I recently finished the game this year, 2024 (yes, I finished the game a few days later, after New Year's Eve). Honestly, I found Sleeping Dogs very fun, and the story is very damn interesting too. I would highly recommend people playing Sleeping Dogs, and I wish they had a sequel for the game because it deserves one.
I didn't play it, until it was a free download on the xbox 360... since then I have played through it 6 or 7 times. It's so good. The stories pace, the random side quests. It was purpose built, and you can tell. It feels like you're playing a movie. If you're watching this video, and haven't played this game...you need to go play this classic.
Man this feels longer than 2012. I remember getting motorcycles to drive into oncoming traffic to ramp cars over the overhead street signs on the interstate.
I feel like these days, unless you get incredibly lucky, you won't find anyone willing to create a sequel that encapsulates the spirit of the original. Especially with how hard China seems to be on portrayals of its region's culture.
I really loved this game, might even prefer this game over GTA 5 due to the unique features like environmental attacks, car hijacking from one car to another, way better combat because of the martial arts. The storyline of this game is really unique too as the protagonist being an undercover cop, that basically do missions for both the Narcotics and Triads. Just growing up I really loved this game and this will always be an underrated one
I think its BETTER than GTA5 in many ways. Obviously GTA5 looks better and is a way larger world, but the larger world is also to the detriment of the story, combat is better in SD, the story itself is better in SD. GTA5 probably still wins overall but if you play games solely for the story you probably preferred SD i would think
Beat the original back on 360, but just grabbed the Definitive Edition for like $6-8 on sale and am instantly glued to it all over again. This is still holds up with some of the best combat in any game.
The graphics are alright for an 11 year old game, as you mentioned. But what really makes this game shine is the story. I won’t spoil anything, but the more you progress, the better it gets. You really feel like a member of a triad, living in luxury and surrounded by violence and betrayal.
For real. I played this game at 6 years old and obviously didn’t understand the story. Even at that I was saddened by the death of you-know-who and the wedding. As I got older the game only got better. The story is so emotionally investing and the characters feel like they have a real brotherhood and real lives, families, and aspirations. Minor Spoiler: Even the little details like Jackie feeling sick and disturbed when he kills a guy for the first time. So much so that he talks about it for multiple missions, questions if this is the life for him, and considers dropping the life altogether and just staying with Jiu Mei. I love this game dawg. Happy this was one of my firsts. 😭
It doesn't look any worse than Ubisoft games of that time. Installing this game simply to go on a stroll in the Night Market is the mood 🔥 it was my fav game of all time in 2015 just because of this
It's kinda sad how underrated gems like this get overshadowed just because people perceived it as "GTA but" or a GTA Clone. It had the one of the best open world combat and the city is lively. Wished we could've see more asian cities like Seoul and Tokyo.
I've been looking for a game like sleeping dogs for a while now. Actually I'm watching this while waiting for the game to finish downloading on steam. It looks very good and I'm excited to play it! The game is 98% downloaded at the time of writing. Dude I think I'm gonna actually piss my self from how excited I am
this game has one of the best fighting system , i love the way wei counters the enemy attack , the other martial arts beyond wei original one like mma , muaythai , drunken and my most fav is the wingchun one , i really want wei to use more move from wingchun , one day i hope there is a game that base on wingchun one of my most fav martial art
I remember back in 2012 in 6th grade I'd get up and turn on my PS3 to quickly play for like 15mins to find some shrines to progress a bit further in increasing my max. health 😂
The game is extremely cool.. I played it three times.. but we need a new story. The coolest thing is that it's not about shooting machine guns 24/7 but mainly fist-fighting and then shooting feels pretty good too. Even now it just feels so much better to walk, run and fight than GTA V
this game is the whole package. great combat, so many fun things to do on the side, voice acting had me at the edge of my seat, and never once did the story feel lacking, graphics were incredible at that time too. not to mention just how much detail is put into the surroundings and NPCs alike i never got to finish it years back bc my 360 would always give up on me mid missions but i recently got around to picking up the ps5 and it was the first game i bought on it. it’s still as exhilarating as when i first had my hands on it as a kid 😭 sucks to know that the game didn’t end up doing as good as they hoped for. endlessly dreaming of a sequel!
