Sly Cooper: Thieves in Times Review: Stuck in the Past | Polygon

Polygon: "The bad pacing in level design, the overwhelming mix of things to do without any sense of how to piece them together into a strong experience, the production values that veer back and forth between fantastic and non-existent — it feels like, well, a PlayStation 2 game." 6/10

[Y_5150]

"Stuck in the past" I consider that a good thing! I'm going o not read the review because I want to judge for myself.

[LOGICWINS]

"I'm going o not read the review because I want to judge for myself."

So why did you come here in the first place?

[Y_5150]

"So why did you come here in the first place?"

I wanted to provide my own personal feedback based on the title. The title made it sound as if it is a negative which it isn't in this case.

[ChronoJoe]

It doesn't make much sense to critique a game like this on that basis to be frank. If Sly 4 is 'stuck in the past' so is Super Mario etc.

It's a kids platformer for christ sake, what did they want? Guns and dubstep?

[slaton24]

no they wanted it to have multiplayer with killstreaks and custom classes

[Knushwood Butt]

Very true, although, for some inexplicable reason, you'll never find a Mario review that calls it out.

It's like Nintendo game are never judged against anything else - they just exist in this magical void.

I mean, if Sly is being called a PS2 game, then what is Super Mario Bros Wii U then?!

[arbitor365]

this game stays true to its roots, expands where neccessary, is well polished, and it gives the fans what they have been wanting for 7 years

polygon gives it a 6/10

dead space 3 is dumbs down the franchise into generic action schlock, completely missing the tone and point of the first game by a country mile

polygon gives it a 9.5/10

no comment

[Adva]

That's such a joke.
What kind of idiots do we have in the gaming journalists industry?

[mandf]

some are not legit gamings sites. They pay $10 for a site to bash a game. Watch how many reviews there are. Half will be sites gamers have never seen before. It's viral marketing.

[A2X_]

On point.

[spongeboob]

This is the same guy who gave Ni No Kuni a 6.5, enough said.

[showtimefolks]

Watch rev3games Adam sessler's review of sly 4, he gave it 2/5. Than search Adam sessler plays sly 4 and see how he doesn't even know what the game is all about. He complains about combat yet it's a stealth game not meant to run around killing people

I don't think sly games ever had strong combat

Watch GT's review they are right. After playing the game I can tell you few things. I picked up the game from walmart this past Friday. I don't think the cashier had any idea she was selling me a game that wasn't due for anther few days

The story is quite long actually took me between 15-20 hrs
The world feels diverse and are big to explore
There is a way point system that helps big time, the world are so big if sly 4 had no way point map system I would be lost and frustrated

The boss battles are fun but to the best part of the game

Now to my favorite part. The story is actually quite funny, you will laugh out loud quite a lot. I don't know why sessler was expecting a serious story when this game is a perfect buddy movie type of game

For 40 bucks with cross buy feature I say buty it. For me personally it's a 8.5/10

You can revisit the worlds to find hidden stuff and or reach areas no possible before

[spongeboob]

Usually Adam is a solid reviewer i can trust but i think he was way off on this review. He doesn't seem like himself since he's left X-Play, I'm not seeing that excitement for games he used to have. He seems bored in general.

I've played it for quite a few hour last night and I was pleasantly surprised by how good it is.

[Chuk5]

Actually, if you knew Adam, you would know that Sly was one of his favourite franchises last generation. Gamers make too many assumptions about reviews; you trust some and you don't trust others. You don't always have to agree, and when you don't it doesn't invalidate everything that person ever says again.

[BoNeSaW23]

One of the best comments I've read all day!

Totally agree!

