While I was away I was gifted Sleeping Dogs and quite enjoyed my time with it. It was like GTA, but without all the silly adolescent pandering and with a much much better combat system.
One thing this game did a great job of was in making you attached to characters. Characters that you only just met become important to you very quickly, and it just becomes that much more poignant when Bad Things™ happen to them.
If you’re a fan of GTA you owe it to yourself to try out this much improved take on the formula. If you’re not, but like the idea of the setting or the whole Hong Kong cop/Triad member story, I recommend it doubly so.
…there’s this one off-ramp on the high way though where the geometry of the guard raid can catch your car and bring it instantly to a stop. I was propelled through my windshield on at least three occasions when I got snagged by it. Be warned.
Just wrapped up the single player campaign in Sniper Elite V2. Nowhere near “complete”, as there are a great deal of unfound nazi gold bars and unbroken bottles. Nevertheless, it is done and I can move on!