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[DarkArterialGore]

Sleeping Dogs, Watch_Dogs is hot garbage.

 

[BigBoss]

Speaking of the PC version of Watch Dogs, did Ubi Soft ever fix the stuttering?

 

[Ellite25]

Sleeping Dogs in everything but graphics, still looks nice.

Sleeping Dogs looks great on PC with texture pack. And it's a much better game.

 

[Freedom = $1.05]

Speaking of the PC version of Watch Dogs, did Ubi Soft ever fix the stuttering?

Played through it a couple of weeks ago. 0 stuttering on my 770.

 

[Loxley]

I really enjoyed Watch Dogs despite its problems, but I would go with Sleeping Dogs.

 

[Justinh]

It seems I don't hate Watch Dogs as most people, but I think Sleeping Dogs is so much more fun to play. Sometimes Watch Dogs just feels boring to me and the fighting in Sleeping Dogs was fun as opposed to the hacking which I only cared for during Gang Hideout side activities.

 

[openrob]

Sleeping Dogs is fun. Only problem there isn't enough of it. It ended before I felt I had got enough out of it, but its mechanics weren't deep enough to sustain much of the repetitive sidequesting action.

At the same time though, too many games are too drawn out for the sake of it. I actually finished Sleeping Dogs.
Probably should get back and complete that DLC...

Point being I would have stopped playing it around the time it came to an end. If it was longer I would have lost interest and moved on to the next game.

 

[LAM09]

Sleeping Dogs.

 

[antitrop]

Sleeping Dogs is a good to great open-world game. Watch_Dogs is a bad open-world game.

 

[TS-08]

Sleeping Dogs

 

[Servbot24]

Sleeping Dogs - Pretty good
Watch Dogs - Pretty bad

I can't get too worked up about either of them though

 

[Quazar]

Will sleeping dogs satisfy my shenmue itch?

 

[Camp Lo]

Sleeping Dogs.

Watch Dogs is boring.

Couldn't push myself to finishing 25% of the game. I don't even understand how that's possible in this day and age.

 

[Smash88]

I liked both; they each bring their own unique qualities to the table.

 

[Camp Lo]

Wow, Gaf hivemind never fails. Sleeping Dogs it is then!

Change the question then. Sleeping Dogs or GTAV?

Sleeping Dogs easily. GTAV was good but SD had a infinitely better atmosphere

 

[antitrop]

Will sleeping dogs satisfy my shenmue itch?

No.

Sleeping Dogs easily. GTAV was good but SD had a infinitely better atmosphere

I don't know about that at all. I think you just like Hong Kong more than LA. I understand the appeal of a location unlike the one you actually live in, but the familiarity doesn't take away from GTA V's achievements. Both games have exceptional atmosphere.

 

[Mr. Giggles]

Sleeping dogs hands down, I stopped watch_dogs half way through and its been relegated to the bottom of my back log list.

 

[Trust me. I'm a PhD]

Watch Dogs is a much better title than some Gafers want to admit (must keep up the hate of Ubisoft and all that), but Sleeping Dogs is a better game in almost every respect. Both have some very adult themes, but Sleeping Dogs does more with it than Watch Dogs does.

 

[antitrop]

watch dogs has better graphics and shooting but sleeping dogs has a more interesting story and characters (motherfuckin Wei Shen).

I'd go with sleepy dogs

Watch_Dogs may have better graphics (on PC, not even by very much), but fails to deliver an interesting and believable Chicago. Sleeping Dog's HK may be small, but it is certainly a far more compelling place to temporarily exist in.

Watch_Dogs lacks the "little details" that make an open-world believable and enjoyable to explore around. It feels very sterile, more like a very large video game level than a real place. It just contained absolutely no immersion factor, for me.

Watch Dogs is a much better title than some Gafers want to admit (must keep up the hate of Ubisoft and all that)

I adored Far Cry 4 and abhorred Watch_Dogs.

 

[CastorTroy]

Sleeping Dogs, as it's protagonist isn't an asshole.

 

[Awayze]

Sleeping Dogs. Purely as I've not played WD.....

 

[UncleSporky]

I prefer to call it Snoozy Pups.

 

[antisoulless]

Watch dogs. Sleeping dogs is good too though. But watch dogs has a lot of fun things to unlock.

 

[Net_Wrecker]

Watch_Dogs lacks the "little details" that make an open-world believable and enjoyable to explore around. It feels very sterile, more like a very large video game level than a real place. It just contained absolutely no immersion factor, for me.

I wouldn't say it's completely lacking in this area. That gamey transparency happens faster than something like GTAV because it lacks dynamism and they depend too heavily on canned city interactions, but Watch_Dogs, at points, was the most believable "low key, breezy autumn day urban open world" experience I've played. I appreciate that the city and its people weren't constantly screaming at me, but instead simply constructed as a modern city with level headed people. Aiden's laid back stalker animations played a part in this too.

