I had the extreme fortune of playing Sleeping Dogs both at PAX East and E3 this year, and I can tell you that it's definitely a blast. Borrowing from the Arkham Asylum/Arkham City melee combat system, Sleeping Dogs focuses on chaining combos together between enemies and timing counter attacks to take down a ton of dudes without suffering a scratch. Georges St. Pierre (GSP) shows off his MMA skills simultaneously with our main character to show just how authentic the combat will be in the game itself. Square Enix is making a point to bring a realistic fighting style to the less-than-realistic combat system (let's be real, as cool as it looks, taking on more than three guys at once is not something that has a high success rate).
This trailer is extremely effective at doing what it intends: show how real the fighting is in Sleeping Dogs. A side by side comparison with one of the best MMA strikers in the world is as real as it gets, and only gets me more excited to try out the finished version of the game. One thing that a friend pointed out to me: the trailer could be misinterpreted as showing Kinect functionality if you have never seen anything about Sleeping Dogs or GSP. I didn't see it, but apparently some people might. Still, solid trailer, solid game.
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