Finally Steam Christmas deals are out! I was waiting for Total War Shogun 2 deals and I was surprised to see so many other publisher catalogs available for sale. I bought the Rise of the samurai DLC today. I can't decide what to buy next. :D
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Finally Steam Christmas deals are out! I was waiting for Total War Shogun 2 deals and I was surprised to see so many other publisher catalogs available for sale. I bought the Rise of the samurai DLC today. I can't decide what to buy next. :D
There was actually a seperate deal for shogun last sunday..
I already have the main game, I just bought a dlc for 50% off. Pretty awesome.
Yes....that's what I'm saying...all of shogun had it's own deal; it was 66% I think.
if you ever want to play shogun 2 co-op or free for all (normal, no rise of the samura) tell me :PQuote:
Originally Posted by oyabun
I love that game
I'm currently playing MotorStorm Apocalypse on PS3, which I just picked up for $4.99 at Best Buy. It was a first shipment copy that came with the Premiere Pack. I also picked up WWE '12 for $26.74.
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Would you compare it to classic games like Road Rash or Burnout? I've been looking for a game like those to play.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marik
There aren't any weapons in MotorStorm like there are in Road Rash and you don't race on streets. It more of an off-road racer where you race across different terrains. You can boost and wreck people like in Burnout, though.
I'd give it a try but it's not available at any Best Buy where I know people for $5 and it's not available online.
Sure! But I never played any shogun 2 multiplayer before because I had a shitty connection so I totally avoided the online play. But I shall try it now, what is your steam account? Mine is yagumo.Quote:
Originally Posted by KrayZ33
KrayZ33
can't find someone called Yagumo on steam
I just finished Castlevania: Lords of Shadow and i don't think it an exaggeration to say that it's one of the best games i ever played. Not only did the plot keep me eagerly interested but the battle mechanics never got boring. Just as i had mastered a weapon they added a new element to the gameplay to keep me in my toes.
My only complaint would probably be the platform sections that got a little buggy at times, but really this is nothing more than nitpicking on a great game.
Nuclear Dawn, great team shooter.
One person in team is chosen to be a commander - he has RTS like gameplay, he builds structures, keeps power grid and issues orders.
Rest of players are just a soldiers - they are issued orders(extra points for them) and they can, but they don't have to, follow them.
You have to destroy enemy's team command center to win the game.
no vehicles in this game though :(
Saint's row the third.
The performance is pretty horrible right now on ATI videocards but I'm still enjoying it immensely. Just unlocked the tron car and bike which are just awesome.
I really hope the performance gets fixed though...
Awesome random standoff:
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It was made even more awesome when the syndicate guy holding my homie hostage got run over by some random speeding civilian and killed him, but the homie walked it off like a boss.
Just clocked over 100 hours on Dungeon Defenders tonight! Man I love this game :o
Off a phenomenal Castlevania high i decided to give Last Remnant, a Square Enix rpg, a go only to discover what seems to be the inbred bastard child of all that is wrong with every single FF game released to date.
I think i'll finally start halo 3, i've literally had that one on backlog for years now.
Arch, play Last Remnant on pc - it is good really, but it is bugfest on x360.
It's not even about the textures, the gameplay and plotline are just as shitty and that much harder to deal with.
It not so much looks better on pc, it just runs much better in general.
I never said anything about looks DS. Plotline has nice twist at the end, starts shitty and gets better constantly, plus world is nice... and combat system is great once you get hang of it.
I was refering to arch mentioning textures.
I want to play Castlevania off of your recommendation, but the combat system looks like it was ripped from God of War. Is that why you liked it so much? Because I got tired of the GoW gameplay after 1.5 games.Quote:
Originally Posted by Archangel
I'll trust your word and give it some more time Xel, but for now... Halo.
In all honesty i've only played the psp GoW games but even i could see the similarities. And if i had to point out a weakness in the game the major one would probably be how much more effective hit and run tactics are opposed to combos... which by the way, you have to buy using combat points.Quote:
Originally Posted by Animeniax
What i can tell you though is that even in face of these issues throughout the entirety of the gameplay i never once stopped having while fun playing it.
Got Disgaea 4 for christmas and have been playing it a bit, love it so far :D Not sure if it's better than Disgaea 3 yet, will have to play it more.
I just finished Bastion
Best game I've played in a long time. Amazing music, art, storytelling. I've played it for maybe 1/10th of the time that i spent on Skyrim, but i couldn't even remember having this much fun with Skyrim.
The game is 10$ at most and is available for download at many places. I highly recommend this to anyone who enjoy video games in general.
I too finished it a few hours ago, definitly best indie game I've played in a long while.
Well that was... thoroughly underwhelming and disappointing!
Halo 3's multiplayer must be truly outstanding for the game to warrant all the hype because the solo campaign was unbelievably average. I enjoyed the first 2 a whole lot more.
Currently starting "Another World" the demo.
slightly remastered classic, bit hardcore for my tastes
Just started Red Dead Redemption a couple nights ago. It's so far a pretty good game though I'm still getting used to the sandbox-type game setting, as I've never played any GTA games.
I'm also playing Duke Nukem Forever. My cousin said it's a really fun game as long as you don't take it too seriously. I'm barely into it so I don't have any comments just yet.
Red Dead Redemption is an awesome game if you like the American old west and sandbox games, a combo which made the game a match made in heaven for me. I played to 100% completion on X360.
I'm playing Cryostasis: Sleep of Reason on PC. It's a weird game dynamic that I haven't seen before... you heal yourself by warming near heat sources.
ODST however was very enjoyable, both the characters and the setting felt much more appealing to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Archangel
Did anyone play the Darkness released back in 2007? The sequel is coming out in Feb and looks kind of cool. They have it for PC this time, but I wonder if that means it will be a console port.
http://www.gamespot.com/the-darkness-ii
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I've played both.
The game is made by starbreeze studios, and they have a very long history of making pc games; with chronicles of riddick they used their proprietary starbreeze engine, which is like UE3 and MTF2 in the way that it supports all platforms natively.
TL;DR, it's not a port.
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I just noticed that DE took over development and they are using their Evolution engine, which is also like UE3 and MTF2 and SBE...so yeah still not a port.
You've played both? Was TD2 a beta, because it doesn't release until Feb 2012. Did you enjoy them?
I own the first and had ample hands-on with the second at Gamescom and another domestic fair.
I really liked the first one and the second one seemed to be better, I enjoyed it at least.
So I finished Red Dead last night with 85%. What a great game...though, I'm not sure how I feel about the ending.Quote:
Originally Posted by Animeniax
I forgot how it ended but I wasn't too concerned with the ending of the story as I was about reaching 100%. I'm not that big on playing video games for the story, so I imagine I'm missing out on part of the experience.Quote:
Originally Posted by fahoumh
When it comes to the story part, I guess it depends on the game. Red Dead's story was really good, so much so I think it would make for a great movie.
I really wouldn't say you're missing out if you enjoyed playing through the game. I just think it's nice when the main character is fleshed out and makes me feel involved.
My personal Game of the Year list for 2011.
I did a little write up for 2011 on my blog, and will soon also do something similar for a 2012 forecast.
Anyway DS's GOTY - 2011
No Skyrim? And GoW3 at #4 and DE:HR at #1? Can't say I agree, but to each his own.Quote:
Originally Posted by darkshadow
I'm playing The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings on PC... so far it's pretty cool. I'm hoping it will be more compelling when you gain more abilities. Character building seems to be pretty in-depth, and the fighting system makes hack and slash fun. I might even get a game controller to play this with. I think it's more RPG and challenging than Skyrim and games like Deus Ex, and the story is what supposedly truly sets it apart.
However, there are some game mechanic flaws. I hate artificial walls in open world games, and I hate when you can't walk over ledges to get where you're going. Hoping those are minor flaws so I can get a good 80-100 hrs of gameplay before ME3 arrives.
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Note: Our opinion may differ.
Btw it was late, so if any glaring spelling errors were caught tell me.
