The Sly Trilogy

By Reardon Jones

Sly Cooper is back in this collection of his three previous adventures coming to life again on PS3. The crafty klepto raccoon that is as good with thieving as he is with the ladies is compiled for the first time in one grand collection. Bringing together, Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus, Sly 2 Band of Thieves and Sly 3: Honour Among Thieves.

Reliving these games on PS3 was pretty awesome. Having played them before on the PS2 it was good to see that they haven't just re-released the game, the graphics have been improved to suit the more HD world and some levels in 'Honour Among Thieves' have even been created in 3D to work on 3D TV sets.

Sly Cooper is a world renowned thief and along with his childhood best mates, Bentley and Murray they set out to recover the pages of the Thievius Raccoonus, the thief’s bible and instruction manual on all things Sly. The other two instalments follow on from the original with the reassembling of the ClockWerk pieces and the hunt for the Cooper treasure being the focal points of the follow up games.

I loved playing this game again. Like Crash bandicoot or Donkey Kong Countries, Sly is a platform game that is near 3D in effect. Jumping onto Wires, climbing poles, running across rooftops, driving or flying a variety of vehicles and performing a myriad of different melee abilities as well as other playable characters makes Sly a game that will be playable for hours.

More recent gamers might recognise some of the moves and game play from Sucker Punches most recent game series inFamous, similar in the 3rd person platform game style. Those more observant will also notice the Sly logo on Coles back pack and jeans, as well as a billboard teasing at Sly 4. Which we can now confirm is fact with Sly 4: Thieves in Time set be released in 2012.

The game play doesn’t alter over the trilogy and wouldn’t need to, with easy to use actions and a wide world to explore, The Sly Collection is a classic and will remain so for a long time, being the second series to be remade for PS3, the first being the God of War collection, it’s easy to see why Sony would be keen to add another adventure to the collection. With a bit of luck number 4 will become a great addition.

So much fun and memories come with this collection. Simply awesome!

Game: The Sly Trilogy
System: Playstation 3
Developers: Sucker Punch Productions and Sanzaru Games
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment

Rating: 85%

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