Sleeping Dogs Aims to Please (Updated)
Square Enix have released a trailer for upcoming open worldy-type deal, Sleeping Dogs. The focus of this video is the PC exclusive features of the game, "We also added mouse and keyboard controls" proclaims Sleeping Dog's community manager. Long live PC gaming?
Obvious PC features that should be in every PC release aside, Sleeping Dogs is going to apparently make good use of DX11 features as well as have some kind of density slider to make the open world environment more populated. There's also a 'Day 1 HD Texture Pack', which makes you wonder why they couldn't include this in the base game. One interesting thing to note, is that they've partnered up with Valve to bring you some Sleeping Dogs themed Team Fortress 2 items if you preorder the game.
All this trailer is doing however, is stating the obvious. Keyboard and mouse support, 1080p resolution and 60 frames per second gameplay. It's quite sad that this needs to be announced prior to release. But I guess if they didn't, people would assume the worst, being the cynical bastards they are. The trailer itself is below.
UPDATE: Here is an official list of PC specific features.
System Requirements
DirectX10, 10.1, and 11 Supported
32bit and 64bit Operating Systems Supported
Advanced PC Features
Nvidia 3D Support
Nvidia Multi Screen Monitor Support
AMD EyeFinity Multi-Monitor Gold Status Support
Benchmark Mode
DirectX11 Specific Features
Contact hardening shadows
HD-AO
Use of Direct Compute
Performance Enhancements
Enhanced Performance on Dual Core and Quad Core Processors
Enhanced Performance on Nvidia SLi
Enhanced Performance on AMD Crossfire
Mouse, Keyboard, and Controller Support
Xbox360 Controller Support
Auto Pad, Mouse and Keyboard Switching
Advanced PC Graphic Features
Increased Small Object Detail
High Resolution Texture Support
High Resolution Shadows
High Quality Shadow Filters
Soft Particles
High Quality SSAO (Screen Space Ambient Occlusion)
High Quality Motion Blur
Super Sample Anti-Aliasing
Steamworks Features Supported
DLC Support
Achievements
Auto Patching
Pre-Download
Store Save Games to the Cloud
Player to Player Chat
Posted 10-08-2012, 14:50
I really wasn't even thinking of getting this game till now. But having seen this now I suddenly really want it! It looks good, it looks fun and I had no idea it was an open world game either till now. Really curious how it performs on the PC in terms of framerate and such.
Posted 10-08-2012, 13:10
I was thinking whether I should buy the game, after I watched the PC trailer I've lost all doubts.
Posted 09-08-2012, 17:19
That's a really nice feature set from the get go. It seems they are really aiming to please the PC crowd.
Posted 09-08-2012, 14:55
Not long to wait, wish it had multiplayer like GTA IV free roam or the Just Cause 2 multiplayer mod though.
Posted 09-08-2012, 13:54
looks real nice I hope it runs well, i would defiantly pick it up at a later date.
Posted 09-08-2012, 13:19
Dont know why but I REALLY want this game.
Posted 09-08-2012, 12:46
Really excited for this game. Being a TF2 whore I now want to preorder it for the exclusive items D: