http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/tag/sleeping-dogs/ (http://www.siliconera.com/2012/03/16/sleeping-dogs-the-square-enix-game-for-fans-of-hong-kong-action-movies/) The only concern I have is that I might be forced to listen to everything in English, and realise how awful the voice acting and dialogue is. Give me Cantonese, please!

I find it odd that Square Enix London is doing it, too... Still, looking forward to reviews! It might just be good.

Poor Square Enix!

Frankly, I'm not sure anyone can speak, much less understand Cantonese. Not even the Cantonese...

the way i speak english can be pretty incomprehensable some times.

I don't think its necessary to shill out the extra money for a game to have characters speaking in a correct langauge for artsy fartsy value when primarily the majority of the audience will end up not seeing half of whats going on because they are reading the subtitles.

They have Cantonese subtitles for Cantonese films




(I know they are mandarin subtites as well, I still find it funny)

It's not for "artsy fartsy" value. It's for "immersive" value. Plus, it makes the product stand out, and gives you a reason to replay the game. If you miss some of the story the first time around, you naturally want to replay the game to find out what it is that happens. Unless the game is really bad, obviously.

So, not a lot of shonen/revenge movie/80s action flick/martial arts fans on these forums, huh? Disappointing.

i don't really find not being able to understand the dialog in a game to be very immersive

That depends on what kind of "immersion" you're looking for, granted. To those who just want the story/gameplay, and don't care about the setting, I'm guessing Cantonese would be a bit too immersive. It'd be so immersive it'd drown those people.

But there's a simple way to fix this: offer localised VOs (English) and Chinese VOs.

Then you'd love the aramaic Passion of the Christ

No. That story is uninteresting no matter what you do to it.

They aren't, the game is being developed by http://www.unitedfrontgames.com/. Square Enix London is just the producer, sort of. UFG worked on the game for years before Square Enix London even took a look at it.

I never cared much for these open city crime games, like GTA and so on, I find them to be dull. But I do look forward to this game, simply because it's Hong Kong, although I guess a price drop will need to happen before I buy it

Canada? That's an even weirder location to be doing an Asian setting. How odd.


I agree. I'm not much interested in GTA-types either, but I think (?) Sleeping Dogs has a slightly tighter story, and a (possibly) great setting. The setting/style/atmosphere sold me, not the genre.

Sleepings Dogs is starting to remind me of a cross between Bad Boys and Cradle 2 the Grave

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDHDPIsIdOc&feature=player_embedded

I want!