#Sleeping dogs definitive edition upgrade plus#

£20 for an improved Sleeping Dogs plus all of its DLC is a really good deal, not least because it’s such a fine game. Despite having a few flaws and issues, it offers improved controls, an interface and HUD resolution that’s more appropriate to PC, some graphical effects that I personally like (although they’ll almost certainly prove divisive), and proper integration of the DLC packs into gameplay. If you haven’t played Sleeping Dogs, then I have absolutely no problem in recommending Definitive Edition to you. That guy in the background spent quite awhile walking into the little raised bit. I can be certain that your closet doesn’t start with 20,000 bits of clothing in it, though. Again: it’s been awhile since I played the original, and I’ve only spent a couple of hours with Definitive Edition, so I can’t be entirely certain. Now it actually seems to be integrated into the game itself, with bits and pieces unlocking as you progress through the storyline, and I think a few bits have been moved to shops. Previously the Sleeping Dogs DLC was a wee bit game-breaking, giving you access to a vast amount of experience, clothing, and vehicles instantly, which rather devalued the game’s Hong Kong Dollars because you rarely needed to pay for anything. The DLC also seems to be integrated much, much better than before, too. This also means that your “Use” key is now E, which makes a hell of a lot more sense for talking to people, entering vehicles, and the like. The counter change has actually screwed me up a lot, but that’s probably just me. Counter-attack is now E instead of the right mouse button, with said button now a lock-on button you can hold down to focus on one particular enemy. Your run key is now bound to shift instead of space.

#Sleeping dogs definitive edition upgrade Pc#

The default PC controls are significantly more sensible, at least. I can guarantee it feels better than this, at least. All I can really say is that Sleeping Dogs was at the settings I found playable, and then I matched Definitive Edition to those. My computer was almost certainly doing stuff in the background, which may also account for some of the numbers. It’s worth noting that these were never intended to be super-scientific benchmarkings, mind. On the other hand, I can’t see much of a visual distinction between SSAO on Normal and High. Minimum FPS takes a hefty hit but Maximum actually goes up, and the average doesn’t drop by much. …benchmarking that’s really rather similar to the original game. If I put SSAO to High and disable V-sync, then we actually wind up with… There might be an argument that Definitive Edition is slightly better optimised, in fact. As far as I’m concerned, though, the two are practically identical: at my chosen settings neither drops into unplayable range, and both maintain roughly the same average framerate. So the original game dropped lower, but also managed a higher maximum FPS and a higher average FPS… by 0.8. Again, Sleeping Dogs is at the top, and Definitive Edition is below. The new effects don’t seem to adversely impact performance, though. I prefer the general effect of the way Definitive Edition looks, but I imagine there are those who’ll prefer the original.

Some of it’s a matter of pure taste, though. That said, there are a few things the original game “seems” to do better – the sign directly above the shop entrance on the far right looks a bit sharper in the original, but that might simply be because it’s lit, and thus it has the soft blurring effect from lighting in Definitive Edition. The big difference is the lighting, with Definitive Edition having more of a soft glow coming from things like the streetlights. (I’d like to be more accurate, but I took a lot of screenshots at different settings.) Sleeping Dogs is at the top, and Definitive Edition is below, and I’m about 99% sure these are taken with the same graphical settings. So, here’s a night-time shot from the benchmarking, from both games. The pics below are taken with Quality Anti-Aliasing at High, Shadow Resolution at High, Shadow Filtering at High, SSAO at Normal, V-Sync on, Quality Motion Blur at High, World Density at Extreme, the FPS limiter off, and (in Sleeping Dogs) the High-Res Textures turned on. You can’t get perfect matches, because different NPCs will load into different places and perform different actions, but you can get some damn close pics of the environment.įor what it’s worth, I spent awhile trying to set up the display options to be the same between both games. Both games have a benchmark tool in the Advanced Display Options, and this actually lets us do some side-by-side comparison shots. Now, onto something a bit more interesting: the benchmark.