It is considered United Front's signature game before their closure in 2016. Playing as Wei Shen the player completes various missions from both sides of the law. Depending on how you complete your mission plays a huge part on how much experience you gain from the police and triad. By completing police missions, lessening nearby environment destruction, and reducing the amount of innocent civilians killed will result in an increase to your police xp. As players gain more police xp and triad xp they are given ability points which allow players to customize their players skills.Īs compared to completing triad missions and defeating your opposition in brutal ways such as environment kills will increase your triad xp. The game has on foot, free-running sequences. In these sequences, the player is chasing a criminal. As a Wei runs, he pushes people out of the way and vaults over objects. Hong Kong has been mapped in such a way that it's adapted to the game play. Wei can use his fists, as well as weapons such as knives, meat cleavers and the environment.ĭuring these chase sequences, the player will engage in hand-to-hand combat. Enemies can be pushed into TVs, have their faces run against vents and and be thrown from rooftops.
The game also has a counter system where an enemy flashes red to indicate when a counter can be performed. The melee combat is reminiscent of Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City, bringing a similar timing and counter based approach to fights. The main attack button can be done in normal and heavy versions by tapping or holding to button, the counter button can (and should) be hit when an enemy is highlighted red, and the grapple button allows you to grab most enemies. Once grappled you can punch, throw, drag, or preform a variety of environmental attacks, which range from throwing in a dumpster to shoving a persons head into an incinerator. Wei also has the ability to lock onto enemies which allows for more precise and creative attack patterns.
The skill tree allows Wei to unlock new moves A specific side quest allows Wei to learn more combos to help him take down foes in even more ways.
The game incorporates the cell phone function that has become a feature in many open world games, most notably GTA IV.
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