Video Games » Sleeping Dogs on xbox 360 review
written by owen, published 2026-Jul-18, comment
Play through
First impression the menu is simple and neat, nothing too flashy. The game is combat heavy, cars are easy to drive and the objectives are clear and easy to toggle. Game runs smooth for the most part.
The combat feels like batman arkam but its not as sticky. I like the flow if the game and the voice acting. The combat is a bit finicky but I am getting accustomed to it as I get upgrades. The cars are fun to drive. I am sinking into this game, likely just as I got sunk into Watch Dogs. The music is different which is plus as I get sick of common EA listened popular music.
I spent far too much time in fightclubs beating guys up trying to learn the fighting engine of the game. It's addictive to just roll up on some gangs, minding their own business then proceeding to beat them up. A one man ass kicking kungfu machine like jet lee. Fun times.
As the game progresses you gain useful skills that make the fights easier and allow for some unique bullet time effects. Its a good game. I am surprised people do not talk about this game as often as they do about GTA. Driving is fun but if you walk around you will find more stuff and drug busts.
I am not sure if sleeping dogs is better than watch dogs or gta 3. But eitherway its a good game, good vibes, the Asian gangster culture is just different. Different music, different noises on the street. Between buying street food, doing drug busts and visiting massage parlors - the game gives you a few things to do with enhance the fight club vibe. Its like you are living in Streets of Rage from the Sega Genesis era. The focus on fist fights and kungfu gets fun after you unlock a few skills in the linear skill tree.
I am 11 hours into the game and already done 50% of the story missions. I just realized that there are people in my phone contacts that I can call for sidequests at any time. I should do those now before the main quest line ends.
At this point in the game I am pretty much unstoppable in fights. Sometimes I just ram groups of guys with cars to save time. I am really slowing down with this game because I am more than 80% complete and I do not want it to end.
How it ended
A some point in the game you reach a level of flow where you can jump in, do a few missions with no hitch or struggle. All the systems just work and there is not enough time to listen to the music on the radio before you reach your destination. The game is good once you get a hang of the counter system. The end does not over stay its welcome and doesnt try to over stay its welcome.
Conclusion
My rating 9/10. This game is an awesome, open world game set in an unsual city. I wish I could spend more time in the car listening to the sound track. Must play. More fighting than shooting. its like a modern brawl brothers.
Strategy
Playing on easy I find that if I drive up to a drug bust or a group of gangsters I can pretty much kill them all with my car if they are standing on street level. lol, fun times. In another drug bust I drove up and everyone is packing heat and it did not end well. However I did figure out that if you agro the cops they will jump in and kill the gangsters for you if you can create a choke point with cars. Remember to check your phone contacts and call them for sidequests and sex.
Some of the best music that is played inside missions; I had to park the car at some points in order to listen to the music because there is practically no other chance to hear it because you spend so little time in a car and the missions end quickly.
