System: PS3
Bought: May 26th {Free PSN+}
Started: May 26th
Beat: June 19th
Trophies: 42 out of 51
Idea: You play Wei Shen, A Chinese-American Police Officer in Hong Kong that goes undercover to infiltrate the Sun on Yee... or the Triad. Having obviously grown up in the area, Wei uses his friends and other connections to gain the trust of one of the Organizations Red Poles and thus goes deeper and deeper into the Sun on Yee.
The game itself is open world and you get to choose from a number of things to do, favors for the locals, drug busts for the cops, jobs from the Sun on Yee and so on.
Thoughts: This was the first game of it's type that I played, If it weren't for having PSN+ I probably never would have thought to play it let a lone buy it. I'm sort of glad I did, It was fun...even though I did get bored with it after finishing the main story line and while trying to Plat. it.
I really liked the karaoke mini-game, the car racing and the actual fighting {once I got use to the controls}. Didn't really care for the motorcycle racing, the gambling/cockfighting and having to buy all the clothes and cars in the game for trophies was a little ridiculous.
What was surprising, I really started to enjoy shooting people. I hate shooter games with a passion, but after a while of using the guns I whipped them out anytime I could. Some dude stole a mans bag, Bang! Didn't have to chase him.. haha... Of course the cops come but that's another fun part of the game. Running away from the Police, I am now a master at avoiding them.
The End: The end of the game was a little disappointing, What I was expecting was some epic battle between Wei Shen and Big Smile Lee. What I got was, A bit of a shoot out and then a bunch of Counters. Who taught Smile Lee how to fight? He was the biggest wuss I fought in the game. Seriously, I had more trouble with Dogeyes and he was insanely cheap as well.
Anyways, It's a bit amusing that the real "bad guy" turned out to be Wei's own Police Boss. Once Pendrew considered the job finished he turns against Wei, Leaking the fact he was a cop to the Sun on Yee almost got him killed and did get Jackie killed.
That Bastard.
Jackie was the greatest friend in the world, All the women in the game dumped my poor Wei but... Jackie was always there. I really wish he would have lived, left the life of crime and maybe had little Jackie babies, Unless maybe he wanted to date Wei and that'd be fine too.
Grrrrr.
Characters.....
Wei Shen - The main character. Born in Hong Kong, he, his mother and older sister moved to America when he was 10 years old. The move was to actually an attempt by his mother to break his sister away from the Triad, prostitution and drug addiction. This Failed.
Now older and back in Hong Kong, Wei is a cop and is out for a little revenge. Going undercover in the Triad he's basically after Dogeyes, The cause of his sisters downfall with a side mission to take out other annoying Triad bosses.
In the end it really seemed like he cared for Winstons group, He certainly cared about Winston and his wife to be Peggy, probably even Winston's mom. He was a Sun on Yee in the end, even after he went back to being a cop.
Jackie Ma - This one is sad. A childhood friend of Wei, Jackie even says that Wei was the only one who was ever nice to him. He's the one who introduces Wei to Winston and gets him into the Sun on Yee, Jackie himself is far less important then what he lets on but... he has a good heart.
Eventually, Jackie becomes a member of the Sun on Yee as well and all throughout the game he's popping up at Wei's side. Closer to the end of the game, After Uncle Po is dead... Jackie is first buried alive only to be saved by Wei and then... After Pendrew narcs on Wei... Jackie is tortured and killed by one of Smile Lee's men.
Jackies death sets Wei into blood mode, He's out for some and goes after Smile Lee and kills him. Far too easy even but.. kills him.
Thomas Pendrew - The asshole. Seriously, He's one of the biggest assholes I've come across in a game recently. Of course he was all friendly and cop-like for a while, but then it comes out... He's a bad guy too! He had something to do with other Triad members who died and with Uncle Po who he actually killed while in the hospital, At the end of the game Wei gets a video recording of Pendrew killing Po from Aunt Jiang.
Yep, Pendrews life won't be very pleasant in prison now that the Triad members in there know that he killed Uncle Po. Sweet Revenge, Take that for ratting Wei out to Smile Lee.
Winstons Mother- After Winston and Peggy are killed at their wedding, His mother shows her true demon side. This woman is the most frightening character in the game, Hell she may be the most frightening character in any of the games I own.
Too bad they cut away from the scenes where she's obviously chopping up Dogeyes and the other couple of poor bastards that pissed her off. That would probably be the goriest scenes in all of video game history.
Anyways, I certainly don't want to know what she did with the left over body parts and such.
Uhg, Scary.
Big Smile Lee - The big triad bad guy, At least in strategy. He certainly was a push over once I got past his goons though. He used Dogeyes to try and take Winston's "jobs" which wasn't quite going as planned so it got a little more drastic, He had the 18k Triad attack Winston's wedding which resulted in Winston and his Bride Peggys death.
Winston's out of the way, but Wei is pissed. The wedding massacre has another brightside the current Chairman Uncle Po dies and this brings up a vote for a new chairman. Either Smile Lee or Jiang. To force Wei's vote Smile Lee kidnaps Jackie and has him buried alive. This just pisses Wei off more and forces him to go save the damsel in distress.
In the end Smile Lee has his head fed to an ice chipper so really.. Yea. He was just a lame final boss.
Tidbit- I should really write a little about Winston, but I don't feel like it. He's the Red Pole that lets Wei into the Triad and they warm up to each other and such but... he dies pretty early really. Being the event to set the more major stuff into motion and all.
What now? I'm not really sure. I should start in on Final Fantasy 13-2 or maybe go through 13 again, but after this game I'm just not feeling the whole RPG thing at the moment. Maybe some God of War? I'll figure something out eventually.
Started: May 26th
Beat: June 19th
Trophies: 42 out of 51
Idea: You play Wei Shen, A Chinese-American Police Officer in Hong Kong that goes undercover to infiltrate the Sun on Yee... or the Triad. Having obviously grown up in the area, Wei uses his friends and other connections to gain the trust of one of the Organizations Red Poles and thus goes deeper and deeper into the Sun on Yee.
The game itself is open world and you get to choose from a number of things to do, favors for the locals, drug busts for the cops, jobs from the Sun on Yee and so on.
Thoughts: This was the first game of it's type that I played, If it weren't for having PSN+ I probably never would have thought to play it let a lone buy it. I'm sort of glad I did, It was fun...even though I did get bored with it after finishing the main story line and while trying to Plat. it.
I really liked the karaoke mini-game, the car racing and the actual fighting {once I got use to the controls}. Didn't really care for the motorcycle racing, the gambling/cockfighting and having to buy all the clothes and cars in the game for trophies was a little ridiculous.
What was surprising, I really started to enjoy shooting people. I hate shooter games with a passion, but after a while of using the guns I whipped them out anytime I could. Some dude stole a mans bag, Bang! Didn't have to chase him.. haha... Of course the cops come but that's another fun part of the game. Running away from the Police, I am now a master at avoiding them.
The End: The end of the game was a little disappointing, What I was expecting was some epic battle between Wei Shen and Big Smile Lee. What I got was, A bit of a shoot out and then a bunch of Counters. Who taught Smile Lee how to fight? He was the biggest wuss I fought in the game. Seriously, I had more trouble with Dogeyes and he was insanely cheap as well.
Anyways, It's a bit amusing that the real "bad guy" turned out to be Wei's own Police Boss. Once Pendrew considered the job finished he turns against Wei, Leaking the fact he was a cop to the Sun on Yee almost got him killed and did get Jackie killed.
That Bastard.
Jackie was the greatest friend in the world, All the women in the game dumped my poor Wei but... Jackie was always there. I really wish he would have lived, left the life of crime and maybe had little Jackie babies, Unless maybe he wanted to date Wei and that'd be fine too.
Grrrrr.
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Characters.....
Wei Shen - The main character. Born in Hong Kong, he, his mother and older sister moved to America when he was 10 years old. The move was to actually an attempt by his mother to break his sister away from the Triad, prostitution and drug addiction. This Failed.
Now older and back in Hong Kong, Wei is a cop and is out for a little revenge. Going undercover in the Triad he's basically after Dogeyes, The cause of his sisters downfall with a side mission to take out other annoying Triad bosses.
In the end it really seemed like he cared for Winstons group, He certainly cared about Winston and his wife to be Peggy, probably even Winston's mom. He was a Sun on Yee in the end, even after he went back to being a cop.
Jackie Ma - This one is sad. A childhood friend of Wei, Jackie even says that Wei was the only one who was ever nice to him. He's the one who introduces Wei to Winston and gets him into the Sun on Yee, Jackie himself is far less important then what he lets on but... he has a good heart.
Eventually, Jackie becomes a member of the Sun on Yee as well and all throughout the game he's popping up at Wei's side. Closer to the end of the game, After Uncle Po is dead... Jackie is first buried alive only to be saved by Wei and then... After Pendrew narcs on Wei... Jackie is tortured and killed by one of Smile Lee's men.
Jackies death sets Wei into blood mode, He's out for some and goes after Smile Lee and kills him. Far too easy even but.. kills him.
Thomas Pendrew - The asshole. Seriously, He's one of the biggest assholes I've come across in a game recently. Of course he was all friendly and cop-like for a while, but then it comes out... He's a bad guy too! He had something to do with other Triad members who died and with Uncle Po who he actually killed while in the hospital, At the end of the game Wei gets a video recording of Pendrew killing Po from Aunt Jiang.
Yep, Pendrews life won't be very pleasant in prison now that the Triad members in there know that he killed Uncle Po. Sweet Revenge, Take that for ratting Wei out to Smile Lee.
Winstons Mother- After Winston and Peggy are killed at their wedding, His mother shows her true demon side. This woman is the most frightening character in the game, Hell she may be the most frightening character in any of the games I own.
Too bad they cut away from the scenes where she's obviously chopping up Dogeyes and the other couple of poor bastards that pissed her off. That would probably be the goriest scenes in all of video game history.
Anyways, I certainly don't want to know what she did with the left over body parts and such.
Uhg, Scary.
Big Smile Lee - The big triad bad guy, At least in strategy. He certainly was a push over once I got past his goons though. He used Dogeyes to try and take Winston's "jobs" which wasn't quite going as planned so it got a little more drastic, He had the 18k Triad attack Winston's wedding which resulted in Winston and his Bride Peggys death.
Winston's out of the way, but Wei is pissed. The wedding massacre has another brightside the current Chairman Uncle Po dies and this brings up a vote for a new chairman. Either Smile Lee or Jiang. To force Wei's vote Smile Lee kidnaps Jackie and has him buried alive. This just pisses Wei off more and forces him to go save the damsel in distress.
In the end Smile Lee has his head fed to an ice chipper so really.. Yea. He was just a lame final boss.
Tidbit- I should really write a little about Winston, but I don't feel like it. He's the Red Pole that lets Wei into the Triad and they warm up to each other and such but... he dies pretty early really. Being the event to set the more major stuff into motion and all.
What now? I'm not really sure. I should start in on Final Fantasy 13-2 or maybe go through 13 again, but after this game I'm just not feeling the whole RPG thing at the moment. Maybe some God of War? I'll figure something out eventually.
