The World Record History of Sly 2's Most Iconic Episode

[@ThaRixer]

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[@gurpreetsinghkhakh9038]

I love Sly 2 my favourite PS2 game

[@Neogears1312]

So will you cover the rest of the episodes?

[@Jishkared]

Secure ThaBag king

[@bg-sj9tx]

I like how you mentioned how to get into speedrunning at the end of this video, i wish you continue doing this on future videos

[@KhalilEstell]

Can you post a list of the songs you used in the description?

[@darklyreviews1893]

You can't fool me, you did this whole video just to play a speedrunner montage alongside Demitri's bop. Absolutely worth every second.

[@ThaRixer]

Lmao you're somewhat right. I did have it in my mind from the start

[@skunkbert]

@@ThaRixer to be fair, it was Greasy Sweet

[@waytogoefro208]

Was just about to comment something like this. Shit is a bop

[@bigbloo77]

IM TWERKING RN

[@as_below_so_above]

Nobody resisted the urge to dance during that absolute banger.

[@jlagandlack]

Feels pretty unreal to see a video of this quality about Sly 2 speedrunning, great job on this

[@ThaRixer]

Ty Jake, best of luck on closing the gap on Hekksu 👀

[@Qegg1]

Jake Pog

[@SeanBonJoviii]

Jake Pog

[@ironzvonz307]

Pajama Sam

[@ck3837]

This is a movie

[@gnisten6]

I've finally had the chance to sit down and properly watch this masterpiece in its entirety. Thank you SO much for making this, it's so crazy seeing Sly 2 speedrunning in the spotlight in what basically became a feature length movie! Even I learned something; the earliest history (~pre Coooper/Cuber) of the episode was all unknown to me. Thank you for reaching out, I'm very thankful to be part of this! I gotta say yes, I agree - this is your best work Ricky. Such an amazing video! So many great parts in this, I had forgotten all about my first time with The Chair 🙂 Gonna be watching this one many times over, in the coming months

[@ThaRixer]

Thanks for the amazing words Gnist ❤

[@henrik2145]

Papa gnut

[@thickpee1493]

NORGE NORGE NORGE

[@gamecuber23]

Absolute marvel of a video Ricky! Congrats on getting it done and putting it out there, honored to be a part of such a project. Cheers to the Sly Cooper and Playstation speedrunning communities!!!

[@ThaRixer]

My pleasure Cuber. You're a legend!

[@lupvirga]

When Dimitri says Show me your bling and let me shine you, he means "tell me what you want and I'll give it to you". Dimitri isn't evil, for a criminal boss, he's very patient with sly and is even willing to help the gang DESPITE the trouble they cause. The only issue is that Dimitri doesn't want to give up the clockwork parts

[@cdogthehedgehog6923]

No, it means, "show me what you got, and I'll beat you."

[@Akay4444444444444444]

@@cdogthehedgehog6923 "Show me what you got and I'll outdo you"

[@ssgoko88]

Shine means kick ass

[@ssgoko88]

Also- Dimitri is one of the people who killed Sly's dad and stole the parts lmao you telling me he isn't that bad?

[@MrJohnlennon007]

@@ssgoko88Dimitri isn’t part of the Fiendish Five

[@Oggyerino]

Great video as always. Thanks for letting me help out with the project!

[@stuntpro72]

no wayyyyy

[@SuappiSR]

Great video! Never thought how much effort many members of the community put into this episode and I'm glad it's now all documented in a video, thanks a lot for the effort Ricky!

[@KingKalus]

buy colgate

[@Slysonic]

colgate

[@bassfren]

colgate

[@DeepSolid43]

SUAPPI POGCHAMP

[@radzilla748]

Kotimaan ylpeys🤍💙🤍

[@gulfgiggleanimations4472]

I was going to say “The Black Chateau” is probably the most iconic episode to casual players too, but after thinking about it for a second, it’d definitely be Jailbreak for obvious reasons to anyone whose played sly 2.

[@jinclay4354]

Yeah, Jailbreak is my absolute favorite episode from Sly 2. It's kind of melancholic, and I love Bentley. It's also the episode from which on the manual doesn't have maps, so as a kid I'd always get lost in that maze of a map, so I'd always prefer to follow the railways. It was nice.

