Sly Raccoon

Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoon is has aged very well proven to be easily one of my personal favorite PlayStation 2 games. The heist story was nicely told that has given the characters great backstories both the main characters and the villains. The gameplay is fantastic in platform gaming, bosses and sometimes racing. All the pages that unlocks new moves makes the game awesome. The cutscene animation in 2D is comically brilliant. And the graphics in this is one of the best platform gaming style as 3D gaming has began to experiment something new during the early 2000s. I know there's a lot of 2000s kids like me that have grew up with that decade's gaming when it comes to platform. If you're nostalgic for that era, I definitely recommend this game. But if you don't have a PS2, you can also play it on PS3 on The Sly Collection. It's sad that after 2013, the game franchise wasn't relevant to games anymore. I mean, it wouldn't be on PS4 at that time. The timing playing this game is indeed a perfect one considering it has been 20 years since it first release. So maybe PlayStation will probably make it relevant again later in the year. This has given the franchise an excellent start and I'm looking forward to play the other games soon.

I saw this game on shelves many years ago and was keen on the new character of Sly Cooper, but I had a Gamecube, not a PS2, and thus it was not an option. With the new HD remaster available I gave the game a chance and, while it's a bit dated in terms of gameplay, it is a fun and non-stressful.

You play as the titular raccoon, a master thief from a long line of master thieves who travels the world on various heists while fighting multiple anthropomorphic furries. It reminded me a lot of the Scooby-Doo games of the same era. The only thing that bugged me was the horrendous voice-acting from the guy who actually plays Sly. He was just awful, and since the cut-scenes are unskippable you HAD to listen to him.

Quite easy for the most part though, and a fun game that won't have you tearing your hair out.

One of the best platformers of the PS2 generation -- not just for its gameplay, but for its hilarious story and equally humorous and engaging characters. The environments were fun, the difficulty was just right, and I still come back all these years later!

First off, this game is all around good.

Everything from the voices to the animation is great.

The first time I saw this game, I had a feeling this was gonna be good.

This game is about a raccoon who is kind of a "theif of thieves," growing up around a whole ancestry of master thieves, on the night of his 8th birthday when he was supposed to inherit the family's legendary book, The Thievius Raccoonus, a gang of villains known as the Fiendish 5, ransacked his house until they found it and they split the book among themselves and split up to different parts of the world to commit crimes.

The level design was excellent.

I hate for this to be like a spoiler, but by the looks of things, judging by the end of the credits, I'd say that there'll be another Sly Cooper game. At the end of the credits, Clockwerk's eye opens up, signifying that he's still very much alive.

I give this game a 10 out of 10.

On September 24, 2002 I bought Sly Cooper on a whim and little did I know that this game would end up being the greatest platform game ever made. One of the best "hunch" buys I ever made.

Sly Cooper is as close to perfection as a platformer can reach. Outstanding story, superb "cel-shaded (toon-shaded)" graphics, excellent and easy to use controls, fine music, and tons of unlockables and replay value make this game worth getting now that it's a PS2 Greatest Hits game.

Sly Cooper is the latest in a line of Thief Raccoons; thieves so great that they don't steal from regular folks, but from other thieves. When Sly was 8, he was to inherit the Thievius Raccoonus, which contained all the secrets to their success. On the eve of his 8th birthday, 5 master thieves broke into his house, killed his father, and stole the TR away. Sly then lived in an orphanage for 10 years before plotting his revenge against those who offed his father. He met up with Bentley, a genius-geek turtle who lets him know what traps are in his way as he goes and Murray, a hippo who's their wheel-man. Together, the trio make an awesome team.

There's also Carmelita Montoya Fox, a police detective who's been trying to arrest Sly for his prior crimes. It's kind of an homage to the Duke boys and Roscoe.

Sly Cooper goes through five worlds, trying to reach the boss. Along the way, he can open safes that can get him more powers because they contain pages of the Thievius Raccoonus. He must destroy all the bottles to open the safe. You'll go through beautiful, easy to traverse levels that are interspersed by great mini-games. You'll race around a track as Murray, try to keep Murray from being assaulted by enemies as he tries to collect a key, and play Robotron-style levels. The final level is just like a bunch of mini-games put together as a level. There's so much variety. The game relies on some stealth, as you must avoid tripping alarms and traps in each level. The boss levels are awesome, too. One boss has you using Parappa The Rapper button presses to defeat her.

With lots of secrets like "director's commentaries" and film clips to unlock. this game is filled with stuff to do. It's a little short, but I'm sure you'll want to play this one multiple times. For $20 U.S., it's a no-brainer; buy it!