Why Sly Cooper Was A MASTERPIECE

[@seeslug]

This is by far the most underrated video game franchise. Every time I’ve talked to someone about the PlayStation era they knew Jak and Daxter and Ratchet and Clank but then they stop knowing when I bring up Sly and I just think it’s so devastating because Sly was my entire childhood. Especially the second one! I played that one countless times. This is the series that got me into video games. I know what you mean when you said this series shaped your personality! It’s a shame that it ended the way it did, but they will still always have the most special place in my heart.

[@Gio-pb5rm]

It’s such a shame! I wonder if it just wasn’t promoted enough. The entire trilogy is an absolute classic.

[@seeslug]

@@Gio-pb5rm I wonder the same thing! But then I see weird pieces of media like the collaboration they did with MTV and it just feels so strange that more people didn’t grow up with this franchise. It’s so sad!

[@romantheblack-cat]

My aunt had thieves in time. She doesnt anymore so thats next on my list of old games to aquire.

[@KipsterMc]

@@romantheblack-cat Why did you just call Thieves in Time an old game? Please do not call a 2013 game an old game. I don't want to feel old dangit

[@Love2beNaked]

Ditto, Its the game that sparked my passion for games. I hope I get to see the Gang back together in the future, regardless of what story choices they make!

[@Lassikko]

Interestingly enough, where I'm from, being Finland, Sly Cooper was extremely popular to the point that almost every kid knew about him. And that's purely because Sly Cooper was one of the few triple-A kids' games that were actually fully dubbed into the language. Barely anyone cared about Ratchet and no one knew Jak. (To clarify, only the second and third games got a dub but that gave enough popularity to the franchise for the first game to be pretty well known as well.)

[@goranisacson2502]

I think I actually remember that Sly got a Swedish dub as well! Shame that us smaller and obscure euro-kid fans couldn't give them enough recognition to be in the greats as Ratchet and Jak who made it big in the US... maybe it's just how it goes when one funny animal mascot's got guns, and the other one just has charm.

[@elharvey5032]

I feel like Sly Cooper/Raccoon is a popular franchise in Northern Europe as a whole

[@elhumanoid5780]

Eyy another Finnish Sly fan here. I agree with everything you said, seeing as almost everyone of my friends knows about the Sly franchise through one way or another

[@charKT-7461]

Sly Cooper was extremely popular in Denmark as well since it was so rare for anything foreign to be dubbed in our language

[@asgth6147]

Same here in Norway.

[@jessiesmith6676]

"Jump and press the circle button!" has lived rent-free in my head since my childhood.

[@PowercellZeke]

Ey, wasn't expecting new Sly videos so soon after Jak, love to see it! Sly 1 is such a great game. I think it's a bit of a shame that it's not talked about nearly the same amount as its sequels, because it's such a well put together first entry. Everything you talked about with the tone, charm, and character were all spot on. It has such a distinct personality that makes it stand out. The moment to moment gameplay may be fairly simple, but I don't think enough credit goes toward how captivating and cinematic the level design is. It's a clear evolution of Crash's formula. Levels don't feel like narrow hallways chock full of hazards, they now feel like slices of a world placed in a linear fashion, with plenty of cinematic camera angles to enhance the thevious moves you'll be pulling off. Also, jumping and hitting the O button just never gets old, it's inherently satisfying every time, what else can I say? (However there were too many mini game levels which kinda clashed with the games vision, and just weren't very fun, an aspect that never left the series unfortunately). Really looking forward to the Sly 2 vid, as it's a game I personally dislike for a wide range of reasons, so I'm excited to hear what you love so much about it!

[@m488thunderbird3]

Zeke

[@thealmightycouch311]

Sly 1 is really good and I appreciate it. However I love the formula of 2 onwards a lot more. It feels more like it's own thing, not that Sly 1 isn't. There's a lot of reasons I love Sly 2 (Writing, aesthetic, exploring the hub world) but I think one of my biggest reasons would be how the heists are structured. I love that each area is you going through all the steps of doing a heist and dealing with whatever complications come along with that. I really feels as if I'm playing through something like Ocean's Eleven. I still like Sly 1 a lot though. The only game I actually dislike is Thieves in Time.

[@DrPotatoPerson]

I love that in Sly 1, across the many, many times that Sly asks Carmelita out to dinner, dancing, ect, her response is never anything like "Not a chance", or "Not in a million years, ringtail." Instead it's always some variation of, "Only once you're in jail." Like she was never actually rejecting him, she just wanted to catch him first.