[@gulfgiggleanimations4472]

@@jinclay4354It’s such a great episode because it does so many things all at once and all so well. I was just as terrified as Bentley was when I first left the safe house into the unknown spooky gothic prison, and I was just as happy as he was when the gang was back together.

[@jinclay4354]

@@gulfgiggleanimations4472 Yeah. Murray's situation was kind of heartbreaking too. Neat channel, by the way.

[@ellagage1256]

I can only describe Jailbreak with *chef's kiss*

[@U1TR4F0RCE]

This makes me wonder out of all the sly games which is the most iconic episode and which boss fight is the most iconic?

[@Zryu323]

What an absolute legend of a video! Congrats on finishing it and thank you for letting me be apart of the project! Hope we do another one soon.

[@ThaRixer]

Thanks for all the help Z!

[@Edlandish]

I’ve never even thought of looking up speedruns of sly 2. It is hands down my favourite sly game, and probably one of my favourite games overall. The sort of game where you feel sad when you finish it, because you’re so invested in it and you don’t know what to do when it’s finally over.

[@seber7376]

And then the devs tell you to go outside lol...

[@mattlandry]

How awesome is it to be alive in a time where we get like a feature length documentary on speedrunning one level in sly 2. Life is good.

[@zefem]

For sure man

[@jobennebur]

That Nightclub theme edit towards the end is gold

[@CamySpadesandSpierce]

the coolest part of watching this video is the excitement of going to check the leaderboards and seeing that the episode 1 wr is now SUB-27 ?? how much farther can we go!!!!!!

[@marchedmoss2628]

I love that sly is decently big. This was the first video game I ever played and the only reason I game today. I make sure to do a full sly series play through at least once a year and it just makes me so happy to see that the game is still going strong.

[@hsblue]

chef's kiss to this piece of art, loved the still free cam shots of sly and the journey was insane! shoutouts to the Jak 3 music in 1 part

[@pyro111100]

Hekksu is like the old seemingly feeble character in an anime that turns out to be an absolute beast when some goon pushes his luck too far.

[@thepinne1]

Sly was my childhood game. To see a video this high quality about such a small speedrunning community is simply gold. And to think, it was made by a Norwegian. Thank you, Rixer

[@TorGNorge]

Han er norsk? :o

[@daydream-doodle]

so excited to watch this! your speedrun history docs are the best, man. im not a speedrunner but i love seeing the history of speedrunning, and your videos are the best ive seen on the subject. fantastic work! cant wait to see what you come up with in the future :)

[@christianmallien3123]

God I know this is gonna be amazing!

[@SonicBoone56]

Sly Cooper video is attracting many fellow furries lol.

[@xoxogrim]

Sly Cooper was my favorite franchise as a child. I replayed them all recently and they’re damn near just as fun as I remembered. It makes me unbelievably happy to see this pop up in my feed, even if it’s an older video. Thanks ❤️❤️❤️

[@TheRealJaneSeymour]

54:47 let us just appreciate how slys hits match the beat

[@FCV0511]

Just watching the first few seconds of this video put a smile on my face. Thanks for continually putting out excellent content, and fingers crossed for a Sly sequel sometime during our lifetimes!

[@kobacongaming7228]

They did make a 4th one I just found out about the other day

[@FCV0511]

@@kobacongaming7228 Yeah, Thieves in Time came out in 2013 and was developed by Sanzaru Games instead of Sucker Punch. It was a good time as far as gameplay was concerned, but the writing wasn't quite as good as the previous games and the difficulty was lacking. I generally enjoyed it.

[@gostreiver8036]

Your documentaries are incredibly well researched and so on point. Your editing skills and timing are some of the best I’ve seen man. Your videos are legendary. Honestly I cannot stress enough the Artistic mastery of how you cut on the beat for every frame of that dance song in the video. A lot of people will not realize how beautiful that level of skill is My mind was blown. It was such a jam

[@ThaRixer]

Jeez, thanks ^^

[@MultiRixer]

Can't put into words how ecstatic I am to see you enjoy this level of success Ricky. Been watching for 10 years, here's to 20!

