IGN: Sly Collection Review

I love me some Sly Cooper. He -- along with Ratchet, Clank, Jak, and Daxter -- defined my PS2 experience. Likewise, I love these PS2 collections Sony has been releasing. It's a great way to replay some of my favorite games in better resolution and with the Trophy support I so desperately crave nowadays.

For those of you who missed the thieving raccoon last generation, The Sly Collection packages the trilogy of Sly Cooper games that came out on the PS2.

[saint_john_paul_ii]

he's soo sly...

[Genesis5]

I would much rather play an updated HD version with trophies, than play the PS2 version on my HD TV with B/C.

[XANDEO]

Even though i have a 60gb, im yet to complete a single ps2 game on it, so i agree

[gunnerforlife]

ahhh im so going to get this straight after GT5 :)

[TheLastGuardian]

Sly > Jak or Ratchet. Screw IGN this game is a 10. Best value in forever. It only took me 8 hours to platinum Sly 1 and now I'm 34% through Sly 2. The Sly collection is my 4th favorite game of all time.

[Jamegohanssj5]

Who the fuck wouldn't?

TGSI

[despair]

must...get...it...now...damn you GT5 CE killing my wallet :(

[cemelc]

Or you can get 2 games instead of one, like me.

Regular edition GT5 && Sly collections. And it still cost me less than CE edition.

[despair]

Not get the GT5 collector edition, blasphemy!!! Nah I'll wait till mid December, will have the funds then, I have no problem waiting a month for the game, I mean GT5 will suck my time anyway.

[Nitrowolf2]

I can't believe i didn't try this last Gen, these games are freakn awesome

[despair]

you would be forgiven, the sheer library of excellent games on the PS2 was just so huge its impossible to get to them all.

[ATLRoAcH]

I didn't play these on PS2 and I'm amazed at how awesome and fun these games are. I'm kinda glad they're new to me right now. I'm really enjoying them.

[TheLastGuardian]

I played them when each of them first came out and I'm enjoying them just as much as I did back in the day. I would've missed out on this series too if It weren't for this random guy in walmart who told me I should get Sly 1 when I was picking out a game to get for getting good grades. I'm glad I got to play them on PS2 so I can appreciate how much better the games look now. It's also a real treat getting to have an entire series I have nostalgia for on 1 disc and I get tons of trophies for playing them.

[Shazz]

EXCELLENT , my wallet is getting a raping this month with this , dead nation , gt5 , ac brotherhood and pop collection

[GoldPS3]

3 great PS2 games in HD, 3D, Move support, and trophies. Am I missing something here? Oh that's right it's exclusive to PS3. 8.5 is a great score too. I'll be picking this up very soon.

[xXFrostXx]

Been playing the collection a few days now and I must say I'm loving every second of it. The visuals are vastly improved over the originals. Its a great buy for platformer lovers out there. Hopefully His friends Jak and Ratchet will be able to join him as a collection package as well soon.

[RXL]

Never played these games....about to pick them up..iv heard nothing but good things..

[MeatPopsicle]

Perfect thing to buy to play while waiting for GT5 in a week.

Gorgeous cellshading
Tight platforming controls
Feels like playing a Saturday Morning Cartoon
Three sets of complete Tropies with a Plat each
Move minigames with their own Trophies

So much fun.

[TheLastGuardian]

Why the eff do you have 3 disagrees? This game is a trophy gold mine. 17 gold and 3 platinums and they're pretty easy to get. I can't wait for Sly 4.

[MeatAbstract]

Didn't get any of these games on the PS2. Think I may look into this HD port though.

"You get to see the history of Sucker Punch as a developer, you get to play some of the best platformers of last generation, and you get one of the greatest bargains in video games since The Orange Box."

Pretty much sold me on it. Loved Infamous too.

[Nitrowolf2]

yup One is an awesome game even though it's pretty Linear, 2 from what i started is open world style. Pretty cool to see how they went from Linear to open world

[emk2004]

on ps2 but damn 3 games for 40 bucks sound like a good deal and they will be making a sly 4 anyways so i need to catch up. black Friday is just around the corner mabye i can get a deal for 30$ that would be even better.

[Balt]

I hope these come to the PSN sooner rather than later. I just can't see buying the physical disc of Ps2 HDremasters. I held off on GOW collection until the very day it hit the network and I bought it within seconds of it being there. This, like Infamous and so many others, I'll buy the second it hits the network and not a day sooner.

[LilMissGoddess]

but if you are like me you didn't play god of war last gen, or 2 of the games in the sly collection then its a good deal.

i really wished they would do a damn socom collection, hell they can leave out combined assault and the other one, just release socom 1 and 2. i'd buy that shit day one, even if money was tight, i'd just live off ramen noodles a bit. :) trophy support, hd, and online through psn would be the best remake collection they could do.

[Toman85]

I have imported Sly Collection from Canada since I live in Norway, and the releaseday here is 3.december :P
Its almost 6 years ago I played the first one :)

Gonna be a lovely experience again with better graphics and trophysupport :)

[Motorola]

"you get one of the greatest bargains in video games since The Orange Box." WIN WIN WIN :D

[LilMissGoddess]

but the holidays are coming, and all that shit so moneys tight. i want this, ac brotherhood, and i will prolly get gt5 too. hoping to get them all before the end of the year.

thing is next year looks packed also so i guess the wallet won't get a break

[blackburn5]

Jak and Daxter next please. And make sure to throw Jak X Combat racing in the mix as well.

[wollie]

I am so praying that happens.

[IVYvsTAKI]

I'm about to go get this right now! I've been waiting for this one.

[Achemki]

Do it. Awesome AAA collection that looks and feels more contemporary than some of its contemporaries. A must play. IGN lowballed the graphics though imo. I like the cell shading in this more than the 2008 Prince of Persia and all the animations are super. It's right up there with Rachet & Clank.

[dkgshiz]

Three amazing platform games for only $40! Plus it comes with extra content.

[Dac2u]

I can't wait to finally play these games.

[John Kratos]

Been enjoying this for the past couple days.

[mt]

playing right now sly 1, i swear i was like where is this game from PS3. sly cooper 4+ ps3 = booom. the game is one of the most amazing platforms. how the hell i missed it on ps2 i don't know, " too much games on ps2 ?" i notice something while playing sly cooper. sly movement is so familiar with cool movement " same animation movement" i like it.

[MASTER_RAIDEN]

looks great! Cant wait to finally get into the series considering i completely overlooked sly last gen. just one quick question though...

ITS NOVEMBER ALREADY WHREEEEEEEE THE FUCK IS MY MORTAL KOMBAT HD KOLLECTION?!?!?

[Masterchef2007]

It is great to see that they did a great job on putting it on PS3. I will get this