[@crazyduplicate]

It's a shame we may never see this once great franchise return to it's former glory.

[@Vinman1509]

Amen to that shit

[@elharvey5032]

Unfortunately that is the most likely scenario

[@KipsterMc]

At this point I'm just going to be satisfied if a fifth game is even made

[@TerrorOfTalos]

If only sanzaru didn't make that mid ass game with a trash story while having no clear direction afterwards. They were utter fools to even think putting a cliffhanger like that would be a good idea with the next generation consoles on the horizon.

[@bamban_garcia5562]

@@TerrorOfTalos I mean Shitzaru Games was a struggling studio that only was hired to do ports, what better way to get paid more by forcing the publisher that contracted them for a single major project to greenlit a sequel to said project story purposefully left unfinished

[@Dielawn69]

I think the first Sly is one of the best 3d platformers. I love how the levels are short and concise. They never over stay their welcome or overwhelm you with thousands of collectables. Which fixed the problem of the bloated 3D platformers we had at the end of the N64/PS1 generation like DK64 and Banjo Tooie.It's sad that as the PS2 generation went on the 3D platformer genre went through the same blaoted collectathon problem all over again.

[@bananabike279]

Out of the 4 Sly games, I have the least experience with the first one. It's amazing to see how much Sucker Punch got right with the franchise on their first try. Such a shame the Sly franchise hasn't gotten the same treatment like Ratchet & Clank has, but it's good to see that after all these years there are still die hard fans like you out there!

[@elharvey5032]

I personally think that if Sly Cooper were to get a new game now days it will have a better chance of getting the recognition it deserves because of two things: 1) it's easier to market and 2) Sucker Punch is now known due to Ghost of Tsushima, although I feel like the best chance Sly Cooper has to attract a lot of new audiences is either through a Remake or Reboot

[@jasonpaul6491]

The Sly Cooper games, Jack and Daxter, and the ratchet and clank games. These were the games that made my childhood fun. I’m autistic so I’m not the most social person in the world. because of that some aspects of my childhood were very lonely. These games especially sly Cooper, how to give me a laugh and thrill when I needed it.

[@joefawley9264]

Kingdom hearts as well!

[@blovett0814]

Glad to see Sly is getting more love these days. I love it and even though Sly 2 is the best game, I will always have a special place for Sly Cooper and the Thievious Raccoonus

[@paulg3102]

Sly 2 is easily the worst in the series.

[@ralcolfwolfcoon8207]

*Slap* Keep. You're negativity. To, yourself!

[@NucleaRaptor]

Sly 1 is one of the most perfectly paced games I ever played. It's short enough where you can sit down in the evening and just blast through the whole thing without it wearing out its welcome. I usually do it once a year. The sequels expanded the gameplay into what's basically anthro Assassin's Creed (years before AC was even a thing), but Sly 1 is just unmatched when it comes to simple, comfy platforming fun. Best soundtrack in the franchise, too.

[@kabiribi6042]

Sly Cooper is a series that reminds me of what I feel the gaming industry lacks nowadays. So many games today seem to just take inspiration from ONLY other games, instead of maybe taking inspirations from other medias as what this series does according to your review, hence why we get so many games that are like "this game is a knock-off of that game or that game is a spiritual successor to this game."

[@landontrahan5770]

Not gonna lie, I always got a Robin Hood vibe from Sly Cooper and I guess that's what drew me to this franchise and character.

[@samwhaleIV]

Wow so random. I decided to search this game up because I hadn't thought about it in forever and there's an amazing retrospective posted 3 hours ago. Well done.

[@AdamHallDeathPunch]

Sly 1 is good, with its obvious problems. The second game fixes just about everything and I think is a masterpiece I still play annually. Unfortunately, I think the 3rd is such a let down and has way more gimmicks than platforming. Still some good moments, but as a whole, doesn't touch how good Sly 2 is. Thanks for the video!

[@elharvey5032]

I can kind of agree except I personally can enjoy Sly 3 for what it is, although I still prefer Sly 2, only thing that I don't like about Sly 2 is the fact that we can't replay missions once completing the game

[@AdamHallDeathPunch]

@@elharvey5032 That's a very good point. I would love to skip to certain parts in Sly 2, instead of having to reply the whole game again each time.