Doubt Most might, care but since i am simply responding to the Threads title, the game i'm currently playing is an MMORPG by perfectworld known as "Rusty Hearts" playing on East server (if any1 is playing it or has played it), i find the game to be more fun then most, seeing how the story is actually worth paying attention to, it has a serious story going on, along with some dark humor, and other good stuff, if ya need info or some story-based clips just youtube some for reference
BlazBlue: Continum Shift - i about 50% through story mode right now.
Nu.. wait,she is now Lambda, has changed very much, but thankfully Noel's drive got buffed, compared to Calamity Trigger :D
Just beat Sanitarium, a fairly old point and click adventure game, excellent game, 10/10.
I've been trying to play that game forever! I managed to well into the chapter where the protagonist was a superhero alien or a kind of Aztec god avatar in one of his delusions. I can't remember which one came first. Unfortunately the game was locking up at various points throughout, and I could not find a way around the last point that locked up. If I want to beat the game, I guess I'm just going to have to find an old machine to play it on.
That game is one of my all time favorites, and in terms of atmosphere, it's in my top 3 of all times. Absolutely creepy.
I've started playing free to play Blacklight:Retribution - CoD without its faults(no akimbo, no tube, no knifing) mixed with UT, with built in wallhack(called HRV - it is for limited time only, and you can't shoot while it is active).
This post can go in this thread, I'll allow it. ;)
I totally skipped the PSP and as a result I'm catching up on some of the (hopefully) better titles on my shiny new Vita.
Here's what I'm considering so far, along with the (somewhat ridiculous) Aussie PSN pricing:
The 3rd Birthday 29.95
Crush 12.95
Final Fantasy Tactics 15.95
Tactics Ogre 29.95
God of War: Chains of Olympus 29.95
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars 23.95
Mega Man Maverick Hunter X 15.95
Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops 17.45
Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops + 12.95
Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker 29.95
Patapon 2 11.95
Persona 3 54.95
Prinny: Can I really be the hero? 15.95
No idea on the difference between the two versions of MGS PO.
I'm not familiar with that generation of handheld titles at all. So what's worth it from this list, based on the price / bang for your buck?
The only one on that list I think you should completely omit is the 3rd Birthday, but that's just me.
I'd also recommend:Quote:
The 3rd Birthday 29.95
Crush 12.95
Final Fantasy Tactics 15.95
Tactics Ogre 29.95
God of War: Chains of Olympus 29.95
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars 23.95
Mega Man Maverick Hunter X 15.95
Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops 17.45
Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops + 12.95
Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker 29.95
Patapon 2 11.95
Persona 3 54.95
Prinny: Can I really be the hero? 15.95
Kingdom Hearts - Birth by Sleep
Half Minute Hero
Fate Unlimited Codes
Disgaea 1 and 2
Final Fantasy Crysis Core
Jeanne d'Arc
Fate/Extra
You'll notice however that many of these are remakes so you can ignore any titles you've already played before.
Currently playing Tales of Graces f for the PS3 :)
I just started playing White Knight Chronicles II on PS3 this morning. I picked it up from GameStop last week along with Dead Island (360), Assassin's Creed Revelations, King of Fighters XIII, and Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition while they were on sale for $19.99 each.
I decided to start with WKC I so I could learn the system. I also didn't like the fact that WKC II starts you off at level 30 something. I'm currently level 3 with 5 unspent skill points. I haven't decided what type of fighter I want to be yet.
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Originally Posted by UChessmaster
I started playing Sanitarium today...because of these posts :oQuote:
Originally Posted by Uchiha Barles
EDIT: I finished it 2 days ago. Pretty good game...the controls got a little frustrating during "The Maze" level but oh well. The story was great, I really liked how everything came together in the end.
I'm playing Tribes Ascend - free to play game - which is damn awesome. I never played tribes2 - but this game is pure gold - high speed, requires skill, and most important of all - it is fun. If you are playing on EU add me to the friend list - nick, obviously, Xelbair.
I'm playing Mount and blade warband at the moment. Saw the collection on sale on gamer's gate, I quickly bought it. It is very fun to play if you into the genre of strategy, rpg and a little bit of politics. Its combat mechanics is rather the same with skyrim. I'm waiting for a Game of thrones mod for it to come out.
World of Warcraft. Holy fuck it sucks.
Uncharted 3, Bioshock, and Super Street Fighter IV. I'm waiting on a delivery for Bulletstorm, which I couldn't get new at a store if at all. Darkshadow recommend it to me as a game with gratuitous violence and not a lot of thinking involved.
Sounds like you should get a GTA or Saints Row 3.
Right click your desktop and click Screen resolution, leave the windows open and start the game, believe it or not that will work, you were almost done with the game, the last 2 or 3 stages are great.Quote:
Originally Posted by Uchiha Barles
I've been playing Killzone 3, completed the story in just under 7 hours. Playing online, broke even most of the time, need to rack up those points and upgrade. Still haven't been able to get my bluetooth headset to work properly.
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Just finished Uncharted 3, but only got 23% of the trophies. Some parts I reverted to easy after getting shot to shreds over and over again. Good game, haven't tried online game play yet. Might give it another go later and see if I can improve.
Wrist are starting to hurt, going to take a break.
Are there any shooters where damage taken in multiplayer is portrayed as disability/immobility in addition to, or as opposed to simply health bar reductions or flashing screens?
If any exist and someone has played them, what's the fun factor on these?
Like a crack addict.Quote:
Originally Posted by Y
I made a decision to try (can't guarantee it will work) to not purchase any new games (the exception being Diablo III, I've already failed!) until I get through the vast majority of my massive backlog. I'm buying all these games and simply not getting through them. I haven't even touched Arkham City yet for example. The shame.
I started doing that too, holding off buying games that I end up not playing for months, then seeing them on sale for half the price I paid. But the sad thing is, while playing the backlog of games, I have to listen to guys at work talking about some game I haven't played yet, sometimes with spoilers, but it mostly sucks because you can't join in the conversation.Quote:
Originally Posted by Raven
You slow down in L4D2 if you get hit, which makes it harder to just run from zombies I guess.
Red Orchestra 2 has realistic bullet damage. You have to bandage up wounds or you bleed out, and I think you can cripple opponents with kneecap shots.
That sounds like a lot of fun for the person landing the hits. Especially when there's a firefight between two people and the one guy survives with a sliver of health and comes back fully healed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Y
I'm still playing SC2. And now that i'm focusing more heavily on a new race, it's become even more fun.
TERA. A new MMORPG. It is awesome and has taken all of my time. You should totally check it out.
Graphics 10/10
Combat 10/10
Quests 2/10
Story "I don't even know what this game is about and I'm lvl 49(60max)"/10
Characters Sex(both genders)/10
side-facts:
Pedo Heaven, Popori awesomeness
screenshots I took:
http://i.imgur.com/Sduiu.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/JpZPP.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/7tJ0g.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/99cUu.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/zd8I7.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/dIQoy.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/jVszV.jpg
to sum it up:
Eye Candy, one of the best combat system ever done so far in an MMO, BAMS and Bosses
Unreal Engine 3 Hooray!.... Hit detection is excellent! nothing less
it works like it should and thats something I didn't expect when I first heard about this game years ago.
GW2 doesn't even stand a chance here, you could say it sucks compared to Tera if you look for that.
however here is the huge downside and the reason why TERA is totally unplayable alone
Killquests everywhere (99,5%, that number is no exaggeration.. its probably an understatement), Story didn't get my interest at all and well, what can I say, its a Korean game, so the story is most likely childish and boring.
very bad voice acting and lipsync. during ingame-videos
and the end-game content is pretty much....not there..yet
Can you elaborate on the pedo-heaven part?
google "Elin TERA online"
I'm playing on a PvP server and I'm killing them as soon as one of them touches a mob/quest item I need (even if there's another one next to it)
Elin hate squad reporting in
"oh look, i'm playing Lancer (tank) as a naked child, oh the irony hahaha..I'm such a funny guy hahaha"
they should all just die in RL
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Originally Posted by KrayZ33
Diablo III, and I say I'll be playing this for quite some time as I mentioned in the D3 thread :)
I just cant get into The Old Republic, Ive had an account for like 4 months now and Im still level 10 and paying for it...I gotta jump on this game, I keep forgetting that I have it
That's why game subscriptions are bulshit.
