In Sleeping Dogs GOTY, I get all the DLCs unlocked after an hour of play, and then I get like 8 level-ups, 200000$ (and also cars, outfits etc…). So, I learned almost every skill there is in the beginning. It killed for me all the motivation in playing it.
Is that normal? How was it in the original Sleeping Dogs?
Is there a way to prevent getting the DLC bonuses in the beginning?
Best Answer
I assume GOTY includes all DLC listed in Steam under the DLC pack. The only way I know about to actually "deactivate" a DLC is asking Steam support to permanently remove it from your account without any refunds. So I can only give you a list of the benefits provided by the DLCs here and you have to be honest with yourself to not "use" them, e.g. always consider yourself to be 200k poorer than you are:
So in summary, if you don't want to use the too severe DLC bonuses, don't collect the red envelopes and always leave $200k and 8 triad/police skill point unused...
If you're on PC (or can somehow access the respective files on your console), you can remove/rename the respective files (and probably have to deactivate updates for the game) I found a list of the DLCs' respective filenames here, extended by me on how cheat-y they are: