Because, you want that police xp, particularly as so many of the skills you get out of it are to do with guns and firearms which will really come in handy in the latter half of the game.
But, having that extra motivation in this game to not drive around mowing people down is a smart move, I think. Yeah, GTA has always come under fire for supposedly 'encouraging you to run over people', which isn't true actions like that will get the cops after you and there's no advantage from it. You can also rapidly increase your face value by doing help-quests for random citizens, which will you'll need if you want to purchase swankier clothing and gear to look the part as you move up in the world.ĭestruction of property and killing innocents all zaps points out of your police XP, and while destroying property didn't bother me too much, I liked that there's another incentive not to just mindlessly kill people. There are plenty of cop-driven side quests for you to do, that generally involve beat-downs, surveillance or tracking down vehicles and these will reward you a fair amount of cash, as well as XP to spend in your cop-specific tree.Ĭompleting Triad missions will do the same for your Triad XP tree, as well as raise your face value around the streets of Hong Kong - which will make you more respected by locals and Triad members alike.
But more than that, you gain different kinds of XP from completing both kinds of missions. I think this is the first game that I've actually enjoyed the hacking mini-games, I thought they were quite sophisticated! I just love that whole idea of playing both sides, it adds such a level of danger to the mix. But some of the cop missions that involved hacking mini-games got on my nerves a bit, and if they weren't part of the main story, I generally left them alone. I thought they were mostly good, many of which we've seen before, tail a guy, escape the cops, take pictures for evidence, shoot-outs in nightclubs and there are some romantic missions you can go on as well that are a bit of fun. Yeah, it's the game trying to goad you into a weaker position, because as soon as you go for the first strike, they'll try and they'll make life difficult for you by flanking you and interrupting your combos, and in that I thought the AI was quite good. You often need to let enemies come at you first so you can knock them down with a few counters first to open up the area for you, but sometimes if you don't make the first move, they'll just stand there and you'll be hanging around in this awkward stand-off. I found the AI is a bit hit and miss, though.
#SLEEPING DOGS DEFINITIVE EDITION TRIAD XP SERIES#
Like games such as Batman, this kind of brawling relies heavily on counters, when an enemy glows red, you counter the attack, and follow it up with a series of combos, more of which you'll learn along the way by completing missions for your kung-fu master. Wei has been trained in Kung Fu, and when starting out in earlier missions, he uses these fight techniques to make his way through the tougher, grittier parts of town. Almost all of these missions will see you getting involved in some serious fisticuffs with other gang members, and here the combat takes on a real brawler-inspired fighting technique which is a nice change of pace from other open world games. Playing both sides of this game really mixes up the kinds of missions you'll be undertaking, you're constantly having to run shady deals with your Sun On Yee brothers, while performing surveillance work and arrests for the Hong Kong Police. The Organised Crime and Triad Bureau in Hong Kong send you undercover into the very heart of the Triad society, to infiltrate a gang called the 'Sun On Yee' and take them down. You play as Wei Shen, and US Detective who had been seconded to the Hong Kong Police Force.
And speaking of voices, a stellar cast of actors lend their voices to this game, everyone from Tom Wilkinson, to Lucy Lu and Emma Stone. But the streets of Hong Kong and the game's involving plot immediately set it apart, giving it a voice of its own. It's no easy task coming up against the Godfather of open world gangster action, GTA, which consistently sets the bar. It's definitely a game that's had to fight its way out of a potential disaster. But, after more development delays, the game was abandoned by Activision and then picked up by Square Enix, who renamed the game Sleeping Dogs. Sleeping Dogs has had a bit of a confused and shaky development history, it was originally going to be called 'Black Lotus', a new open world adventure game developed by United Front, however, then, publisher Activision decided it would be better to align the game with a well-known IP, and announced that it would be the next installment in the True Crime series, titled 'True Crime: Hong Kong'. DEV: UNITED FRONT GAMES, SQUARE ENIX LONDON
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