[@reason9750]

Never before have I loved an editing piece so much as I did the Hurricane section, my god. Excitement and awe wrapped up in a whole heaping helping of Nostalgia. Just, *chefs kiss*

[@johngabrielsson6740]

Been in the community since 2016, interesting to see how things were before then! Well made, I love the view of the episode

[@henrik2145]

This guy is the best part og the sly community. Hulla for life

[@socal_pokemon]

Awesome video from someone who is not from the speedrunning community, but has remained a fan of the games since i was a kid. I know I would be interested in watching a video like this for all of the episodes, but can understand why this video was focused on episode 1. Thank you for the time it took to make this and enjoyed watching every second of it. From Los Angeles, CA.

[@frizzuh]

Absolutely unreal seeing sly 2 speedrunning in a wr history video. Thank you for this 🙏

[@Jack-Bruce-Drums]

What a FANTASTIC video!! Glad to see the Sly Cooper fanbase holding strong!🥳

[@avatarinator9837]

Amazing video as always Ricky, thank you for setting the spotlight on Sly 2 in the most deserving way it could have been

[@RabbitEarsCh]

Your editing only becomes more refined and powerful with each video. The Dmitri X hekksu sequence is absolutely masterful, and probably the best I've ever seen in any speedrunning video. I was screaming in hype when it happened. Exceptional work - you're on a roll!

[@madladypercent5775]

oh... that explains why you didnt wanted to do a ctr wr progression... now i have another awesome video to watch on one of my favourite ps2 games: sly 2 💕💕💕 congrats on the great work as aways :3

[@SonicBoone56]

Adorable icon

[@cinderkit55]

What an AMAZING video!! Thank you so much for making this!

[@Snugggles]

Fantastic video as always, you've blown this out of the park. Go and get some well-deserved rest

[@SuperfieldCrUn]

June 2022 update: hekksu has been bumped down to second place by a margin of 2 seconds. Some madman named MooshSen is in the lead with a goddamn 26:47. Only he and hekksu currently lay claim to a sub 27. And yes, he did accomplish this using the Fake Floor.

[@anobesediabeticpotatonamed3115]

This video is meticulously detailed, smoothly edited, and perfectly scripted. Plus, the music choice accompanied by synced edits made it that much more enjoyable to watch. Thank you for making such an awesome documentary for my favourite childhood game. I hope you end up making more videos on the Sly series. If not, then I look forward to whatever is next. Keep it up, man!!!! :)

[@mariondisney5294]

I like to think when Dimitri gets beaten and runs to the computer he’s entering the speedrunner’s time before they knock him into the printer

[@MrDrBoi]

What an amazing video! As a longtime fan of Sly 2, this was so fascinating to me. The editing was so well done and I'm really jealous of how you're able to get those free cam shots.

[@GearShotgun]

54:40 this music video is every bit as smooth as these speed runs

[@yvngtrost1686]

Madlads, all of em, had me hooked the entire time, great vid. Hurts a lil to think about the "maybe's" when the pieces are there so i love how the Hekksu hype wasn't just hype to fade away but now stands as a demonstration of near perfection, hope the traction this video lights a fire under some dwelling runners or newcomers to run the gauntlet. Appreciate you bringing these legends to my attention and much love to the speedrunning community. Cheers

[@albanian5525]

I got so much nostalgia watching this video. This was the game that got me into gaming 16 years ago when I was a kid. Crazy how fast time flies by.

[@webentwicklungmitrobinspan6935]

the sly games made a deep impression on me as i was a kid, there was sth about this stealth part of the game which was quite different from the rambo style shooting in ratchet and clank thank you for this masterpiece ricky

[@FormalGibble]

39:02 What the hell is that cover art! Oh my goodness I'm losing it! After only seeing the north American one my whole life looking at that is surreal.

