Upon its release in 2012, the game received positive reviews for its combat, voice acting, experience system and depiction of the city but its graphics, camera, and animations were criticized. During development, United Front staff visited Hong Kong to conduct field research for the visual environments and sound. Six months later, Square Enix bought the publishing rights and renamed the game Sleeping Dogs, without the True Crime license, but considered a spiritual successor.
The game was announced in 2009 as part of the True Crime series but was canceled by Activision Blizzard in 2011, as a result of the project's delays and budget issues. Sleeping Dogs' difficult and prolonged development began in 2008. Actions such as fighting, driving and racing grant Shen statistical rewards and earn the player achievements. The latter may incite a police response, the intensity of which is controlled by a "heat" system. Players must complete missions to unlock content and continue the story, but they may instead freely roam the game's open world environment and engage in both legal and criminal activities. Gameplay focuses on Shen's fighting, shooting and parkour abilities, and on gadgets that can be used for combat and exploration. Set in contemporary Hong Kong, the story follows Wei Shen, an undercover Hong Kong-American police officer on assignment to infiltrate the Sun On Yee Triad organization.
It was originally released for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Windows.Ī remastered version subtitled Definitive Edition was later released for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Windows and macOS. Sleeping Dogs is an action-adventure video game developed by United Front Games and published by Square Enix. If you have any issues with Google Translate, please visit. If you have any questions about Google Translate, please visit the Google Translate website. If any questions arise related to the accuracy of the information contained in these translations, please refer to the English version of the website. Some content (such as images, videos, Flash, etc.) may not be accurately translated due to the limitations of the translation software.Īny discrepancies or differences created in translating this content from English into another language are not binding and have no legal effect for compliance, enforcement, or any other purpose. These translations are provided as a service to users of the VITA website, and are provided "as is." No warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, is made as to the accuracy, reliability, or correctness of any of these translations made from English into any other language. For these translations, reasonable efforts have been made to provide an accurate translation, however, no automated translation is perfect nor is it intended to replace human translators. The Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA) website is providing the “Google Translate” option to assist you in reading the website in languages other than English. This is why translation accuracy will vary across languages. The more human-translated documents that Google Translate can analyze in a specific language, the better the translation quality will be. Since the translations are generated by machines, not all translation will be perfect.
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