Wei then starts accepting jobs for Winston. After reaffirming Ming's allegiances to Winston, Wei is arrested by the police, and bailed out after Superintendent Pendrew affirms his superiority over Police Inspector Jane Teng. To prove his loyalty, Winston sends Wei to the Night Market to deal with one of Winston's men, Ming, who has sided with Jade Gang Red pole and archenemy and ex-friend of Winston, Sam "Dogeyes" Lin. Wei asserts that he now has links with the Sun On Yee.Īfter meeting with Jackie, Wei is introduced to Winston Chu, a Sun on Yee red pole and leader of the "Water Street Gang", and his henchman, Conroy Wu, who has a particular dislike for new blood. Wei meets with Police Superintendent Thomas Pendrew in the interrogation room and he is assigned a handler called Raymond Mak. While in prison, Wei meets his old friend, Jackie Mah, who has become a member of a powerful Triad called the "Sun On Yee" and offers Wei to hook up with one of its gangs after he leaves prison. Wu then kills the security guard and the police, who have been keeping close surveillance on them, come after all three involved in the deal. However, a security guard sees this illicit exchange and attempts to intervene. The game starts in a Shipping Harbor in Hong Kong as undercover cop Wei Shen, along with informant Naz Singh, meet with a drug buyer "Four Finger" Wu. Īlthough there is no multiplayer component, the game features online stats and leaderboards so players can compare scores. Sleeping Dogs tracks acquired skills in areas such as hand-to-hand combat, which improve through use in the game. Clothing, accessories and vehicles are available for purchase by Wei, and have an effect on non-player characters' reactions. Triad XP and Police XP measure Wei's devotion to the triad and police, respectively, while Face XP is a measure of his general reputation.
Sleeping Dogs features role-playing elements with three different experience point values: Triad XP, Face XP, and Police XP. Successful completion of side missions offers the player rewards. There are also several potential girlfriends for Wei Shen to date. When not attempting a storyline mission, players can free-roam, giving them the ability to participate in activities such as carjacking, joining a fight club, doing karaoke, visiting gambling dens betting on cockfights and participating in street races. Īlthough storyline missions are necessary to progress through the game and unlock certain content and parts of the city, they are not required, as players can complete them at their own leisure. While driving, Wei can get out and jump onto other moving vehicles. Regarding the driving segments, several developers had worked on previous Need for Speed titles. Individual body parts can also be targeted. The cover system allows the player to move between cover, fire blindly, aim freely, and target a specific enemy. The combat system revolves around hand-to-hand fighting, similar to Batman: Arkham Asylum/ Batman: Arkham City's "Freeflow" combat system. Players also drive a variety of vehicles including automobiles, boats, and motorcycles. On foot, the player character has the ability to walk, run, jump, climb over obstacles and swim, as well as use weapons and martial arts in combat. The player controls Wei Shen, a Chinese-American police officer, as he goes undercover to infiltrate the Sun On Yee Triad organization. Sleeping Dogs is played as an over-the-shoulder, third-person perspective action-adventure game with role-playing elements. The core gameplay of Sleeping Dogs consists of giving the player an open world environment in which to move around freely.
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