EuroGamer: "Sleeping Dogs certainly doesn't deserve to take all the blame for this situation, and Rockstar has some serious game-raising of its own to do with GTA5. But when a game is so clearly intent on being a follower of trends rather than setting them, it's hard to feel much passion for Sleeping Dogs' vanilla retread of established ideas."
Shang-Chi star Simu Liu is working to revive the Sleeping Dogs movie and hopes its success could lead to a long-awaited Sleeping Dogs sequel.
Please do. One of my favorite games from that gen. A man who never eats pork bun is never a whole man!
Square has their own GTA and they haven't bothered making a sequel. Yet they're wasting money on nfts and live service crap.
Gotta be more specific. Did it sell well to Square and their unrealistic expectations? Probably not. Did it sell well and garnered enough praise to deserve a sequel? Yes. They also bought the rights from Acti when it was True Crime so they must've thought it was worth it at the time so idk why they've let the IP die out.
According to Square Sleeping Dogs, Hitman Absolution and even Tomb Raider Reboot bombed on varying levels. They all dropped around the same time. All sold well enough but Square and it's lofty expectations got in the way. I remember Square was mumbling that TR sold 3 million + in a month.
As long as the game fits YOUR ideals eh? Whatever happened to artists creating what artists want...
Hey, they can create whatever they want. I literally said “I’d” be down if he doesn’t shove his ideals in it.
Whatever happened to consumers being allowed to voice what they want in a discussion forum, eh…?
Huzaifah from eXputer: "Sleeping Dogs from the early 2010s is one of the best open-world games out there but in dire need of a resurgence."
You say "yet" as if it's even possible anymore. United Front Games is gone, along with anyone that made this game what it is
That’s what happens when games sell poorly. And I’ve seen people wonder why people cry when a game sells badly… this is your answer.
Majority of the time it's true but if a company/publisher is big (in terms of money), they can take a hit or 2. e.g. I am not worried about Rebirth sales as Square will make Remake 3 anyway but if FF 17 doesn't sell then Square might need to look for alternative. <-- my humble opinion
Oh okay, Activision owned True Crime, but when that didn’t sell as intended it was canceled. Six months later Square Enix bought the rights and changed the title to Sleeping Dogs.*
*As per Wikipedia
Sleeping Dogs was a sleeper hit back then. It was fantastic. It actually still is. Would love a sequel to this, or at least a revive of True Crime series.
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watching the video is better then going through 31 pages of gamingbolt.
Do they explain in the video why there are two numbers 3? Starfield and Tears of the Kingdom?
"...follower of trends"
Whatever Eurogamer. Praise the next CoD when it comes out.
Follower vs perfecter. Dogs has the best H2H yet. Great animations minus the usual over-gesticulation. They paid a lot of attention to eye position as well. There is a good social and stat system as well. I stated back around February this would be a great game and was attacked and laughed at. Now I'm laughing and digging this title.
This game does driving mechanics, running(parkour), shooting mechanics, melee(an actual hand-to-hand fighting system) better and not clunky like "10/10" GTAIV.
I see this game getting good reviews but I will wait and see what my fellow gamers have to say. Too many "professional" reviewers are being paid for good scores I believe or simply aren't allowed to be brutally honest in some cases, or just don't know what they are talking about.
Example: Saint's Row 3. Got praises all over, but the game was WEAK compared to Saint's Row 2 in every way except the graphics and some of the vehicles(jetbikes).
I am thinking I would like this game a lot, but I don't do pre-orders unless I "know" I'll like it.
I agree Morgan, Euro gamers especially brits only like COD,driving games. These Euro sites only give out quality scored to games made by Euro devs mostly.