1. Nice graphics where hair is not bad at all! Music selection is great.

2. Odd saving game sytem. You can save anywhere, but upon loading you'll spawn in your apartment.

3. Outside of missions trashmobs are not hostile unless you come too close to them (or trigger an event). Some do respawn, but you can ignore them completely.

4. During playthrough you get different XP points necessary to unlock skills. You'll get more than required of police XP and face XP, but Triad XP is superhard to get. Which goes to point #5…

5. The game contains dressup barbie part, but most of "rags" have some bonus. Better damage, less vehicle prices, some include weapons, etc. But there is a certain set that gives +15% triad XP bonus. I did buy myself Jensen (yea, DX!) set but later switched to this ugly triad bonus crap - which is IMO a bad thing when you're "forced" to use something out of practical reasons and not because you like it. On the other hand this game isn't RPG so… Expecting to play DX role is a bit unrealistic.

6. Just as in AC games, the openworld is filled with collectibles. With certain sidequests solved, these get shown on the map. Sadly, due to some bug not all are displayed on the map, but just on the minimap when you come close and you'll have to pixelhunt if you want to get them all. Similar applies on events, some are displayed on the map, some appear only on your minimap when you come close. Horrible design.

7. Fasttravel doesn't exist. And you can't phone for a cab. However, you can pop in a car or something, drive a bit till you spot a taxi, block it's route, exit the car and hire that taxi to drive you somewhere instantly. This could have been designed better.

8. Kung fu fights and shootouts are fun. There are no normal ones, some are supereasy, but some are superhard. For these hard ones, you'll need buffs (eat, drink, massage) and if necessary equip some damage reducing bonus equipment (super swat rags reduce damage 50%, to get these you just have to solve all police sidequests).

9. The story is linear, nothing spectacular but still okay (you're undercover cop in Hong Kong) and I love the mixture of chinese/english in voiceovers! Subtitles are again halfarsed, dunno who's decision was to put them displayed with some supersmall font, will someone explain developers we don't use a microscope while playing games? Also it has some odd vanishing design, nothing great and nothing bad, basically nothing to brag about.

10. The game does contain unskippable races, OMG. I'd spit on it right this moment, but…
- tyres are not bald and roads are not icy
- driving anything with K+M doesn't feel like being scammed by a publisher
- all mandatory races are easy to win (you get hints on what to do)
In other words, this game is not GTA annoyance nor GTA boredom!
As you may suspect, I don't play optional races sidequests, nor will. No 100% the game, check my achievements where I'll probably have everything except Need4Speed rubbish done.

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Sleeping Dogs is more of AC than GTA clone, here you won't be racing 90% of your precious playtime like in GTA and there is plenty of fun nonracing content to enjoy.
It was on some sale, I paid 7.5€ for it, and that price is IMO a steal.
If you planned to buy GTA5, do me a favor and buy Sleeping Dogs instead. It's a far better game.

1. Nice graphics where hair is not bad at all! Music selection is great. 2. Odd saving game sytem. You can save anywhere, but upon loading you'll spawn in your apartment. 3. Outside of missions trashmobs are not hostile unless you come too close to them (or trigger an event). Some do respawn, but you can ignore them completely. 4. During playthrough you get different XP points necessary to unlock skills. You'll get more than required of police XP and face XP, but Triad XP is superhard to get. Which goes to point #5… 5. The game contains dressup barbie part, but most of "rags" have some bonus. Better damage, less vehicle prices, some include weapons, etc. But there is a certain set that gives +15% triad XP bonus. I did buy myself Jensen (yea, DX!) set but later switched to this ugly triad bonus crap - which is IMO a bad thing when you're "forced" to use something out of practical reasons and not because you like it. On the other hand this game isn't RPG so… Expecting to play DX role is a bit unrealistic. 6. Just as in AC games, the openworld is filled with collectibles. With certain sidequests solved, these get shown on the map. Sadly, due to some bug not all are displayed on the map, but just on the minimap when you come close and you'll have to pixelhunt if you want to get them all. Similar applies on events, some are displayed on the map, some appear only on your minimap when you come close. Horrible design. 7. Fasttravel doesn't exist. And you can't phone for a cab. However, you can pop in a car or something, drive a bit till you spot a taxi, block it's route, exit the car and hire that taxi to drive you somewhere instantly. This could have been designed better. 8. Kung fu fights and shootouts are fun. There are no normal ones, some are supereasy, but some are superhard. For these hard ones, you'll need buffs (eat, drink, massage) and if necessary equip some damage reducing bonus equipment (super swat rags reduce damage 50%, to get these you just have to solve all police sidequests). 9. The story is linear, nothing spectacular but still okay (you're undercover cop in Hong Kong) and I love the mixture of chinese/english in voiceovers! Subtitles are again halfarsed, dunno who's decision was to put them displayed with some supersmall font, will someone explain developers we don't use a microscope while playing games? Also it has some odd vanishing design, nothing great and nothing bad, basically nothing to brag about. 10. The game does contain unskippable races, OMG. I'd spit on it right this moment, but… - tyres are not bald and roads are not icy - driving anything with K+M doesn't feel like being scammed by a publisher - all mandatory races are easy to win (you get hints on what to do) In other words, this game is not GTA annoyance nor GTA boredom! As you may suspect, I don't play optional races sidequests, nor will. No 100% the game, check my achievements where I'll probably have everything except Need4Speed rubbish done. - Sleeping Dogs is more of AC than GTA clone, here you won't be racing 90% of your precious playtime like in GTA and there is plenty of fun nonracing content to enjoy. It was on some sale, I paid 7.5€ for it, and that price is IMO a steal. If you planned to buy GTA5, do me a favor and buy Sleeping Dogs instead. It's a far better game.