Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition

 PlayStation 4
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 606 Ratings

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  1. Jovany15
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    I Say this game is good Main Story is good

    I Highly Recommend This Game This Game Deserves 10/10
  2. M1sfiT
    Sep 3, 2023
    6
    Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaameeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees!!!!!!!!!
  3. Chapuleta
    Aug 28, 2023
    10
    Um jogo bastante subestimado, mas é um jogo bastante a frente do seu tempo, um dos sistemas de combate mais incríveis que eu já vi, por isso leva meu 10.
  4. cbcguy
    Aug 21, 2023
    8
    Has its flaws but the only open world game I ever went to 100%. The story was well done in my opinion, and the combat is the best part of the game in a good way. Sad we will never see a sequel to this unless if we can somehow get this revived.
  5. berkayjan11
    Jul 31, 2023
    9
    I've registered this site only to give 9 points to this game because this is one of the few games that made me enjoy for 30 hrs. Not even a second I got bored. Engaging story, fun melee combat, good music, exceptional culture. Only negative is side quests. This game must have a sequel. Dear Square Enix and Embracer Group you have such an amazing IP, don't waste it. Release time was wrong,I've registered this site only to give 9 points to this game because this is one of the few games that made me enjoy for 30 hrs. Not even a second I got bored. Engaging story, fun melee combat, good music, exceptional culture. Only negative is side quests. This game must have a sequel. Dear Square Enix and Embracer Group you have such an amazing IP, don't waste it. Release time was wrong, not the game. This game is absolutely not a GTA clone and has unique aspects.… Expand
  6. HereYouGoBuddy
    Jul 19, 2023
    9
    The open world is beautiful. The atmosphere is captured just right. Its an easy game with a simple yet very interesting story.
  7. TianLong1
    Mar 31, 2023
    10
    Great open world game with fighting sequences reminding you of typical police kung-fu movies where the good guy who is incredibly good at martial arts and takes down all the bad guys by himself, except here everything is even more violent and satisfying. The story is engaging, characters and voice acting are immersive. You learn new moves as you progress and you can use the environment toGreat open world game with fighting sequences reminding you of typical police kung-fu movies where the good guy who is incredibly good at martial arts and takes down all the bad guys by himself, except here everything is even more violent and satisfying. The story is engaging, characters and voice acting are immersive. You learn new moves as you progress and you can use the environment to your advantage, Jackie Chan style. You feel like a true badass, like you are the hero of this kung fu movie.… Expand
  8. i7i
    Mar 19, 2022
    10
    If you are a bruce lee sir's fan the game is for who loved martial arts and all other who didn't love martial just give it a try its my belief you love this after playing it.The beautiful masterpiece game ever made in the gaming industry.The Zodiac Tournament Dlc which is free in the definitive edition Sleeping Dogs gives me nostalgia and tears to my eyes when i played that every time thatIf you are a bruce lee sir's fan the game is for who loved martial arts and all other who didn't love martial just give it a try its my belief you love this after playing it.The beautiful masterpiece game ever made in the gaming industry.The Zodiac Tournament Dlc which is free in the definitive edition Sleeping Dogs gives me nostalgia and tears to my eyes when i played that every time that mission is inspired from Sir Bruce Lee's movie Enter The Dragon the background music in the mission gives me goosebumps.I want the sequel Sleeping Dogs 2 to continue the story of Wei Shen the protagonist of this game.The game gives beautiful message.The Ending is not was one of the best climax in the video game i have ever played.The game gives you tears in your and laughter as well while playing it.Best Martial art Action Adventure game of all time for me personally and its my belief for you also.… Expand
  9. TheSashi
    Feb 9, 2023
    8
    This game is great. If you would like an emotional and great story, it has it. Want a open world action game that is like a Bruce Lee movie, it's got that as well. The only reason it isn't a 10/10 is because it can be slightly glitched at times and some of the collectibles (Lock boxes) are very annoying to get as they don't offer much money but you must get them all for 100% completionThis game is great. If you would like an emotional and great story, it has it. Want a open world action game that is like a Bruce Lee movie, it's got that as well. The only reason it isn't a 10/10 is because it can be slightly glitched at times and some of the collectibles (Lock boxes) are very annoying to get as they don't offer much money but you must get them all for 100% completion which is very unnecessary and annoying. Other than that the game is amazing. It's a shame that United Front shut down as I would've loved a sequel to this game but some things are just not to be.… Expand
  10. Avoocado
    Feb 6, 2023
    7
    Sleeping dogs é um jogo revolucionário a partir de sua premissa, muito comparado com os jogos da Grand theft auto suas qualidades ficam ofuscadas por tal comparação, entretanto, o jogo mistura muito bem elementos de enredo principal com qualidade técnica e design...