[@Paper4Haper]

The speedrun of sly 2 and 3 are more than 1 hour, different to sly 1 that is under an hour, but It doesn´t make the speedrun boring. it´s interesting to see and know more about sly speedrun, and thank for make this video ;)

[@TestTest-pq2ry]

Even tho i love Sly a lot, i do think 2 and 3 are horrible in terms of speedrun. No major sequence break, no huge skip, almost no big strat, huge time consuming unskippable cutscenes... I think it's one of the longest any% speedgame of the whole PS2 (or probably THE longest). Just basically doing the game normally and the intended way..in order..without any way to skip any job..main time save source being death abuse or reset to save few seconds on unskippable cutscenes... 6 HOURS to beat ANY% on Sly 3. Huge contrast with Sly 1 that i consider absolutely amazing in term of speedruning. I can try to see it as somehow "multiple games speedrun merged into a big one" (episodes) to get that more interesting... I still "love" watching thoses speedruns, since it's still speedruning, and as it's really special and not like the others game, but ngl i don't see what's people are loving running thoses games, i hope a huge sequence break but the way the game is made make it impossible

[@Robloxinsanegaming27yeaburger]

it also doesnt help that unless you live in korea you have to commit a crime to be optimal

[@Zryu323]

​@@TestTest-pq2ry For me the love of running the game started with the movement, I am a huge stickler with movement. As we advanced the run, the love for breaking the intricate system that holds us back has been the main driving force for me for these past few years. One of those "it's become a challenge, So now I can't put it down" type of things.

[@TestTest-pq2ry]

@@Zryu323 mh... generally speedrunners break the game and beat it, here i think Sly 2 and 3 (and mostly 3) are ones of the biggest defeat of speedruning history, speedrunners practically can't do anything

[@Bvr_GG]

​@@TestTest-pq2ry horrible take

[@RiccardoBerticelli]

Naaaah man the way you advertised Manscaped with Slim Cognito had me dyinggggg Super video! I subscribed, Keep it up :)

[@Slysonic]

absolutely incredible video, loved it all the way catJAM keep it up, playstation community represent

[@CryoSignal]

Loving all the dates posted next to the records. The chapters on KZbin really help me slowly pick at this video! Great stuff!

[@laserpiano]

I played this as a kid, so nostalgic to watch. These documentaries are great, thank you for putting in the hours - definitely you deserve more views, dropping a like and this comment to help your algorithm

[@JumperTL]

As a norwegian myself who grew up with the ps2 sly games, I can confirm that almost every one of my friends who also had a ps2, also owned sly 2 and/or sly 3

[@KennyBaquolMusic]

These long-form videos you make on speedrunning topics are so top quality, Ricky. I knew you were a champ from that SpeedDocs Ratchet & Clank NG+ WR documentary, but these videos on your own channel are icing on the cake. They always remind me how great fellow speedrunners are in this niche/community, and I’m sure they encourage many to keep on pushing the limits and keep on doing runs. Appreciate you, bruv 🤘🤘🤘

[@PoppinCorn]

you gotta do a part 2! This was very entertaining, the time has decreased by a lot now!

[@Gehis514]

Excellent video man, always love to see well-made content on a series i hold very close to me

[@bassfren]

geeg have my children

[@Msa9898]

YOOO. Congrats on getting the project finally out Ricky! 10/10 success in all regards. Thank you for this amazing video, thank you on behalf of the community for the spotlight and thank you for making me go down a personal nostalgia filled trip through memory lane!

[@OutrageousJosh]

35:53 had me nearly crying laughing LMAO, you've done it once again Ricky! Fantastic vid dude!

[@ThaRixer]

Lmao, thanks Josh 😎❤

[@Petetheshmeat3]

Not someone who usually comments but wanted to say that the quality of this video is insanely good. Sky is one of my favorites series so seeing this level of effort put in really bring me joy. Keep up the great work!

[@fr4nk0]

This is a great example of a perfect video. Good work!

[@exohammer1]

>"Solid State Drive" >Shows picture of a 2.5 inch hard disk drive

[@dragax9666]

1 hour of unaltered pure speedrunning knowledge, hell pecking yeah Keep up the great content!

[@LyzLocked]

Okay, that montage for hekksu's 2734 is an absolute highlight of this video

[@DoctorSwellman]

I lost my mind at the “Black metal fan gathering” section. Lmao This is such a sick video, and your love for the game/community shows greatly here

[@ThaRixer]

Ty doc!

[@Skimmerlit]

I love how thorough and professional your documentaries are. Please keep making them.

[@alberona9986]

Loved watching this on your twitch live, your videos are always so well edited, keep it up man!

[@Game_Hero]

25:23 Nice little touch, adding a speedrun into his monitor.

