Posted on 17-Feb-2012

Sleeping Dogs: 'The best combat you'll get in an open-world game'

Witness the rebirth of True Crime...

By CVG Staff for computerandvideogames.com

Activision's lack of faith in United Front Games' True Crime: Hong Kong might work in Square Enix's favour in the long run.

Sleeping Dogs Screenshot
Having played saviour by rescuing the cancelled title and rebranding it as Sleeping Dogs, the Hong Kong cinema inspired open-world action game is now being developed in conjunction with Square Enix's London studio, which has also worked on brilliant games such as Batman: Arkham Asylum and Just Cause 2.

While it's impossible to tell if it'll be a best in class experience at this stage, the brief taster of driving; close combat; and shooting we got to have recently is a clear indication that Sleeping Dogs holds plenty of potential.

Check out our video preview for our full impressions.

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    sened9 on 17 Feb '12 said:

    Look's ok but has a stupid title.

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    gmcb007 on 17 Feb '12 said:

    Definitely one to keep an eye on.

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    dicky1993 on 17 Feb '12 said:

    loads of articles for this game haha, and i agree awful title, and i hope it doesn't get overhyped and turns out bad

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    gdotbizzle on 17 Feb '12 said:

    I do like the games idea's of open world cinematic combat. But animations for me look a little poor will definitely consider buying if they improve animations when running and dodging people. Glad to see this series revived though

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    MJ-Thriller94 on 17 Feb '12 said:

    I agree with some here in that the title is a bit crap, but i will always call it True Crime when im talking to friends about it. I hope this game sells well, put Activision in it's place. I liked the previous True Crime games, even though flawed. But still thought they were great, which gives me high hopes for this one. It looks alright, combat should be good as its from the guys that worked on Arkham Asylum. Definately on my to-buy list :D

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    SavageEvil on 17 Feb '12 said:

    Looks pretty interesting, that title looks more like a subtitle to me. There should be another name to call that title by, something tasty like No Remorse: Sleeping Dogs! and thus if it's great it can run with the title and make more. Shoot call it something else entirely.

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    SunStart on 26 Feb '12 said:

    cool