Sleeping Dogs Retrospective | 11 Years Later

Sleeping Dogs has got to be one of the best open world games ever. It's aged like fine wine over the last 11 years as well.
I played this game for this video on my laptop and that has a 16:10 ratio, so I hope the weird aspect ratio doesn't throw too many people off.
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Chapters:
Pork Bun 00:00
Overview 02:45
Development Hurdles 04:58
Fighting 07:17
Guns 10:25
Driving 12:48
Skill Trees 15:15
Exploring Hong Kong 17:28
Cop Missions 18:08
Favors 19:39
The Main Story 21:42
Nightmare in North Point 42:55
Zodiac Tournament 45:56
Year of the Snake 48:08
Wheels of Fury 49:52
Wrapping Up 50:25
Referenced Footage:
- Dim Mak • Bloodsport: Dim Mak (D...
- Neal Moritz • Neal Moritz On Getting...
- Donnie Yen • Donnie Yen Breaks Down...
-John Woo • Hard Boiled - Hospital...
-Black Lotus • BLACK LOTUS Official T...
-Georges St. Pierre • Sleeping Dogs - Making...
-Triad Wars • Triad Wars - Announcem...
Music: (in order of appearance)
-Theme A (Sleeping Dogs), Theme B(Sleeping Dogs), Theme C (Sleeping Dogs), Car Dealer (Gran Turismo), Main Theme (Streets of Rage 4), Seven vs. One (Sleeping Dogs), Loading Screen (GTAIV:TBOGT), Garbage Day (LISA The Painful), Little Sunrise (Sleeping Dogs), Freeway (Sleeping Dogs), And Now Things Start Getting Ugly (Sleeping Dogs), Exit, Pursued by Motorcycles (Sleeping Dogs), Man About Town (Sleeping Dogs), The Crossing (Sleeping Dogs), Welcome Home, Wei Shen (Sleeping Dogs), Wei Makes His Bones (Sleeping Dogs), Graydo (Stealth inc 2), Mens Hair Club (LISA The Painful), KENKURA - Lazy Evenings
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[@eyeguydojima7131]

The proper way to start a Sleeping Dogs video.

[@MrHammers]

Pork bun vendor and dogs hahaha

[@heynongman2367]

You look like you could use a pork bun!!

[@Rodrigo4391]

Before the video even started i already knew what you was talking about 😂

[@naifshaheenksa2353]

​@@MrHammers I'm playing this game while on PS4 there no futures made me feel bored this game there type enemies fighting styles i hate that guy fatman called powerhouse you do strike punch his face after coming catching your body he throw body in ground use his leg stomp wade stomach no there ability komaki parry like kazuma kiryu his ability form Yakuza game ) next guy lightweight can easily defend that guy quick final next guy defender i hate too do Rush my combat every single he block my attack that it asked for fight enemies but i want be official new game sleeping dogs 2

[@naifshaheenksa2353]

​@@MrHammersanyway i will subbed your channel always your welcome

[@israelpereira2088]

One of the most underrated games of all time,Wei Shen kicks so much ass in this game.

[@hoze1235]

The martial arts tournaments were great

[@heynongman2367]

Ass, heads, knees…😂

[@hazeshi6779]

I think the story was one of the things I remember most about this game. Damn I love Winston 😢

[@darrenscott6982]

It wasn't underrated, this is what an average game was like 10 years. It's because the quality of gaming has went down.

[@aldah2r850]

​@@darrenscott6982😐

[@ianadams1965]

I've been seeing a lot of Sleeping Dogs retrospectives lately, hopefully all these videos create some buzz and we can get a sequel or reboot some sort. We all have dreams and this is mine

[@MrHammers]

Yeah it's really weird I've seen a few in the past couple months. Which is especially odd for a game this old, but like I said at the end, there are 1000 videos and we need 1000 more. Maybe it'll make square enix take notice that we want a sequel

[@darrenscott6982]

That's because the quality of gaming has gone down. The games that were considered average 10 years ago are now considered masterpieces.

[@phoenixzappa7366]

They make more selling a grindy battle pass than this whole game probably.

