Tag Archives: Sleeping Dogs

Spring is here After busy months like March, which brought a barrage of awesome games in the form of Dark Souls 2, Titanfall, and South Park: The Stick of Truth, we’re down for a bit of R&R. By which we mean, a time to relax and catch up on our …

Despite being called Sleeping Dogs, the vest-wearing sandbox open-world of Sleeping Dogs is relatively bereft of dogs, sleeping or otherwise. But that observation has nothing to do with what we’re doing here. What we’re doing here is presenting you with a hypothetical question scenario type thing. Which is: What do …

Open-world games are marvels of modern technology and, as such, they usually have issues that are often condoned in favor of the bigger picture. Simplistic melee, sloppy gunplay, or loose driving can be ignored if everything else is strong. Sleeping Dogs (opens in new tab) made no such concessions on …

There are usually a few weak links in any open-world game. If the shooting is strong, the melee might suffer. If there are some cool driving mechanics, the story may not be that strong. Things just don’t usually fall into place completely, and though we’re often able to overlook these …