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Sleeping Dogs - Year of the Snake DLC
It is the eve of Chinese New Year, and Cultists have emerged to cleanse the city of Hong Kong so that they will earn their salvation after what they believe will be the end of the world. Earn back your honor in the HKPD by sabotaging the cultist plot across six new missions set after the original Sleeping Dogs story.
| App ID | 215257 |
| App Type | DLC |
| Developers | United Front Games |
| Publishers | SQUARE ENIX, Eidos Interactive |
| Categories | Single-player, Steam Achievements, Partial Controller Support, Downloadable Content |
| Genres | Action, Adventure |
| Release Date | 12 Mar, 2013 |
| Platforms | Windows |
| Supported Languages | French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, English, Polish |
22 Total Reviews
15 Positive Reviews
7 Negative Reviews
Mixed Score
Sleeping Dogs - Year of the Snake has garnered a total of 22 reviews, with 15 positive reviews and 7 negative reviews, resulting in a ‘Mixed’ overall score.
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Recent Steam Reviews
This section displays the 10 most recent Steam reviews for the game, showcasing a mix of player experiences and sentiments. Each review summary includes the total playtime along with the number of thumbs-up and thumbs-down reactions, clearly indicating the community's feedback
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Overall score: 6 out of 10
This DLC was supposed to continue the main story and it does so, but in a kind of stupid way. Shen is punished for his acts and becomes a simple street cop, you lose all your cars and outfits and you have only a small selection of police cars 1 bike and a few cop clothes. The story is very interesting, a cult thinks that the world will end and places bombs in multiple areas of the city, and your mission is to investigate and stop them. The main missions give you only some reports about the cult, which is a bit dissapointing, but what is worse is that the side missions give you nothing and most of them aren't very interesting. In the end this is a mediocre DLC which had a good story potential, but was wasted by downgrading Shen for almost no reason to become just a street officer and because there aren't too many new things added. You should buy it during sales, it doesn't really worth to be bought at a full price, recommended because of the interesting story and a few additions. Recommended only for fans of the original game.
👍 : 3 |
😃 : 0
Positive
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Another of the "big" DLCs but the most disappointing of the bunch.
It takes place after the main game (but it honestly doesn't matter) and features a short story regarding a New Years Cult.
Like the Zombies DLC, you can finish the story very quickly and there's nothing to do in the world afterwards.
No replayability, no cool gimmick, not worth buying.
👍 : 0 |
😃 : 0
Negative
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A story pretty much centred on ostensibly police brutality feels outdated in the worst way possible. The DLC is isolated from the main game, but uses the same map, I’m not entirely certain if it was a glitch or not but the game was stuck in night-time in this DLC for me which was a pain for visibility. The DLC also spreads itself across all districts, which might have been fine if it was integrated with the main game, but as an isolated version of the map, you can’t work towards anything while you travel from place to place. At best it’s 'just a bit more to play', but really it’s just kind of between boring to unpleasant.
👍 : 0 |
😃 : 0
Negative
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It's okay. Well-executed, but uninspired. Milquetoast. A few extra missions of the standard Sleeping Dogs beat-up-the-baddies variety, except this time its Police Brutality instead of Gang Warfare. Get it on sale, and don't expect anything revolutionary.
👍 : 0 |
😃 : 0
Positive
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Sleeping Dogs: Year Of The Snake DLC
pros:
fast game with modern day graphics with easy controls that moves from location A to B to C and so on,
good amount of action and special effects,
cons:
some difficult battles/races.
some difficult missions/objectives.
some difficult gameplay.
good game.
Personal Suggested Purchase Price: $0.99 Or Less During Sale
👍 : 1 |
😃 : 0
Positive
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Year of the Snake sort of confuses me when I think about it.
It takes place after the main storyline of the game, due to the mass amount of carnage the player causes on a continual time period. You are stripped of your rank and assigned to little more then a meter maid before a new cult arrives and begins recking carnage on the city. Due to the eponymous Year of the Snake Chinese new year.
My biggest problems with this DLC are more to do with it sharing the same issues as Nightmare in North Point. It is in general a surprising lack of content with a linear storyline. It has actually made me speculate a little on the nature of DLC. Had Sleeping Dogs been made 10 years ago this would've likely been absorbed into a full fledged expansion pack with Nightmare at North Point. Had they spent all their budget on that rather then the smaller stuff, I'd dare say it would've given Bethesda's or Rockstar's DLC a run for it's money. But because it attempts to go for this really low priced bite sized DLC, it suffers as a whole.
Maybe in the future Squeenix will learn their lesson with regard to DLC since almost all of their games just pump it out on an almost weekly basis. It's a little odd compared to their Japanese releases like Final Fantasy which don't feature any DLC at all.
👍 : 68 |
😃 : 0
Negative
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Sleeping Dogs - Year of the Snake is a DLC add-on to Sleeping Dogs which takes place after the events of the original game - it's treated as a separate campaign on the main menu. In it, Wei Shen is a beat cop who is tasked with keeping the peace through a series of bomb threats during New Years' celebrations.
