I Finally Beat Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus in 2024
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- Опубліковано 7 чер 2024
- Why Retro Gaming Is So Hard
Sly 1 was a game that I didn't get. My first time playing it was on the PS3 about 10 years ago and I couldn't get into it. So now in 2024 it's time to go back to Sly 1 to see if I was wrong about it - Ігри
I’m getting sly is finally getting the love he deserves and more recognition!
I’ve accidentally „met“ Sly and his Band. I bought a Naruto game from an flea market nearby., I was so excited during the drive back home. Arrived home, ran as fast as I could to my room, put on the PS2 , opened the case and found the CD of Sly 3.
I was so shocked and sad at the same time. My older brother came in to play, but left when he found out about the wrong CD. I literally didn’t touch it for 2/3 days.
But then, out of curiosity and probably boredom I’ve told myself, let’s try it, it’s here now anyway.
The rest is history. From that moment on I fell in love with the man himself and the whole crew. It’s a bond I can’t explain, it brings me back in time to very fond memories.
Man as a kid who hated watching naruto because my brother always did and i didnt know what else to do this is a dream come true
These are the stories I made this channel for, that sounds awesome. (Plus as someone who doesn't like anime, I think the universe blessed you with a better game lol)
@@RETRObutionofficial Back then, I had the same thought. It was meant to happen. Sly was a vital part of my childhood.
Hope to hear from you, when they ( hopefully) release Sly 2 and 3!
Great video man! Sly cooper is by far my favorite childhood video game ever. I really hope they will make a sly 5. Im glad sly is finally getting the love it deserves!
Thank you, and yeah I would love to see a new Sly. Maybe if Astrobot sells well Sony will want to pursue some of their old platforming games
Weird, sly is one of the first games I think of when I think old school playstation platformers
Yeah I might be wrong saying that Sly is the least popular but I rarely hear people talking about it unfortunately
@RETRObutionofficial You are probably right, I just like it more than some of your other examples as a kid
For me it's still Ratchet and Clank for how much of it was a platform early on before the transition to the PS3.
This was an important game from my childhood! Really good to see it again. Nice commentary as always, man!
Thanks Cristiano! What's your favourite Sly game
Sly Cooper is an amazing franchise
It has so much character and charm. I can't wait to cover Sly 2 on the channel
i rage quit this as a 7 year old and i lost the game holy shit that's a blast from the past
It's on the PSN now if you have a PS4 or 5 so you can go back and play it. Thanks for watching :)
@@RETRObutionofficialFor fairly cheap too. $10USD
Bro set pieces and the maps of 3 might be the best in the series. you're in for a treat bro.
Legitimately don’t think I’ve ever seen sly gameplay so thanks for opening my eyes to it. Actually looks quite nice and good to know the pacing is good!
It's on PS4/5 now Bicen so you can either buy it or if you have PS Plus Premium it's on the classics library, definitely worth a shot
I'm glad you got around to Sly. I think you definitely would have been a fan of it as much as the rest of us if you had played it regularly as a kid. For me, it's up there with Jak in the platformer pantheon and I've got it at the top. It introduced so many aesthetics that set itself apart from other games in the genre at the time. Very innovative, especially with 3 playable characters and fully open worlds in 2 and 3.
It is the most unique of the major mascot platformers of the time and it's one of the reasons why its so good today. I can't wait to get back into Sly 2
Never played it but it actually looks kinda sick!!
It's definitely worth playing, it's on the PSN now so you can play if on PS4/5
go play it. If you can find a way to play Sly 2 its even better.
I loved 2 and 3 as a kid but I never got around to playing 1. I recently played it twice over the past year and I definitely think it’s one of the most underrated 3D platformers I ever played. It has that perfect balance of platforming, stealth, and challenge. It’s easy enough to not make you throw the controller(crash 1) but also challenging enough in certain parts to make you feel accomplished. And even though I prefer the hub world gameplay in 2 and 3 I can appreciate the linear gameplay of sly 1 it’s more of a smooth play through you can casually pick up and finish in a couple days
Sly 1 is soooo under rated and I'm so glad that it's available to more people. Have you played Sly 4?
