Growing up, my parents wouldn't let us have a console. We were only allowed to play educational PC games and King's Quest games. And while not technically educational, I would argue that King's Quest games are a masterclass in patience and out of the box thinking, especially pre-internet.
So while I really like video games, I'm not very good at them. I keep playing though, whenever I can squeeze in an hour here or there. I heard that Sleeping Dogs was really fun and picked it up cheap during the Steam Summer Sale.
Sleeping Dogs is a GTA clone set in Hong Kong. It was a lot of fun! I found the story engaging, if a little ridiculous, and even did a bunch of the open world stuff just to enjoy it. I liked the side missions, the karaoke, and all the outfits.
Since I was playing with a mouse/keyboard, the fighting pretty much came to clicking the mouse buttons furiously. But even with button mashing, I still made it through the whole game.
The driving controls were super janky. Between that and driving on the wrong side of the road, I ran over many innocent people. This was even more embarrassing in the police quests where I was driving an official police vehicle. I yelled "Sorry!" anytime someone bounced off my hood. That's got to count for something, right?
I thought maybe I was just as bad at driving as I was at fighting, but I looked it up online and pretty much everyone agrees the driving is janky. So not me this time!
Also, I kept getting in on the wrong side of the car and my gangster man had to keep scooting scooting over to the driver's side and it was hilarious every time it happened. If you have some free time and are looking for some good dumb fun, I recommend Sleeping Dogs.
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