Sleeping Dogs 2012

Is it still worth playing?

United Front Games' 2012 action adventure for PlayStation 3, Windows and Xbox 360, set in contemporary Hong Kong. You play Wei Shen, a Hong Kong American police officer and martial artist who goes undercover to infiltrate the Sun On Yee Triad. After a linear tutorial, the open city can be roamed freely, with side missions and both legal and criminal activities. Wei's skills are the core: martial arts, shooting and parkour, along with gadgets for combat and exploration. His fighting grows with use, since Triad XP, earned through melee combat and violent moves such as environmental kills, rises with the complexity of what you do and unlocks improvements such as more damage. Fights and chases set in a city you can roam between missions still keep it worth playing today.