[@cloudshines812]

When I was younger, my mom took my brother and I to a gamestop one day and we both were allowed to pick out two games for our Playstation 2 system. I ended up buying Pac Man World 3 (which I think is okay but played very little of) and my brother picked out a brand newer game, Sly Raccoon. I ended up playing Sly with him far more than I did Pac Man World and it was honestly a fantastic pick that my brother got that day. The game was fun, challenging, unique, distinctive… and overall a blast. Its quite sad that Sly was one of Playstation’s forgotten IPs as Ratchet & Clank, Crash Bandicoot and Sora (from Kingdom Hearts) would end up becoming staples of the early Playstation life cycle… and Sly would soon be forgotten. However I’m so happy a fanbase and people still love these games exist. I still remember how excited I was back in 2016 when I thought the fan trailer for a Sly Raccoon movie was actually going to be real, but I’m sad it never came into fruition. And same goes for Sly being in Smash. But thanks J for the incredible review about my favourite theiving raccoon for his 20th anniversary! Cannot wait for you to tackle Sly 2 (the best in the series!)

[@BaselardFE]

Played and completed Sly 1 for the first time last week and it's an instant classic. I can't wait to play 2 and 3 as well since I got the trilogy collection!

[@Gordan1Freeman3]

On top of Sly 1(and the whole series, I'm one of the few who actually enjoyed Thieves in Time, sue me) being a really good game despite its flaws, something I feel elevates Sly as a character to something more motivational is his age in Sly 1. While I don't recall it ever being stated in game, everywhere else I've looked all states that in Sly 1, Sly is only 18. Dude traveled the world, took down an entire crime syndicate, defeated his family's nemesis, and reclaimed his family's journal at the age of 18. If I'm wrong about Sly's age, then I'm sorry, I've looked in a few different places, and they all say 18 in the first game. I know this doesn't really impact the enjoyment of the gameplay or story in any meaningful way, I just always thought it was a neat fun fact

[@goranisacson2502]

Level design, art design, a joy to play and listen to... the Sly games really did have it all, and then ended up playing Second Fiddle to other Sucker Punch successes with half it's charm. That's just how it goes, sometimes... though at the very least I had TWO other Sly-fans at my side, since I played it alongside some friends of mine. We were not alone! ... Even if I personally don't remember Ms Ruby being that complex to beat, maybe because I was just used to such minigames. Heck, it is the only boss fight I DO remember, unlike boss battles in latter games.

[@IVIALL0Y]

Sly 1 is amazing. Always be in my heart. 💙 I didn't realize as a kid, Sly ultimately became allies with men who were involved in his fathers murder... Dimitri, Panda King. Looking back, it's a kids game so they probably assumed your kid didn't catch on. (They didn't)

[@henrycervantes249]

Straight to the masterpiece title, you know the game is good if it warrants that title…

[@jessetorres8738]

If there ever is a 5th and final Sly Cooper game, this is what I'd like the plot to be: Bently, Murray, Carmelita & Dimitri get a scientist owl to help them rebuild a time machine to go back in time to rescue Sly by using his DNA to track him. But once they find Sly they can only come forward a little at a time, and every time they stop they encounter another Cooper member that they have to help. By the 5th or 6th level, we finally have Sly meet his father, but since Sly knows his father has to die, he's conflicted on whether to try to save him or let him die again. Meanwhile, the owl scientist who helps rescue Sly gets injured through these adventures with the Cooper Gang and he builds a robot body for himself, which we later find out is Clockwork. At the end of the game, Sly and the rest of the gang make it back to the future, but Clockwork steals the time machine, goes back in time, and he gets revenge on what happened to him by making it his life's work to go after the Cooper family. So, through this 5th and final game, the story comes full circle as Sly inadvertently created his family's mortal enemy in the form of a bootstrap paradox. And the game ends with Sly and Carmelita finally getting together as a couple with Sly ending his life as a thief so he can have a family with her.

[@Troll_vs.]

... AND THEN THE LEGACY SERIES! Sly 6: A thiefs Legacy stars there child and they will have to make choices on how to handle missions like unlawful ( thief like) or lawful. So like an Infamous like system

[@guitarguy3221]

The Haiti world music was so creepy ugh. This game had real mature dread vibes for its rating. Clockwork's world and boss fight were intimidating as fuck

[@Dhyfis]

Very few franchises make me as excited as the Sly Cooper franchise. It's also one of the few games that almost everyone in family played through and beat and we could all joke about and talk with each other about. It's nice to see him getting some well earned praise.