[@SamJohnson-fj4lt]

@@darrenscott6982this game was never average

[@DDM_08]

@@darrenscott6982hell nah this shit was ‘average’

[@adamnope4577]

it's genuinely insane how well it holds up over a decade after release. Either we haven't come that far in terms of open world games, or it's still a testament to the time and effort put in. Prolly a bit of both honestly.

[@MrHammers]

I think it's a bit of both, but more so the second one. United front killed it with this one

[@sigmabond3961]

​​​@@MrHammers sadly they also got themselves killed with this one

[@tchrisbass5650]

Just bought it again for the 3rd time. Ps5,ps4,ps3

[@nomar2004]

@@sigmabond3961 square enix thought the initial sales was a failure. and united front failed to pitch square enix to invest in the sequel.

[@Dragoncam13]

I blame the halo MCC launch for that​@@sigmabond3961

[@believeinmatter]

Not enough people played this game. It was kind of ruled a “GTA knockoff” even though it’s very different. Still a blast to play today 🤙

[@MrHammers]

Absolutely! Anything open world and urban based is deemed a GTA clone, it's sad really

[@josedorsaith5261]

Same thing happened to Yakuza.

[@ralphwiggum1982]

If that’s the case pretty much every military game is a clone of itself as well but your definitely right I think a lot of people just wrote sleeping dogs off an didn’t even try to give it a chance

[@lambda-m1676]

​@@josedorsaith5261Yakuza is GTA but with honor, and is not GTA

[@them2wheels116]

This is Basically Asian GTA

[@thareqprimaharianto8725]

My buddy bought me this game. He said "It's just like Yakuza, but took place in Hong Kong and has little difference". While it is true that Sleeping Dogs has simmilarities with Yakuza series, Sleeping Dogs has its own unique things that make it special for me. Also Wei has some hardest line I ever heard. "Jackie this watch is fake as fuck"

[@MrHammers]

I recently bought all the Yakuza games to get into. I've never played them before Also, Wei had some great one liners, that's one of the best ones I agree lol

[@jimmyngo2191]

This is a rare gem of the past that can still holds up extremely well today.

[@GhostofMcNabb]

Wish this got a sequel sooooo badly. One of my absolute favorite games. It was so fun exploring Hong Kong

[@theicon9269]

I remember reading about True Crime Hong Kong in Game informer and being hyped for it and then being disappointed in its cancellation but I’m glad it got to live on as Sleeping Dogs.

[@toxicavenger7073]

Bought this game out of randomness and boredom but it turned out to be top 10 in my library

[@montanadash20]

I'll never forget my first playthrough of this game man. I was on the EDGE OF MY SEAT almost the entire time wondering how it all was going to end without Wei ending up either dead or in jail lol. And they tied it all together in a pretty believable way. I still go back and play through this game about once a year. It just hits a sweet spot for me. ❤

[@graymads]

Sleeping Dogs is one of the most underrated games of all time.

[@darrenscott6982]

It is not.

[@ogsloppnbiscuiitz1108]

@@darrenscott6982*?..Their opinion*

[@AasaaL]

Such an incredible game. It's a shame what happened

[@Nicholasmcmath-cr1xl]

Agree

[@IsthatAdam-]

What happened?

[@mightye]

@@IsthatAdam- i assume they might be talking about the company and dev who made it going bankrupt

[@IsthatAdam-]

@@mightye ahh that’s very unfortunate

[@intelligentspeculator7327]

Perfect analysis, enjoyed every minute of it. It's a pity that this masterpiece game ended as a one-off. Ultimately, it comes down to the sad fact that most gamers prefer playing repetitive, primitive and usually online-focused shooters, rather than games with a complex story and an open world like Sleeping Dogs, Mafia or even GTA. People pay a lot of money to keep playing GTA Online for 10+ years, with simple missions, little-to-no story and lots of microtransaction payments. That's why Rockstar hasn't really been pushing for GTA6 or even a proper DLC to the GTA5 in all these years. If there is no real demand, there will be no offer.

[@Saulbreadman]

Recently beat the story a few weeks ago. All i can say is 10/10 masterpiece. Truly believe Sleeping dogs is way better than grand theft auto. Screw Square for not giving us a sequel. Jackie deserved better...

[@noobgamersland8189]

Bro got his sauced spaghetti out only for the game to not get a sequel...

