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Sleeping Dogs "Definitive" Edition on Xbox One has a terribly performing game engine
- Thread starter gossi
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Hard to disagree with any of that. For what it's worth I enjoyed it (Plat'd), but simply put the mechanics outside of the combat, which itself is far from polished, are completely mediocre and the world is completely devoid of life or substance.
RedAssedApe
Banned
well one less game to double-dip on. was hoping it'd get at least the same level of treatment as TR...but i guess not
plasmawave
Banned
The driving is awkward and you have to drive a lot in the game.
So yeah.
The characters suck too.
Combat was great initially but it got waaay too easy later on. They copied Batmans combat but stopped halfway. You can go into all the fightclubs and dominate pretty easy. Batmans (Asylum/Arkham) later combat rooms are a good challenge.
Driving felt off in the beginning but was fine and nice the more i played.
kraspkibble
Permabanned.
was actually considering picking this up since i hadn't played it on PS3. looks like i'll just pass on it.
The Yo Tornado
Member
Wow, didn't realize Sleeping Dogs had become so divisive. I enjoyed it a lot. Wasn't groundbreaking by any means, but it was a lot of mindless fun. Shame the PS4/XBone ports are shot, but from what I heard the PC version runs just as well as the original did, if not better, so I'll definitely be grabbing it there.
I bloody love this game, despite owning it on OnLive (yeah...) and having it and all DLC on the 360 I decided to triple dip and drop the £50(!!!!!) for it on the Xbox One.
I played an hour this morning, and I must admit I'm a little disappointed. I've had it crash to the dash once, it feels really jerky and it doesn't really look all that much better.
Its still sleeping dogs, and its still great, but this really, really isn't worth the money.
I am quite disappointed.
I played an hour this morning, and I must admit I'm a little disappointed. I've had it crash to the dash once, it feels really jerky and it doesn't really look all that much better.
Its still sleeping dogs, and its still great, but this really, really isn't worth the money.
I am quite disappointed.
Windom Earle
Member
Understandable on the Xbone. Weird if PS4 runs bad, game performed well on my old 7850.
It wasn't patch on True Crime tho.
Yeah the set piece areas like the market were alive but when you got to the more generic parts of the city they felt increasingly dead until I eventually thought it's time to leave this awful place, you can walk for miles and not see a smile.
Rizsparky
Member
It was demanding on my mobile GPU, but after a few driver updates the game ran on max settings flawlessly. A few patches will probably fix these issues up.
KillerMan91
Member
Why they didn't just delay it to Q1 or Q2? It was going to bomb during holiday season even if it was the best port ever and now as a bad port it's going to sell next to nothing. Too bad Square-Enix hardly has any common sense nowadays. Summer release with lowered price tag and I could have seen it do decently.
Methamatics101
Member
Wait, what actual f...? This sounds depressing. Does the PS4 version suffer from similiar issues?
Top it off that they are charging $60 for this.
Dips to 15fps is not understandable even with the xbone. It shows they fucked up the port.
Dips to 15fps is not understandable even with the xbone. It shows they fucked up the port.
Castef
Banned
Yup, our review on IGN Italy is based on the PS4 version and the technical issues are widely confirmed.
Weird concept of "Definitive Edition", actually.
Maybe a patch will fix this?
Naah...
Castef
Banned
Nope. That machine should be able to run this upgrade just fine.
I don't think its 60fps
Just seemed really smooth - like I said, I only watched a few mins of someone driving about
Alcoholikaust
Member
this does not bode well at all -
unfortunate this I was looking forward to
unfortunate this I was looking forward to
Thing is, that had maybe worked in the launch "drought" where people bought everything for their new consoles but now between/before so many new releases?
Also saying that the performance is expected for XB1 is just wrong. XB1 showed that it can do more than this. It's just a really bad port. Hope this is a major bomb and they get the message that this is not the way to sell your games (full price + shitty performance).
Also saying that the performance is expected for XB1 is just wrong. XB1 showed that it can do more than this. It's just a really bad port. Hope this is a major bomb and they get the message that this is not the way to sell your games (full price + shitty performance).
Well, a win is a win, still.
Triggerhappytel
Member
80-83% Metacritic average is evidence of a bad game?!
I'm pretty sure the original game sold over 2 million copies. And since when do sales accurately reflect a game's quality?
I loved SD, but I can't disagree with these criticisms. The driving was heavily flawed, but the combat was amazing and I really loved the plot. It's definitely a good start, but in need of decent publisher support and an incubated sequel. Unfortunately if Triad Wars is the 'proper' sequel I can see the franchise ending there, and S-E has done a poor job of generating goodwill with this '''''''Definitive''''''' Edition.
How disappointing. How did SE manage this screw up when they spearheaded such a successful port of Tomb Raider (even at the lower framerate I enjoyed the hell out of this on XB1).
SE can kiss my ass when it comes to this port. I'm crossing it off my holiday purchase list for now, barring exceedingly positive reviews and Digital Foundry analysis.
SE can kiss my ass when it comes to this port. I'm crossing it off my holiday purchase list for now, barring exceedingly positive reviews and Digital Foundry analysis.
digoutyoursoul
Member
Obvious this is a rush job on both systems, shame as I enjoyed it last gen but I'm not paying full price for this
For the person above who said the preview videos online on PS4 look like 60fps - web video runs at 30fps (and the game has a 30fps limit).
I've been capturing more footage and power cycled the Xbox to check it wasn't a local issue, and dear lord this port is a mess. There's even some new reproducible bugs in there which aren't in the original.
I've been capturing more footage and power cycled the Xbox to check it wasn't a local issue, and dear lord this port is a mess. There's even some new reproducible bugs in there which aren't in the original.
Eh, I've had the game for a fair while (I picked up a copy in Aus last week), and it runs and looks great on PS4.
thelastword
Banned
I was watching some footage and pc comparison shots recently. The DE looks worse than the vanilla version. There is now a blur to the entire screen, I don't know what's causing it but it looks awful and kills the sharp detailed look of the vanilla version.
News of the bad framerate on consoles is also ridiculous, A game that should target 60fps falls below 30?
News of the bad framerate on consoles is also ridiculous, A game that should target 60fps falls below 30?
CaptainTiptop
Member
Wow, opinions can be wrong.
Triggerhappytel
Member
I'm not even sure what "PS2 era world depth" is supposed to mean, as most non-GTA games still haven't caught up with GTA San Andreas.
No it was definitely 30 at EGX as I played it and it bugged and crashed hard there on me (twice).
The port would have been short and rushed it IMOP was a sheer cash grab and looked flaky then, 1080/30 on both with dips is a poor show
Ah right. Metacritic. Defining what is and what isn't a AAA title since 2000.
All versions of Sleeping Dogs (barring XO) have a higher Metacritic than all versions of Destiny. Is Destiny a "b tier game" as well?