When comparing Sleeping Dogs vs Mad Max, the Slant community recommends Sleeping Dogs for most people. In the question“What are the best open world games on Steam?” Sleeping Dogs is ranked 2nd while Mad Max is ranked 11th. The most important reason people chose Sleeping Dogs is:
It harks back to good old school Hong Kong action cinema.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Amazing storyline
It harks back to good old school Hong Kong action cinema.
Pro Split skill trees
There is a split skill tree system that allows the player to level up as a Triad or Cop or both depending on how the game is played.
Pro Intuitive fighting system
The fighting system ins Sleeping Dogs is very reminiscent of the system in Batman Arkham Asylum where the players uses a flowing system of attacks and counters.
Pro Police sidequest are some of the best quests in game
The police sidequests allow for a wide range of tasks to complete such as tracking serial killers or busting up trafficking schemes.
Pro Vehicle combat is the best part of the game
While there are fighting sections of the game where Max is on foot, the most exciting and fun to play sections are where Max is driving. Having a grappling hook to hook onto enemies while driving is a very fun thing to do as well as using it to pull down buildings and structures and this is just one of the elements of driving that makes all the driving parts stand out.
Pro Fun sandbox
The game is based around being an open world sandbox where the player is free to do anything they like.
Cons
Con No multiplayer
Unlike most other open world action adventure games, Sleeping Dogs has zero multiplayer.
Con Triad missions are boring compared to the cop missions
The triad missions feel as though they drag on when compared to the fun cop missions.
Con No sense of urgency
While all of the gameplay takes place in a wasteland, there is no real sense of immediacy as the player is not ever going to starve or run out of water. This can pull the player out of the game due to not being very realistic and is pretty much geared towards keeping the game easy for casual players. Surviving in a wasteland should be tough, sadly it is not that difficult to do here.
Con Simplistic combat
Just as in other WB games the combat is simple and easy where in the player hits buttons timed with what button ques are flashing above an enemies head. Realistically one could just bash two buttons and make it through the games fights pretty easily.