This video is unavailable. Similar to me, except without the friend trying to educate me. I’ve since played Kiwami 1, Kiwami 2 (one trophy away from plat! You drive in Sleeping Dogs. And then I was crying my eyes out during the ending. Yakuza is better than I really liked sleeping dogs. Yakuza, has a serious story for sure, but so many wacky side missions and mini games that you can forget there's a story at all for long stretches of time. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, More posts from the yakuzagames community. © 2020 GAMESPOT, A RED VENTURES COMPANY. I liked sleeping dogs too but it's typical western sandbox game and it lacks the charm that yakuza game has. It has open world and driving, you have substories and minigames, there is fighting using martial arts and when you have a gun you have to actually aim and hide behind things. I really want to plat it but I still can’t get past the shooty car part on Legend difficulty :(. This includes Yakuza kawami, the 30 dollar game, and I guess the 2nd one coming and yakuza 6. Sleeping Dogs is more like GTA in HK. Playing: NBA Live 09, Saints Row 2, Far Cry 3, Battlefield 3, Midnight Club LA. Watch Queue Queue. The thing that ruined yakuza for me though is constant overly drawn out cutscenes. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. They're both taking the same premise but using them in a different way, with differnt styles. Sleeping Dogs has a bigger world and cars. ", I was thinking "But why didn't you tell me this sooner??" NukeJockey . For Yakuza Kiwami on the PlayStation 4, a GameFAQs message board topic titled "How does this compare to Sleeping Dogs? Sleeping Dogs is the asian variant of GTA, I'd say. Closest thing to a yakuza comparision is Shenmue and even that is vastly different, Yakuza cant be compared to any game IMO, cause its one of a kind. Press J to jump to the feed. Mind you Sleeping Dogs has only one installment while Yakuza has 6 games and a couple of spin-offs. ". Maybe because I got burned out on Shenmue years ago and that's what it plays like IMO. Sleeping Dogs = Chinese open world sandbox game based on martial arts and a story revolving around gangs. Sleeping Dogs is a more fun platinum trophy if you're into that. Yakuza is small but feels larger than it is due to the sheer amount of stuff there is to do, while Sleeping Dogs is larger but in the end so far feels smaller as it's story is more focused and while you can distract yourself for a bit doing side stuff, you're not getting too far without furthering the story.. since most of the side stuff is just buying things. If I could travel back in time and slap myself in the face, I would. Yakuza has more mini games and no cars. I feel like Yakaza is more goofy. I VERY quickly realized how wrong I was. Cant really compare them. Same as pokemon. Is Sleeping Dogs a poor man's Yakuza or a superior Asian open-world action game. yakuza just have better overall direction imo. Yakuza games are only good if you like mini games. I think Sleeping Dogs have a far better story and a better cast of characters than Yakuza. I prefer Yakuza (but SD was ok to me, as a light, non-deeply engaging fun). Note: This is ONLY to be used to report spam, advertising, and problematic (harassment, fighting, or rude) posts. The Slice of Life in video games Yakuza. Yakuza= Japanese semi open world sandbox game based on martial arts and a story revolving around gangs. I hate games with non stop cutscenes, and some in yakuza are literally 10+ minutes long. That’s where it branches off into a GTA-like and Yakuza does not. My little brother did though. If you look at it in a more simple way, its about gangs and open cities. I just bought both... but played sleeping dogs before, it's better I think but Yakuza is a pretty fun brawler in a world where that's not a thing anymore. PlayStation 3 - Online and PlayStation Store, "snipers"game need help on how to buy it. That game was amazing! This message board is NOT a good substitute for real-life friends. I really liked sleeping dogs' story and I definitely am interested in the Yakuza games story. By using our Services or clicking I agree, you agree to our use of cookies. When I was young and ignorant I slept on the Yakuza series working on this exact, flawed assumption. How do I change the user on a PS3 We have forgotten the password for the previous user, can you help ? What's funny is that this exact same thing is starting to happen for me when people compare Shenmue and Yakuza, Saying Yakuza is just a better version of Shenmue which I don't find accurate at all. There are a lot of little distractions that are too distracting I guess. This is also despite my friend Chris repeatedly trying to educate me. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. © Valve Corporation. All trademarks are property of their respective owners in the US and other countries. HOWEVER let’s remember that both are great games in their own way, no matter the similarities. I loved Sleeping Dogs. Sleeping Dogs has a bigger world and cars. All rights reserved. Yakuza is an over the top brawler RPG, while Shenmue is far more down to earth, and closer to the style of a Point and Click adventure game, that sometimes goes into Virtua Fighter combat. Well I've been playing them side by side since my first comment... they're both totally different beasts that are set in the same kind of world, Sleeping Dogs has some levity thrown in at odd moments, but is more serious.. it feels like an action movie. Y3 is hard and Y4 is... Well, you have to beat it 3 times. There's an obvious difference in gameplay and world traversing, but it's at least got more similarities than GTA. But Sleeping Dogs is fun as hell, lemme tell ya. Español - Latinoamérica (Spanish - Latin America). That is all. Sleeping Dogs is more of a poor man's GTA (it's True Crime Hong Kong after all) although I like it way more than GTA. Kicked myself afterwards, because they play more like Shenmue, and I would have totally been about that back then. I hope people don't mind me promoting this game it's on sale down to $4 and while not being as good as Yakuza does play like Yakuza. Sleeping Dogs is a good open world game and story but fails to maximize the potential of Gang Warfare within its small world. So I really believe that SD= Yakuza+GTA. The story was so deep, but the gameplay was terrible. Fast forward to the release of Yakuza 0, where on a whim I checked it out. Which one is the better game in your opinion? It will absorb Xehanort and become Kairi's grandma, the final villain!!! I liked sleeping dogs better, but yakuza is fun. The only Yakuza game I played I didn't care for at all. Its extremely annoying, funny thing is its like SEGA wanted it to be Japanese GTA in the old PS2 days when they brought yakuza 1 over, I thought the same also for Sleeping Dogs. Please do not use it to cure loneliness. How can I find out how many GBs my PS3 has? XDD, Yakuza can compare to Sleeping Dogs But not GTA. Watch Queue Queue OMG you made a post about getting a ps4 leave the PS3 board now. Yakuza is story-driven game, heavily where story of Kiryu starts in 1988 (Yakuza 0) and ends in 2016 (Yakuza 6). They both have karaoke, but Yakuza beats sleeping dogs in that department. They only thing that is really comparable for Yakuza and Shenmue is the Mini games you can play. GOTY 10/10 MASTERPIECE. Similar to me, except without the friend trying to educate me. video of game inside topic. This is a split board - You can return to the Split List for other boards. I mean, I dont really see the comparision between sleeping dogs and yakuza either, Sleeping dogs is an open world sandbox game, you have shooting missions in it, you have driving around hong kong and stuff like that, The only thing they have in common is fighting is the main combat of the games and some mini games. But the sidequests and minigames definitely set them apart lol. Yakuza 4 will keep you Constantly in combat with random battles as you walk around the section of city....but somehow, it still manages to get boring AF after the story is done......so because of this, id say they are both Equal. This is the unofficial subreddit for Sega's long-running game series, Yakuza, known in Japan as Ryū ga Gotoku. You're browsing the GameFAQs Message Boards as a guest. Both could improve the combat system, but I prefer Yakuza's. Xehanort's guardian is the will of Kairi's grandma. Combat-wise Sleeping Dogs along with the story. Overall I had way more fun with Sleeping Dogs. They're hardly comparable games other than the skin deep similarities. It might be a translation thing, but the dialogue is dragged on too. I like them both... Sleeping Dogs = Action movie Yakuza = Feature Length Anime. They're completely different types of games! I bought up all the PS3 games but never played them. Privacy PolicyCookie SettingsDo Not Sell My InformationReport Ad. Yakuza didnt engage me much because its too silly, and it looks just like anime played out by real looking people. Both have karaoke minigames. Mafia II VS Sleeping Dogs | SIDE BY SIDE COMPARISON | HD - Duration: 20:32. #10. if they made a sequel to Sleeping dogs and added a deeper story and tons of side games/missions like Yakuza, Sleeping dogs would smash the competition. These games are way too different, and made for different audience I'd say. It especially bothers me because I ignored Yakuza for years since I thought it was like GTA. Yeah story wise, at least on the surface, Sleeping Dogs and Yakuza aren't too far off. ), 6 (easy plat), and Judgement. Does it has manly topless fighting on rooftop? When I saw a description of Yakuza 0 that convinced me to finally try it, I sent one of my friends a message saying that I've become interested in the Yakuza series because apparently it's not "Japanese GTA" after all, and he sent back a response saying, "Not even close! Cookies help us deliver our Services. 1 month ago. Like in simple missions/quests. Imo sleeping dogs fits perfectly between GTA and Yakuza. Just want to know how you guys compare the stories for both games. I don't mind that it is in Japanese and has no english dub. Sleeping dogs is open world but more focused somehow which is weird to think about it. Sleeping dogs was an enjoyable game, that's true but it wasnt exactly in yakuza's leauge, not by a longshot. I never finished a Yakuza game. yakuza focus on story and characters while sleeping dogs is more of action oriented. Aug 9, 2018 @ 8:41am They're hardly comparable games other than the …