Truly one of the great PS2-era platformers. There's so much charm to everything about this game, but you've got to start with the characters.
It's difficult to imagine 3 better-written stereotypical comedic characters than Sly, Bentley and The Murray. Relentlessly funny throughout the whole game. The main villains are amazing too, and they really embody the cartoonishness and their own respective levels so well. I would love if there were a few more though, since a couple of the crime bosses get two levels, where by the end you're just waiting to see the back of them and get your teeth into a new colourful baddie.
The world design is also top-notch. For sure there are a few better worlds than others (Paris is always the notable mention for what shines about this game), but even the slightly more bland environments are easy to look over when they still contain consistently varied and entertaining missions.
They really don't make 'em like this anymore!
It's difficult to imagine 3 better-written stereotypical comedic characters than Sly, Bentley and The Murray. Relentlessly funny throughout the whole game. The main villains are amazing too, and they really embody the cartoonishness and their own respective levels so well. I would love if there were a few more though, since a couple of the crime bosses get two levels, where by the end you're just waiting to see the back of them and get your teeth into a new colourful baddie.
The world design is also top-notch. For sure there are a few better worlds than others (Paris is always the notable mention for what shines about this game), but even the slightly more bland environments are easy to look over when they still contain consistently varied and entertaining missions.
They really don't make 'em like this anymore!