[@eddymartinez7961]

This game got me into Bonobo and Ninja Tune records. Very underrated soundtrack that went extremely well with its world, and didn’t feel tacked on for the sake of just having some music. Ramping off any car in a bike never gets old. Really great game. I remember following it when it was still a True Crime game and was saddened when cancelled, happy when picked back up and blown away by the final product.

[@SonCosmo]

Sleeping Dogs is one of those games I replay to completion every couple years and still have a lot of fun with. I think I've played all the DLC except for that Zodiac Tournament one but it looks really interesting. It would be cool if Square Enix gave the series another chance not just some online spinoff.

[@MrHammers]

Zodiac tournament is my favorite dlc by far. It's worth booting the game up again haha. But I also really like the fighting system in the game

[@aniquinstark4347]

I never knew it had such a tumultuous development. It always felt like a very professional and complete game to me. Amazing that the developers managed to pull it off with all the chaos around them.

[@MrHammers]

Agreed. It baffles me that Activision ever cancelled this project, if it was mostly complete at the time they saw this game and thought it'd be better to cancel than release. Thank goodness for Square buying the project

[@GoomyB]

i wish they would make a sequel

[@UndisputedBillyBadass]

No, if they make another it will not live up

[@SpecShadow]

you can play prequels under the "True Crime" name

[@calamorta]

​@@UndisputedBillyBadass So? We could get lucky and get another great game. At worse, franchise stays dead. We have nothing to lose and everything to gain. Sleeping Dogs is already dead. They just need to play it safe by keeping the same gameplay, expanding the story (just copy some Asian action moves plotlines) and adapting the graphics. This is not a Def Jam FFNY situation. They tried to release another title for a masterpiece way too soon and also changed the formula. Totally irresponsible by the developers, which ultimately killed the franchise. Shenmue 3 didn't rush anything in terms of time, but too many changes lost what made fans like that franchise. If Sleeping Dogs 2 doesn't kill what we like about Sleeping Dogs 1, it might not suck.

[@daigiamegame]

There was an online version of this game around 2015-2016 but they took it down

[@UndisputedBillyBadass]

@@calamorta no, keep it dead. that’s what makes looking back on it so great

[@MrSirHenryMF]

Funny, I just replayed this game and yes, it's still a blast. I always try to unlock Bruce Lee's jumpsuit as soon as possible to play as a killer banana.

[@MrHammers]

The special outfits are my favorite. GSP and Sun Wukong gotta be my favorites

[@zackeryparkerson]

Loved the video, man. The editing and pacing were on point. Didn’t even notice an hour had gone by.

[@MrHammers]

Thanks man! Definitely one of my bigger videos, glad it turned out okay haha

[@brianquint6126]

The Pork Bun thing hit me right in the nostalgia.

[@BirdGang6]

One of my joys in life is replaying this game every couple of years to see if it still is as good as a remember and it almost always being better. An actual gem.

[@kennyking9347]

I remember renting this game from Blockbuster as a little kid played it for one week, then never played it again. But after 10 years I decided to buy this game and now I can say this is definitely one of the most underrated games of all time.

[@loganford3921]

It's a fun game with great characters, graphics, music and Hong Kong was a new setting for me to explore in a opened world game when it was here in 2012. Before it was released there were a lot of great live action sort movies or ads of Sleeping Dogs that were pretty amazing as well. Here's hoping for a Sequel in the future.

[@JohnnyVincent420]

What a coincidence, yesterday i was thinking imma replay sleeping dogs and imma platinum it too, next day hammers drops a sleeping dogs video ahaha nice

[@MrHammers]

It's a sign! Enjoy your platinum journey haha

[@danishcookies]

Cool video! One of the only videos on youtube regarding SD that covers everything!

[@lulubugs2752]

This is is one of the greatest games of all time. I played this game like a year after it came out whilst in high school. Now with a job and stuff like that around a decade later, its a game I will always hold dear to my heart

[@zaxtinhazelhof6006]

after 27 minutes i just realise its not about how cool sleeping dogs but its entire story of sleeping dogs

[@khingofswordz43]

I never forget that one food vendor...." You're Not A Whole Mun If You Don't Have A Pork Bun...!" 🐖🐖🐖🐖🐎🐎

[@vinniecorleone62]

Truly one of your best game reviews! Your passion for everything this special game does clearly comes through my friend, very enjoyable! This is one of my personal favorites & in my Top 10 favorite open world games list, I have numerous ports of it I love it so much & the unique DLC!

[@MrHammers]

Thank you my friend! This is definitely one of my favorite games and I wanted to spend a little more time going into the nuances of it. I still trimmed it up a little bit, but it's one of my biggest projects and I'm happy to do that on a game like this

[@mangs856]

Great video, man. This is the first game I got all the achievements on and 100%. One of the few where that didn’t feel like a chore, tbh. Solid game.

[@badmartey6054]

I love your long vids gives me time to relax and just listen

[@MrHammers]

Hey thank you dude 🙏

[@not_muchh]

Loved the video bro! Great review! I bought my dad a PS4 for his birthday a couple of years ago and I got him Sleeping Dogs to play on it (we both loved the True Crime series). He instantly got hooked into it and it’s become one of his favorite games

[@MrHammers]

Hell yeah, you and your dad have great taste in games! Appreciate ya big dog

[@Slashhappycinema]

This game never got the respect it deserved. We need a damn sequel already. I am a massive fan of martial arts movies and Hong Kong action movies from Hardboiled to The Raid. This game was very reminiscent of a Jackie Chan and Chow Yun fat movie mixed with jet li and Donnie Yen and I was all here for it. Such a gem of a game. Mainly it was like a Chow Yun fat movie in terms of the subject matter.

[@believeinmatter]

Did you every play Stranglehold? I’d recommend that game if your a fan of movies like that, it’s literally a sequel to Hardboiled 🤙 also just an awesome game

[@Slashhappycinema]

@@believeinmatter fuck yes amazing game

[@believeinmatter]

@@Slashhappycinema Facts

[@SlickSucks]

watched all your retrospectives all week great videos glad to see one on Sleeping Dogs

[@MrHammers]

Thanks man! Glad you like them 😊

[@alexhottensen4224]

Thank you for covering this game. It easily cracks my all time top 10, maybe even 5, and NOBODY I know has played it. You call out the lackluster/alright things that I agree need to be mentioned but in a way that doesn't turn people off to it. Awesome job. My favorite vid yet.

[@alexhottensen4224]

Only thing I would say is I really like Jackie's arc as a murderer and how that changes him. I think that's super important but overall a fantastic video.

[@MrHammers]

Thanks dude! Glad you liked it, I'm honored that you like my video in the sea of Sleeping Dogs videos haha.

[@corvoattano4319]

Every big gaming event no matter what they are, I hope for 3 announcements. A bioshock sequel A dishonored sequel And a sleeping dogs sequel

[@flyingtacos_2004]

Ayyyyyyyyyy, Streets of Rage 4 menu theme in 7:18? You had me hooked before this, but now? Even more so!

[@AlfredFJones1776]

Total Overdose review needs to happen.

[@TheDrigodamus]

Great video editing!

[@nao__channel]

i absolutely adore this game

[@hazeshi6779]

Boy have I been waiting for you to do sleeping dogs! Love your content man!

[@MrHammers]

Thanks dude!

[@NCYungin]

We definitely deserved a trilogy with this 😢

[@picblick]

41:46 "Even though he may not believe it, he was in Wei Too Deep"

[@Gatorade69]

Oh man, I have always wanted to play this game. It's been on my radar for a long, long time. Basically in like 2010 My Xbox died, my computer was fastly becoming a potato and life was becoming very time consuming. I finally got a used PS4 in 2018 and a gaming PC in 2021 so there's a large stretch of games I missed out on. Good thing is most of the games I've wanted to play are now cheap and I'm going to keep an eye out for this on sale.

[@NovaDynamo999]

Another phenomenal video from you I’d love to see more long form videos in between the shorter games you normally cover. My only gripe is that you skipped over when Jackie killed the low level drug dealer it caused him to fully second guess gang life and want to get out but that’s when he got gutted like a fish. The added context of him finally wanting to get out only to never get that chance is what made it hit harder for me personally.