[@PraiseThaDon]

Never thought you'd do another Sly video, your OG Sly reviews are a classic. As far as Sly goes, it's one if not the most underrated franchise ever. Nobody even talks about this franchise when it comes to mascots. It's always Jak & Dexter or Ratchet & Clank. Nobody ever gives Sly the respect the franchise deserves. It also makes me mad that Clockwerk only had 1 true game. He was in Sly 2 but, it wasn't him.

[@12abar81]

Favorite game franchise ever, I can literally run though all of them in about 2 and a half days now 😂 I was stuck on clockwerk as a kid for like 4 months

[@KyogresHideout_Vegito2121]

I remember when Sly 1 came out and I loved playing the kiosk demo at my local Walmart everytime my mom took me shopping. Sadly never actually owned a copy because I didn't own a PS2 until long after the system was discontinued. Maybe someday I'll look into buying a used copy of the game to finally play it to completion.

[@ashleyploeg7791]

Now you can play it on ps4/5

[@Zitsanrael1117]

My latest replay of the Sly series was just a few months ago but this time I skipped Sly 1 and just started with Band of Thieves. It's not that I think Sly 1 is bad, it's just that I like what the other games do better: the open levels, pickpocketing guards and stealing treasures to buy upgrades, and the addition of Bentley and Murray as playable characters all just make revisiting Sly 1 feel obsolete, at least that is the best way I can describe it.

[@shmurdamma]

Ghost of Tsushima also sucker punch- feels the same. He literally jumps the same exact way as Sly.

[@SquiidGravy]

This is a yearly play for me sly cooper will always be the perfect platformer trilogy for me. The crisp clean gameplay, the heart tugging story and the amazing memories. I feel like I know these locations like places I grew up in. Something about sly cooper will resonate with me forever. I am completely content if we never see another game in this franchise cause i think it was just a set of perfect games for when it came out. While i really appreciated thieves in time and enjoyed the absolute heck out of it it just didnt have me coming back like the core trilogy. I dont think I'd ever like to see a remaster in the style of ratchet and clank ps4 either. You don't fix what was never broken just hit us with another sly cooper collection with maybe some extra goodies this time around (more concept art and development interviews would be nice if they still have any around we havent seen.) But even if they make more I'll be there for it cause I'll always be interested too see what that raccoon is up too!

[@megaman15ish]

Sly 1 will always be my favorite of the series. It was one of the games that truly made me love and appreciate storytelling in gaming as a kid.

[@UndeadKing97]

Always love seeing Sly Cooper get more of a spotlight. It was one of the first game series I played on PS2 and it’s still a great series to this day.

[@jusbertmeza4424]

Sly aged so amazing I got my lil bro to love it and he’s 12 so he’s the fortnite super smash generation AND my girl and she was never a gamer before we were together. Sly is just a well made and addictive game you can play over and comeback too to scratch that itch I got as a kid

[@deadweight4887]

31:10 From where I come from the holy platformer trinity of the PS2 was very underground. Not counting my relatives, growing up I would only met someone who knew about Sly and Ratchet in High school and that was in the middle of the 8th console gen. I never met someone who knew about Jak, it was only me, but well nowadays Ratchet is popular around here.

[@robxholicfoxyfan8552]

I think even if it was an unchanged or underdeveloped coin image in Clockwerk's level, it stands to reason that he would be the one of any villain to want that kind of coin. You'd think that Clockwerk wouldn't have that coin because of hatred, but hate by definition carries weight as much as love does. He could collect Cooper themed coins due to his obsessive hate that he gathers more of each with every member he tries to kill over the millennia.

[@Vinman1509]

That’s a really good point

[@violet_bunni]

I'm so glad someone pointed this out, the Sly image still makes thematical sense to have in Clockwerk's world especially since Sly would be the newest target in the Cooper family he has his eyes set on. Now if there's a prototype leftover that doesn't make sense that we should talk about, there's Sly calling Carmelita's shock pistol a "bazooka" in Paris, which was left over from when her earlier model was in the game where she did indeed carry a weapon that looks more like a bazooka. You can see this in the May E3 build that was released by Hidden Palace a while back (as well as the Jampack winter demo I believe). In the final game she's holding a pistol, no question.