    Muitos elementos bem explorados e um tanto inovadores, dando muito mais emoção e mais explosões em momentos de tensão,    Sleeping dogs é um jogo revolucionário a partir de sua premissa, muito comparado com os jogos da Grand theft auto suas qualidades ficam ofuscadas por tal comparação, entretanto, o jogo mistura muito bem elementos de enredo principal com qualidade técnica e design...

    Muitos elementos bem explorados e um tanto inovadores, dando muito mais emoção e mais explosões em momentos de tensão, também, ótimas cenas de lutas e finalizações onde é a maior premissa do jogo.

    Gráficamente o jogo não deixa a desejar para os recursos do seu ano, explorando muito bem todo o poderio do hardware das plataformas para entregar um mundo aberto com muita vida, bonito e sem framedrops ou bugs de renderização.

    General:
    Premissas do jogo atingida: 85
    Gráfico e World Design: 70
    Capacidades técnicas: 75
    Enredo : 65
    Retenção de jogador: 65    … Expand
  11. TenAdrian
    Feb 5, 2023
    8
    Not the best of the best but a good game. Looking at that that now it's very cheap mostly I would 100% recommend buying. It's a amazing experience for the price of it
  12. JesseDillinger
    Feb 1, 2023
    7
    It's not a bad game. I played it to the point I got the platinum trophy. My biggest complaint is that the story just feels so damn rushed. So much happens so fast. If a character died I wouldn't feel that sad cause I barely know the guy. The fighting is fun but after you do it for a few hours it gets dull. Unlike Sifu you have to actually time stuff. Fighting in this game is pretty free.
  13. DeadgrounD
    Jan 29, 2023
    10
    Sleeping dogs, one of the best games ever in my opinion!
    I played Sleeping Dogs Definitive Edition over a year now and my conclusion is: It is one of the best games of all times I played.
    First of all: The setting is fantastic and so intense. Hong Kong is where East and West meet, a place of cultural intertwining and has so much potential for games and interesting stories. The city was    Sleeping dogs, one of the best games ever in my opinion!
    I played Sleeping Dogs Definitive Edition over a year now and my conclusion is: It is one of the best games of all times I played.

    First of all: The setting is fantastic and so intense. Hong Kong is where East and West meet, a place of cultural intertwining and has so much potential for games and interesting stories. The city was perfectly created by the devs and I really had the feeling to actually drive through the city. The graphics were also somewhere between ok and fantastic, especially at night, when driving through foggy rainy weather.

    Then the story: For me this story was one of the best game stories ever. You had this really sympathetic character Wei Shen and you could follow his development and changes from a righteous police officer to a corrupt cop. Observing him on his way was fantastic and the overall premises of the story caught me way more than any GTA stories which are more or less about getting rich. This is not to say GTA 5 is a bad game. But the underlying premise of sleeping dogs is way more humanistic and I found that more fascinating

