First Sleeping Dogs review arrives

The first Sleeping Dogs review has arrived via Official PlayStation Magazine UK and it's an impressive 9/10.

Editor Ben Wilson describes Square's open world crime game as "the best bits of a load of games you love pooled together with intelligence and humour."

The review adds: "This is the game Saints Row has spent a decade desperate to be, a rollercoaster open-world adventure set in an environment that's fun to explore and doss about in, and packed to the brim with rousing missions, happy diversions and other amazing stuff."

OPM's review concludes: "It's unquestionably 2012's most brilliantly brutal surprise, and you're duty-bound to check it out".

Originally developed for Activision under the name True Crime: Hong Kong, Sleeping Dogs - as it became known - was later dropped by the Call of Duty publisher and then snapped up by Square Enix last summer.

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OXM UK is the second publication to put out their Sleeping Dogs review, and it's another glowing verdict for the Square Enix crime-em-up.


In its latest issue the mag awards the open-world effort a 9/10, calling it "a Wei better game than we were expecting."

The score follows another 9/10 from OPM UK's own Sleeping Dogs review, which boldly describes the title as "2012's most brilliantly brutal surprise".

OXM calls Sleeping Dogs "A gripping vision of Hong Kong which sports majestic driving, a sharp, well-acted storyline and varied missions," only reserving criticism for the fairly short (by genre standards at least) 14-hour main story.

Originally developed for Activision under the name True Crime: Hong Kong, Sleeping Dogs - as it became known - was later dropped by the Call of Duty publisher and then snapped up by Square Enix last summer.

Really looking forward to this, I have added it to my LoveFilm list but looks that good I might even buy it on launch

Glad to see that this one might deliver, it had the potential if it could get all of the various components right.

OP Updated, yet another glowing review...Really am going to have to make this a day one now

this sneaked up on me ................ i heard nothing about it until i saw it on trailers inbetween UFC fights lol

looks good so ill give it a go if it is half as good as saints row 3 i will be a very happy chappy

£35 saved, LoveFilm have dispatched this today

Jammy sod Chris

im gona get this tommorrow ithink

9/10 - I think that is a little high, it seems so many mags will give a game a high rating, I do like the game it is great fun and nice change to playing GTA and SR3.

I would say a 7.25 / 10.00 - But I am harsh.

I'm picking it up on Friday and I reckon I'll be giving this a review

Killswitchmad wrote:I'm picking it up on Friday and I reckon I'll be giving this a review

At last a fair review......taking your time

D3VILSNIPER wrote:At last a fair review......taking your time

The joy of payday falling a week after the game comes out

mine still aint come though it was dispatched yesterday i will give it a review but it will most likley be monday after ive given it a good go because after talking to jamie who is about 9 hrs in and 25% on game progress it looks like its going to be a big one

payday also falls 3 weeks before the games release thomas

To be honest Im finding this a bit boring or is it just me

Just u

NightHaze FWG wrote:To be honest Im finding this a bit boring or is it just me

It's a slow starter but I wouldn't call it boring and once you've unlocked a few things and learnt to use weapons etc it gets really fun

NightHaze FWG wrote:To be honest Im finding this a bit boring or is it just me

definitely just you

Killswitchmad wrote:

NightHaze FWG wrote:To be honest Im finding this a bit boring or is it just me

It's a slow starter but I wouldn't call it boring and once you've unlocked a few things and learnt to use weapons etc it gets really fun

I think your right it's starting to get a bit more fun now things are unlocking

oh yer wait till you get to the wedding

Ignore my previous comment Im loving it now...I was just being cunty because I could do not a mission and was doing my head in

Awesome game apart from being a bit on the short side, cant wait for DLC as game finished 100% all chievos aswell