4 people found this review helpful
Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 25.6 hrs on record
Posted: 16 May, 2020 @ 11:58pm
Updated: 10 Sep, 2020 @ 11:05am

It's a mix of GTA and Batman Arkham Games

Plot
You play as Wei Shen, a police officer trying to infiltrate and destroy the Triad organizations of Hong Kong. But as he is following his mission, he meets his old friends and gets attached to many members of the triads and becomes conflicted about which steps to take.
The story isn't bad but I wouldn't say it's good either since I already forgot half of it.
The DLCs are horrible and extremely repetitive. Would not recommend it to anyone.

Visual
The graphics of this game is stunning for a game of 2012. Especially the nighttime. The number of NPCs on the road also gives it a realistic atmosphere. The sea in this game looks horrible though.

Gameplay
This is where almost all of my criticisms of this game goes to. The cars in this game are a nightmare to control. Cars handle bad, they are janky and feel laggy to control. The camera control is objectively bad. The movement is also horrible since Shen jumps over obstacles I don't mean to jump over. With the enormous amount of bugs this game has, it's a very bad experience.
The fighting is quite decent though. It's kind of like the Arkham games where you have to input your attacks at a timeframe to execute combos and counter by hitting an input at the right time. You get different superpowers based on the costumes you buy from vendors.

Bugs and It's Horrible Optimization
Where do I begin?--
Optimization: The Definitive Edition of this game (Which is the only one available on Steam) is optimized horribly. Even with the recommended configurations, you might see frequent stutters. It was not the case with the non Definitive Edition. But it shouldn't be a huge problem since most people nowadays have above the recommended specs anyway.

Bugs: It's a chaos of a game in terms of bugs, It's INCREDIBLY buggy. You might be driving a car, a few seconds later you will be flown outside the cars and shot through the sky and die. It happened many times on my playthrough and had to play nervously not knowing when I might grow a pair of wings again. Of course, there had to be mission bugs. But those could be fixed with restarting to the previous checkpoint.

Conclusion
If you can get past the bugs, It's not a bad experience. The story is average and with only a few memorable scenes. A crime-action drama with the mix of Batman Arkham style fighting.
6.5/10
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