This review contains spoilers
I committed my own cardinal sin and let the reviews I read before playing get to my head when starting this game. Being a half star lower than the second lowest rated game in the series(Sly 1) on this app, I was worried when I booted it up.
The beginning level didn’t help, and I even turned to my wife and said “I don’t know about this one”. It’s controls felt more constricting than the previous entries, and I thought it was going back to the straight forward levels that the OG Sly has. All that and the, let’s just say “interesting” art direction, I was worried.
But boy am I glad I kept playing. The levels, although there are only 5, feel full of life and secrets galore. They brought back the clue bottles(why Sly 3 got rid of them is beyond me), more treasures than ever, and even added in Sly masks that serve as the “Nice job finding this obscure location” collectible. A huge plus is how diverse each location is, and they were a ton of fun to explore!
The story isn’t allll that, but after playing Sly 3 and seeing it’s final level, then reading the title of this game, I was so excited to hopefully meet some of Sly’s ancestors! And they didn’t disappoint, with each being a wonderfully goofy and diverse individual and showing where Sly’s personality comes from. They also all have super fun abilities and are so fun to play as.
The regulars of the Cooper game feel pretty similar, but with a huge game design benefit of most of the power ups purchased from Theifnet being automatically applied. This gets rid of the cumbersome ability select system and makes the gameplay smooth. Also, it was really awesome that Carmelita (Unofficially of course) joins the gang!
I honestly cannot see why this game is rated the lowest in the series, and why there is so much hate for it. While there are some things about it I wasn’t a huge fan of, the positives heavily outweigh the negatives.
If this truly is the end of Sly and the gang, I can be happy knowing we ended on a high note! But hopefully… that end credit scene comes to fruition one day;)
All that being said, I can confidently say this is my second favorite game in the series!
The beginning level didn’t help, and I even turned to my wife and said “I don’t know about this one”. It’s controls felt more constricting than the previous entries, and I thought it was going back to the straight forward levels that the OG Sly has. All that and the, let’s just say “interesting” art direction, I was worried.
But boy am I glad I kept playing. The levels, although there are only 5, feel full of life and secrets galore. They brought back the clue bottles(why Sly 3 got rid of them is beyond me), more treasures than ever, and even added in Sly masks that serve as the “Nice job finding this obscure location” collectible. A huge plus is how diverse each location is, and they were a ton of fun to explore!
The story isn’t allll that, but after playing Sly 3 and seeing it’s final level, then reading the title of this game, I was so excited to hopefully meet some of Sly’s ancestors! And they didn’t disappoint, with each being a wonderfully goofy and diverse individual and showing where Sly’s personality comes from. They also all have super fun abilities and are so fun to play as.
The regulars of the Cooper game feel pretty similar, but with a huge game design benefit of most of the power ups purchased from Theifnet being automatically applied. This gets rid of the cumbersome ability select system and makes the gameplay smooth. Also, it was really awesome that Carmelita (Unofficially of course) joins the gang!
I honestly cannot see why this game is rated the lowest in the series, and why there is so much hate for it. While there are some things about it I wasn’t a huge fan of, the positives heavily outweigh the negatives.
If this truly is the end of Sly and the gang, I can be happy knowing we ended on a high note! But hopefully… that end credit scene comes to fruition one day;)
All that being said, I can confidently say this is my second favorite game in the series!