Playing Fate/Extra. Just finished the first round.
♥ Red Saber ♥
So imperious and demeaning...but makes such cute noises when she sleeps.
Go for male master+Caster in the next playthrough, Archer is pretty much just Emiya with some very minor tweaks.
Dragon's Dogma and Anarchy Reigns demo.
Both are FUCKING GREAT.
I never replayed Fate Extra. I just found the Caster servant boring when I tried her.
You have no fucking taste whatsoever.Quote:
Originally Posted by shinta|hikari
Got my copy of Lollipop Chainsaw. The controls are a little wonky, you have to play very deliberately to get things to work smoothly, and the complete lack of any instruction manual really blows (kinda hard to figure out how to listen to her phone messages).
On the other hand...the atmosphere is perfect. It's like Buffy the Zombie Slayer, but several magnitudes more crude. The dialogue is funny, Juliet is great, and all the little weird quirks are good for a laugh. Even the in-game collection lists have some amusing descriptions.
I imagine the controls will get better as I get used to the game, but they're a bit frustrating right now. There's the slightest delay, so sometimes the game will register two combos (X,X) and (X,X,Y) as two moves and one combo (X) (X,X,X) (Y).
Playing Dead Island on the PC... pretty awesome game. It's like Far Cry with zombies. I always thought it was an FPS like Left4Dead, but it's not. It's an open world RPG with FPS combat.
Graphically it can't compare with Far Cry by a longshot, but there are tweaks available to improve the visual quality: http://forums.steampowered.com/forum....php?t=2106453
Too bad there were so many issues at launch, this game could have been a big deal.
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My friend was playing ^this and he was having lots of fun with it.
I've got back into Bayonetta, working on clearing Hard then maybe Non-Stop Climax and getting all the weapons and Achievements. Some of the Alfheim Portals were serious bitches.
How fun is that game solo vs co-op?
L4D sucked solo, but if this is more like Borderlands/Farcry, then it could be fun in either modes.
Dead Island is fun solo. I think it's most like Fallout/Borderlands where it's a desolate wasteland and you meet survivors and do missions for them, while fighting off zombies and bandits. It's also a lot like a first-person Dead Rising, both because it has zombies, survivor missions, and you can build custom weapons.
I haven't played it co-op but I think it'd be the same, maybe with scaling of number of enemies.
The game is $20 for the GOTY edition, well worth it, or wait for a Steam sale.
Yeah, I've got plenty of other games backed up from previous steam sales, so I can always wait for a cheaper buy(Xmas?). Good to know there's something out there without much of a learning curve that I'll enjoy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Animeniax
I need to branch out and try some different games that go for cheap on Steam. I'm stuck playing mostly FPSes and open-world RPGs these days. I wish there were more games like Indigo Prophecy and Heavy Rain, though I haven't finished HR yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buffalobiian
For the last while, whenever I visit one of my friends we play Castle Crashers. We beat the game on the Normal setting a while ago so we've been working our way through Insane mode and I have to say it's significantly harder, but still tons of fun.
Did anybody get the 3-day early access to Guild Wars 2?
I'm unsure if I should get it. (both in terms of whether I'd like the genre, and whether it would just devour all my time).
Meanwhile, still playing BF3.. trying to get a hang of flying the chopper. I can do alright on an empty map, but flying while trying to aim with missiles while avoiding missile locks makes short work of my bird.
Sure did, and it's a hell of a lot of fun, though there is one major annoying bug, or feature, I'm not sure. Basically, if you try controlling your character through the WASD keys, you'll find that sometimes the camera will follow you when you turn, sometimes it won't. If you either used the left click mouse button to pan the screen, or acquired a target (even if you subsequently lost the target), you need to click the right mouse button if you want the camera to follow you again when you turn.
No other game in the history of gaming behaves this way. None that I'm aware of at least. So you'll probably forget to click the right mouse button when the action gets heavy, and watch your character start running in directions you didn't intend, or have you skills deploy 90 degrees away from your intended mark, etc. I won't be able to PvP if they don't fix this bug, or give me an option to alter the behavior of the camera if it's an actual feature.
