Submitted 11 months ago by DukeHawthorne@lemmy.world to retrogaming@lemmy.world
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Sly Cooper was once an iconic 3D platformer for PlayStation. But its last game came out 11 years ago, and is largely forgotten today. What happened to Sly Cooper?
It is a shame that they never made a game after thieves in time (still on my list of games to play). The first three games were an absolute blast for me when I first got to try them back around 2018. Just as fun, if not more, than the ratched and clank series for me.
I liked it more than Ratchet and Clank too, but Jack and Daxter was my jam.
I replayed the original just a few years ago and it still holds up so well…
I need to get back into Jak and Daxter. I had 100% complete the first game but due to circumstances, never got to complete the 2nd game past the first few hours. Definitely on my list of titles to play, again, if I ever find a copy.
It was PlayStation’s “Bubsy”, a failed attempt at a new mascot.
It was never that good?
Might as well ask what happened to Mark of Kri.
You take that back
I played them for the first time a few years ago, they are legitimately quite good. above average in many ways and totally unique in other ways.
4 less so, some other people made that one.
I loved all 3 games as a kid, and I think it did a lot of things right for a game of that era. I think it’s at least surprising that it never had a remake or a more modern iteration, considering other remakes like ratchet & clank, rayman, etc.
there’s a ps3 and ps vita HD remaster fwiw
I think that’s the key thing there… “as a kid”. Kids aren’t exactly discerning when it comes to games… or movies… or pretty much anything really. It takes time and experience to distinguish what makes something good or bad or just average.
I was in my 30s for the PS2 generation. Sly, Jack and Daxter, Ratchet and Clank - they were all lost on me. Great if you’re a kid. Otherwise? Eh… meh.
What happened to Mark of Kri?
It got two games, and then just kind of vanished.
People bought God of War instead.
He was in Toronto last night.
Don’t worry, Sly had the golden horseshoe so they were ok taking damage from the electrical transformer station.
As far as authorities know he got away.
Willie@kbin.social 11 months ago
The problem was the last game. It kind of ruined the entire series. I didn't like the artstyle change between games. But it also just felt like it was not as good compared to the previous entries. Also they introduced time travel, time travel is like a story killer. Of course, the story was already dead with other choices they had made.
I felt like a 4th sly cooper game should have been about Sly's child since the themes were already about some multigenerational thief family. Sly's child would have wanted to be a cop just like mom, and then been confused after finding out that his family's criminal roots. It could have been a more adult story, for the now more adult players who were children with the previous games. I dunno.