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Just thought I would say that I had a great Labour Day weekend. Was the first time in a really long time that I was able to sit down, and just play a game for a few hours. Well maybe a few more hours than I should have, but it really had taken me back a few years now. I sat in my lazy-boy, with controller in hand, and ensued to play sleeping dogs. It was about 15 hours in total this weekend. I'm still a while away to finishing the game, but it still is so much fun. I was doing what I was hoping was progressing everything as clearly as I could. I went on a couple of dates, and finally got the power to see lockboxes on my minimap now. Working towards opening them all now.

Money is not hard to come by, but I seem to spend it just as fast as I get it in hand. Cars, clothes, whatever, but with Face at lvl 10, I can now really start to buy cars up. 40% discount, and another 15% for the clothes I wear makes cars a lot cheaper. Work my way to finishing off everything else, and I will truly be that happy camper. Ready to start Darksiders 2, asap.

49. A fat enemy can pick you up, and slam you on the ground, but can not block an incoming punch to the face.

I try for the 10pm start, but usually it's closer to 11pm when the wife goes to bed, and continues after midnight almost every night. I'm tired all day at work, but this won't change for a long time to come. At least until my son starts playing video games, and we kick my wife out of the room, or make her join in.

Started reading Blood Rites (Book six in the Dresden Files) on the weekend, and after that, I might read Dead Island or Dead Space: Martyr.

So far I have found this one a little more close nit, than I did with Saints Row 3rd. That one felt a little overwhelming to me the further I got into the game.

So the day that Sleeping Dogs came out, I picked it up, and started to play the game. Since then I have spent every evening that I can playing the game. I don't start until around 10:30, or 11pm, but I find myself just wanting to do one more thing. It's a lot of fun so far, and I am really enjoying the hell out of this game. I am just about 12 or 14 hours in, and almost 20% done so far with my little time allowed to play, but it is really keeping me entertained. There are a lot of little touches to the game, and it just keeps giving.

I love collecting cars, and finding new clothing, boxes, shrines, whatever it is I love to find it, and activate it. I read, and watched a few reviews after picking up this game, but none of them seem to do it justice. The fun factor in the game is what keeps me going, and wanting to come back everytime. It keeps me thinknig about what might happen next, or talking about what I did in the game to others. It has been a while since the last time I hyped a game to freiends, and colleagues at work that game. I want to see this succeed, and whatever can be done so that another one arrives in the future. It would be a big disservice to a starting franchise if this happened to not make another.

I really liked GTAIV when it came out, but there was always something extra missing IMO. I think it was hand to hand combat. I prefer to not just go in guns blazing everytime, and when they introduce the gun play in this game they do a great job. I also love the Hard Boiled feel when in the gun fights when you vault over something, and slow down time. I am sure that I will write a full review after I play more, or maybe when I finish the game. For now I just want to enjoy my time with it, and get more collectables.

I do see that the dating area in the game goes almost nowhere, but they are a nice distraction for a break in the crime, and corruption portion. Would be nice though if you could like choose one to stay with, or something else.

Been here for a little while, and looking for those followers. More than happy to follow anyone who follows me.

I bought Sleeping Dogs, and might get Darksiders 2 also. I have not made up my mind as of yet. I picked up Sleeping dogs for 20$ because of Best Buy coupons, and might do the same for Darksiders 2.

I have been awaiting this day for a couple of weeks now, and I am happy to see that it has finally arrived. Sleeping Dogs is out now, and will be a nice treat. I have heard great things for this game, and the anticipation has been growing steady. I really hope it will relieve the doll drum of the open world blues I have been having lately. I heard the driving is really great, built like Need for Speed/Burnout, so last night I dropped in my last Need for Speed game I bought, and played for a bit. What fun it was. I wish the sound track was a little better, but since the game is like 2 years old now I see what it was like back then. Music tastes change all the time, and this was no different.

I thought from Friday last week that since they mentioned an embargo from Square-Enix that they could not post the review for Sleeping Dogs here that they would have had a review posted at midnight this morning with the review. I still don't see anything yet. I was wondering what they thought about it. I watched the Quick look again yeasterday, and it sounded like they enjoyed the game, but after going through what they really felt is what I was wondering. What ever they say it won't change my mind about the game, but I always like to know what others feel about something like this. If anyone out there has an early impression so far after spending an hour or 2 in the world I would love to hear what they think.

I remember back a while ago when I was playing Final Fantasy games, and the like there were treasure chests, and they carried stuff that was an upgrade as you progressed in the game. Sure you could buy a sword, but would almost always get a better one in the cave, or whatever you needed to access next. It was not a random treasure. I have been playing a lot of Dragon's Dogma lately (if you have not been reading my blog), and last night I was in the Catacombs do a quest to further the story line along. Well Going through them, and reaching the third floor before I lost my pawn over the edge to a Troll down there, and having to go all the way back up to get her from the portal stone. I opened every chest, and sarcophegus that I came across, and not once did I get an upgrade to the daggers I have been using for the longest time. In fact I never received a single weapon. I received a crappy bronze some useless arm amor, and 2 of the large coin pouch. I don't need these. I don't need to throw money like a weapon.

This random loot system is not my favorite that is for sure, and so far I find that I have needed to purchase my weapons. It seems that gone are the days of upgrades that do not need to be bought. I like the game a lot, and don't mind it is random, but I just wish some weapons, or armor upgrades would be more persistant than just the odd item, or large coin purse. I like money, and need as much as I can find, but it would be nicer to get those found weapons than just purchase the next level of weapon I can find.

I still want to see a game make a crafting system mean something. I have always hated that I can spend a lot of time crafting weapons, and armor to enter a dungeon just outside, and find something that is about 3x more effective than what I just made with my bare hands. If I knew that there was going to be a better weapon at certain point, I would make a conscious effort to go for it, as opposed to hoping there is something I can use.