[@roonkolos]

Around 2002 i first picked up Kingdom Hearts for the PS2, my brother got Sly 1 As time passed I more leaned towards Sly & he leaned towards KH. Since then we've been massive fans of the game the other originally bought. So in a way, my lifelong love for this series is thanks to my brother having bought it for himself originally

[@KoopaXross]

I think Sly had the best design between Ratchet, Jak and Sly. The big PS2 mascots. Gameplay wise I'll say: 1. Ratchet (replay value is thorugh the roof as well due to all the weapons) 2. Sly (The best platformer of the 3) 3. Jak (Good first game but lost identity over the years. The first one was my first PS2 game. In fact think I wasn't able to play Jak 2 and 3 back in the day because I was too young at the time and they were rated T while the 1st was for everyone).

[@QueSeraSeraaaa]

This trilogy feels so great to play, good stories, memorable villains and their backstories. The gameplay, artstyle, soundtracks, it’s just perfect.

[@SuperGewal]

I love Sly, I think about it as one of the 3 big trio (Ratchet, Jak and Daxter and Sly).

[@odd-eyesvon]

It's actually criminal that Sly Cooper does not get shown the kind of love that its contemporaries receive. Literally Crash, Jak, Ratchet & Clank, and Spyro get so much praise and attention, and if you're lucky, you get entire remakes, but Sly has much more personality and charm that most gaming series out there, hell, even more than most Nintendo titles, and has a cast so unique that it could rival, or hell, maybe even put the Blue Blur himself to shame. I truly felt every word you said in this video's preamble, as Sly was also a core childhood game for me, but it failed to last its effect on me as the landscape of gaming was swarmed with many new titles with great plots and characters. I think that Sly's biggest issue was not receiving many installments throughout the 20 years it's been around.

[@ghost656metal8]

The reason Crash, Jak, Ratchet & Clank, and Spyro get so much love compared to Sly, is because those games have always been more successful than Sly

[@keeferkifflom360]

@@ghost656metal8jak doesn’t get love and attention,what planet are you on? Many PlayStation gamers don’t even know what Jak is. Crash and Spyro are the ones that originated from PlayStation that went full blown into stardom. Ratchet is pretty niche.

[@ghost656metal8]

@@keeferkifflom360 What planet are you on?, If you think most PlayStation gamers don’t even know what Jak is, Jak and Daxter 1, sold almost 10 times the amount that Sly 1 did, and even if you don't add the sales numbers for all of the Jak and Daxter spin off games, the Jak and Daxter trilogy sold more than the 4 Sly Cooper games did, but you can continue to live in ignorance and pretend the Sly Cooper games are loved more than the Jak and Daxter games.

[@rukathekid7853]

Funny story with Sly Cooper 2 When I played these games, I was not only very young and, also, the internet wasn't really a thing yet. As such, I thought that the game's locations (Paris, India, Prague, Canada, etc.) really were just like the game. Fast forward a couple of years, I went to Paris on vacation. Remember, I was still just a kid... I was completely baffled by what I saw, I thought it looked almost nothing like the game! Sly Cooper 2 and 3 were an enormous part of my childhood and to this day I mention Sly Cooper as the perfect example on how to write a story that appeals to all demographics while maintaining depth... and, of course, satisfying gameplay, music, art direction, the works.

[@coolrod15thecoolest24]

Sly Cooper deserves the Crash Bandicoot and Spyro Remake treatment.

[@calvinmatthews1527]

It's to realize that PS2 games like Sly are turning 20! That means it's officially a classic series. You're right though, while not a perfect game, Sly 1 was amazing for a 3D platformer, especially in an age where they where dying, dead, or being generally terrible. But, for Sucker Punch to pull off the first game of a trilogy this well is glorious! Can't wait for you to talk Sly 2, cause I know how much you love that one.

[@MrIsaac95]

this was my first actual ps2 game and i didnt have a memory card at the time. So, i replayed the first world many times before getting tired or stuck and turning off the game. One time i got all the way to the fourth world but had to go to some dumb meetup with my mom. So i left my ps2 on so i could play later and maybe finally beat the game. however, unfortunately, when i got back i found out that my grandma turned off my ps2 because she was scared of the noise it was making. I was so mad that I finally decided to get a memory card afterwards lol.