[@nicolasnarvaezcamacho3223]

Everytime this man posts a video i get really hyped bc ive played so many ps2 games so its nice to see how much people care about them and its interesting how they try to speedrun it. Keep up the great work!

[@TheBenjamin109]

This is an amazing video and I wish I could have seen it sooner. One of my favorite games of all time and seeing the love you poured into this video and the community has poured into these speed runs was amazing. Hope to see what modern history is happening soon. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. ❤😊

[@ch4r_]

i honestly don't know much about speedrunning outside of games like spyro and minecraft as my main 2, but i love watching your videos and explaining games and their strats, it's incredible and i loved this video. didn't even realise i was 50 mins in till i checked because it flew by. have a fantastic weekend after this banger of a video!

[@fujiapple9675]

What an informative, interesting, entertaining, and well researched video! Thanks for the upload. Also, the *shiny* Pokémon sound effect got me at 31:21

[@broran_]

Man, your videos are always absolutely S tier. Even though I was a PS2 kid, I actually never had Sly, but this video definitely makes the game look amazing 👀

[@dislexyc]

I spent most of my days in 2017 or something watching Gnist Speedrun this game. Good times

[@RandyIto]

this was an awesome video Rixer, thanks so much for creating it and showing off such an interesting story with many intertwining pieces and people! can't wait for your next video

[@tHmCS]

Absolute nostalgia trip honestly, its not the first time I watched this, but I came back to it tonight and yeah, great stuff. I really do miss the days of doing nearly daily races with Cuber and Coooper and finding new stuff for optimizations. Game has come a really long way.

[@ibilesfighter3.16]

00:00 - Sly 2: Band of Thieves - Episode Select 1 00:54 - Ratchet & Clank - Pokitaru "The Scenic Sewers" 01:55 - Worms Armageddon - Forest 02:31 - Sly 2: Band of Thieves - Paris 03:45 - Sly 2: Band of Thieves - Dimitri Battle 05:55 - Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty - Deck B - Crew's Quarters 08:39 - Deltarune - Rude Buster 10:44 - A Hat in Time - Dead Bird Studio 12:59 - Sly 2: Band of Thieves - Wine Cellar 14:43 - Prism Age - Ivresse 18:59 - Kingdom Hearts II - Cavern of Remembrance (No Percussion) 20:57 - Spyro the Dragon - Ice Cavern 23:13 - Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus - Flaming Temple of Flame 24:42 - Resident Evil - Save Room Theme 25:22 - Worms Armageddon - Generic 26:18 - Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves - Venice Espionage 27:57 - Street Boyz - Makuuchi Subway Line 30:06 - Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves - Hazard Room 32:19 - Mega Man 7 - Wily Stage 1 33:54 - Norwegian National Anthem 34:03 - Digimon World 3 - Save Screen 35:39 - Vagrant Story - Escape 36:13 - Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus - Inside the Stronghold 36:55 - Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves - Blood Bath Bay 39:40 - Dustforce - It's Not Supposed To Be Snowing 41:22 - Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty - Twilight Sniping 44:06 - Earthbound - Sanctuary Guardian 45:30 - Jak 3 - Volcano 47:09 - Metal Gear Solid - Rex's Lair 48:48 - Ape Escape - Time Station 50:06 - Tekken 4 - Fear 52:05 - Sly 2: Band of Thieves - Episode Select 3 54:40 - Sly 2: Band of Thieves - Dimitri's Disco Theme 57:03 - Bully - Vendetta Jocks 59:39 - Dragon Ball Z Budokai - Battle Theme #5 (The Battle With All My Force) 1:03:43 - DJ Zirk - Supa Straight (Instrumental) (Fixed Version by Isaki) 1:06:03 - Final Fantasy X - Hopeless Desire 1:08:49 - Grand Theft Auto III - Main Theme

[@Clone003]

megaman tracks always go so hard

[@darienlambert248]

yo youre the GOAT for this

[@Qouth]

You are my saviour

[@Kepitsecret]

as a finnish viewer, this was very pleasing end of a long video :D

[@NekoHibaCosplay]

Three months ago Hekksu reached 26:49

[@Slithering-Pyro]

The x2 double attack against guards with square and triangle before they get back up from their damage animation was something I once figured out when I was little and playing Sly 2. It's cool to see speedrunners using it in their runs so many years later lol

[@grantnesselroad7569]

I went in expecting just some runners blitzing through Sly 2’s first episode, ended up getting a major Norwegian/Finnish surge.

