This was my favorite Sly game so far, with some great variety in the gameplay, characters, and levels. I really liked the incorporation of characters from past games and think giving them playable aspects was very good. Music was great and I enjoyed the story, though I felt the bosses weren't nearly as iconic. I also felt like the game was missing a lot of its roots with pretty much no actual collectibles to find, so you basically just farmed enemies to get enough coins for powerups that you didn't really need to complete the game. I didn't like the messenger bottles, but it would've been cool to find painting or artifacts around the level that you have to bring back to the safe house. It made it feel kinda pointless to explore the hub world and not just go from A to B with the missions.