[@darkmatter-mc5iv]

ngl... with how easy Sly had beaten the Fiendish Five even with his severe lack of skills, it seems kinda weird how his dad couldn't beat any of them. Edit: I do agree that the first one had a good amount of charm. Of someone who played 2, then 3, and finally 1, I do say I enjoyed the series. What was first a clone of Assissins creed to me became a series that stood on it's own and was very enjoyable. However, I will always remember just inhuman Clockworks voice was when I first met him.

[@elharvey5032]

Well Sly's Dad fought them all at the same time and without his cane or any gadgets so it was always going to be a losing situation

[@darkmatter-mc5iv]

@@elharvey5032 hmm. Though I still feel its a bit weird. Surely a cooper wouldve had some fighting skill without their cane, right?

[@bengi8907]

As a person who experienced Sly Cooper with 3 in 1 collection on PS3 that a friend loan to me, I loved it more than Ratchet and Clank that my mother got me when she got me the PS3. I fell in love with the art style as it did indeed feel like I was watching a cartoon. I never beat any of them but I feel like this is my second favorite game franchise on Playstation next to Uncharted series that I also got with my PS3. To hear you express your love and fondness for Sly Cooper was fun to watch. I can tell you have great passion for it and when I discovered your channel through your TMNT videos, I was surprised to see you covered Sly Cooper. I can’t wait for you to talk about Sly 2. I think more people should play the games and the best way is just lending it to a friend, that’s how I got into by chance and think it’s an effective method. Another amazing retrospective, J. Have a nice day/evening.

[@newgeorge4real]

What a great video! Been a fan since 2005🧡 I'm from Barcelona. A question for you all: Wich world from Sly 1 you like the most? For me it's Mesa City no doubt! Something about the purple and blue tonalities of the sky, the yellow and brown stones, the neon lights... very 80's somehow. LOVE SLY COOPER❤

[@jamesverhoeven8769]

First game i've ever played and I was 3,4 my dad would let me hold the controller while he played and I was obsessed

[@StrangeSunset7]

glad you are re-reviewing this game, i really like this game.

[@toto_rf95]

Great to see so much love for Sly these days. I was 8 when Sly 2 came out and I was instantly hooked, it is to this day my favourite game. Whether on PS2, the Sly Collection on PS3 and now RPCS3 on PC, I have been playing these games for 18 years. Even my PSN avatar hasn't changed from PS3 to PS5. Happy birthday Sly.

[@Herragru]

Somebody tell me why there is flag of finland in the level back alley heist???

[@vonteboyyy4299]

I miss this game I wish PlayStation would let us buy it 😢

[@onyxx5612]

Wow J’s intro really encapsulated my true feelings about sly in general. Truly is one of the best series in the early 2000’s and sadly it’s gotten forgotten by both modern times and the developers and it really doesn’t seem like it will get a prolonged run let alone the 5th entry that was teased at the end of tHe 4tH game. Now as far as the literal first game of sly, it’s my least favorite one in tHe series due to some of tHe mechanics and How stale some of tHe parts of tHe game got, but I get wHy it’s important to His shelf life and will give its proper respect. THe first sly game I played was sly 2 at one of my god peoples house and I was in love with it to say the least. The first sly game I owned was honor among tHieves and I never looked back. I wish it did have serious continuation support but it is just up in tHe air so I will definitely give tHis series my proper respect and it’s flowers because it earned it and modern society will never understand what impact it had on games today .

[@SuperSonicPanda]

Thank you j reviews for getting hooked on this AMAZING game franchise as of right now i on sly 2 so far I LOVE IT

[@brawlmaster7]

mAN... that was fan-TASTIC, really nicely written too! i gotta good chuckle outta the line reads you improvised with the muggshot & sly cutscene, that was great haha, can't wait to see your other reviews of these PS2 classic games! :D

[@Rubycore]

Sly Cooper was actually pretty popular in Norway and a lot of people I know and knew during my younger days all played Sly.

[@yousifthegamerplayz6471]

PLEASE you need to make an all sly cooper jokes comp PLEASE

[@chriscannon8144]

Cool, we’re about the same age. I was born in 2002 and didn’t get into the series until around the PS3 era when my dad bought me the Thieves in Time and later I got the trilogy pack. Looking back on it, I now see why a lot favor the first 3 games over the 4th one.