[@maximillius939]

Feels unreal to see people still making sly Cooper content with this quality to this day

[@bg-sj9tx]

Best sly cooper game in my opinion, such a great story and boss fights

[@sfumato8884]

This is easily the best speed run documentary I’ve ever watched. Though I may be biased because of my nostalgia for the game. Beautiful editing too! Well earned sub 👍

[@FluxRevived]

Banger video featuring my 2nd favourite childhood game. Well done man, thank you for this.

[@AWOOGO]

My only sly cooper experience was following dimitri in the demo. The song that plays with him and "Smokey alert, freakout!" is always in my head when sly comes up

[@bassfren]

69th viewer LETS GOOOOO

[@bassfren]

oh and cool video (:

[@goatvomit]

I'm not a speedrunner nor am I very invested in speedrun records but the way you narrate and put your videos together keeps me fully engaged and interested. Keep it up dude! Sly Cooper is one of my favorite games series ever and it makes me happy to see people still talking about it!

[@riku7872]

Immediately came here after the ESA. Amazing Job there! Sly 2 is one of my favorites Game from my childhood. Hope next time your wish of 1 runner per episode comes true mate.

[@jetstreamvik9570]

Everyone else: *Does a record run once or twice* Gnist: *Does it like 50000 times the very nanosecond someone either even breathes near or beats his record* That kind of dedication is both admirable and kinda scary, does he even play any other game? Hekksu: SCREW IT LET'S MAKE IT 100000!

[@Eonymia]

The saga of Hekksu. I want to hear more about that guy, he seems interesting.

[@BeeboSunnerYTP]

Finland: Dominates Sly Leaderboards Also Finland: Literally has a YTP community for the game.

[@BoP]

I've followed the Speedrun for many years and even casually timed myself. I love this game and the fact that things like this video exists makes me happy

[@reidmounts5386]

all the little snipits of music from old games in all the pauses of this video bring back so many memories holy crap

[@eddyxo2348]

Amazing job on the video! The only thing I knew about Sly before was that it exists but just being 15 minutes into the video this is incredible. I really enjoy the content you put out and Im always looking forward to it. Keep on going man your videos are awesome!!

[@WH40KHero]

44:30 Absolutely perfect use of the Sanctuary Guardian meme. Perfectly foreshadowed, flawlessly executed, 100/100 Keks Well done.

[@moussi22]

btw hekksus time was beaten by Bvr 1 month ago.

[@stickybons3319]

Love the lil use of out of the frying pan at the very end of the video, what a song

[@JakeReehl]

So I was just at the Sucker Punch Productions building in Bellevue Washington! I had never been, it’s really big and right by Microsoft! I wanted so badly to go in, but I was too nervous, who knows if I would have been allowed in. I just want a tour of the place. Love Sly!

[@KaimArgonarEyyyy]

I'm really glad for this video. Sly trilogy is my favorite among the big bois of PS2, and while I've watched some R&C, and Vice City speedruns, I couldn't get into Sly ones because of the optimization of using the Korean language for faster times, plus the fact that you can't skip cutscenes.

[@eetuthereindeer6671]

I visited my friend who was playing sly 2 and i was absolutely amazed to hear that they not only had finnish subtitles BUT THEY SPOKE FINNISH. Sly 2 really is rare on the available languages being so wholesome

[@soggybreadman4035]

Bro I love how you use Slim Cognito for your ads. He's the perfect fit for it.

[@shrymp0]

An absolute great piece of work, Ricky. The pacing, the editing, the montages and the voiceover really blends this into a very informative and fun video to watch. Great work! Why isn't this on Netflix yet?

[@AadetTube]

I swear I have beaten Sly 2 over 30 times, and this is coming from a guy that has never attempted a single speedrun. And guess what, I’m also Norwegian.

[@clappv]

WHAT. This video was unexpected. Thoroughly gonna enjoy this treat, sly 2 is my favorite childhood ps2 game.