    And last but not least, the amazing fighting system and the feeling of substantial progression. At the beginning of the game, the fights are arduous and hard, because you only know the basics but in the endgame when you mastered the fundamentals plus upgraded your character it's a blast.    … Expand
  14. Joe2539
    Jan 3, 2023
    10
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  15. DanyXI91
    Jan 1, 2023
    7
    Molto meglio di tutti i GTA! Storia molto intrigante e gameplay frenetico e divertente! Peccato per i DLC…
  16. regulargamur
    Dec 11, 2022
    0
    Filled with bugs, keeps crashing.
    Vehicles are designed so terrible they look like toys; their handling and steering are even worse, so awful.
    Mediocre level storyline as well
  17. Blessed-toga5
    Dec 4, 2022
    9
    Positives +
    What a great game! After playing quite a few ps5 and ps4 AAA games decided to do a few classics and despite the age of the game it doesn’t disappoint. From John Woo/Max Pain style shootouts to bruce Lee kick arsery, from burn out type racing to your run of the mill thuggery this is a lot of fun. It is evident from the start how much love has gone into making this. Yes it’s GTA    Positives +
    What a great game! After playing quite a few ps5 and ps4 AAA games decided to do a few classics and despite the age of the game it doesn’t disappoint. From John Woo/Max Pain style shootouts to bruce Lee kick arsery, from burn out type racing to your run of the mill thuggery this is a lot of fun. It is evident from the start how much love has gone into making this. Yes it’s GTA iv in china but that’s a great thing because the mood is very different.

    Of course the game is old but it’s undeniable how much quality there is here. The voice acting and cut scene animations are great. The story is straightforward but also very good. Quite gritty. The lighting and reflections are amazing. I still don’t know what the point of raytracing when this old game makes great reflections and lighting (comparatively)

    The racing in this game is superb. Real sense of speed.

    Side quests are simple but fun.

    The combat is very cool and different from other open world games. Yakuza 0 is on my list so I imagine now days it’s nothing new but for a first time experiencing martial arts arse kicking it is very cool.

    Good attention to detail. Like the npc conversations, the few stores you can go into are alive. Negatives - Draw distance and occasional popping as a result of being an older title Streets could be busier