[@OfficialXel]

Hands down one of the greatest video game series of all time. Sly cooper is more than my childhood it’s my peace 🙏

[@IronStaff7]

I'm glad there is someone out there that loves these games as much as I do. This game was my childhood. I always felt lonely in my love for this series.

[@Gehis514]

I've always said that the platforming and level structure is the reason why Sly 1 is my favorite in the series. I will agree that the following games are more in contention for being the better games with how complete they are with story and missions and fleshed out gameplay ideas, but i have always aligned and been more biased towards the simplicity and am always amazed thinking about how a great game was made with those simple concepts. Wow Sly 1 is so cool

[@Blast1314]

I just bought the trilogy and theives in time on Vita, have wanted to play this series since I was 13 and hearing your opinion on sly 1 makes me want to play the game right now

[@litt420]

Hack yr vita stop giving money to Sony scammers

[@Bradly649]

The sly cooper series is definitely one of the best video game series imo

[@solidskullz5736]

Damn this cooper really is sly

[@KaminoKatie]

More like slay

[@thelastarcadegamer6655]

I love that there’s more videos coming out reviewing ps2 classics and games from then. I just started playing conflict Vietnam on the ps2 again, and there’s so many little details in the tutorial when you listen to soldiers just talk, like one talking about fragging his co for an order given that went fubar. Details like trying to make sure you don’t take out civilians, ordering the squad and allocating points, and many other things

[@fumbducker6465]

It's funny cuz right b4 u were saying mugshots and sly's lines I was saying the panda kings and slys 😂😂 lines and to this I'm still able to remember most of what was said, man I miss playing the sly trilogy for the 1st time as a kid.

[@awsometings]

Reason why my younger brother and I wanted a PS2 was strictly for Sly. My cousin rented it once and we were mesmerized.

[@AMAZIAH]

MGS did create modern and ancient sneaking game mechanics. There wasnt even a stealth game before Metal Gear on the MSX. With MGS making the style of the originals. And MGS-V basically being MG's gameplay ideas in a new modern design.

[@NoCapImSlapped]

its cool how your old sly reviews is how i found your channel and you're doing them again!!! cant wait for the sly 2 and 3 videos

[@kyleashley9294]

Suckerpunch is an awesome studio. inFAMOUS is my absolute favorite game

[@ashterrifictales7317]

Sly Cooper will ALWAYS be a franchise I will love. I go through phases with other things I love, but Sly Cooper is always at heart and not a phase.

[@freyathedragon899]

The coolest/creepiest thing about Clockwerk is that there’s something ‘crooked’ about his appearance. Sly takes place in a colorful world full of colorful characters, but Clockwerk is this grey, uneven-looking menace that just oozes vindictiveness. Even in the opening, his face is shown with one brow raised and with his mouth wide open in a scream, and it makes him look super uncanny and out of place in Sly’s world.

[@vibesmagma8451]

Kingdom hearts review if you haven’t already? I think that would be somewhat tedious but fun to talk about

[@rastas_4221]

Sly 1 is absolutely my favorite in the series. Mostly focuses on the best character gameplay, levels are a lot better than later in the series with more platforming variety (because they are purpose built, not semi open world). And the short length means you don't get fatigued as easily as was the case for me replaying Sly 2 where the cracks started to show towards the end where every mission just started to feel like the same stuff as earlier but for longer this time.

[@thegamerbrony2842]

Sly Cooper 1 was my very first PS2 game and I fell in love with it I was used to PS1 games and the look and sly Cooper made me go. "Goddamn this is PS2 bitch" basically I loved it so much that I got everything in it lol I'm glad this video came out

[@erregete]

Sly Cooper > Nathan Drake

[@exeledusprince9165]

I've recently been collecting retro games from my teenage years (makes me feel old as hell calling ps2 "retro") and I've never played Sly. I'm really really excited to get these games, they look like such quality titles.

[@Rubrasileiro]

They are extremely great. The characters, sound, level design and art direction are all at another level.

[@TheSqueakerNerd]

I wish I had played the Sly games when I was younger. They looked really cool. I was able to play just a tad at the house of a friend of my parents. I've always liked his design. I guess it's never to late to play now that I can get my own games, though. Enjoyed the video and have a nice day everyone!

[@OmegaSamurai265]

Absolutely love this series definitely my favorite game series right with the Kingdom Hearts Franchise! Was my whole childhood as well played all these games so many times and I hope this great series returns one day because it truly deserves a better send off. With both crash and ratchet and clank gotten new games I hope it returns!