Absolute masterpiece. Shame they abandoned sleeping dogs 2😢. The game was way ahead of its time if only it released a couple years later maybe it would have caught the hype train…
Replaying this for the i dont know how much time.. 100? Haha. This masterpiece needs some patches and a sequel. Watching your video to hype myself up even more!
I played it the third time end of 2023 and I still had a absolute blast with it. I can't believe that a so old game has a bigger fun package than a lot of the now released games. It was excellent in every aspect. Gameplay Immersion Story Characters, just pure fun. And the graphics are still absolutely fine and are the proof gameplay over graphics.
Sleeping Dogs was one of my first games on the PS3 near the end of that era of gaming. I still have the console AND game. Currently playing through the campaign. Back when United Front was a thing, they f**king KILLED it with SD.
Hella good. A lot of major actors were voicing the characters like Emma Stone voicing Amy. NBD, just an academy award winning actress, voicing a minor character in a video game lol
@@L321 Yup. Not to mention people like Will Yun Lee & Ian Anthony Dale from Hawaii Five-0 voicing Wei & Ricky, Lucy Liu as Vivienne, Tom Wilkinson voicing Pendrew. They had a hell of a cast
I absolutely adore this game, I loved how brutal the fights are especially using the environment mechanics, my fav was putting an enimy in a car hood and dropping the engine on them
I first played this game in 2013 when I was in 3rd grade, I still remember it took me a few months to get used to the missions and until now I have been playing this game for almost 11 years completing the game very well many times and I still find this a very good game
I have finished the definitive edition 2 weeks ago. I've never played sleeping dogs before. Games rarely leave an impression on me these days. I quit most games after 30 minutes, but sleeping dogs is one of the best games I've played in years. Absolutely fantastic
I loved this game, well thought about, I never really seen any glitches all the years I played it on the 360, it’s crazy how there’s not a 2nd one yet, masterpiece !
@@Particle_Ghost I wish this game had steam workshop access it would make this game allot more replayable I’ve looked into mods for this game but the community is quite small ngl
One thing I find funny about the lackluster combat in GTA as a whole is that Rockstar made The Warriors which had AMAZING combat which they could have adapted into GTA and would have made it much more enjoyable as a beat em up as well a typical GTA game.
Thanks you made my mind up I will be buying this classic and it’s on PlayStation store for only £3, sounds like a bargain, thanks you have a new subscriber 👍👍👍😁
i loved playing this game. i think its very underrated, its a very beautiful game i still remember driving in the city at night for fun lol the world looks so good in this game
just checked my steam (last played sept 25, 2013). I dont even remember where I lived playing this but I think I got the game for free when I bought my AMD GPU. I never beat this game but I remember playing it and enjoying it.
*Did you play Sleeping Dogs back in the day?* 🎮
Yes. Still do.
Ye
hopefully one day we get a second one. @@j4eg3r47
Yes I'm an og gamer lol
Yassss
Only the real ones know how good this game was ❤
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I miss this game so much
Cock fight always provides
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I recently finished the game this year, 2024 (yes, I finished the game a few days later, after New Year's Eve). Honestly, I found Sleeping Dogs very fun, and the story is very damn interesting too. I would highly recommend people playing Sleeping Dogs, and I wish they had a sequel for the game because it deserves one.
thanks it just went on sale for $5 , needed to hear this
It crashes on PS Five sadly
Just got it today on ps 5 gonna play now 🎉
@@CaseyCain99how often
You’re a pok gai for being late to the party.
I didn't play it, until it was a free download on the xbox 360... since then I have played through it 6 or 7 times. It's so good. The stories pace, the random side quests. It was purpose built, and you can tell. It feels like you're playing a movie. If you're watching this video, and haven't played this game...you need to go play this classic.
On god bro 😂 💯
I just finished this game this month in December 2024. What a great game! Still playing the DLC tho.
Just started playing this again and i missed it so much one of the coolest open world games wish there were more like this
Man this feels longer than 2012. I remember getting motorcycles to drive into oncoming traffic to ramp cars over the overhead street signs on the interstate.
Such an underrated game
100%
I still remember driving on the wrong side of the road since im used to america. This game is criminally underrated
This game was awesome. It needs a sequel bad
A sequel would’ve been so cool… I wouldn’t mind them turning this into a series
I feel like these days, unless you get incredibly lucky, you won't find anyone willing to create a sequel that encapsulates the spirit of the original. Especially with how hard China seems to be on portrayals of its region's culture.
@@paytonkraft7564this is HK
I really loved this game, might even prefer this game over GTA 5 due to the unique features like environmental attacks, car hijacking from one car to another, way better combat because of the martial arts. The storyline of this game is really unique too as the protagonist being an undercover cop, that basically do missions for both the Narcotics and Triads. Just growing up I really loved this game and this will always be an underrated one
this isnt even SIMILAR to gta
@@Nerderkipsyeah it is. Let’s be real
I think its BETTER than GTA5 in many ways. Obviously GTA5 looks better and is a way larger world, but the larger world is also to the detriment of the story, combat is better in SD, the story itself is better in SD. GTA5 probably still wins overall but if you play games solely for the story you probably preferred SD i would think
Beat the original back on 360, but just grabbed the Definitive Edition for like $6-8 on sale and am instantly glued to it all over again. This is still holds up with some of the best combat in any game.
The graphics are alright for an 11 year old game, as you mentioned. But what really makes this game shine is the story. I won’t spoil anything, but the more you progress, the better it gets. You really feel like a member of a triad, living in luxury and surrounded by violence and betrayal.
square enix won't fail u
For real. I played this game at 6 years old and obviously didn’t understand the story. Even at that I was saddened by the death of you-know-who and the wedding. As I got older the game only got better. The story is so emotionally investing and the characters feel like they have a real brotherhood and real lives, families, and aspirations. Minor Spoiler:
Even the little details like Jackie feeling sick and disturbed when he kills a guy for the first time. So much so that he talks about it for multiple missions, questions if this is the life for him, and considers dropping the life altogether and just staying with Jiu Mei. I love this game dawg. Happy this was one of my firsts. 😭
Someone died in a wedding? Reminds me of one of the endings of gta4.
I'll play this tho thanks for the comment you made it interesting@@octane1713
This is all i needed to know to buy this
It doesn't look any worse than Ubisoft games of that time. Installing this game simply to go on a stroll in the Night Market is the mood 🔥 it was my fav game of all time in 2015 just because of this
I played this on PS3, and enjoyed it. Then I played it on PS4 and loved it. Plan to buy it for the PS5 too. It's a beautiful game.
The kung foo school master was the best, funniest character who shit talked you the entire lessons.
I loved him and his hilarious banter.
😂😂
It's kinda sad how underrated gems like this get overshadowed just because people perceived it as "GTA but" or a GTA Clone. It had the one of the best open world combat and the city is lively. Wished we could've see more asian cities like Seoul and Tokyo.
One of the best games I've played
Still one of the best games ever
So underrated!
I've been looking for a game like sleeping dogs for a while now. Actually I'm watching this while waiting for the game to finish downloading on steam. It looks very good and I'm excited to play it! The game is 98% downloaded at the time of writing. Dude I think I'm gonna actually piss my self from how excited I am
Haha that’s great to see! Hope you enjoy it
this game has one of the best fighting system , i love the way wei counters the enemy attack , the other martial arts beyond wei original one like mma , muaythai , drunken and my most fav is the wingchun one , i really want wei to use more move from wingchun , one day i hope there is a game that base on wingchun one of my most fav martial art
Played the game back in the Day and replayed it couple of month ago... Love IT.
Still playing till this day!
The Definitive Edition with all 24 DLC included is On sale today October 19th 2024 for $2.99 on Steam
Most underrated game... way too much fun. 100% a collection game
M still playing on my Xbox one
I got the disc and plan on never selling it.
@@idrisahmedi4686 good choice. Its a collection game.
The story and the fighting are the strong points of this game
I really recommend this game for those who haven't tried it
This game is AMAZING !!! Better than GTA 5 . They should do Sleeping Dogs2 . Perfect game , beautiful, every details are there . Masterpiece !!!!!
2024 and I still look like I can use more pork bun.
I’m replaying this game right now. Still so good.
I remember back in 2012 in 6th grade I'd get up and turn on my PS3 to quickly play for like 15mins to find some shrines to progress a bit further in increasing my max. health 😂
The game is extremely cool.. I played it three times.. but we need a new story. The coolest thing is that it's not about shooting machine guns 24/7 but mainly fist-fighting and then shooting feels pretty good too.
Even now it just feels so much better to walk, run and fight than GTA V
I just bought it yesterday since it was about 3 dollars on steam. Easily one of the best purchases Ive made.
I just finished the game, a masterpiece, and let's be honest y'all, this is pretty much a prequel to the rush hour movies.
You know it's good when you are sad that the game ends
this game is the whole package. great combat, so many fun things to do on the side, voice acting had me at the edge of my seat, and never once did the story feel lacking, graphics were incredible at that time too. not to mention just how much detail is put into the surroundings and NPCs alike
i never got to finish it years back bc my 360 would always give up on me mid missions but i recently got around to picking up the ps5 and it was the first game i bought on it. it’s still as exhilarating as when i first had my hands on it as a kid 😭 sucks to know that the game didn’t end up doing as good as they hoped for. endlessly dreaming of a sequel!
I suddenly remembered this game... here I am
Let's not forget the soundtracks. Brilliantly curated.
My last days of high school I was playing it, now I’m 30 years old with a job. Scary how time flies.
Of all of the Shadow of Assassin's Arkham Dogs games, Sleeping Dogs is still the best if the genre.
I used to play on my ps3 and last week I tried to play it on my ps4 and bought a copy 2nd hand but the disc was dodgy and I was so disappointed
How is this even similar to gta, its so shitty that people compare them
Absolute masterpiece. Shame they abandoned sleeping dogs 2😢. The game was way ahead of its time if only it released a couple years later maybe it would have caught the hype train…
Thanks for this video I’ve never played it and just waiting for it to download 👍🏻
I played the Ps4 version a few years ago and had an absolute blast with this game. Such a good game
Replaying this for the i dont know how much time.. 100? Haha. This masterpiece needs some patches and a sequel.
Watching your video to hype myself up even more!
add a handheld version as well
Only the *OG'S* know where when you drive a vehicle and cant turn of the radio 😂
I just started playing yesterday for this first time, and I was hooked for hours😂 I literally feel like I’m playing Batman Arkham in GTA in Hong Kong😭
I wish they would make a sequel to this game, it deserves a sequel
I can not count how many times i have played the story ... I use to love it so much .. surely miss this game
Its pretty good in 2024, too. Looking forward to revisiting in 2025, then 2026, etc.
I played it the third time end of 2023 and I still had a absolute blast with it. I can't believe that a so old game has a bigger fun package than a lot of the now released games. It was excellent in every aspect. Gameplay Immersion Story Characters, just pure fun. And the graphics are still absolutely fine and are the proof gameplay over graphics.
Sleeping Dogs was one of my first games on the PS3 near the end of that era of gaming. I still have the console AND game. Currently playing through the campaign. Back when United Front was a thing, they f**king KILLED it with SD.
I started it for the fourth time now. Every 2 years i come back to replay the game from start to finish with pretty much all side content included
I just started playing it in 2024 and I am amazed at how lovely it feels😮
This game have a permanent slot in my pc. Whenever my mood is off i open this game it instantly lift up my mood.
Hella good. A lot of major actors were voicing the characters like Emma Stone voicing Amy. NBD, just an academy award winning actress, voicing a minor character in a video game lol
Wow that's crazy!
@@L321 Yup. Not to mention people like Will Yun Lee & Ian Anthony Dale from Hawaii Five-0 voicing Wei & Ricky, Lucy Liu as Vivienne, Tom Wilkinson voicing Pendrew. They had a hell of a cast
This Game will forever have a special place in my library of 100s of games
I absolutely adore this game, I loved how brutal the fights are especially using the environment mechanics, my fav was putting an enimy in a car hood and dropping the engine on them
I still replay it once an year. There is just nothing similar to this game to date!
