Sleeping Dogs gets physical in new trailer

12 May 2012

Sleeping Dogs is looking more and more promising with every piece of information and snippet of gameplay we get, and Square-Enix’s open-world action game is ready to take to the Streets of Hong Kong in mid-August.

The latest trailer shows off the combat mechanics within the game, which is heavily influenced by Arkham City’s fighting system, as Rocksteady even overlooked the development of the hand-to-hand action in the game.

MyGaming’s evil slave-driver benevolent overlord, James, got his hands on Sleeping Dogs, and this is what he had to say about the combat system in his preview:

“United Front seems to have learnt well from Rocksteady, with smooth and intuitive group combat mechanics that will give the player a challenge, but won’t frustrate with unnecessary complexity. The camera pans around smoothly to give a good angle on the action, and the in-game director will throw in a touch of slow-mo at key moments to add cinematic flair to the battle. It was great fun exploring this component of the gameplay, and the all too short alpha-preview left me hungry for more.”

Check out the trailer below:

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