Originally Posted by sleeping_lights_on Here's hoping GMG carries Skyrim Dragonborn for some sweet 16$ action!

That'd better be before coupon =p

Originally Posted by Eldredpe Why are characters called toons? The art style?

I picked up the term while playing wow. I imagine the truth is pretty dull: its shorter to write than character. Also from a pen & paper RPG background character denotes depth and backstory that you are playing to. I believe the term "toon" entered mainstream lingo with Who Framed Rodger Rabbit (1988).

Originally Posted by fore1337 So, I buckled and grabbed Sleeping Dogs... since most of the DLC looks like crap. Is there any MUST HAVE DLC for Sleeping Dogs?.

High res texture pack.

Originally Posted by Motoki The more recent versions of Steam Enhanced dropped the Steamgameprices pulled data and replaced it with a direct link which helps loads with the speed.

Simple but great point there -- direct link to the game's page on SGS. The slow part of SGS for me is always searching.

Is Sleeping Dogs wicked hard to run at full specs unless you've got some crazy SLi/Crossfire setup?

Originally Posted by Idiotekque Is Sleeping Dogs wicked hard to run at full specs unless you've got some crazy SLi/Crossfire setup?

http://www.rage3d.com/articles/gamin...s_tweak_guide/

Hm I don't think so. I have an old Lynnfield i5 overclocked to 3.8 ghz and a 7850, and I was able to play SD with the HD texture pack and all settings maxed out at 1080p resolution 60fps... actually, I think the only things I toned down were the ambient occlusion and some shadow resolution.

Otherwise I also played it at 1440p and lowered the AA since I don't think it's that useful at such a high resolution and was still able to get 50-60 fps most of the time. I think your computer has better specs than mine so you should be good. I was happy that SD was so well optimized, since GTA4 plays like crap on my machine even though it looks way worse... even SRTT had finicky framerates until I messed around with some settings.

Originally Posted by Idiotekque Is Sleeping Dogs wicked hard to run at full specs unless you've got some crazy SLi/Crossfire setup?

Probably. On a 670, it runs well on like 4x and high textures. At full, it was like 30 frames, but dips under to the 20s and teens quite a bit.

*Edit* Maybe it wasn't 4x. I had it at absolute max and had to turn it down a little bit.

Originally Posted by Idiotekque Is Sleeping Dogs wicked hard to run at full specs unless you've got some crazy SLi/Crossfire setup?

Not at all in my experience. With:

i5 3330 (stock)
Radeon HD 7870 (factory OC)
8 GB RAM

I maxed everything at 1080 and never dipped below 55 FPS

Edit: It was developed with AMD in mind and because of that probable runs a bit better on those than on Nvidia cards, keep that in mind

I played it with a Radeon HD 7970 + i5 2500k at 1920x1200. Set everything to max except for AA. Had to set AA to "high" instead of max, but other than that it usually stays at 60 FPS. Setting AA to max, I got like 20 less FPS.

Originally Posted by asheskitty That'd better be before coupon =p I picked up the term while playing wow.

Lol just was about to write the same. I picked it up playing WoW as well.

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Originally Posted by asheskitty I picked up the term while playing wow. I imagine the truth is pretty dull: its shorter to write than character. Also from a pen & paper RPG background character denotes depth and backstory that you are playing to. I believe the term "toon" entered mainstream lingo with Who Framed Rodger Rabbit (1988).

It sounds so... uneducated when applied to game characters when they're not cartoon characters.

Originally Posted by asheskitty High res texture pack.

Is there any way to disable it once you have it?

Originally Posted by Detruire Is there any way to disable it once you have it?

Yeah, you can disable it in the menu.

Doing a quick Google search about the "toon" question reveals... that the Internet is full of people who absolutely love to argue vehemently over the most mundane of things. So, it must be a day of the week ending in Y, I guess.

Is there any way to disable it once you have it?

Yes. It's in the "Visuals" menu.

Originally Posted by Detruire It sounds so... uneducated when applied to game characters when they're not cartoon characters. Is there any way to disable it once you have it?

IDK, in CoH & Freedom Force they are. I consider it to mean little depth. It helps distinguish between the player and puppet.

There's an in game setting to enable/disable the high res texture pack. It really only requires VRAM. As texture packs should, it had negligible performance impact on my GTX 260. Recovering HDD space -- no clue, probably SOL.

Originally Posted by spoderman Yeah, you can disable it in the menu.

Originally Posted by melvinmelon123 Yes. It's in the "Visuals" menu.

Originally Posted by melvinmelon123 There's an in game setting to enable/disable the high res texture pack.

Thanks.

Originally Posted by melvinmelon123 It really only requires VRAM. As texture packs should, it had negligible performance impact on my GTX 260. Recovering HDD space -- no clue, probably SOL.

I have an older gaming PC w/ a HD4850 that I'm going to hook up to the TV (not 1080p) that we have in the lounge. I'll probably play on that every now and then, so I didn't want to ruin any chance that it'll run OK.

Originally Posted by asheskitty IDK, in CoH & Freedom Force they are. I consider it to mean little depth. It helps distinguish between the player and puppet.

I interpret its use as indicating that the person using the term doesn't know what a cartoon is.

Originally Posted by Motoki So this was posted in the Indie Game Stand thread but I figure some people might not check there and it's a game that is highly likely to get Greenlit thus getting in now gets you a Steam copy later for cheap. Cognition is the current Indie Game stand game. http://indiegamestand.com/ It's pay what you want, with a $1 minimum to get keys (so if you want a Steam key later make sure you pay at least $1). If you beat the Average, currently $1.43, you get a soundtrack and prequel comic. Jane Jensen (who made some classic adventure games like Gabriel Knight) was involved in this project so it's pretty high profile and looks really well put together. I'm fairly certain it will get Greenlit at some point but everyone interested should go vote for it. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...s/?id=92915746 If you have any interest in adventure games at all then definitely get in on this. Do note that they are having some problems with Paypal at the moment where the payment info isn't flowing through properly for some people so if you can pay with another form like Google or Amazon that would be advisable for the time being. If you do Paypal and the game doesn't show up for you submit a support ticket and keep checking back as some people have had it show up for them after several hours. The issue is known by Indie Game Stand and they are working on it.

Just wanted to mention that I bought it using PayPal and it only took about fifteen minutes for the game to appear in my Games section, no support contact necessary. I got the bonuses for beating the average as well despite the short delay (which saw the average rise another two cents). If you're holding back because of the PayPal difficulties, have no fear.

Originally Posted by spoderman Nope, it all sucks. I'm not sure about Zodiac Tournament, it's the only one I haven't played.. but I can say for sure the rest of it isn't worth buying, even at 91% off (price glitch).

I passed this time, but I was tempted by the SWAT pack and the Street Racer pack as both offered extra side missions. Were they just not very engaging missions?

The SWAT missions are one-off activities. A hostage situation where you snipe one dood. A car chase. A shootout. Stuff like that here and there.

There are ENOUGH FRICKEN RACES IN THE GAME ALREADY HOLY COW.

Nightmare in North Point wasn't fun.

I love SD but the DLC is just a swing and a miss

They need a Sleep Dogs DLC with more Emma Stone.

Originally Posted by RollingSkull There are ENOUGH FRICKEN RACES IN THE GAME ALREADY HOLY COW.

No way! There needs to be MORE races!!
That said, the DLC races aren't worth it, it's only three races and only one of them is any good.

Originally Posted by RollingSkull The SWAT missions are one-off activities. A hostage situation where you snipe one dood. A car chase. A shootout. Stuff like that here and there. There are ENOUGH FRICKEN RACES IN THE GAME ALREADY HOLY COW. Nightmare in North Point wasn't fun. I love SD but the DLC is just a swing and a miss

Originally Posted by Jon7 No way! There needs to be MORE races!! That said, the DLC races aren't worth it, it's only three races and only one of them is any good.

Good info. Thanks.