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Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time is an evolution of the franchise according to developer Sanzaru Games. This isn't a sequel from Sucker Punch -- the folks who made the first three Sly games -- but a reimagining of the world. Don't panic: this isn't a reboot of the third-person platformer. Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time picks up after the events of Sly 3 and finds the cast living happily ever after. However, when Bently discovers that the pages of the Thievius Racoonus (the Cooper family book of secrets) are disappearing, he rounds up the gang and head out on a time travelin' mission to set things right. Again, this is an "evolution" of the franchise. The same voices for Sly, Bently and the rest are back, but the characters themselves have gotten older. Sly looks bigger, Murry's features are more Hippo-ish.
When I say "reimagining," I mean it in the way that Sanzaru has started from scratch and only looked to the previous games as inspiration while building its own legacy. Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time looks like an HD version of the franchise, but there's more verticality, more to explore, objects that are harder to find, and tougher puzzles that have you switching between characters.
When I say "reimagining," I mean it in the way that Sanzaru has started from scratch and only looked to the previous games as inspiration while building its own legacy. Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time looks like an HD version of the franchise, but there's more verticality, more to explore, objects that are harder to find, and tougher puzzles that have you switching between characters.
Still, the addition that has me most interested in Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time is replayability. The old games were great, but you could steamroll through them and never really have to double back. Here, you're going to come across areas that you can't get to -- that you don't have the skill set to open. This is because of the time traveling nature of the title. When you hop to a new era, you'll eventually unlock a new costume from that time period. This suit will grant Sly a special ability that will be not only be key to passing the challenges of the level but also key to doubling back to beaten levels and snagging goodies like in the LEGO games.
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