Backlog Redux 2014 #28 – Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time

A Blast From the Past

The original Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus is one of my earliest memories on the PS2, though it released two years into the system’s life cycle. I remember that, lumped together during the course of about a half-year or so, Sly Cooper along with Ratchet and Clank and Jak and Daxter pretty much took up most of my gaming time. They all had a somewhat similar look and gameplay style, with stylized animation and 3-D platforming, and each featured a team of memorable characters which have all gone on to become industry stalwarts in their own right. That, and they were fun, funny, and kid-friendly. What was not to like?

Fast-forward to 2014, when for the first time in over a decade I sat down with a new Sly Cooper title, having skipped over both of the original’s sequels. And to be honest, I was left thoroughly unimpressed by my early hours with Thieves in Time.