Other than that though, the game is kind of fun. I was only able to get my mesmer to level 3 before I seriously needed sleep, but I got to experience some of that living, breathing questing they were talking about, and it really does give the world a more dynamic feel. I don't have weapon swapping yet or even a different weapon set so I can't talk about how deep the skillsets are, but it seems at least solid. Three levels really is just too early to tell much of anything.
Alright, managed to play a Mesmer to lvl 11 so I can say a little bit more. First off, I'm an idiot. I was using the Free Camera mode and it was designed to work the way I was complaining about. That's a little saddening because if you don't use Free Camera mode, the environment tends to block your vision of your character, which can get annoying, so I simply had to get used to always using the mouse to change directions. Increasing mouse sensitivity and camera speed helped with that.
You very quickly gain access to every skill you'll ever have in the game simply by equipping weapons and using them. Your non utility skills are tied to weapon sets, and you have access to 5 such skills at any given time. Weapon swapping allows you to have two weapon sets that you can swap between, allowing you to have access to two sets of 5 skills. In combat, weapon swapping invokes a 9s CD. This opens up a lot of tactical options and makes for some very deep gameplay.
The PvE side of things is a bit easy seeing as I can easily take on things 2 to 4 levels higher than myself thanks to the ability to dodge stuff, so I've been focusing on making different combinations of attacks work and just seeing what's possible. I'm going to keep doing this until level 20, and then try out some PvP.
Has anyone played Sleeping Dogs? It looks like a hybrid GTA/Arkham/Burnout game which is getting great reviews. I want to get it but Borderlands 2 is out soon and school starts tomorrow.
Does anyone knows of a good recent classic RPG on 360, not action rpg, but turn based style.
There's not really that many turn based RPG on consoles anymore.
Traditional Turn base:
Lost Odyssey
Blue Dragon
Enchanted Arms
Eternal Sonata
Resonance of Fate (sorta) this one is a bit different. You can think of Mass Effect is an action game with rpg element, while RoF is a RPG with some action elements. I personally feel like it's close enough to the older turn base game to where you might like it.
Record of Agarest War is Tactic style turn base combat.
Zoids Assault is another Tactic style game, but it's pretty awful.
I think that's pretty much every turn base rpg game on the 360.
Trust me when i say that there are no good turn based RPGs for the 360. God knows i've looked...
Last Remanant - problem is - it is kinda messy on x360 - but PC vers is really good after you get hang of the battle system(seems a bit chaotic at first)
I thought The Last Remnant was pretty good on the 360. I had no visual problems that others said existed. I did however install to Harddrive and played off the Harddrive instead. Played smooth and pretty fast paced. Only problem I found was unlike the PC edition, you can't start a game+ on the 360 version. You don't get a full party of Generals or whatever.
I bought a sealed version of TLR for the PC on Ebay. I hope it arrives soon. Been 3 weeks almost. :/
I been playing some classic MMORPG (Priston Tale). Took 5 years but new content has been added and more on the way. :)
My friend spend great deal of time farming and is on his 3rd NG+ in TLR... he still can't beat The Fallen.
Playing Sleeping Dogs on the PC. Square Enix did a great job devoting resources and allowing United Front Games to develop the PC port properly so it's worth playing on the PC where graphics are much better than on the console versions.
Basically it's GTA3: Chinatown (or Hong Kong). I say GTA3 because it seems this game has been in development for a while, and it looks like they used GTA3 engine and code instead of GTA4. A lot of the things you could do in GTA4, you can't in Sleeping Dogs. I think it will mostly be appealing for its story and environments, which has the hero playing both cop and gangster in Hong Kong. I think GTA4 (and even 3) had you split loyalty with 3 groups. Worth playing, maybe once it's on sale.
Sleeping dogs pc is not a port.
And it's not the gta3 engine idiot, that belongs to rockstar; sleeping dogs was previously knows as True Crime: Hong Kong.
Activision was going to publish it, but they dropped it, but that makes it reasonable to assume UFG acquired the engine for True Crime and upgraded it into the current HKship engine Sleeping Dogs uses.
Next you are going to say saints row uses the gta engine cause it's open world too right? Fucking idiot.
its a port
where did you read that its not?