBellicRules
    Jan 6, 2022
    9
    Absolutely worth the money. The storyline will keep you interested, and the game play is fun. I highly recommend it and you can get it for cheap on Steam. If you get it during a sale, it is well worth the money. It sure beats going to the movies nowadays.
  28. ALKWSZYZ
    Feb 26, 2022
    9
    sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeepyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
  29. i7i
    Mar 14, 2023
    10
    masterpiece Need a Sequel Of Wei Shen action adventure Martial Arts again in Sleeping Dogs II.What a beautiful piece of work what a treat for Sir Bruce Lee,Jackie Chan,Donnie Yen,Jet Li fans one dlc of this beautiful video game inspired from Enter The Dragon from Sir Bruce Lee movie The Dlc name is The Zodiac Tournament.I love this video game its not a video.Great Love Emotional.This amasterpiece Need a Sequel Of Wei Shen action adventure Martial Arts again in Sleeping Dogs II.What a beautiful piece of work what a treat for Sir Bruce Lee,Jackie Chan,Donnie Yen,Jet Li fans one dlc of this beautiful video game inspired from Enter The Dragon from Sir Bruce Lee movie The Dlc name is The Zodiac Tournament.I love this video game its not a video.Great Love Emotional.This a beautiful action adventure over the top action like a cinematic experience through Gamepad Joystick… Expand
  30. The_D4RknesS
    Jun 5, 2022
    10
    What can I say about this masterpiece? It's a shame there isn't a sequel to this day. I love the combat in this game
  31. christyguy
    Aug 9, 2022
    9
    Driving is great, shooting is great, fighting is great. It's got a bit of an arcade feel to it, but personally I am a fan of that. Especially since this is a super easy game to pick up and play in chunks at a time instead of one playthrough, I think. Pretty high replay value, and I love the entire setting and story.
  32. VictorHugo1482
    Aug 30, 2022
    8
    An open world placed in Honk Kong with an incredible story and fantastic action sequences.
  33. f1r
    Sep 2, 2022
    10
    favourite game ever. elevates anything previous city crime-based open world game has already done, amazing combat. some of the most fun i’ve ever heard witj side content and collectibles. such a great story etc idk what there is to hate, recommend to anybody really, a great starting point for any gamer and still criminally underrated despite the light being shined on it in recently
  34. KinimodYunmi
    Mar 11, 2023
    8
    Für das Erscheinungsjahr echt ein herausragendes Spiel, aber auch jetzt noch!

    Das war eins meiner ersten 5 Spiele und wegen Call of Duty und Borderlands ist ein Singleplayerspiel damals in Vergessenheit geraten. Ich wusste es in der heutigen Zeit aber echt zu schätzen, ein wirklich unkompliziertes und bugfreies Spiel genießen zu können.
  35. Drvmc
    Sep 21, 2022
    8
    Uma surpresa extremamente positiva! Sou um grande fã de GTA, mas também sou um grande fã dos concorrentes, jogos como Saints Row e até Watch_Dogs, podem não ser perfeitos e nem ter a mesma qualidade, mas são divertidos. Já esse aqui é absurdo, Sleeping Dogs pega coisas incríveis de vários jogos e acrescenta uma jogabilidade de luta excepcional, a luta desse jogo é tão boa que faz vocêUma surpresa extremamente positiva! Sou um grande fã de GTA, mas também sou um grande fã dos concorrentes, jogos como Saints Row e até Watch_Dogs, podem não ser perfeitos e nem ter a mesma qualidade, mas são divertidos. Já esse aqui é absurdo, Sleeping Dogs pega coisas incríveis de vários jogos e acrescenta uma jogabilidade de luta excepcional, a luta desse jogo é tão boa que faz você querer abandonar armas de fogo, junto a isso a mecânica de hackers, a pegada de ser policial e bandido, um toque de parkour, um enredo bem feito e colecionáveis com proposito, dando vontade de correr atrás deles, esse jogo tinha tudo para ser até melhor que o GTA. Infelizmente o ponto negativo é a falta da mecânica de salto, meio parecido com o Watch_Dogs, você precisa correr e apertar o comando para ele fazer um salto pré programado, o que buga o jogo e até irrita, também notei comandos com atraso, o que quebra a imersão da luta. Wei Shen é um ótimo protagonista e esse jogo merece uma segunda chance!… Expand
  36. Joe2539
    Jan 3, 2023
    10
    Very Good Good Good Good Good Good Good Good Good Good Good Good Good Good Good
  37. mkhue108
    Feb 26, 2023
    8
    Fun game to play. Love the Hong Kong-kungfu master-undercover cop vibe. Didn’t enjoy the DLC though.
  38. imalynxcat
    Jun 22, 2023
    9
    teknik anlamda yetersiz bir GTA klonu oyun ama oynarken çok eğlendim. Batman tarzı yakın dövüş mekanikleri ve yaratabileceğin vahşilik harikaydı.
  39. vagabundo_
    Jun 22, 2023
    8
    Advantages:
    - Amazing story (if you have ever watched "The Departed", it's from that opera). The characters are well developed and you care about them.
    - Very cool hand-to-hand combat system, has combo progression and very well animated. - Good graphics, especially for the game which was released in 2012 and remastered in 2014. - Cool driving mechanics, was very pleased to complete all    Advantages:
    - Amazing story (if you have ever watched "The Departed", it's from that opera). The characters are well developed and you care about them.
    - Very cool hand-to-hand combat system, has combo progression and very well animated.
    - Good graphics, especially for the game which was released in 2012 and remastered in 2014.
    - Cool driving mechanics, was very pleased to complete all races in the game.
    - Interesting police investigation side missions.

    Disadvantages:
    - Story is good but linear (you have no choices to make), so re-play-ability is not a thing.
    - Has bugs from time to time, like NPCs clipping through walls. Had to reload from control point 2 times, because the guy I was supposed to chase didn't want to move further.

    In general good game, especially if it is your first play through.    … Expand
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#48 Best PC Game of 2012
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#26 Most Discussed PC Game of 2012
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#21 Most Shared PC Game of 2012

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Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 23 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 23
  3. Negative: 0 out of 23
  1. PC Master (Greece)
    Feb 6, 2013
    90
    Unlike the previous ‘True Crime’ games, where there was a strict depiction of the city maps, Sleeping Dogs does not portray Hong Kong, inch by inch. United Front Games has implemented GTA’s novelties in way that winks slyly at Rockstar. In essence, what the GTA series has accomplished, Sleeping Dogs has carried out better and more elegantly. [October 2012]
  2. PC PowerPlay
    Oct 11, 2012
    60
    A solid GTA clone that ticks all the boxes but forgets to add the magic ingredient of improvisation. [Oct 2012, p.77]
  3. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Oct 10, 2012
    80
    City action in an Asian style casts a fresh wind to the sandbox game genre, with attractive worlds full of details, great battle mechanics and cool free-run sections. [Sept 2012]
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