Square Enix has released two gameplay preview videos for their upcoming open-world crime drama.
Sleeping Dogs is played over-the-shoulder, and involves lots of running, shooting, and driving stolen vehicles—making it very much like Rockstar’s GTA franchise. Originally intended to be part of Activision’s True Crime series, and titled True Crime: Hong Kong, the game was canceled in its original form. Square Enix picked up development and changed the name.
The plot sees the protagonist, a San Fransisco Police officer, go undercover in the Hong Kong crime world in order to infiltrate the Triads, and bring down the organization from the inside. The plot will center around the detective’s choices as he struggles not to be sucked into the criminal life. As he completes missions for the Triads, especially the many murders and assasinations, it will take him further and further from the police life he knows—and being so far from his American home won’t help him cope.
The two videos add up to about an hour of gameplay footage, so settle in. I hope you didn’t have much work to do today.
Sleeping Dogs is Rated M and hits major platforms on August 14th, 2012.
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