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Nem on 16 December 2012
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Barozi said:
Nem said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
shokenchi said:
meh. gta 4 was overrated. 5 gonna be the same.

You're not serious, right?

They are. In terms of gameplay you've been playing the same game since GTA3. Storytelling, cinematics and graphics were the only things that improved.

Sleeping Dogs is more innovative than GTA5 will ever be just for the melee combat and envyronmental takedowns. I doubt GTA5 will have that, but i hope it does, cause its the only way i will buy it.

The melee combat is not innovative at all. Sleeping Dogs was planned as a True Crime sequel and extensive melee combat has always been the main focus of that series (besides driving cars). GTA is more about guns, TC about martial arts.

Environmental takedowns are not new to gaming either, but at least they don't fall into the generic gameplay category just yet. Though I'd still say that this feature is not fully developed.


Maybe not, but they are both innovations for the genre. To have all those GTA functionalities (sandbox, structure) and on top of that a good melee combat (and a better shooting controls aswell). Also i can one-up that with a car attack button (ramming), the ability to jump to other cars while in another car and obviously the envyronmental takedowns themselves. I think its obvious that sleeping dogs is better than GTA in every way except graphics and possibly story, given the one on sleeping dogs was promising but didnt completely realise the potencial (maybe cause development got interrupted at some point and they just wrapped it up once they got the deal with square).

The only reason GTA sells more and gets better reviews is because of what it did with GTA3. Its been an industry darling ever since.

Personally i got tired of the gameplay mechanics while playing GTA3 when i was getting to the end. I finished it and i havent bought another GTA game since. I did play bits and bobs at a friends just to know its not changed at all. Its a boring game all around. You have the most fun in it commiting a crime and trying to escape the police. And that isnt even part of the main game.