Take a Tour Through Hong Kong's Underworld Courtesy of Sleeping Dogs

Main character moved to the US when he was younger before returning to Hong Kong, which explains his accent.

@tracert: There are some Cantonese-speaking characters in the game - though I'm not sure how many. The majority of the ambient dialogue is also in Cantonese.

@Begilerath: Apparently, the majority of the characters were voiced by people who were born, raised or are living in Hong Kong. So their accents are pretty believable.

I want an open world game where I play DEA!

Oh dude the combat looks awesome beating the crap out of bad guys using a public phone? yes!

Game looks awesome. Hope it's successful.

@JakeLogan said:

@Larsa said:

Have they turned True Crime into Yakuza?

This.

My first thought actually lol

But technically chinese Mafia ( i know BIG DIFFERENCE)

What exactly happened to this game and what sort of revamps did it undergo? When it was crushed by Activision, did they go back and retool a bunch of this game, or did they just find a new publisher and keep going? I'm worried that it was canned by Activision for looking like shit, and so I don't know if a new publisher gave them the time or the resources to retool and make it better, or if they're trying to put it out now to recoup as much money as they can.

@AngelN7: after I saw that the rest of the video was just icing on the cake. Im glad more companies are taking time to make detailed third person shooters. we need more of that

cock fight? I'm in

is this a shitty version of yakuza? That guy even looks like kazuma.

AND THEN THERE ARE THE LADIES

Kinda looks a little janky but we'll see how it turns out.

@Totori said:

is this a shitty version of yakuza? That guy even looks like kazuma.

No, it's a sequel to True Crime. I'm pretty sure this one won't have random battles, leveling up, and 2000 different minigames including fully fleshed out golf and snooker. I could be wrong though.

I was kinda hopeful for this game before this trailer, but after watching this one, I am super excited for it.

Box art by Tyler Stout!

Done and done...I loved the True Crime games and it looks like Square Enix is taking this to the next level.

Also love that the trailer v/o is basically the female answer to the Rockstar guy.

The LADIES?!!? This looks SWEEEEEEEEEET.

But I miss Nick Kang :(

Looks like a damn good time. Hand to hand combat is always missing from these kinds of games so I'm glad to see it prominently featured.

@triviaman09 said:

And then...there are the ladies.

why did that make me laugh so much? why did she have to change her tone like that?? damn.

The fact there are side stuff as both a Triad and as a Cop makes me very happy. Was worried about this game when it was revealed it was initially not developed as a True Crime game at all.

This sounds an awful lot like Rockstar's recent marketing with their Design & Tech videos. Not that that's a bad thing.

This is fully open world, right? Cautiously optimistic if so. Though I sort of wish they had a full Chinese voice cast with subtitles. Really come to appreciate the Japanese voice acting in Yakuza.

Good God, there is a lot going on in this game. I just hope it can balance all of these varying mechanics and not feature a lot of different types of gameplay that all kinda suck. In any case, this is starting to resemble the Chinese (speaking for the setting) rendition of a Yakuza game, just much better.

@Krenor said:

@triviaman09 said:

And then...there are the ladies.

why did that make me laugh so much? why did she have to change her tone like that?? damn.

I like that the narrator just dropped that line and left it at that. Extra hilarious.

This game looks like a weird mix of old John Woo style and new John Woo films. I'm still not sure it's going to avoid being a hot mess, but it seems weirdly intriguing.

@Fjordson said:

This sounds an awful lot like Rockstar's recent marketing with their Design & Tech videos. Not that that's a bad thing. This is fully open world, right? Cautiously optimistic if so. Though I sort of wish they had a full Chinese voice cast with subtitles. Really come to appreciate the Japanese voice acting in Yakuza.

Yeah but it is set in Hong Kong, English is still on of their official languages and most people there speak both it and Chinese.

If that game an wrap all those mechanics together then I am super psyched for that game.

@mrfizzy: I'm from Hong Kong; realistically, people's English is not that great there. So it's kind of jarring to hear characters speaking perfect English.

I really could've done without the marketing pitch voice-over.

Looks like Just Cause: Hong Kong to me.

That is a good thing, by the way.

@Hailinel said:

@Yummylee

Good God, there is a lot going on in this game. I just hope it can balance all of these varying mechanics and not feature a lot of different types of gameplay that all kinda suck. In any case, this is starting to resemble the Chinese (speaking for the setting) rendition of a Yakuza game, just much better.

It has a lot to live up to to be better than Yakuza 4.

Eh, the gameplay wasn't particularly great in Yakuza 4. Even the combat that resides at the centre is clunky and doesn't flow very well, and the numerous piss easy random battles that occur was detrimental to the overall brutality and style of the fighting because how often it all came up.

The story was enjoyable, though highly melodramatic and convoluted. Suffice to say, I really don't think Sleeping Dogs will have to try that hard to top Yakuza 4.

Yes Yes YES YES!

@Yummylee said:

@Hailinel said:

@Yummylee

Good God, there is a lot going on in this game. I just hope it can balance all of these varying mechanics and not feature a lot of different types of gameplay that all kinda suck. In any case, this is starting to resemble the Chinese (speaking for the setting) rendition of a Yakuza game, just much better.

It has a lot to live up to to be better than Yakuza 4.

Eh, the gameplay wasn't particularly great in Yakuza 4. Even the combat that resides at the centre is clunky and doesn't flow very well, and the numerous piss easy random battles that occur was detrimental to the overall brutality and style of the fighting because how often it all came up.

The story was enjoyable, though highly melodramatic and convoluted. Suffice to say, I really don't think Sleeping Dogs will have to try that hard to top Yakuza 4.