[@JuicyKaroo]

Sly is the game that got me into gaming.

[@andymcgriffy]

Sly Cooper is still a big part of my identity as well. Nothing else has captured my imagination like Sly Cooper has, from the amazing art style to the story of the future games in the trilogy. The only reason why I don't play the games that much is because of my almost encyclopedic knowledge of every moment in the trilogy. I got so much out of the games that I sadly don't think I could squeeze any more enjoyment out of it.

[@Vinman1509]

I feel that, that’s how I was with these games and the uncharted series when I was like 10

[@BrokerLower]

Instant like for the Sly, Bently, and Murry video. Great original story >> Jake Dax / Ratch Clank

[@skg-l3e]

The consistency and quality of these uploads have been great recently keep them coming!

[@BlaxxShadow]

I'm in the minority, but gameplay loop-wise, Sly one was my favorite. The quick, straightforward platforming and the ost elevate this about the others. Sly 2 and 3 were more fun and di more from a narrative perspective and the gameplay was still fantastic, but I never got as much enjoyment like I did from the first one's platforming.

[@DannyBenS94]

While I wouldn't quite call it a masterpiece, this is one of the best platformers ever made. Only real flaws being some of the stuff you pointed out and the game is a little on the short side, even when getting everything. Despite the flaws, it's a great game. This was one of the first PS2 games I ever played.

[@celesticnova]

This franchise was my childhood. Some of my favorite games.

[@rhithym]

this game checked off so many boxes for me as a child, it really was a jumping off point for so many things i'm still interested in today. stealth, heist films, travelling around the world, charming characters, family lineage. this franchise had it all.

[@robertoramirez660]

1:41 Is that Sly Cooper…. as a Maverick? ….Ok, where does this dude show up in any of the videos?

[@JsReviews]

That drawing was from the end of my Mega Man X DiVE video where I said there were still a lot of ideas left for the X games to explore!

[@logan_cadfgs]

Rocket is DEFINITELY worth playing, it’s definitely a great first effort by Sucker Punch

[@cashordeals3672]

Is it weird everytime i have sly cooper cutscenes or gameplay recommended to me i wanna watch lupin the 3rd the first or castle of cagliostro 🤣

[@jessiesmith6676]

Not at all. The characters were heavily inspired by the Lupin the Third franchise. So was the recent movie "The Bad Guys."

[@DeftestAphid2]

I still love that I can play the whole trilogy on the PSVITA. And thank god it was a better port than Jak and Daxter.

[@ras2897]

your love for sly cooper is shared by me my friend. couldn't get enough of this series growing up

[@sstankfish]

Perhaps surprisingly enough, Sly was more common in my school than Ratchet and Clank. I loved all three trilogies, but was always surprised no one else played R&C. All anyone talked about was J&D, and a few talked about Sly. Then Halo became a thing in my school and no one talked about PS titles ever again.

[@sonofhades57]

This is my least favorite of the original trilogy, but that's like picking my least favorite steak. It's a very good classic platformer with a memorable cast that spawned two of my absolute favorite games. Good stuff.

[@SuperWorldJumper]

I read the video title as “Was Sly Cooper a Masterpiece?” and clicked on it just to comment “Yes.”

[@joefawley9264]

This and kingdom hearts are my all time favorite PS2 games

[@Flipitmixit]

You made it seem like murray was being protected by deadshot

[@chasewilliams9673]

I played all the Sly Cooper except the newest game. I, unfortunately, have not played that yet. I grew up playing Sly on the PlayStation. Considering I am a father now, I do not get to play Sly, even though I’d love to replay the games and memories I had as a child with my sister as we played. These games were great. I greatly look back at the memories I had while playing this game. The only other game I have equal admiration for is Mario.

[@SilasSeiler]

I remember unlocking the "Sly Cooper anime" clip at the end of the game and really wanting a full cartoon in that style

[@TheJcjonesacp]

This is going to be a fun series

[@unfrogettable9495]

That bit about being the only kid who even played Sly really hit me, me and my twin brother played all 3 of the PS2 titles growing up together and separately on our own time over and over and not once did either of us meet other kids who even knew what Sly was. I'll never forget that day where we got Sly 3 and loved it so much we went backwards and got the rest, loving every second of it, we could not get enough and just wanted more games like it but it feels so cruel to know nothing else is like Sly, it's so unique it hurts.