[@dwarfdigger135]

:( HE WANTED OUT FUCK

[@MrHammers]

Thanks man! I'd like to do more long form stuff in the future, just has to be a game I have a lot to say about haha Yes I agree with that on Jackie, him killing the guy before his initiation and then getting kidnapped shortly after that made him want out, it made his death hit much harder to Wei because I think Wei had intentions of getting Jackie out once he finished his operation imo.

[@NovaDynamo999]

@@MrHammers With the way you structure your videos and your own personal flair you put into them I am open to watching whatever game you cover in a long form video. I do agree with the idea Wei would’ve tried to save Jackie from the gang lifestyle once his original mission was over it’s just such a realistic thing of that lifestyle to not get the “Story Book ending”. Especially since from the start Jackie was like a little brother to us.

[@MrHammers]

Thank man I appreciate that! I bet if we got the sequel we would've heard some insight from Wei on how he felt about everything. Truly a tragedy

[@NovaDynamo999]

@@MrHammers Hopefully this video spawns more for us to get that Sequel we deserved since I loved playing this game last summer.

[@FALLOUT3514]

Oh damn crazy, first GmanReviews uploads a Sleeping Dog vid and then this channel. Sick

[@jacobsmith1367]

I’ll add another comment…. For it’s era, this is a game you can tell the creators poured their hearts out in this game JUST like Red Dead 2. This game is so much fun to play in 2023 and that’s saying something…. I urge everyone to play this game.

[@MrWaifuTaker]

"A man who never eats pork buns, is never a whole man!"

[@kayak2hell]

Thanks for making this retrospective, it's a great nostalgia trip. As 'True Crime: Hong Kong', it was cancelled by Activision in Feb 2011 (not 2010). FYI, there were originally 3 dates per love interest but these were cut to one each in January 2011 as production pressure increased. For Amanda (voiced by Emma Stone), the second date involved shopping with her and the third date you invite her over for dinner (you had to choose what best to cook for her).

[@frenzy282]

Fantastic video 🔥

[@goqsan]

Gmanlives uploaded one a week ago and now you? Damn I need to download it again and play on my ps4. Helluva underrated game. Much props

[@MrHammers]

Yeah that was interesting timing when he uploaded, I was halfway through my edit and saw it go live haha

[@jacobsmith1367]

Dude, last year I did another play through and it’s not disappointing… this game is definitely a masterpiece.

[@michadomeracki5910]

I have finished this game a few months ago. What a great experience.

[@marie00900]

it's astonishing how real the world is, there's proper driving and people even use the indicators on the cars, there're food vendors, some random events, for instance some thief may steal a lady's purse, you can chase him down and return the purse to the lady and all that. For instance, in the said Night City traffic does not function. If you try to follow the rules you'll just end up stuck in one place, because traffic lights seem to not be functional...

[@ObviouslyUnknown]

I swear to god I had a dream of you playing this and sharing it already lol anyway i love that chapter 1 is just Pork Bun

[@MrHammers]

You're the second person to think this is a reupload! LMAO gotta start off with a pork bun always 😂

[@boombya123]

I really should play this game I started it years ago but just didn't have the time to play games so it never got the time it deserves great video as always Mr Hammers

[@MrHammers]

Thanks my man. Highly recommend this one

[@fear3bk]

Love this game. Thank you for this video.

[@kl32nefkwhnilshfi]

&t=26m31s This is quite true. There are two types of minibuses in Hong Kong. The green minibuses can only go on a fixed route. Usually they are run by a company, which has made contract with the government. The red minibuses do not need to run on a fixed route. If they wish to join a popular route or depart from a popular terminal, they might need to pay the so-called "enter route fee" to the triad. As a local, I was surprised when I played the minibus mission a decade ago. Really admire that the production team had some deep study into Hong Kong culture. The only flaw is that the minibus tagged "Hang Hou Village" in reality goes between the village and HKUST, both are not located on the Hong Kong island side.

[@gabrielarchambault8034]

Sleeping dogs holds a special place in my heart. When i was 18 living in my first apparament my ps3 broke and was unable to read discs i basically only had sleeping dogs in digital that worked me and my roomate spent months taking turns playing untill i eventually was able to afford a new ps3. I lived in a small ski village so i couldn't just go out and buy psn cards and didnt have a credit card back then so buying more digital games wasnt much of an option

[@SickKitty-IsDead]

Hell yuh another great video. And I got my yt member shout out! Loved this game never knew the history of development was so fucked.