    All in all for a game that is over 10 years old and priced very low it’s good entertainment. Which is what games are all about right? No wonder it has such a great reputation. Enjoy!    … Expand
  18. FGPT
    Nov 2, 2022
    10
    Alright its currently 2022 and somehow I have been sleeping this whole time. I finnally got to play this game and I cant believe just how good not only it hold up, but how inovative and just Fun it must have been when it first came out. This is an incrediible game, filled with stuff to do, great characters and overall great vibe. It has the True crime blueprint written all over and itAlright its currently 2022 and somehow I have been sleeping this whole time. I finnally got to play this game and I cant believe just how good not only it hold up, but how inovative and just Fun it must have been when it first came out. This is an incrediible game, filled with stuff to do, great characters and overall great vibe. It has the True crime blueprint written all over and it inproves the formula in every single way. The Hong Kong scene is great and the narrative just fits right in. Props to the devs at United Front Games (who have closed down since) for creating such a great game. Its unfortunate that we wont have a sequel or see more from this universe. But what we got in this definitive edition at least is a complete package of main game plus dlc and at the time of this review I have finished all Trophies. Great adventure. A big Thank you to the devs who made it.… Expand
  19. Agt_Killionaire
    Oct 7, 2022
    10
    The control are not really that smooth but what really yanked me in was the story of the game.
  20. ehtaco
    Sep 18, 2022
    8
    Seriously one of the better open-world action games ever imo. Is it better than the best GTA games? No. But does it absolutely stand on its own against those games? Yes. Underrated gem.
  21. Thosevelvetygms
    Sep 12, 2022
    9
    What an underrated gem! It's the best GTA clone out there with a fresh Hong Kong setting, an incredible story, and deep hand-to-hand combat.
  22. LittleSticker
    Aug 26, 2022
    8
    this game is very good and no it's not underrated.. so many people have said that to the point where its not underrated anymore lol
    deserves a sequel
  23. TK4EVA47
    Aug 24, 2022
    7
    I played Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition in 2018 and thought it was a good game that I liked.
  24. mareknufc
    Aug 14, 2022
    9
    Still very good game storywise. In-game Hong Kong is vibrant city full of cars, pedestrians, neon signs and narrow alleys inhabited by thugs. Game offers good variety of gameplay between intense kung fu bouts, shootings, car chases, tailing, bug planting and even karaoke singing. Granted, some textures are god-awful is you look really closely, car handling could have been better and oddsStill very good game storywise. In-game Hong Kong is vibrant city full of cars, pedestrians, neon signs and narrow alleys inhabited by thugs. Game offers good variety of gameplay between intense kung fu bouts, shootings, car chases, tailing, bug planting and even karaoke singing. Granted, some textures are god-awful is you look really closely, car handling could have been better and odds are pretty high you may stumble on a few minor bugs, but for a couple of bucks that the game costs on sale it's a bargain.… Expand
  25. filip92
    Jul 11, 2022
    9
    Underrated game. The city of Hong Kong looks really nice and the atmosphere is on point. With all the DLC's, its worth your money..
  26. Reviewer917
    Jun 3, 2022
    10
    Absolutely great game. I got it on Steam when it was on sale. I never knew it existed. I was pleasantly surprised by the game and storyline. It is fun and worth it. It is one of those games where you wish there was more at the end and you really are drawn in by the characters. I highly recommend this game. You will not be disappointed.
  27. DirtyChrome
    May 23, 2022
    9
    Its prerty good game, I finished in 2 days. I love the main character and what happens to him. The only down side of the game there is no romance. There are multiple choises throughout the game but you only see them couple times. I wish we could've done more. Over all its good.
  28. Qw_0
    Feb 25, 2022
    9
    اللعبة ممتعة جدا من ناحية اسلوب اللعب والقتال على الرغم من انه متكرر الى انني لم اشعر بتكرار بسبب سرعة القتال والطرق المتعددة في القتال او انهاء الخصوم والقصة تحمل خلفها الكثير من الغموض حول البطل والعصابة التي ينتمي لها هذا لو استبعدنا المشاكل فالمشكله الوحيدة هي أن اللعبة تمتلك اسوء دليل خريطة في عالم الألعاب في مرات كثيرة كنت اتبع الخط بشكل منتظم وفجاه بتغير التوجيه الى عكس المسار الذياللعبة ممتعة جدا من ناحية اسلوب اللعب والقتال على الرغم من انه متكرر الى انني لم اشعر بتكرار بسبب سرعة القتال والطرق المتعددة في القتال او انهاء الخصوم والقصة تحمل خلفها الكثير من الغموض حول البطل والعصابة التي ينتمي لها هذا لو استبعدنا المشاكل فالمشكله الوحيدة هي أن اللعبة تمتلك اسوء دليل خريطة في عالم الألعاب في مرات كثيرة كنت اتبع الخط بشكل منتظم وفجاه بتغير التوجيه الى عكس المسار الذي اتجه له ومرات لايحدد لي الوجهه.… Expand
  29. Huzy1
    Jan 13, 2022
    7
    I enjoyed playing this game more than I thought I would. It’s the closest game to GTA which is fun to play and has a good storyline to follow. I 100% completed it & it wasn’t tedious at all. Everything was pretty well flowing as well as there not being an excessive amount of unnecessary tasks, comparing to other action/adventure games.
  30. CausticMisery
    Dec 26, 2021
    9
    One of the best open-world games out there. Criminally underrated. Great combat, good story, and breath-taking atmosphere. Driving at night, through the radio, blasting Kerrang! radio is truly a soulful experience.
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#53 Best PS4 Game of 2014
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 34 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 34
  3. Negative: 0 out of 34
  1. CD-Action
    Feb 7, 2015
    80
    If you have played Sleeping Dogs before, there’s no point in picking up the Definitive Edition. But if you’ve missed the original game, you’re gonna have a lot of fun in Hong Kong. [01/2015, p.71]
  2. Games Master UK
    Dec 21, 2014
    74
    Whether you've played it before or not, the value for money makes this an impressive package. [Christmas 2014, p.76]
  3. Pelit (Finland)
    Dec 15, 2014
    88
    While overshadowed by Grand Theft Auto V, Sleeping Dogs is still a well written and executed action game. The combat mechanics are nothing short of superb. [Dec 2014]
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