Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus
by Sony Computer Entertainment
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Product Summary
Brand: SonyRelease Date: 2002-09-26
Platform: PlayStation2
Model: P2SNY 711719719823
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Product features:
- Sly Cooper was born into a family of thieves. On his 8th birthday, he was supposed to recieve the Thievius Raccoonus -- the family guide to theivery. But it was stolen, broken into pieces and spirited away. Now, ten years later, Sly will fulfill his destiny and get the Thievius Raccoonus back!
- With the help of his friends, Bentley the inventor and Murray the muscleman, he'll go on a quest to restore his family name
- Use your stealth and smarts to sneak around, duck security, and jump through windows & doors without being seen
- Great minigames, hideouts, and vehicles are here for an adventure kids will love!
Video Game Reviews of Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus
Customer Review: One of the most enjoyable, colorful, wonderful PS2 games, ever...
Summary: 5 Stars
Okay, caveat emptor right here at the beginning, my eyes and vision, as well as other related physical and psychological limits are going downhill fast, in this, mad world, and I don't have nearly the time or ability I'd like to playing video games more often. While I still think video game technologies and advancements have come a long way indeed, in barely a decade, a lot of the newer, FPS (first person shooter) games for the up-to-the-minute game consoles and PC, so popular these days (unhappily), leave me cold. Rare is it these days, that a video game shows any imagination besides the same old tired shoot everything that moves genre. With lots of gratuitous blood and guts and lots of very unpleasant events (GTA, et al), and silly music games offered with silly fake instruments and even more ridiculous results (folks, buy a cheap, REAL guitar, sheesh, learn a few chords, and let your imagination take you wherever), I wonder, even with PSP and Nintendo DS confusion, whatever happened to having FUN playing video games?
I remember in the early days of the PSP, which I had considered buying at one time due to my vision problems, where early on, there were cracks and hacks out there, and even pushed by hosts of G4TV, back before G4TV turned to crap and got rid of most of their best shows, which allowed me to actually play Mario and countless other SNES and Sega Genesis, and other games. I don't know if it's even possible to buy PSP's hackable version to play old SNES and/or Sega Genesis classics, "THEY" probably put an end to that a long time ago.
I, the humble, lower economic class owner of my beloved PS2, thus offer the following.
While XBOX360/PS3/Wii fans may either live in nirvana of the new dayz or even long for a better (?) time, some of us older others remember and applaud when the GAME and PLAYABILITY was all important. For us, so many of the "next-generation" efforts in the way of graphics, are amazing but it's "in the game" beyond graphics, and so is the case with earlier efforts such as this, Good old Sly Cooper, in his original adventure.
Dazzling graphics are one thing, and this game equals anything found on the newer (post-PS2), if I many say so. The colors and graphics here are second to none. And while deep down, I still believe the first three original Super Mario games, and Mario World, all for the SNES, still define the height console video games ever reached, this particular game, perhaps like Mario 64 and other such, questions that theory/belief. Not that other platform games, 2D or 3D haven't tried. Witness Spyro, Rayman, and Crash Bandicoot, etc., for examples. Take these general opinions and my personal philosophy of video games, for what its' worth. But for any platform game lover, this is a must buy if you have a PS2 or PS3 capable of playing older PS games.
While I cannot talk of the Gamecube or Wii endeavors with Mario, since I've never owned those gaming systems, I do own and have for some time, a good ol' new version of the PS2 (which may never die, Thank God), and of all platform games I've played for the PS1 and PS2, this has to be closer to one of the best platform games of all time, and will I'm sure, not let down any casual gamer of any age. Experienced gamers might find it a bit easy, but that is to be expected among most gamers.
Sly Cooper is a sly fox, yes he is. If one gets lost early on, as I did, I suggest you delete your saved profile(s), and start anew. Because there can be frustrations early on if you don't watch and listen to your help characters, from beginning onwards through each completed stage. Regardless of similar such games as this, this is fun and easy for all ages, and remains the best SLY COOPER game ever, and probably always will. For any PS2 game player not familiar with Sly and his merry bunch of accomplices and beautifully drawn and colored graphics, and especially for any true fan of platform 3D games, this game remains one of the finest and most excellent overall platform games ever.
If you can still play PS2 games on whatever system(s) you own, and want a good, old-fashioned platform game, which is actually relaxing (no real timers hurrying you along) and easy but still challenging and quite cute at times without being unnecessarily frustrating, with superb graphics and replayability, you can't go wrong here. This is definitely one of the PS2's finest efforts, and still holds up to this day, for both young and old gamers alike. Dinosaur gamers like me with failing eyesight or cerebral ability to keep up with dozens of commands to make your onscreen character work, will love this, though advanced gamers, may find it the equivalent of one who mastered the Super Mario games trying to play Pong.
Come to think of it though, Pong was, I still protest, a pretty cool game, and still is...as are the Super Mario games, and Tetris, and I'll just stop for now before I start discussing Ecco...
Description of Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus
In Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus, you play a guy out to fulfill his family's legacy, an become a aster thief -- by stealing from the people who stole from him!Sly Cooper and the Thievius Racoonus puts the player in the role of a raccoon named Sly Cooper. On Sly's eighth birthday, he is given the Thievius Raccoonus, an instruction manual passed down through the Cooper family for generations on how to be a great thief. But ruthless villains bust in and steal the manual, split it amongst themselves, and then vanish. Sly, along with his two friends Bentley and Murray, must embark on a platform adventure to recover the pages of the book and prove to the world that Sly Cooper is the world's greatest thief. Different skills, such as stealth tactics and platform jumping, are required throughout the game. You'll also pilot vehicles, play minigames, and fight bosses as you proceed.
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