I don't agree. I really enjoyed Yakuza 4's story, especially with its melodrama and the complex (I wouldn't call it convoluted) nature of the plot. And I had no problem with taking out the trash on the numerous random thugs. I really enjoyed the combat system. There was very little that I didn't like about the game, and while Sleeping Dogs may be a good or even great game, it will be amazing if it can match the enjoyment I had with Yakuza 4.

@Rapid said:

@JakeLogan said:

@Larsa said:

Have they turned True Crime into Yakuza?

This.

My first thought actually lol

But technically chinese Mafia ( i know BIG DIFFERENCE)

Well yeah, it's the Triads, but I think we're saying it's like they borrowed a lot of game mechanics common to the Yakuza franchise for this title (dating, minigames, arena battles, dynamic battlegrounds). Not an exact copy, but they're taking some pointers from them - they are bringing a lot of other features together with racing, gunplay and character customization. But when the karaoke scene popped up, it was enough to make me do a double take and say "Hang on 'ere"

@Hailinel said:

@Yummylee said:

@Hailinel said:

@Yummylee

Good God, there is a lot going on in this game. I just hope it can balance all of these varying mechanics and not feature a lot of different types of gameplay that all kinda suck. In any case, this is starting to resemble the Chinese (speaking for the setting) rendition of a Yakuza game, just much better.

It has a lot to live up to to be better than Yakuza 4.

Eh, the gameplay wasn't particularly great in Yakuza 4. Even the combat that resides at the centre is clunky and doesn't flow very well, and the numerous piss easy random battles that occur was detrimental to the overall brutality and style of the fighting because how often it all came up.

The story was enjoyable, though highly melodramatic and convoluted. Suffice to say, I really don't think Sleeping Dogs will have to try that hard to top Yakuza 4.

I don't agree. I really enjoyed Yakuza 4's story, especially with its melodrama and the complex (I wouldn't call it convoluted) nature of the plot. And I had no problem with taking out the trash on the numerous random thugs. I really enjoyed the combat system. There was very little that I didn't like about the game, and while Sleeping Dogs may be a good or even great game, it will be amazing if it can match the enjoyment I had with Yakuza 4.

Yo dawg, you're into the Dynasty/Samurai Warriors franchises. Of course we won't agree! :o But hopefully Sleeping Dogs will be one such game we can both appreciate.

@Yummylee said:

@Hailinel said:

@Yummylee said:

@Hailinel said:

@Yummylee

Good God, there is a lot going on in this game. I just hope it can balance all of these varying mechanics and not feature a lot of different types of gameplay that all kinda suck. In any case, this is starting to resemble the Chinese (speaking for the setting) rendition of a Yakuza game, just much better.

It has a lot to live up to to be better than Yakuza 4.

Eh, the gameplay wasn't particularly great in Yakuza 4. Even the combat that resides at the centre is clunky and doesn't flow very well, and the numerous piss easy random battles that occur was detrimental to the overall brutality and style of the fighting because how often it all came up.

The story was enjoyable, though highly melodramatic and convoluted. Suffice to say, I really don't think Sleeping Dogs will have to try that hard to top Yakuza 4.

I don't agree. I really enjoyed Yakuza 4's story, especially with its melodrama and the complex (I wouldn't call it convoluted) nature of the plot. And I had no problem with taking out the trash on the numerous random thugs. I really enjoyed the combat system. There was very little that I didn't like about the game, and while Sleeping Dogs may be a good or even great game, it will be amazing if it can match the enjoyment I had with Yakuza 4.

Yo dawg, you're into the Dynasty/Samurai Warriors franchises. Of course we won't agree! :o But hopefully Sleeping Dogs will be one such game we can both appreciate.

Hopefully! :)

Dude, if the action looks that sick in-game I'm all in.

AYO LADIES!

I always use environmental objects in my street fights, just like in Sleeping Dogs!

Better combat then Batman:AC? ~.^ (colour me sceptical but intrigued)

Nevertheless this has been a comprehensive tour, and i like what they showed.

Sold.

I don't know about this. I kind of liked the original Hong Kong setting, and I liked the original game set in LA (True Crime: NY was garbage), and the melee action looks good, but something about the shooting seems...off. And it always gets to me when games set in foreign places still have everyone speak English. I kind of hope that the Chinese language is an option, but I know that's probably not feasible. I would say that I'm...cautiously optimistic about this one.

Oh, man, I can use things just like I would in a REAL street fight!? I'll learn to finally make punk bitches suck it down!

Also, if I can do that "motorcycle slide into car that explodes while I shoot from the ground" thing from the end of the trailer whenever I want in the game, this is the best game, and I hope that technology finds its way into Just Cause 3.

@dcgc said:

Will there be mandarin voice acting? If so, I'll totally buy this.

I'll refuse to buy the game if it has mandarin in it.

Cantonese all the way, it's Hongkong, not communist china.

Square Enix's Western division is starting to feel like a modern-day Midway/Acclaim.

Not necessarily a bad thing creativity wise, just wondering how this will turn out.

#facepoints

@Larsa said:

Have they turned True Crime into Yakuza?

I hope it's more that direction, because that's what interests me most in this game. I just hope they clean up some things about the game before August such as the sliding the characters do when fighting and some of the jerky animations such as snapping into cover.

That was a pretty cool trailer. It looks like it could be similar to a Grand Theft Auto game, only set in China.

This looks pretty good. Like the hand to hand combat.

Looks surprisingly cool. So long as each concept doesn't end up janky like a lot of sandboxy type games they'll get a buy from me.

@Larsa: Seriously.

The game looks like it has dramatically improved in the short time United Front has had working on it. The demo from Pax East 2012, doesn't come close to the level of transitional animation I am seeing.

All in all, this game bares a strong resemblance to the Yakuza series. I just hope it interests people into either game.

And, Karaoke all day.

Hong Kong Cinema: The Game.