@@RETRObutionofficial I did a while back I remember enjoying it. I only played it once though so I can’t say how it stacks up to the trilogy but I had fun with it. Playing as sky’s ancestors was a really cool idea
Sly Cooper 2 was my first game ever felld in love directly
Is it your favourite platformer?
Imagine if Sony were to port these games to PC/Switch like they’re doing for Lego Horizon (I could see them doing that with a lot of their older games, and some others). That would be a great way to get these games into more people’s hands, and test the waters to see if there’s demand for a new entry.
I don't think they'd ever do it but I would love to see it. Playing this on a handheld like Switch or Steam Deck would be great. The PS Portal is a decent substitute for now though
Even though the chances of that are really low it’s still fun to think what if. Hopefully, Sony brings back more of their back catalogue so those games can be made accessible for more people.
I’ve seen people get different PlayStation games working on their Steam Decks through emulation. It’s really cool what people are able to do.
Sly Cooper was an amazing series to grow up with. I accidentally discovered it one summer. My neighbor had it for the PS2 along with Spyro. It was too hot to play outside and we started pkaying games in her basement, it was her older brother's console but he let us play the less intense games (we were like 7-8 years old and he was like 17)- thought it was amazing. That was the year that Simpsons Hit n Run came out and my dad thought it looked hilarious which prompted my mom to get my dad a PS2 for Christmas. After the holidays, my dad wanted more games and i suggested Sly and Spyro. And that was a massive turning point for me and my brother. My dad worked a lot and didnt spend too much time with us but as soon as we started getting games, our relationship just exploded. We'd sit down on Fridays and Saturdays and watch my dad play games for hours. It was fantastic. We spent a few years like that, just totally absorbed by games. It was amazing. I love that Sly still has a beating heart in people today. ❤
I love that story, thank you for sharing :) I have very similar stories with my older brother and dad. My dad would work long hours but early days I have fond memories of watching him and my brother play games and without that I probably wouldn't have started UA-cam
Im really excited about this
I mean they finally added it on the psstore and it’s gotten excellent ratings
I really hope this is a sign for more to come, i hope to see sly 2 and 3 later because those two are the best ones and hell if the ratings and playerbase keeps up then maybe just maybe they’ll be courteous enough to remaster the trilogy
Or make a new game for the series (tho lets be real the story had a perfect ending in sly 3)
It makes me so happy that more people get to play the Sly games, can't wait for 2 and 3.
Fingers crossed they get added to the PS Plus catalogue, regardless I'm starting up Sly 2 soon so expect a video in the coming weeks
Some of the vaults give you upgrades but only if you collect them all in order. For example, one of the vaults will have the ability to walk well invisible if you’ve collected every vaults leading up to it.
Love me my Sly Cooper. Used to play the first 3 religiously when I was younger & still do enjoy them today. Made me want to play other Sucker Punch games recently but unfortunately Infamous didn't really live up to the quality standards that the Sly games set as it feels like SP forgot how to make a parkour system for all of them & for InFAMOUS Second Son just forgot how to make a fun gameplay experience in general. I've yet to play Ghosts of Tushima because of how much of a turn off the most recent InFAMOUS was.
I used to haaaaate inFamous but Second Son made me a fan and now I love the series. What's your favourite Sly game?
@@RETRObutionofficial probably Sly 3, Sly 2 would be it otherwise but doing them all through PS Plus game streaming made me realize either 2's remaster is rushed or the game itself was as it kinda fell apart at the seams near the end in both versions if I remember correctly lol. Still love 2 though. Also for me InFAMOUS showed potential up to Second Son where it just lost alot of that charm the open world had with every side mission being unique instead of the same copy paste structure 20 times over. Also didn't appreciate having to dig my Dualsense out of the grave to do graffiti as the controller I normally use doesn't have a SixAxis but that's neither here nor there lol. I also just didn't find Combat fun & impactful like launching lighting bolts & bombs did.
