Mascots in gaming have never really stuck out to me. They are just kind of there to be some selling point to a certain console. Nintendo have Mario, sega have sonic, Sony have…crash and spyro? Oh wait…never mind. So Sony didn’t really have a mascot, in Japan they had toro but…let’s just say no one really knew what a white cat was in the west. Thankfully, naughty dog and insomniac, the creators of crash and spyro respectively, had new IP’s under their sleeves. But why rely on them 2? Why not have another challenger enter the ring? And that’s when sucker punch came in.
Sly is a strange game. It’s strange that, compared to its ‘competition’, it took more liberties from games such as crash and spyro. The gameplay of the game is pretty simple: you manoeuvre your way from the start to the goal of each level by jumping on certain beams and poles. On the way you have pretty simple enemies to deal with. Yeah this is basically crash bandicoot on steroids but it’s good, trust me. The goal of each level is to get a key to either get to the next area or beat the boss. The levels are all pretty simple with some trying to be more different than others. On the way you can also try to get these green bottles which will unlock a safe near the end of the level which you are then able to unlock a new ‘move’ from. You don’t have to do these, in fact you can beat the entire game without using a single one of these ‘special moves’ but I guess they are just there to look cool.
The story is also pretty simple. Because It’s a, say it with me everyone: a revenge story! Basically the kids parents were killed by a group of thieves and he declared revenge on each of them by gaining help from some friends. It’s not the most interesting story and I think the whole ‘revenge’ plot line has been done in better games but it’s serviceable I guess. The characters at least all have a personality. Raleigh is the definition of a British male in his 40’s/50’s. Mugshot has probably some of the most stereotypical American weapons I’ve seen. Ruby has an annoying voice. The panda king is the best one. and Clockwerk just isn’t that great of a villain.
I still think sly 1 has its merits. It isn’t a masterpiece, but the game knows it isn’t either and does the best it can with what it’s got which I find to be admirable in a sense. The gameplay is the one thing that probably carry’s the game but even then it’s nothing I would call perfect. The story is also something that probably should’ve been thought through a bit more. But it’s all ok, sucker punch delivered a serviceable game and I can’t wait to see how the sequels turned out!
Great gameplay, ok story, certainly had villains, no one chats shit about panda king
Sly is a strange game. It’s strange that, compared to its ‘competition’, it took more liberties from games such as crash and spyro. The gameplay of the game is pretty simple: you manoeuvre your way from the start to the goal of each level by jumping on certain beams and poles. On the way you have pretty simple enemies to deal with. Yeah this is basically crash bandicoot on steroids but it’s good, trust me. The goal of each level is to get a key to either get to the next area or beat the boss. The levels are all pretty simple with some trying to be more different than others. On the way you can also try to get these green bottles which will unlock a safe near the end of the level which you are then able to unlock a new ‘move’ from. You don’t have to do these, in fact you can beat the entire game without using a single one of these ‘special moves’ but I guess they are just there to look cool.
The story is also pretty simple. Because It’s a, say it with me everyone: a revenge story! Basically the kids parents were killed by a group of thieves and he declared revenge on each of them by gaining help from some friends. It’s not the most interesting story and I think the whole ‘revenge’ plot line has been done in better games but it’s serviceable I guess. The characters at least all have a personality. Raleigh is the definition of a British male in his 40’s/50’s. Mugshot has probably some of the most stereotypical American weapons I’ve seen. Ruby has an annoying voice. The panda king is the best one. and Clockwerk just isn’t that great of a villain.
I still think sly 1 has its merits. It isn’t a masterpiece, but the game knows it isn’t either and does the best it can with what it’s got which I find to be admirable in a sense. The gameplay is the one thing that probably carry’s the game but even then it’s nothing I would call perfect. The story is also something that probably should’ve been thought through a bit more. But it’s all ok, sucker punch delivered a serviceable game and I can’t wait to see how the sequels turned out!
Great gameplay, ok story, certainly had villains, no one chats shit about panda king
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@Bojangles4th sly 3 ending makes a lot of sense then
Bojangles4th
9 months ago