[showtimefolks]

Chuk5

actually i also agree with a lot of sessler's reviews but for SLY4 he was way off, he was asking for stronger combat yet its a stealth game, and costumes are big part of the game and how you get around enemies and beating bosses yet he didn't like the feature

spongeboob

you want him excited watch these 2 videos

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

God Of War he is quite excited and asks some great questions, damn i am so hyped for this new GOd of war

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

and watch this for last of us, i think he misses morgan webb lol.

anyone on the fence, look at most reviews and you will see most of them are positive,

as a fellow gamer i can say this for a fact if you have played prior games than this is a must, if you are a new SLY fan than you should buy this and get the sly HD collection.

in SLY4 you can relive the story through a long cut scene which will bring you up top date on the whole story

[H4all]

i'ts time to make self decision..
play it and know it..
it's a good game to me.. i play and judge it..
not hear/read/watch from other people review..

[lovegames718]

Damn i asked my freind on my list if he liked it and his response was "Epic fun"

[Whitefeather]

I can confirm it's amazingly Slyish. If you want more Sly this is the game.

[smashcrashbash]

Anyone saying that the new Sly is bad because it plays like the last ones are full of $hit.Try remembering that when you review the next Gears or Mario game

[Good_Guy_Jamal]

Gears? You mean the franchise that started this gen and couldn't possibly be stuck in the past since its gameplay is pretty modern? That Gears?
Do you people actually remember the original super mario games? Mario has evolved and progress gradually and naturally since its beginings.

[smashcrashbash]

Why is it modern? What makes it modern? What are you talking about. Those games have the exact same gameplay each time? How has Mario evolved? We are fighting the same kind of three hit bosses in the same type of worlds, bouncing on enemies the same way.They are even going back to the same power ups.I am not sure what you mean by evolution and modern. Gears has played the same way each time and only the controls have been tweaked. The story isn't better, the dialogue isn't better, the gameplay isn't any deeper.I am not saying Sly has evolved like some games have but I don't think that should be held against it seeing that many games get away with it. Everything people are putting it down for is what Sly Cooper was always about.The same way people are saying that there are things that only sly fans would overlook? That is the same with every game.There are glaring faults in many games that fans choose to ignore and that reviewers refuse to take points off for.So why should Sly be treated differently?

[1nsomniac]

got the review exactly right

[Williamson]

Im enjoying the game so far, but some people might look at these reviews and not give this game a chance.

[abzdine]

i dont give a shit about what stupid reviewers are saying, Sly is a must have for me.

[Loki86]

Polygon doesn't use one opinion they use the entire staff to come up with a consensus and I agree with these guys 95% of the time. Also, their site is gorgeous.

http://www.metacritic.com/g...

Obviously, most reviewers don't agree with the hardcore fanboys on here.

[majiebeast]

They gave Ninokuni a 6.5 nough said they are a bunch of amateurs like 90% of game journalism these days.

[Loki86]

Did you read the criticism on the review or did you just base your opinion off their score. Don't bother answering because I already know what you would say.

[Chuk5]

Loki said "multiple reviewers", I don't know why that's hard for people to understand. There's no monolithic views on most game sites.

[HammadTheBeast]

They had a stupid review for Ni No Kuni, basically bashed it for being an RPG with some grinding.

[edenianrain]

And people always ask me why I dont trust mainstream media reviews new super Mario bros,2,u same thing hardly an improvement, every ratchet game besides all 4 one and ffa same thing,every call of duty same thing,every assassians creed,etc... And they all hardly add anything,and they come out either every year or every 1-2 years sly does it after 7 years and gets a 6,yeah mainstream media is so trustworthy.

[Kevlar009]

Sometimes being "stuck in the past" is a good thing for fans. I remember when Sonic Adventure 2 was added to XBLA reviewers gave it low scores saying "not much improvements over the original" and "the same old game" and all I could say was f*** yes because I loved the original so much. If you're looking for genre breaking, or innovated gameplay and seek out high scores you wil be disappointed, but if you want the same game you know and love, then perhaps you will be well pleased

[dafegamer]

oh philip kollar strikes again. Giving a Sony exclusive a bad score