Completed the game this afternoon after a marathon session and had a blast. The last three missions were kick ass!
I loved the progress of the storyline although it did become a bit predictable towards the end. Clocked 13 hours and 42 mins. The cop upgrades were at lvl 7, the Triad at lvl 9, the face adv. at lvl 3 (that's right a three since I did not bother with those missions; became a bit boring from the start and decided to skip them), completed all the 4 cases and health upgrades stood at 70% with 37 health shrines discovered. Sucked at gambling since I did not know how to play Mahjong. The camera angles were a pain during driving or riding a bike since it tends to switch to the front almost instantly when we happen to reverse the vehicle. Combat was awesome especially with the melee moves unlocked from Master Sifu - above all the environment kills. They were just brilliant and there were a whole lot of ways in which the opponents could be finished without letting them do a scratch on Wei. Reminded me of
The Punisher there! The voice acting was done quite well and so were the level designs based on Hong Kong. Folks who have been there before will be pleasantly surprised and reminded of by a lot of things in the game. The MTR was missing however. The sound tracks were okay - nothing great but the visuals after the HD patch were much better and boosted the overall IQ.
Overall a very good game and a good TP overall. Most sandbox titles do not disappoint and there are a whole lot of things to do, a lot of errands to be completed, driving, riding, enjoying the landscapes, carjacking, free running, pissing off the opponents and cops, sing karaokes, participate in cockfights, join some random fight club, bust a squad, participate in street races, helping the NPCs, so forth and so on. The game did not make me feel bored at any time and that's a good thing. Good job United Front Games and Square Enix.
PS: Don't bother with the LONG credits sequence. There is no post-credits sequence in the game.