[@MrHammers]

Thanks for the support my dude!

[@ItsJabo]

Dude sleeping dogs is easily my favourite GTA-clone. The entire game just felt like a well-written Jackie Chan flick.

[@TheStormbringer8751]

You do all sandbox games a major disservice by putting the label, "GTA clone" onto them. It's a major reason why the genre is in the state that it has been in for over a decade. Too many people use that label to write off the games because they're not GTA.

[@MrHammers]

It is definitely a love letter to Hong Kong action flicks. One of the best to do it!

[@AliBazz]

Good shish as always, would be awesome if you review da saints row duology! And in 2 if you aint likin da drive by controls you can swap da layout to bumpers in da settings

[@RedDed228]

Another great game that you talked about and i grabbed and played. I listened to maybe 10-15 minutes of it, grabbed the game and just finished it(i am not a happy camper right now) and now im here to watch the rest of the video. Grab this game, Hammers is not wrong! Well lets be honest every game he's talked highly about a game ive grabbed it and loved them.

[@MrHammers]

Appreciate ya my dude

[@YourBoyJohnny94]

Game is going for 5$ on PSN!!!

[@budaroddy]

Awesome review, this game its totally an underated gem

[@MrHammers]

Thanks dude 😁

[@helicopterk3n708]

I always knew this game was gonna be deemed underrated, Back in 2013 my homeboy who "knew everything about every game" was humbled when i pulled this gem out the closet🤣

[@youforget1000thingsaday]

One of my favorite 2010s 360 titles. Absolutely gorgeous to the eye still.

[@wsnt]

I used to play the hell out of this game, back to back. The way they pay homage / references to movies I grew up with made me love it even more, the fighting, atmosphere, music, I never was bored. I used to jump of the motorcycles purposefully so I could ragdoll through the city after I completed the game, I used to complete it a lot, probably one of the only games that I 100% completed. The DLCs/Add-ons were pretty cool too, sad they cancelled the second one. Really unfair. Would’ve been awesome driving around Hong Kong with your friend / other players fighting about.

[@wsnt]

Great video as always, nice seeing you talk about Sleeping Dogs. It deserves so much recognition

[@testocore5607]

Agree, I played it in 2020 and to this day Sleeping Dogs is one of my favourite

[@sxyqt3.14]

Great video

[@SamJonesS4mmyd48ull]

That dude also bullied me into buying his stupid, pork buns with that line, AND I still randomly tell people about how a man that doesn't eat pork buns is never a whole man.😂 This game is one of my top 20 and I still play it.

[@brandoniswhoiam]

An underrated gem!

[@D3vious_]

i miss playing this game, i grew up with this game. After my rlly old pc broke, and i got an xbox one after it released i was so happy to be able to get Sleeping Dogs again. even though that was years ago, i still love the memories of sleeping dogs

[@frds_skce]

Honestly one of the best action game I've ever played from the Xbox 360 era. It's definitely not a masterpiece when it comes to gameplay, but the story is definitely solid and oh, the open world design is definitely doing its justice to Sleeping Dogs when you're not taking it too seriously. The fact that you can ran over hundreds of people on your 'Made in China' Lamborghini and the cops wouldn't be able to catch you anyway is what cemented this game as the best open-world action game for me so far*

[@brandonwooldridge1877]

It looks incredibly impressive for a game that came out over a decade ago. Yet games like Cyberpunk still fail to feel like more than just a backdrop for player one to interact with it. It’s in my backlog and I can’t wait to eventually get into it.

[@anthonyalvarez3595]

I beat this game maybe like a year ago, year and a half ago, I was gonna stream this game yesterday, and I said nah ill do watch dogs 2 instead, and now you're really making me regret my decision, this game is soooo good, it's a phenomenal game and not enough people have played it, not enough people that I've talked to anyway

[@MrHammers]

Id say definitely stream this one after WD2 haha. It's a great time, and it doesn't take super long to beat

[@r3dsnow757]

A Sleeping Dogs video from Gmanlives and then you? We truly are blessed Wait a minute..is this a reupload

[@MrHammers]

Nope! Fresh new video haha

[@benjaminotalora363]

This was one of the games I got for a week on rental as a kid. Such a fun game, even after beating it I started a new game just to drive around and take in the setting. So ridiculously detailed even compared to some modern games

[@CLawManGameplaychannell]

The more I play the game... the more I watch this video... the more it pains me that we will never get more games like this. It surely would have been a good way to start a franchise.

[@yuchending4977]

Police undercover is actually a very common topic in Hong Kong movies. One of the most famous movies is Infernal Affairs series. Check it out if you're into this game!

[@morbid.curiosity]

what did we do to be blessed with two MrHammers videos in a month?!

[@MrHammers]

I'm trying to capitalize on what little free time I have to make more content haha

[@pimpnamedkane]

The fighting is so entertaining. It reminds me of the combat in the ac games and Batman. Although in Batman he snaps to them it still feels like a rush and I love it.

[@radite2177]

Finished this game about 3 times. What I always do is getting the Ip Man costume so I can unlock and unleashed Wing Chun combo fighting style on the enemies.. loved the moves so much 😂😂😂

[@LuanJaguarREAL]

I remember playing and completing every single thing in this masterpiece of a game. Its like you are playing as Bruce Lee in a Hong Kong style GTA game, and you rely more on hand to hand combat than firearms. but it also offers much more. its one of the best open world games, and definitely the best martial arts game, but sadly it didnt get the recognition it deserved

[@josedorsaith5261]

The combat system was amazing. Easy to pick up, but took skill to master. The animations were top-notch and still holds up today

[@montanadash20]

"When it comes to the actual wedding, -Wei gets a tux -He gets run over -And then he meets with all the people there" 😂😂😂😂😂

[@wallonfly]

Probably one of if not the most immersive open world game. Only game that comes close is probably Assasin's Creed 2 with it's depiction of Italy.

[@JordanJMyers]

Just went through this recently for like the 5th time. Still fun as ever. Wish we got a sequel.

[@ben6993]

I love this game, first game I ever got a platinum trophy on. Love the atmosphere, the combat, the physics, the story, it’s just great. It’s amazing how well it’s stood the test of time, or maybe it’s because we haven’t progressed as much

[@KingDaveth]

"DAMN YOU THAT BOY AQUAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!" - Me just trying to have a nice drive in Sleeping Dogs

[@Broken_Orbital]

eyy, I just started playing through this game too!

[@Namorat]

Just awesome, one of my favourite open world games! Although, admittedly, my taste might be strange, because I like Ghost Recon Wildlands and Mafia 3 is one of my favourite games overall.

[@WitnessWar]

I play tested Triad Wars. It was definitely more of a “mobile” style version of the base game. A lot of it felt like more of the same, with the main difference being that you choose a gang to start with and try to gain more territory. It has cool base building like mechanics, mostly just trying to spread your influence for more side income. The main flaw I felt was you were just a mute nameless protagonist running the crime aspect of things only. It had some potential, but makes sense why I never saw anything come of it.

[@MrHammers]

I never played it myself. But from the gameplay I saw that's definitely the vibe I got from it. Seemed a little gimmicky given how great Sleeping Dogs was

[@gr6373]

Loved this game🥲

[@IMHUSTLNGAMIN]

to this day i still play this game on my off days every know and then still have fun

[@ElGrandeTocino]

Love playing that game at least once a year

[@TyCal_]

39:13 "This is another *GUT* wrenching part of the game" Ba dum tss

[@MrHammers]

😏

[@kendalson7100]

Great video and great game. Loved the Zodiac tournament and the car valet. Unlike GTA I actually found the street racing fun, especially the ultimate motorcycle race around the island (you needed to use not just speed but skills). Even the side quest characters were pretty cool. The fighting was better than the Yakuza series and the story was simple but tight and interesting. I grew to like Wei Shen a lot. No game is perfect (boring cop missions, fetch quests) but Sleeping Dogs delivered a great gaming experience overall. Thanks for this.

[@crnlonewolf3195]

Man when I find out when this game was supposed to be the game true crime Hong Kong I went bought this game and loved it the fighting,story,and characters love it I heard a crazy story that the developers went to a club that were part of Yakuza they would be allowed to make it if they drink some poison or something like that haha Hope one day we get a sequel but who knows there probably someone out there making another sleeping dogs