The parkour system is fine in Infamous it just no longer relies on specific areas its now more like proper parkour
@@chandlerburse then why does every Infamous game after the first one give you 5 different ways to avoid using it? Like anytime I've done missions that requires me to climb something like the Prison in the first game to the Space Needle in Second Son the system never really worked correctly because it didn't allow to grab what I was jumping to & I'd have to redo that platforming multiple times because of that & even in missions that don't require it it's gotten me killed because I grabbed onto something accidentally when I was trying to avoid an attack. It was better when it was just "Jump & Press the Circle button" because you knew that you were going to connect to what you were jumping to or something near it & had control of when you wanted to grab a ledge or dodge an attack.
@@EvisceratorMK2 i have no idea what you mean it never failed to work for me especially in second son where’s the most refined
How you felt you would’ve loved Sly as a kid… but just didn’t own it, is how i feel for so many games lol. Jak, Rachet, Tak (even something like Skyrim) Never owned, but I’m sure they would’ve held a special place if I did just like Sly does for me
Oh man there are so many games that I missed out on that I know I would've LOVED. This channel is going to be a way for me to finally get around to them. PS Tak was brilliant
Another good PlayStation 2 game I would suggest would be Deus Ex the conspiracy. It's the PlayStation 2 Port of the PC game and has been my favorite in the franchise for a long time. Another good game that has been talked about for a long time would be Sphinx and the cursed mummy for PlayStation 2.
Another Niche one would be Neopets and the dark fairy, that one is a Zelda like adventure game with a surprising amount of content if you can get past a few very fatal flaws in the game design.
I'm a game collector myself but while I used to collect every single game known to man ever since the PS4 came to be most of my games unfortunately have been digital. I have 655 games but unfortunately they're all digital and I sold most of my physical copies. But now I'm starting to collect games that I personally like regardless if they are rare or not and there's something about just collecting for you that feels more satisfying that way. I subscribe to your channel and I hope you grow if you want to. I'll spread the word around that a new retro gaming channel has been born😊
Thank you so much :) and that's exactly what I'm trying to do with my collection - create a small, curated collection of games that I want regardless of their rarity etc.
I mean no offense, but how can you enjoy the PS2 port more than the PC original? Did you just play it when you were young without playing the original or what? I'll admit that it's an interesting exercise in what can be removed from a game while keeping the core intact, and it's definitely not the WORST in the series (coughinvisiblewarcough). That said, it is, in a pretty objective sense, simply a worse version of Deus Ex, and this is coming from an unrepentant PS2 fanboy.
@@Just.Kidding I have the original PC version on my computer with the revision mod. And I have completed that version three times, however I still prefer the PS2 version just for the fact that it's a little bit more streamlined and easier to replay. The PC version is great with mods and with the revision mod has a new game plus but I grew up with the PS2 version due to the fact that I have never once owned a PC that is powerful enough to play anything remotely graphic intensive. Sometimes the PC version might be superior but it's not someone else's taste. I've always been a console person and even to this day I still only on the PC that I've had 11 years ago.
And I love the PS2 Library, but playing on original PS2 Hardware isn't as enjoyable as it once was. To this day my favorite console of all time for PlayStation would be the PlayStation 4, and I have no desire to upgrade to a ps5. I'm one person that is ecstatic that they are finally using a better emulator to Port over some of the more well-known or fan favorite PS2 games to PlayStation 4 and 5. I prefer retro gaming over modern gaming since most modern games don't even intrigue me anymore and I tend to just play my PS4 and my Nintendo Wii. Again it's all about preference rather than being optimal or playing the best version of something. However I do see the appeal and always playing the best version of something because sometimes due to age or Hardware limitations one version might be inferior to the other, however I never felt that way about the PS2 games that were also on pc. And in this modern day and age consoles can pretty much be as powerful as a PC without the hassle of always needing to upgrade or install mods or the basic upkeep of owning a PC.
But I don't hate PC, and some games are better with mods but still it's all about preference. Each has their own qualities but I've always preferred consoles in my own opinion
Put it off for so long. Rly wanted to play it but I ended up never getting the chance, instead growing up with Ratchet primarily.
Played and platted the first game yesterday and holy fuck it is so damn good. When it comes to Ratchet 1 vs Jak 1 vs Sly 1 I think Sly 1 wins for me even if Jak 1 is close behind. If this is considered the weakest of the trilogy I can't wait to see how good 2 and 3 are!
Oh man Sly 2 is absolutely amazing. Number 1 is definitely up there but I think Jak 1 takes the cake for me
I have physical copies of the originals and the remasters, and I just bought the first game again on PS5 with this rerelease.
Do you have the platinum in them?
@RETRObutionofficial I'm still missing trophies for Sly 4 and Bentley's Hackpack but I don't feel like subscribing to PS+ to play them!
I had a cheat code book for my PS2 with one of the cheats for Ratchet and Clank 3 was a playable demo of Sly 2(similar to Crash having Demos of Spyro behind a cheat code) with me getting hooked on it. At the the time I think the 3rd one was out but the kiosk at Toy R Us had a really dark screen so I couldn't tell what the 3rd game was and got 2 with the 3rd then 1st game being added to my collection. I still see them fondly with the 4th installment being not as good with the PS5 release of just the first game being a rip off since they made a trilogy pack for the PS3 and could've used that again for everyone to play all 3. And to say about Jack and Daxter, I question what made it good since neither it's story hooked me in since it felt like it over bloated itself with it being unable to make me invested in our main 2. While gameplay with the 1st game was simple an good, when they added guns while trying to mix the melee in on top of the enemies and no sort of strafing or aiming let alone ammo pickups I tried to avoid open world combat as much as possible since you got nothing from it.
I'm not a big fan of Jak 2 & 3, Jak & Daxter though is one my favourite games of all time. There's something about it being an open world on the PS2 that made it special
How did you feel about inFAMOUS second son since you liked 1 and 2?
I loved Second Son. It was the reason I got into the infamous series, I haven't played it in about 10 years though
@@RETRObutionofficial ah I gotcha I’d love to see you do an inFAMOUS retrospective since all the games are now in the 10 year old department… god I feel old
If you played the HD collection version, it’s a surprise you were to off, put by the fact that the music for the rhythm based Bossfight of Ms. Ruby isn’t synchronized properly the way it was in the original PS2 version. Sfew, that was a close one.
Oh I didn't realise that. That was the hardest boss in the game lol
Sly 2-3 next
Working on it as we speak
@@RETRObutionofficial 🙏🏾
bought the sly 1 greatest hits, the original cover is just basic and behind those locked glass cases it was easy to dismiss.
loved the first game, lots of late nights as a kid on the weekend trying to 100% it.
then the commercials for sly 2 started playing. was probably one of the only people in my area who preordered sly 2. sly 3 was really good too, but it spoils alot of the plot immediately and with all the "new" characters you lose a bit of the dynamic on screen between sly Bentley and Murray.
sly is still one of the best series i have ever played. after hundreds of games that says alot lol
I'll be starting Sly 2 very soon so there should be a new Sly video in a couple of weeks. I'm loving the series so far
@@RETRObutionofficial i really hope sony adds 2&3 to ps5 with trophy support. sly 1 is a bit different compared to 2&3. will definitely be checking out the video. sly 2 is my favorite in the series overall.
Sly Cooper isn't cel shaded :)
It's a common mistake people make when games use cartoony visuals + black outlines. With cel shading, there is no gradient - the shaded area is right up against the non-shaded area. Think Wind Waker.
Also, you have the original running off of (a hard drive on) original hardware, on a CRT..... but you played the fuckin remaster??? wat.
Ah thanks for the clarification. Well I like trophies lol