Sleeping Dogs was one of the most beautiful and cool open-world games in the previous generation. Inspired by movies like Infernal Affairs, this game put you in the shoes of an undercover police offer that has to infiltrate – and destroy from the inside – the Sun On Yee Triad organization.
However, there was a time when Sleeping Dogs (before Square Enix acquiring it, when it was known as True Crime: Hong Kong) was cancelled by Activision. In 2011, Activision decided to pull the plug and cancel True Crime: Hong Kong due to numerous delays and budget issues. Thankfully, Square Enix acquired the rights and YouTube’s ‘NeoGamer’ has shared all the gameplay footage that was shown for that cancelled version of Sleeping Dogs.
Fans of Sleeping Dogs will immediately notice the similarities between these two games. In fact, the chasing sequence in the market is pretty much identical (though it was more polished and better looking in Sleeping Dogs).
It’s pretty amazing witnessing some of our beloved games in their early stages and while these gameplay videos are old (you can see that some of them are from Gamespot while others are from G4), I’m pretty sure that some will be interested in them.
Enjoy!
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“Inspired by movies like Infernal Affairs” wow i’m surprise you know infernal affairs
Huge fan of Infernal Affairs. It’s way, way, WAYYYYYYY better than The Departed (which was based on it).
yeah i’m a big fan of the triad or mafia type movie and have you ever notice that Andy Lau almost always dies at the end of his movies
Andy Lau is hongkong version of Sean Bean…
partisan for the same of being partisan.
I’m surprised that you’re surprised…
And middle finger to square enix for not greenlit sleeping dogs 2 and make the developer disbanded…
game sold terribly
i hated that game so much. liked true crime new york city though, had a great new york vibe and atmosphere.
Why do you Hate Sleeping Dogs so much.
So now this IP is lost in the shadows with no sign of return…great
It’s for the better. If sleeping dogs return they will infest it with Denuvo. This was the last great game they published. Ahhh yes, the pre-Denuvo years.
the beta looked so much more action oriented than the full game.
Missing True Crime 1 and Sleeping Dogs, I might be sick but for me these were more fun than GTA
Just yesterday night I was playing Sleeping Dogs @ 1440p + 4xDSR..looks great! I never got a chance to finish the game…once played half way and then stopped playing bcoz was busy, now planning to play the whole game for the first time! Great game!
I need to beat it too. I was playing with a dualshock 3 but the button prompts were for Xbox so I had some troubles at a certain scene. I probably pirated it at the time, so wasn’t money invested into it. I own it twice now I think.
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my Grandma was in the game True Crime: Hong Kong.