The history: the player is the Shen Wei inspector to infiltrate the triads. Follows a thriller full of action where our hero will be torn between its duties to the triads, his police duty and well on a personal vendetta to satisfy ... A scenario that need not be ashamed of films such as infernal affairs!
Graphics: The game is really pretty. The graphics are neat and detailed. The city of Hong Kong is very well made and full of life and animation, which greatly promotes the feeling of immersion. Each neighborhood has its very specific atmosphere, it takes a real pleasure to stroll between the modern districts, popular and traditionalists.
The gameplay: THE big plus of this game compared to other games of the genre such as GTA and Saints Row. Although open world as his elders, with car chases etc. it makes two major innovations:
- Martial arts fights: as Bruce Lee or Jackie Chan to name a few, Wei Shen is an expert in martial arts. With each victory he will gain the experience to unlock new moves and techniques. As in the Batman Arkham games it is a pure pleasure to face groups of enemies and to chain combos. The player can also pick up and use knives (or fire, rarely). It can also use the stage to complete the enemies explode their head slamming a car door, impaling them on poles, built in the trash, etc ...
- The parkours: for those who do not know, parkour is a discipline practiced among others by yamakasi. That is a foot path to take many shortcuts by jumping over the sets of elements. The hero can therefore drag on tables or covers cars, climb fences or walls, jumping from roof to roof. Small flat on this point, although wide spread through the city, parkours are specific to certain places or objects. The parkours nevertheless remain very funs.
Conclusion: a title to have for all fans of GTA-like and / or Hong Kong films, especially at that price!