Even if the end of 2014 is rich in titles of all kinds, it is only in 2015 that players will be able to discover the real next gen' games so promised by the technical performance of the PS4 and the Xbox One. In the meantime, the fashion is for the excessive remastering in which Square Enix has been participating since the beginning of the year, since TOMB RAIDER returned in a most successful Definitive Edition. Inevitably, with such adaptation work for the adventures of Lara Croft, we could only be confident about those of Wei Shen for Sleeping Dogs. The graphic disappointment is unfortunately palpable, with a version that does not even come up to the PC version which had taken advantage of an HD texture pack to offer us an impeccable rendering. Admittedly, Sleeping Dogs is finer and better detailed than the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions, but nothing too extraordinary compared to what has already been done... next gen console' may be disappointed with the result. The differences are therefore not obvious, but it would still be necessary to be in bad faith not to notice that Wei Shen and certain protagonists (in particular those of the cutscenes) have taken on a little more character. We also note the best concerning the crowd, denser in general, just like this better management of the lighting which makes the game more credible. In short, overall, it's finer, without ever reaching the rendering of the PC version. Big frustration isn't it?
THIS dog barks loudly but never bites!
That said, not everything is so dark in this remastering since Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition benefits from additions such as the integration of all the DLCs released so far. There are 24 in total, between costume packs, additional missions and a new alternative campaign such as "Nightmare at North Point" and "The Year of the Serpent", accessible directly from the game's home page. luxury, especially when you know that the game is sold at a high price, while TOMB RAIDER: Definitive Edition was offered at 50€ at launch. Crisis. Also in the list of bad feedback from this next gen version: the presence of occasional frame-rate drops that we would have thought eradicated thanks to the performance of our new machines. To believe that United Front Games was too busy working on their new free-to-play studio project: Triad Wars. Perhaps the reason why the developers didn't even bother to rework the size of the subtitles, which were unreadable even on a 52-inch screen. It is therefore difficult to recommend this Definitive Edition to players who already have a copy of the original Sleeping Dogs, as the interest in moving to the next gen is also limited. As for the others, those who don't know the punitive methods of Wei Shen, those who would be interested in discovering the underworld of the luminous city of Hong Kong, or those who would like to rediscover the atmosphere of HK films of the 90s, do not hesitate to take the plunge, Sleeping Dogs remains one of the most interesting alternatives to GTA to offer for a long time, out of Rockstar production I mean...
