Do you like Grand Theft Auto? Of course you do – who doesn't?! Are you a fan or martial arts? Of course you are – you're reading this site, aren't you?! So, based on your answers to those two questions, we're going to go out on a limb and suggest that you'll love the video game Sleeping Dogs.
As you may have guessed by now, Sleeping Dogs is Grand Theft Auto with a martial arts twist. It tells the tale of Wei Shen, an undercover cop in Hong Kong charged with infiltrating and taking down the Triads. The problem for Shen is that many of these 'bad guys' are also childhood friends and acquaintances, causing inner turmoil for Shen. The actual gameplay is fantastically fun – just walking around the open world of Hong Kong is immensely fun in its own right (slamming bad guys' faces into fans and meat grinders is fun also, in a more sadistic way). The game relies more on hand-to-hand combat than the firearm-intensive GTA series does, which is where Georges St-Pierre comes into play.
Yes, GSP. The UFC's welterweight God was hired by Sleeping Dogs' studio, Square Enix, as a consultant for the game. So you know that the action sequences and elaborate martial arts moves at your disposal are as realistic as can be. Check out this behind the scenes footage of GSP working with the game's developers:
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So you sold on the game now? Good – grab a copy here:
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