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Sleeping Dogs: Chinese GTA Bringing Real Competition

Currently there’s not much known about GTA V. Things like how large the world will be, and the number of features that will appear in the game, have all been rumored about. But nothing has officially been revealed. It’s not hard to speculate about GTA 5, a history of drug dealing, carjacking, and gang fights in previous Grand Theft Auto games offers enough ammunition for speculation on what GTA V could bring to the table.

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KwietStorm_BLM4464d ago

I'll believe it when I..you know what, no.

IRetrouk4464d ago (Edited 4464d ago )

OPM gave it a very positive preview in this months mag, have to admit it looks good and sounds fun, one interesting thing OPM said was that it definitely didn't deserve being canned by Activision for quality reasons

andron4464d ago

Well, Sleeping Dogs seems like it will be good fun. It will be nice to play a undercover cop instead of all these thugs...

specialguest4464d ago

According to Wikipedia, it says that you play as an undercover cop infiltrating the Triads. http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

specialguest4464d ago

My first reply wasn't necessary.

killerhog4464d ago

It won't be of competition critically or sales wise. It's made by a dev not really know by many and a publisher who are currently being criticed by fans. It's also a new IP. Most westerners will see it as some Japanese gta rip-off filled with crap most westerners dislike about Japanese games/style. china town wars was the least selling gta this gen I believe. Besides with little info we got on gta5 most journalist are already having wet dreams about it and will be fastidious/harsh on sleeping dogs.

specialguest4464d ago

First of all, the game is developed by a Canadian developer United Front Games known for making ModNation Racers, and in addition to Sleeping Dogs, are developing LBP Karting. Secondly, the game is based off of Hong Kong in China, not Japan. Are you suggesting that westerners are too ignorant to understand the difference?

I'm not going to presume success or failure of the game, but I applaud the United Front Games for putting effort into their attempt to develop something different. A game that seems authentic instead of portraying Asians(specifically Chinese) in a cliche Hollywood stereotype.

killerhog4464d ago (Edited 4464d ago )

Didn't bother reading your comment as the first sentence insinuates you missed the point completely.

Edit: I decided to read your comment. Modnation racers (ps3) didn't sell well and modnation racers (PsP) sold even less. Only people who would know them are the few who bought modnation racer games. Squareenix is a known company and people know its a Japanese company.

Really you guys disagreeing are either delusional or have high hope/faith in this game. Think about it why isn't yakuza selling millions of copies in the west? It's a gta inspired game based on the yakuza. Also united front is Canadian not Japanese so don't expect them to have the backing of Japanese gamers. I mean western games don't seem to sell well over there like it would here.

andron4464d ago (Edited 4464d ago )

@killerhog

I think you underestimate gamers here. Most gamers know SE have a western arm now after buying up Eidos, and they have published several games now.

GTAV isn't out for a while and Sleeping Dogs will be out before it so it will have a chance. Also many gamers have been dissatisfied with the direction GTAIV took and want a more action filled open world game.

Edit: The mafia in Hong Kong is triads not yakuza...
I'm willing to take a chance on this game as a the footage I have seen so far look promising...

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Grand Theft Auto V (GTA 5) Best Settings for Low End PC: RTX 3060/RX 6600/RTX 4060 Laptop GPU

Grand Theft Auto V was released over 9 years ago, but the player base is largely intact due to regular updates to the Online Multiplayer. The game had some technical issues at launch, most notably a CPU utilization issue, but most recent chips shouldn’t have any issues running it.

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PS Plus Is Losing 12 Games In June 2024 Along With A Major Rockstar Release

Subscribers of the Extra and Premium tiers of PS Plus will lose access to a total of 12 games during the month of June, 2024.

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gold_drake29d ago

i think the only real loss is GTAV

OtterX29d ago

I think everyone and their sister owns the game by now. They likely want to squeeze the rest of the holdouts before GTAVI releases.

Profchaos29d ago

That game comes and goes from subscriptions so frequently I think it's expected now. Like rdr2 on gamepass Rockstar Games only last a max of 3 months On a service

MrBaskerville28d ago

Talos Principle is the real loss.

BanginTunes28d ago

Facts that game is good as fuck I'm playing through 2 now, very underrated

Huey_My_D_Long29d ago

indivisible was pretty neat. Cute artstyle, fun throwback to older RPGs, shame its leaving but it is on sale often

shinoff218329d ago

Definitely. I e joyed what I played of it. Still gotta grab the physical at some point

Petebloodyonion29d ago

I'm not surprised by GTA V removal, Rockstar never allows this game to stay long on a subscription service.
They usually allow 4 to 6 months.

lodossrage29d ago

Yeah, they do that routinely with both GTA and Red Dead.

But it's because they know they can still sell them so they take them off and on to these sub services in cycle.

The weird thing to me is why is anyone still buying those games at this point? You would think after 3 generations of being sold GTA 5 that everyone and their momma would have it by now

RNTody29d ago

I fail to see how the loss of an almost 11 year old game that released across 3 generations is in any way a problem.

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