1:47 the only thing this game could use is more npc density in some areas. The rest is great
For me it had sometimes way too much npc's, depends where you are and what time of the day it is
I never knew about this game in my childhood. Hidden gem.
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blud putting extra effort into saying this lmao
😂lol
Most deserving game for a sequel
I first played this game in 2013 when I was in 3rd grade, I still remember it took me a few months to get used to the missions and until now I have been playing this game for almost 11 years completing the game very well many times and I still find this a very good game
Clicked on this video bc I just finished playing it for the first time ever! Awesome game even in 2024
Anybody remember that crying ghost baby in the flat 💀
Playing this game now on pc. It’s awesome!
This is one hidden gem that i never played that i knew i would like
but im going to play it now.
I have finished the definitive edition 2 weeks ago. I've never played sleeping dogs before. Games rarely leave an impression on me these days. I quit most games after 30 minutes, but sleeping dogs is one of the best games I've played in years. Absolutely fantastic
I actually got this today, didn't realise how old it was. It runs well graphics are crisp and clear and so far I am finding it more fun than gta iv
RIP JACKIE
I loved this game, well thought about, I never really seen any glitches all the years I played it on the 360, it’s crazy how there’s not a 2nd one yet, masterpiece !
I’m playing it again currently this game is amazing it definitely needs a portable edition on the switch
Lack of difficulty settings really hold it back, it needs a hardcore mode.
@@Particle_Ghost I wish this game had steam workshop access it would make this game allot more replayable I’ve looked into mods for this game but the community is quite small ngl
This game has been in my backlog for years 😅
Play it, it's worth it, I had it on backlog since 2018 and just started playing it december last year, and it's great.
I still play it in ‘24.
Played it last year, loved it, platinum and all dlc completed.
One thing I find funny about the lackluster combat in GTA as a whole is that Rockstar made The Warriors which had AMAZING combat which they could have adapted into GTA and would have made it much more enjoyable as a beat em up as well a typical GTA game.
Never played it but thinking about getting it now and playing it
Play it, it's freaking amazing.
Never get bored in this open world game. So many cool movie actions as Bruce Lee and hijack as Wheelman
Thanks you made my mind up I will be buying this classic and it’s on PlayStation store for only £3, sounds like a bargain, thanks you have a new subscriber 👍👍👍😁
Thank you man!
the outfit is not just a skin, you get the weapons or skills or different stats that reflect the person you dressing up as
i loved playing this game. i think its very underrated, its a very beautiful game i still remember driving in the city at night for fun lol the world looks so good in this game
I was a kid when it launched I’m 18 now still miss it
That makes me feel old
@@L321 yessir
it would be better if the guy was Jet Li
This is my favorite game of all-time, and I say that as someone who grew up playing the original Sonic 1 and Sonic 2 on Sega Mega Drive.
Gta vs this? Which one would you recommend
Im so close to the plat on ps3 just the pesky level 10 triad points which is taking a loooong time but i still love this experience so much
This game and gta5 were my childhood. I loved the martial arts in the game
The only singleplayer game I play nearly every year ... again and again .. because its so great !
Watched your review, decided to buy it and will be playing it for the first time once it finishes installing.
Thank you! 🙏
I still play it to this day from time to time
Bought it when it first came out. One of my favorite games of all time
playing it right now , biggest sleeper of ps3 . loved the story
You know the game so good when you remember it search it youtube :D 10/10 good old days
Only got to play the demo back in the day, just downloaded it on gamepass and looking forward to finally playing it
What a Pok gai
just checked my steam (last played sept 25, 2013). I dont even remember where I lived playing this but I think I got the game for free when I bought my AMD GPU. I never beat this game but I remember playing it and enjoying it.
"A man who never eats pork bun, is never a whole man"
Yakuza + GTA = sleeping Dogs
Isn't this closer to Yakuza series rather than GTA?
More like True Crime, not sure why people keep saying GTA
Potentially as Yakuza's killer and Asian GTA.
Never played this before, I’m getting it for Christmas and it looks sick I’m so excited!