That being said, the feeling quickly dissipates as the cracks start to show. For a moment though, Watch_Dogs had something.

 

[super-famicom]

Sleepy Dawgs.

 

[razzmahtazz]

Just finished Sleeping Dogs a week ago, and currently playing thru Watch Dogs.

Sleeping Dogs has better story and action(Martial Arts, Shooting and Jumping from car to car) but the controls are a bit wonky.

Watch Dogs has better controls for shooting, stealth and some better varied missions(Hacking, Stealth, Guide) but really boring story and unlikeable protag.

The driving in both boils down to what car you're driving, some handle well some dont.

 

[insignia16]

Anyone sane would recommend Sleeping Dogs.

Make sure you play the old PC version and not the definitive edition that came out recently.

Why the old PC version and not the definitive edition? I just played through the Definitive Edition on PS4 and thought it was great.

I knew nothing of the game other than pork buns, and the Wei Shen motherfucker quote prior to playing to it and played the OG version of it.

 

[SimpleGamer]

Sleeping dogs easily

 

[SandMan2233]

Too many dogs. Two Stupid Dogs.

I'll say Sleeping Dogs, at this point. Though I really didn't like either, upon retrospect. But SD felt a bit more... Fun? The combat was pretty fun (felt like a take on Rocksteady's Batman combat; which felt like Mark of Kri, oddly enough).

Plus, I liked the locale (and the radio stations; "Girls On Film" ftw).

 

[Daingurse]

Couldn't push myself to finishing 25% of the game. I don't even understand how that's possible in this day and age.

I bought the game at launch, and I'm not even past fucking Act II! The story is 100% uncompelling, I just couldn't even bothered lol. I just went ahead and made my own fun instead. Sleeping Dogs had a compelling narrative IMO. I actually gave a shit, and was interested in the things happening to the characters.

 

[jmizzal]

Watch_Dogs for me but I havent finished sleeping dogs yet

 

[h#shdem0n]

Sleeping Dogs in everything but graphics, still looks nice.

Yup. Sleeping Dogs was a surprise, Watch Dogs was a disappointment.

I liked both games but if I were pick one, SD is the clear winner.

 

[MYeager]

Sleeping Dogs is the best dogs.

 

[bannedmelon]

Watch Dogs.

What the fuck???

 

[Baldwin_the_First]

Sleeping dogs is much more "straight up action in your face up close and personal" than Watch Dogs. Watch Dogs has all those tech gadgets where as Sleeping Dogs is all about breaking bones with your kick ass martial arts.

Sleeping Dogs hands down.

 

[h#shdem0n]

If you believe hard enough, Sleeping Dogs is kind of like an open world Streets Of Rage

I wish this was twitter.

 

[grosvenor_92]

Sleeping Dogs for sure

 

[Grief.exe]

I wish Sleeping Dogs got more attention when it was released, such an underrated game initially that eventually got a positive word of mouth.

 

[Camp Lo]

I bought the game at launch, and I'm not even past fucking Act II! The story is 100% uncompelling, I just couldn't even bothered lol. I just went ahead and made my own fun instead. Sleeping Dogs had a compelling narrative IMO. I actually gave a shit, and was interested in the things happening to the characters.

Glad I'm not alone on that. I seriously quit playing a few missions after first meeting the girl hacker. I want to go back but it's so mindnumbing...

Meanwhile, I've beaten Sleeping Dogs at least 5 times, once on PS3 and the rest on Steam

 

[Soyongdori]

Character developments for both of these games were horrendous at best.

 

[MemoryHumanity]

Sleeping Dogs and it's not even close.

 

[Nafai1123]

Sleeping Dogs without a doubt.

 

[EMT0]

Wow, Gaf hivemind never fails. Sleeping Dogs it is then!

Change the question then. Sleeping Dogs or GTAV?

As someone who played both....Sleeping Dogs, but I'm not the biggest GTA fan anyways

 

[Despera]

Watch Dogs protagonist doesn't look like he eat pork buns... so the answer is go play Sleeping Dogs.

There's a reason why my main XCOM unit was named after Wei Shen

 

[ZeroX03]

Wow, Gaf hivemind never fails. Sleeping Dogs it is then!

Change the question then. Sleeping Dogs or GTAV?

RDR > GTAV > Sleeping Dogs > GTAIV >>> Watch Dogs

 

[BatDan]

Does Watch_Dogs have pork buns? Then Sleeping Dogs automatically wins.

 

[Despera]

However, GTA V is much better than Watch Dogs. Don't know what you guys are smoking.

 

[Staf]

Sleeping dogs, not even close.

 

[params7]

I platinum'd Sleeping Dogs. Played a bit of Watch Dogs.

 

[Horns]

Wow, Gaf hivemind never fails. Sleeping Dogs it is then!

Change the question then. Sleeping Dogs or GTAV?

GTA V. SD is like a PS2 game in comparison. Aside from hand to hand combat GTA V is a generation ahead of SD in every single aspect.