10 MASSIVE Missed Opportunities In Video Game Stories
2. No Mob Or Cop Choice - Sleeping Dogs
As far as Grand Theft Auto clones go, Sleeping Dogs is definitely worth the time. The games story, while predictable, tells an intriguing tale and builds to this great payoff that unfortunately never comes. The story puts players in the shoes of undercover cop Wei Shen as he infiltrates the Sun On Yee triad. Wei starts out as a low level enforcer and steadily climbs the ranks of the mob all while struggling to hold onto the morals and ideals of being a cop.
Throughout the entirety of the games story, Wei is being pulled in both directions by a strong sense of family and loyalty and it feels like it’s all leading up to a moment where players will be forced to make a defining choice that sadly never happens. By the story's conclusion Sleeping Dogs had all the ingredients to give players the choice of staying a cop or becoming a high ranking triad offical.
The fact that this outcome never comes to fruition only hurts more as the game's post story free roam could have been a vastly different experience depending on what the players choice was, and would definitely have added to the games overall replayability.