On paper, I feel Sly 3 should probably be the best of the series. It keeps the fun heist format from Sly 2 while trying to throw in more variety in the mechanics and reducing the repetitive "steal 6 keys" style objectives that bogged the second game down. I just found myself getting bored playing with this game though. Perhaps I was just getting tired of the formula. The increased variety comes with more people joing the gang who have their own special mechanics as well a pirate segment with ship combat. A lot of these new mechanics do wear out their welcome and I wanted a return to the stealth platforming. It's a decent wrap up to the series that perhaps needed a rest.