This is the "Year of the Snake" DLC for Sleeping Dogs, requiring the base game to play. Set after the main story, you engage in six new missions during Chinese New Year to stop a radical cult planning an apocalypse. Gameplay continues the established action, driving, and martial arts within the existing Hong Kong map. This content focuses purely on narrative continuation and new objectives, adding story depth rather than new core mechanics. Note: Russian language support is absent in this specific add-on.
The atmosphere shifts to the tense eve of the Chinese New Year. A radical group of cultists has emerged with a destructive agenda, believing that their actions will usher in salvation through an apocalyptic event. Players must step back into the role of the undercover officer to infiltrate and dismantle this dangerous plot across a series of new assignments.
This content is not a standalone experience; it requires the base game, Sleeping Dogs, to be played. It integrates directly into the existing world and storyline, serving as a direct continuation of the main narrative arc.
The primary addition provided by this DLC is a set of six new story missions dedicated to thwarting the cultists' plans. While it adds significant narrative content and new objectives within the established city map, it is structured as a focused story chapter rather than a massive expansion comparable in scope to the original game.
There are no indications of new core gameplay mechanics being introduced; instead, the focus remains on utilizing the established action, driving, and martial arts systems of the parent title within these new scenarios.
The core gameplay loop continues to revolve around investigation, combat, and navigating the open-world environment of Hong Kong, now overlaid with the specific threat posed by the cultists. Players will engage in missions designed to sabotage the group's efforts before they can execute their final plan.
This content is available across the original console generation (Xbox 360, PS3) as well as the subsequent generation (PS4) and PC. It is important to note that this specific DLC does not support the Russian language; if Russian subtitles or text are enabled in the base game, they will appear in English when this content is active.
As of its release and current status, this package represents a singular story expansion. There are no other listed DLCs, expansions, remakes, or remasters associated directly with this specific content release.