Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time

honestly this game is great, i tried playing the first one after this and it kinda sucked in comparison

definitely overhated

fantastic game

It's written like fanfiction at times, but the hate is unwarranted. They put a lot of effort into how it felt and played, and worked with what they had pretty well

Dunno how people see anything good in the gameplay here. Sanzaru managed to make movement and combat feel like shit compared to PS2 games from eight years prior. The writing and art direction, bad enough on their own, are even worse when held up to 2 and 3. The devs made plenty of claims that they loved the series but it certainly does not manifest in the execution. They were given two masterclass reference points to build off of and botched literally every element that made those games great.

Also I really hope pollyangel's comment isn't insinuating that they played this first and then couldn't get into the others, because goddamn that would be tragic. But that's the impression I'm getting.

happy 10th to the fucking end of this franchise i guess

This is one of the best examples of “fun game, bad xyz game”

Have to separate it from the earlier entries to not be annoyed by the story but it’s pretty fun and charming in a bubble, I’d be pretty excited about this on its own, I don’t think this franchise went out on bad terms even if they kind of spoiled the perfect ending it had by making this