It's a decent enough DLC, with a few more missions and extras. There's nothing particularly unique about it, so it's only worthwhile for people really enjoy the characters and settings of Sleeping Dogs, but it's more than worth the purchase price when on sale.
👍 : 12 |
😃 : 2
Positive
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Pros:
-Makes you feel like a cop
-More of the gameplay from the main game plus a few minor additions
-Interesting premise
-Interesting missions
-More of the amazing Hong Kong setting
Cons:
-Story falls flat (and it's pretty short)
-AI are pretty dumb in shootouts
-Not very cinematic
I do recommend this game for fans of Sleeping Dogs; however, don't expect it to be really amazing. The way I saw it was that it was just a reason to be put back in Wei Shen's shoes again but from a different perspective. They definitely could've made this a lot better by adding more depth to the characters, improving the story, etc. I have mixed feelings about this; on the one hand, I loved being a cop and embarking on the different missions, but on the other hand I was disappointed by the very simple plot.
All in all, it's a good concept, but it wasn't implemented very well. I'd recommend getting it on sale.
👍 : 9 |
😃 : 0
Positive
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The main Sleeping Dogs game emphasized the protagonist's criminal life almost to the complete exclusion of his life as a police officer, so a police-themed DLC to balance out his dual personality would seem to be a welcome thematic addition.
Unfortunately, much like North Point, YotS offers barely any content for its seven dollars, and you'll easily complete everything it has to offer in one or two sessions. While its ideas are compelling, its implementation of such concepts as the taser, handcuffs and riot gear are severely unimaginative, making them mere aesthetic sidegrades - or, in the gas of the awful tear gas launcher, downgrades - to your normal combat moves from the main game.
Unlike Nightmare in North Point, YotS also includes exceptionally tedious, terribly thought-out side content that does little justice to the potentially exciting theme of leading the life of a police officer. The medals are especially poorly-conceived, and, in one case, require you to actually restart the DLC from a fresh save and farm a checkpoint to get gold.
NiNP was enjoyable, but I felt cheated by its brevity. By contrast, YotS barely has anything going worth it, and I feel almost aggravated by its very existence, it so poorly plays what should have been a winning hand of hard-boiled copper gameplay.
👍 : 29 |
😃 : 2
Negative
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even though the description says that these missions are "set after the sleeping dogs main story" as if they're some sort of big canon thing that actually matter they're basically the same thing as the other dlcs in that they're just loose mission packs where the gist of the story is "hey there's a new bad guy we need you wei shen" "ok i'm on it" and then you go and kill a bunch of grunts for 5 missions and then take out the leader in the 6th only now you get a taser and a tear gas gun
it's basically a pack of 6 missions of punching people and then shooting people sleeping dogs-style which would be fine if it was actually connected to the main game but despite the fact that this is apparently supposed to continue the story it's a separate environment that you have to load separately from the main game like nightmare on north point so if you were thinking you'd be able to use that fancy-ass car you got from the wheels of fury dlc or any of the cool skills you learned throughout the main game then boy have i got some bad news for you
👍 : 149 |
😃 : 6
Negative
Sleeping Dogs - Year of the Snake DLC
| ID | Name | Type | Release Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 202170 |
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Sleeping Dogs | GAME |
Sleeping Dogs - Year of the Snake offers 1 downloadable content (DLC) packs, each adding unique elements and extending the core gameplay experience. These packs may include new missions, characters, maps, or cosmetic items, enriching the player's engagement with the game.
Packages
| ID | Name | Type | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26295 | Sleeping Dogs - Year of the Snake | Package | 1.39 $ |
There are 1 packages available for this game, each priced to provide players with a selection of in-game currency, exclusive items, or bundles that enhance gameplay. These packages are designed to offer players various options to customize and advance their game experience.
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Sleeping Dogs - Year of the Snake Minimum PC System Requirements
Minimum:- OS *:Windows Vista Service Pack 2, Windows 7
- Processor:Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or Althon X2 2.7 GHz
- Memory:2 GB RAM
- Graphics: DirectX 10 or 11 compatible Nvidia or AMD ATI card, ATI Radeon 3870 or higher, Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT or higher
- DirectX®:10
- Hard Drive:15 GB HD space
- Sound:DirectX compatible sound card
- Other Requirements:Broadband Internet connection
Sleeping Dogs - Year of the Snake Recommended PC System Requirements
Recommended:- OS *:Windows 7 64-bit
- Processor:Quad-core Intel or AMD CPU
- Memory:4 GB RAM
- Graphics:DirectX 11 Nvidia or AMD ATI card, Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 or ATI Radeon 6950
- DirectX®:11
- Hard Drive:15 GB HD space
- Sound:DirectX compatible sound card
- Other Requirements:Broadband Internet connection
Sleeping Dogs - Year of the Snake has specific system requirements to ensure smooth gameplay. The minimum settings provide basic performance, while the recommended settings are designed to deliver the best gaming experience. Check the detailed requirements to ensure your system is compatible before making a purchase.
