I am just so amazed with how they kept all the things that made True Crime unique. The hand to hand combat feels just as in-depth as in previous games, with training locations and new moves to learn. The driving feels incredibly similar, especially with ramming replacing manual PIT maneuvers. You don't have some absurd amount of ammunition, and United Front did an excellent job of keeping True Crime true to its roots. While the police gameplay is noticeably different due to the nature of you being undercover, the gunplay feels incredibly similar with bullet time, dual wielding, and the purposeful lack of emphasis on shooting. The on-rails drive by missions felt so familiar to their TC:NYC counterparts. For once, developers are not selling out to appeal to the Call of Duty audience.
United Front Games did an amazing job of creating a true spiritual successor to the True Crime series that Luxoflux created so masterfully.
Having not run into any of the bugs or issues with controls that most users are citing, I'm giving Sleeping Dogs a 10 simply because it Having not run into any of the bugs or issues with controls that most users are citing, I'm giving Sleeping Dogs a 10 simply because it doesn't suffer from sequelitis.