The final bit of expansion DLC for Sleeping Dogs that I also accessed via the Definitive Edition extras. Similar to Nightmare in North Point, it's a little extra content that isn't really connected to the overall plot super importantly. It's just a little more Sleeping Dogs for you if you hadn't quite had your fill yet~. It took me around 4 or 5 hours to do everything in it.
Year of the Snake actually does canonically take place after the main story. Wei Shen is on thin ice with his superiors after the giant fiasco that took place in the main game, and now he's a beat cop patrolling the streets. That is, until he accidentally uncovers a cult's plans to blow up Hong Kong in an effort to usher in a doomsday prophecy. Officer Wei is once again called into action to help save Hong Kong~. The story is once again nothing special, and it's a little more tame than even Nightmare in North Point was, and that was pretty tame and bare bones.
In both mechanics and story, it feels like the Cop Job side-content from the main game but spread out into 4-5 hours. The missions themselves are actually more numerous and varied than the ones in Nightmare, but they don't feel like anything you haven't done before, for the most part. The most interesting thing about it is that you're always a cop now, no undercover stuff. That being the case, you now have special cop stuff like the ability to arrest people or tazer them (basically special melee combat options). It gives the way you play the game a neat new framing, but nothing as interesting or silly as Nightmare was. I know that the canceled sequel for Sleeping Dogs was going to have Wei as a cop working with a criminal, so perhaps this was originally intended as a setup for that idea of a more cop-stuff-focused mission structure.
Verdict: Recommended. For another $7, this also is a pretty good value proposition. It feels the least movie-like out of the 3 stories, but it also has a reasonably more large amount of content to do compared to Nightmare, so it's hard for me to recommend one over the other if only could pick one. It's a fine addition to the Definitive Edition's content, and a well-priced bit of add-on content if you only have the base game.
Year of the Snake actually does canonically take place after the main story. Wei Shen is on thin ice with his superiors after the giant fiasco that took place in the main game, and now he's a beat cop patrolling the streets. That is, until he accidentally uncovers a cult's plans to blow up Hong Kong in an effort to usher in a doomsday prophecy. Officer Wei is once again called into action to help save Hong Kong~. The story is once again nothing special, and it's a little more tame than even Nightmare in North Point was, and that was pretty tame and bare bones.
In both mechanics and story, it feels like the Cop Job side-content from the main game but spread out into 4-5 hours. The missions themselves are actually more numerous and varied than the ones in Nightmare, but they don't feel like anything you haven't done before, for the most part. The most interesting thing about it is that you're always a cop now, no undercover stuff. That being the case, you now have special cop stuff like the ability to arrest people or tazer them (basically special melee combat options). It gives the way you play the game a neat new framing, but nothing as interesting or silly as Nightmare was. I know that the canceled sequel for Sleeping Dogs was going to have Wei as a cop working with a criminal, so perhaps this was originally intended as a setup for that idea of a more cop-stuff-focused mission structure.
Verdict: Recommended. For another $7, this also is a pretty good value proposition. It feels the least movie-like out of the 3 stories, but it also has a reasonably more large amount of content to do compared to Nightmare, so it's hard for me to recommend one over the other if only could pick one. It's a fine addition to the Definitive Edition's content, and a well-priced bit of add-on content if you only have the base game.
"Where there is police, brutality must follow. Apperantly."
Alright epilogue
Short continuation of sleeping dogs, its the aftermath of the main story, i like that you play more as a cop here but it still cant replace a sequel which this game 100% deserves
6
This second DLC is just as bad as Nightmare in North Point, if not a little better. It’s weird how the developers are so intent on making these things the most repetitive and boring pieces of shit I’ve ever seen. I got so frustrated doing the overly long chase missions, and the recycled side content, for what felt like an uncomfortably long amount of time. It gets an extra point because it seemed like it was going somewhere — character-wise — at the beginning, but then the entire thing just ends when you complete the final mission, without as much as a conclusion for its main character. I’m so happy that I’m finally done with this game.
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2013 - Ranked
This second DLC is just as bad as Nightmare in North Point, if not a little better. It’s weird how the developers are so intent on making these things the most repetitive and boring pieces of shit I’ve ever seen. I got so frustrated doing the overly long chase missions, and the recycled side content, for what felt like an uncomfortably long amount of time. It gets an extra point because it seemed like it was going somewhere — character-wise — at the beginning, but then the entire thing just ends when you complete the final mission, without as much as a conclusion for its main character. I’m so happy that I’m finally done with this game.
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2013 - Ranked
The worst of the Sleeping Dogs DLCS. It offers some slightly more competent writing that the NiNP DLC, but suffers a stretched out story that isn't all that interesting. The missions themselves feel like filler to compliment a lackluster plot with no direction. A lot of the times in bits with countdowns I found the game would just go really slow and lag which made this experience even more poor. I really felt like this was more of a chore than anything, one of the worst DLCs I have ever played.
Quite a bit better than the first DLC but that's still not saying a ton. At least the tone and atmosphere feel a lot more attuned to the base game.
Mostly writing this to say that I didn't play this DLC until this year and hoooooooo buddy that mission where you're shooting tear gas at a group of protestors made me immediately lose any desire to continue playing.
definitely a better DLC than nightmare, this one is like a nice little epilogue.
The missions are far more varied in gameplay and keep similar pacing that the main game does so well, though the story is unfortunately very forgettable and under-written, the ending is as anti-climatic as it gets. Side missions and collectables are pretty boring and can be ignored, same as main game and nightmare.
Still, Year of the Snake is like a nice little desert to finish off a Sleeping Dogs play-through.
The missions are far more varied in gameplay and keep similar pacing that the main game does so well, though the story is unfortunately very forgettable and under-written, the ending is as anti-climatic as it gets. Side missions and collectables are pretty boring and can be ignored, same as main game and nightmare.
Still, Year of the Snake is like a nice little desert to finish off a Sleeping Dogs play-through.
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it good
Very forgettable, I barely remember anything from this DLC. Nightmare in North Point is a bit better in my opinion.
um pouco melhor q a de zumbis
Esp: Este DLC es mejor que el de Halloween, conserva mejor la atmósfera del juego y es un poco más interesante de jugar, sin embargo, está muy lejos de tener la genialidad del juego original.
Eng: Esp: This DLC is better than Halloween, better preserves the atmosphere of the game and is a little more interesting to play, however, it is far from having the genius of the original game.
Eng: Esp: This DLC is better than Halloween, better preserves the atmosphere of the game and is a little more interesting to play, however, it is far from having the genius of the original game.
A pretty poor dlc all around but if you liked Sleeping Dogs enough youll probably get a decent amount of enjoyment out of it