Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves

In Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves you'll become a master thief and a master of disguise, as you preapre for an impossible robbery. Sly may be the best thief...
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9.3
excellent
 

Game Overview

In Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves you'll become a master thief and a master of disguise, as you preapre for an impossible robbery. Sly may be the best thief around, but even he can't pull this one off alone. Recruit five returning as well as new members of the thieving gang to take down the maniacal Dr. M. With the pursuant Carmelita Fox and the mad professor on his tail, Sly learns of his family's thieving heritage and the one great secret his father kept from him for years. It'll take all of his team's abilities to take on this last great heist!

The Good

Incorporates more characters, Uses minigames of all sorts, Great presentation, Interesting and compelling storyline, All new two-player mode.

The Bad

The minigames are all fairly short, Occasional frame rate issues.

The Bottom Line

The third edition of the innovative platformer series from Sucker Punch and SCE America. This time around, the cast of playable characters has been expanded even further to include Carmelita, a shaman from Australia who speaks in tongues, Dimitri, and some other characters that have yet to be revealed. Once again, the setup for each mission is with a series of events that need to be done within each large environment. By looking through the binoculars or simply tapping the L3 button, arrows point out the current events available that are color-coded for each of the available characters. If there's a blue arrow, it's for Sly, and Bentley and Murray have green and purple arrows, respectively. And once all of these events have been completed there is the grand heist-type event where the characters need to work together to pull off a grand plan that Bentley will have concocted.

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Expert Reviews

GameSpot review logo
84/100
score

Bigger, longer, and Slyer than the previous two in the franchise. Although Sly 3 still suffers from a relative ease that has always plagued the series, the gameplay is varied and clever enough to keep a player of any skill level's attention.

GameZone review logo
93/100
score

The flawless controls (really and truly - if we rated controls separately this game would receive something rarely seen on GameZone: a perfect 10) are one integral piece to the giant puzzle the developers created. No aspect was too small, no feature was

IGN review logo
81/100
score

It's still a fun ride and many of the new additions work out well, especially the pirate sections, but there are enough rocky spots to make the game feel kind of awkward and hold it back from being truly great.

Character Profiles

Sly Cooper

Sly Cooper
Being a master thief is never an easy thing, but nobody can make it seem easier than Sly Cooper. Combining stealth, action, humor and charm, Sly Cooper's various heists have managed to be some of the most amusing experiences in all of gaming, and during the sunset of the PlayStation 2's lifespan, his adventures remain among the best.

Game Features

Sucker Punch's Dev Madan shares some thoughts on the Sly franchise and Sly 3 "Ultimately the designers, whenever they work on this, it has to be fun"

Game Specs

Controllers
Analog Control, Logitech PS2 USB Headsets, Pressure Sensitive, Vibration Function

Memory
115 kb

 

Modes
Full Mission Single-Player, Simultaneous, Story, Versus

 

ESRB Game Ratings

ESRB Rating of "E10+"
This game is Rated: Everyone +10
Content is most suitable for children ages 10 and up. This game may contain cartoons or fantasy characters and some language, violence or suggestive themes.
Content Descriptors:
Cartoon Violence, Comic Mischief
 
Game Info
Platform:Sony Playstation 2
Release Date:9/26/2005
Publisher:Sony Computer Entertainment
Developer:Sucker Punch
Genre:Platformer
ESRB Rating:E10+
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Game Quality Ratings
Overall
9.3
Gameplay
9.3
Graphics
9
Sound
9.5
Concept
8
Difficulty: Medium
OVERALL
9.3/10

Recent Customer Reviews

The 3rd, but probably not last Sly game.

Sly 3 is the latest in the series and the best. Recommended to players of all ages.
Published 2266 days ago by xenoranger

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