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[iup=3586554]jawafour[/iup] wrote:I'm not against updated versions of games but I fail to see the attraction of mildly-enhanced versions that have had the merest dash of love put into them being released for £45.

Exactly. £20 and I would have been all over this.

And when you consider the effort put into Metro Redux (which was £30) this release is a piss take.

Ebay sent me a £10 voucher so I've bought this on PS4 for £27 having never played it first time around. These reviews are making me wonder if I have made a mistake?

It is a good game, isn't it? :shifty:

It's a great game but there's little point in buying the PS4/X1 versions if you already own it/have played it.

[iup=3586751]Dark Dragon 64[/iup] wrote:It's a great game but there's little point in buying the PS4/X1 versions if you already own it/have played it.

Pretty much. If you haven't played Sleeping Dogs before, it's a very good game that's well worth a play. If you have played Sleeping Dogs before, however, it's basically a patch and the DLC thrown in: not worth the money.

Do also note that the original version of Sleeping Dogs has been on both PlayStation Plus and Games with Gold, so there's a *very* good chance that you're in the latter group.

Also, pity about the performance issues.

[iup=3586748]mikedb[/iup] wrote:Ebay sent me a £10 voucher so I've bought this on PS4 for £27 having never played it first time around. These reviews are making me wonder if I have made a mistake?

It is a good game, isn't it?

Yeah it's a fantastic game.

It's just the upgrade on current gen consoles is probably the most minimal update they could have done.

Which means it's not worth £40 if you've played it before.

But if you've not yet played it, definitely worth it. Probably the most under rated game of last gen.

I'm not that far in but this seems quite fun so far.

Maybe it's just me but I actually think it looks pretty good. There are frame rate problems but they have only been during the cutscenes so far.

Digital Foundry face-off.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digit ... n-face-off

[iup=3588301]mikedb[/iup] wrote:I'm not that far in but this seems quite fun so far.

Maybe it's just me but I actually think it looks pretty good. There are frame rate problems but they have only been during the cutscenes so far.

Compare it to the original.

it barely looks any different. And runs at the same frame rate.

My 'free' PS Plus version will do!

[iup=3588795]Fade[/iup] wrote:
[iup=3588301]mikedb[/iup] wrote:I'm not that far in but this seems quite fun so far.

Maybe it's just me but I actually think it looks pretty good. There are frame rate problems but they have only been during the cutscenes so far.

Compare it to the original.

it barely looks any different. And runs at the same frame rate.

I can't imagine the older console versions looking as good as this. It might not look like a next gen title but it looks good to my eyes. They even say so in the face-off. Shame about the performance issues though. The older console versions were much lower resolutions for a start.
I tried looking at the Youtube comparisons but the Image looks worse than on my tv due to Youtube compressing the crap out of everything.

[iup=3588782]mikedb[/iup] wrote:Digital Foundry face-off.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digit ... n-face-off

I think it's unacceptable to release the "definitive edition" of anything running at 20-30fps, regardless of the price.

[iup=3588817]mikedb[/iup] wrote:
[iup=3588795]Fade[/iup] wrote:
[iup=3588301]mikedb[/iup] wrote:I'm not that far in but this seems quite fun so far.

Maybe it's just me but I actually think it looks pretty good. There are frame rate problems but they have only been during the cutscenes so far.

Compare it to the original.

it barely looks any different. And runs at the same frame rate.

I can't imagine the older console versions looking as good as this. It might not look like a next gen title but it looks good to my eyes. They even say so in the face-off. Shame about the performance issues though. The older console versions were much lower resolutions for a start.
I tried looking at the Youtube comparisons but the Image looks worse than on my tv due to Youtube compressing the crap out of everything.

Yeah that's my point. though. Look at the image comparisons in the article. The only real difference is the resolution. Stuff looks less blurry. Apart from that it looks almost identical.

The same is true for TLOU, but that runs at twice the frame rate.

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I've just taken a few quick pics if anyone is wondering how it looks. Fun game!

Website

It's still a fantastic game but those screen shots don't even look half as good as the vanilla game plus high res textures on PC. Really starting to wonder now why I bothered buying a new console.

To be fair, these are compressed quite a bit. It does look a bit better on the PS4. Probably not as good as the PC version though. Really wish Sony would let you copy uncompressed files to a USB stick!

Really weird that it's got frame rate issues. PC version obviously still running supreme then.

I've picked this up for the PS4 and, although I've only played the first hour, I'm pleasantly surprised. I've not played the older versions but I feel the game looks terrific; especially the environments which have great detail and create an authentic atmosphere. The voice-acting is unusually good and the gameplay feels solid and crunchy.

Beat-em-up adventures seem to have disappeared and I enjoy this gaming genre. It's still early days, but this feels like it could be the refreshed and expanded Streets of Rage that I've always wanted.

I really enjoyed what I played of the X360 version a couple years back. I've yet to start the definitive version which I got for Christmas but I will get round to it

Anyone else been playing this? I only have one person to compete against scores

I'm playing through this on PS4 at the moment. Loving it so far

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