Sleeping Dogs

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well here I am again with a very amazing game review…”Sleeping Dogs”. Being a worldwide hit, I guess everyone will be familiar with the game. Developed by United Front Games, Sleeping Dogs takes place in Hong Kong and focuses on an undercover operation to infiltrate gangs.

 

The core gameplay of Sleeping Dogs consists of giving the player an open world environment in which to move around freely. Well many of you might be thinking of it as a GTA kind of game but am telling you “It’s not at all like GTA”. The awesome storyline of the game compels you to keep playing till you finish the game.

 

You play as Wei Shen, a Chinese-American police officer, as he goes undercover to infiltrate the Sun On Yee organization . You have the ability to walk, run, jump, climb over obstacles and swim, as well as use weapons and martial arts in combat. You can drive a variety of vehicles including cars, boats, and motorcycles. The first time I entered in a combat in the game I was amazed seeing how beautifully the game developers have portrayed it. The attack and the defense mechanism both in the blink of an eye with just two different clicks. I was like “It’s the Chinese!!”  :P

 

 

                                                                 

The best thing that I liked about the game was the environment attack feature…..I freaked out when I hanged someone in an anchor by the ceiling!!!

 

Regarding the driving segments, several developers had worked on previous Need for Speed titles so that part was already taken care of because it’s the NFS developers we’re taking about. While driving, Wei can get out and jump onto other moving vehicles.

 

Not only that the way he peeks out of the car and shoots cars and bikes even while driving is an excellent work by the developers.

 

 

                                                       

 

Even though the storyline is incredible, when not attempting a storyline mission, you can free-roam which gives you the ability to participate in activities such as joining a fight club, singing karaoke, visiting gambling dens, betting on cockfights and participating in street races.

                                                           

                                                              

 

You get to own your own apartments in different areas of Hong Kong as you advance the game. Even you get to buy cars. As your wallet keeps getting bigger and bigger, Class A cars get unlocked, suits get unlocked….and many more stuffs.

 

As in GTA and NFS games we obviously have the pursuit which is a good feature including to all that have been mentioned.

 

The storyline opens with the cop Wei Shen entering the criminal world as an undercover under his very own superintendent Pendrew. Who the hell knew the climax at that time. Anyways, the story proceeds with Wei getting involved a lot in the Sun On Yee. He even attends Winston’s wedding where all the unexpected blood bath takes place. Uncle Po gets shot and later dies in the hospital .

The game ends with  a long, arduous chase where Wei corners Big Smile Lee and kills him by shoving him headfirst into an ice chipper. Pendrew gets taken to Interpol and later Wei finds out that Pendrew was the guy behind all these plots seeing the video recording and also that Uncle Po’s murderer was none but Pendrew.

 

It’s a hell of a game guys….Just grab it and finish this awesome storyline with the blink of an eye. Keep waiting for more on games….Feel free to point out any flaws.

 

 

NEED FOR SPEED: THE RUN

It all happened last month when my term ends were getting over and I got this game from a friend of mine. Am telling you, even though this game of the need for speed franchise wasn’t a big hit, it paved a very amazing way for the upcoming game in the series i.e. “Need For Speed Hot Pursuit 2” also known as “The World”.

Set up with an amazing environment graphics, this 18^th franchise commences with you playing as Jack Rourke, entering a race to the finish from San Francisco to New York with around 220 racers.  In The Run, players participate in a 3000 miles track all through Denver, Las Vegas, Chicago, Pennsylvania, Cleveland,  etc ultimately reaching New York.

Actually you will be stunned because it’s the one only game of NFS where they actually show the person who you are playing as. The game chills you up from the very beginning with you escaping the mob and with all the firing…..I just felt kind of a “Sleeping Dogs” feeling.

As you enter the 25 million dollar race, the player blows across borders, weaves through dense urban traffic, rockets down icy mountain passes and navigates narrow canyons at breakneck speeds.

I was completely numb struck when I was exiting Las Vegas. I was like “Oh My God!!!” seeing the player for the first time in Need for Speed history, exiting their car and travelling on foot. All the parts of Las Vegas were simply amazing.

When I was playing the icy mountain ….I mean that restricted zone for landslides…I actually didn’t think that there would be landslides and stuff but suddenly saw rocks actually falling. I was like “Seriously man!! Hats off EA”.

As the game advances, you enter Chicago in the top 50 where Marcus Blackwell, Jack's biggest rival and the main antagonist of the game, uses his connections with the mob to organize a "welcome committee". Here also a lot of "on foot" activity takes place where he dodges helicopter attacks….also including stealing a police vehicle and crashing it in a trainyard and then escaping from the overturned police car seconds before a freight train runs it down…..and the best part “You actually get to play it”. I mean it’s the gameplay.

Advancing to Cleveland, ”Jack” drives through an industrial train yard filled with high explosives, trying to escape the mob. Crashing through the window of a warehouse, he wrecks the helicopter by slamming into its tail and sending it into the side of a building. That scene…I mean the camera angle in which they show it….it’s freaking awesome. I was like “HELLS YEAH!!!!”

Jack makes it to New York in the top 2, passing through New Jersey ultimately defeating Marcus Blackwell in his Aston Martin leading him to win the 25 million dollars.

In a nutshell “Gamers, if you haven’t played it yet then grab your gamepads…..It’s gonna be a hell of a ride from San Francisco to New York!!”

As always being new to blogging,am trying my level best to cope up. Please feel free to point out any kind of mistakes :)

The Deathly Hallows

 

Every child dreams of a fantasy world in his childhood and my fantasy world was the magical world of Harry Potter.It was my very first novel.As a child, I was very fascinated by the magical world which J.K. Rowling created by her immense sense of imagination.Even though it was my first novel,I was never bored as the story got interesting by and by.The final release took everyone by surprise . I was in  8th grade when the last book of the series i.e "The Deathly Hallows" released. Everyone was so curious about what would happen to Harry in the end of the series which led all of my friends including me to reach the gates of the bookshop at 6 am in the morning at the day of the release . The way she ended it was amazing. From the very start till the end you won't even feel like quitting the book for a second.
 

 Harry gets to know about all the three hallows-The Elder Wand,The Resurrection Stone and The Invisibility Cloak.He also gets to know that he owns the third hallow. Gradually he also comes in possesion of the second hallow from the very first "Snitch" he ever caught in his life.Finally he also comes in possesion of the first hallow after defeating Voldemort.The way Rowling described the killing of the sixth Horcrux i.e Nagini(Voldemort's snake) .....I just loved it.Neville ,being a true Gryffindor ,takes the Gryffindor sword out of the hat and kills it right in front of Voldemort's eyes.

I don't know if it's just me or everyone feels the same. Rowling quotes Fred,Lupin and Tonks dead at the near end of the book.....I was shocked.

Harry faking his death in The Forbidden Forest was simply awesome. Even Hagrid who carried him in his arms didn't get a glimpse that Harry wasn't dead.

 

Volemort's speech to everyone to give away Harry really blew my mind. I really like his cool accent....I mean the way he expresses anything.

 

The whole series is a journey which anyone who has read will understand . It's like a bond you develop with all the characters and never let go and I really felt this bond when Dumbledor died in the sixth part.

 

The curiosity of everyone came to an end with Harry defeating Voldemort by killing the Horcrux inside of him in a one on one duel with The Dark Lord.

 

The finale was a complete balance of happiness and sorrow with Harry defeating The Dark Lord and also the series coming to an end.

 

In a nutshell"Hats off to J. K. Rowling"