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Cooper is at it again, and he's better than ever!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: November 26, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Sly 2 Band of Theives is probably the greatest PS2 game out there today. It mixes good gameplay with an intriguing and interesting plot, memorable characters, and great graphics. A great improvement to the first, which in its self was an enjoyable game. Sly has learned that the parts to the dreaded enemy of the Coopers, Clockwerk, has been stolen by the Klaww gang and he, Murray and Bentley go out to get them back and prevent him from ever being reconstructed again. If thats not enough they also have to dodge the beautiful cop, Carmelita Fox, and her new partner Neyla from packing them to prison. All in a days work for Sly and the gang. If you don't play this game than your an idiot. Go buy now! Or rent if thats your style.

Unexpected Fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: November 06, 2006
Author: Amazon User

As a big-time fan of the Jak & Daxter, and Ratchet & Clank series, I didn't expect a game about thieves to be much fun, but I was completely wrong! Sly 2 is lots of fun and SO addictive. The game takes you to cool, cartoonish cities around the world. You play mostly as Sly, a slick raccoon, but you also have to play as Bentley, a funny, brainy turtle with allergies, and "the Murray," a chubby, but powerful hippo. Some of the dialog is the funniest I've ever heard in a game. The missions are short, but there are lots of them and there's plenty to explore. The game is not too hard, but just hard enough to be deeply satisfying. You'll want to play it again. Definitely one of the best games in my repertoire. Can't wait to play Sly 3.

A good but short game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: August 31, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Sly 2: Band of Theives is about the Cooper Gang finishing off Clockwork once and for all. The good thing about this game is that you'll play as Murray and Bently, not just Sly.

The game is mostly about stealing the Clockwork parts from the Klaww Gang, who have taken different parts of Clockwork to print money, produce illegal spice, hypnotize criminals, and chop down forests. What you have to do is stop the Klaww Gang to get the parts.

Each episode is stopping one Klaww member and taking the parts, except for one episode where you have to spring Murray and Sly out of jail. The missions are usually quite easy, except for one here and there that poses more of a challenge.

I really liked the game, but I thought it was just to short. I've beaten it twice in a short period of time, so now I barely play it.

These are some Pros and Cons.
PROS:
playing as Murray and Bently, not just Sly
good graphics
fun and easy levels
CONS:
missions are too short
the game is too short

One of the best platform/kids game ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: December 21, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game completely rocks! We have been playing it for the last week and it is one of the best games we have ever enjoyed as a family ever. I cannot recommend it strong enough. It is non violent, has great characters, is challenging for everyone without being frustrating. There are TONS on things to do and it is well polished and fun.

IGN recently gave this game platform game of the year and I could not agree more.

The thieves are back and better then ever!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: July 09, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The thieving sly and the gang are back for another immense adventure! The Clockwork parts have been stolen and restored by the Klaww gang, and Sly the thieve, Murray the brawn, and Bentley the demolitions expert set out to steal the parts from the Klaww gang before they're used for terrible malevolence.
Sly now as the ability to pick pocket guards and his walk is much sneakier. His binocucom is has also been upgraded to highlight where you have to go next.
Murray and Bentley are now fully playable characters and they both have their advantages. Murray can take out guards without breaking a sweat, and he can pick up heavy objects with ease.
Bentley can use his crossbow to shoot sleeping darts to temporarily knock the guards into a deep sleep, and he can drop his bomb to finish them off.
You also use Bentley to sell stolen jewelry and use the money to buy different gadgets for the whole gang, like a cloud of smoke for sly so you can disappear from guards or fire fists for Murray to take out guards faster.
Paris, Prague, India, and The Canadian Wilderness are just some of the settings in the game.
The game does have its flaws though. One of them is the graphics. They are adequately detailed in the game, but on the projector slides they are blocky and jagged. Even though it has very unique and fun levels, the game is
fairly repetitive. You take reconnaissance photos, then you set everything up for the heist, the heist takes place, and it's the same thing for the rest of the game.
Even though Sly 2: Band of Thieves has its flaws, it's a sneaky thievius game!

My first Sly

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: October 29, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I never got around to playing the first Sly game and I came across Band of Thieves and started playing and I think it's a great game. You pull off a series of big heists, just like in the old movies, and you can use all three characters and they each have a different method of dealing with the enemy. The controls are great and the cell shading really works for this type of game and it gives a comic book feel to it. Great game and I'm looking forward to Sly 3.

Tons of fun

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: March 19, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I was very pleasantly surprised when I first tried this game. The characters and story just suck you right in from the beginning and I found it hard to put it down. The gameplay, albeit somewhat repeatitive after a while, is nonetheless very stimulating.

Basic format: I knew nothing about the plot and characters before starting this game, but there's nothing very complicated about the story. There are comic strip-like intros and conclusions to each chapter, and it's actually more fun to discover the story that way. There is a central goal, but the game is divided into chapters, which are in turn divided into missions, which are divided into jobs. There are three playable characters, each with their particular strengths:
- Sly Cooper (the racoon): the most versatile character, he can pick pockets, use sneak attacks and climb just about anywhere. He can also hold his own in a fight. Sly's jobs usually involve infiltrating closed areas, stealing things and chasing after characters (or running away from them).
- Murray (the hippo): somewhat slow and heavy, not very good at hiding due to his bulky frame. Then again, he doesn't really need to hide, as he is an absolute powerhouse and can knock his opponents out in two pushes of a button. Murray is usually in charge of driving, destroying things or carrying heavy loads.
- Bentley (the turtle): since Bentley is very weak, he relies on long distance attacks to get rid of his enemies, mostly by shooting sleep darts at them and blowing them up before they wake up. His jobs often involve strategy or shooting.

The game takes place in a very compelling, cartoonish universe, populated with human-like animals. Despite being very goal-oriented (you are briefed at the start of each new mission), the game lets you wander around the levels if you wish, stealing some extra goodies, or completing the only sidequest (gathering hidden items in order to gain new abilities, not particularly fun, and the abilities are far from essential). There's a sense of good-natured goofiness during the larger part of the game: the characters, especially Sly, often joke around on the job, and the mission plans, put together by Bentley, are always completely unrealistic and needlessly complicated (for me, the weirdest mission consisted in retrieving radio transmitters from sleeping bears' mouths), but that's part of the fun. It's true that the missions often require you to do similar actions, yet the context of each mission is creative enough to give it a unique character. There's a great sense of satisfaction involved in sneaking around and pulling off each job.

The game itself is pretty easy, the controls are simple and you learn them as you go along. There really aren't any frustratingly difficult jobs or bosses. I really appreciated the fact that dying does not imply starting a mission over from the beginning: you just pick up where you left off.More experienced gamers will probably find this game too easy (whereas average ones like myself may find it refreshing).

The graphics are great, the controls are tight and the sound effects are very well suited. The different environments are huge and, while some are similar to one another, most of them have a distinct atmosphere. The voice acting is generally adequate (Sly and Constable Neyla are especially well voiced), although Murray and Bentley's mannerisms are a bit too much at times.

This game's main flaw, as others have pointed out, is the absence of immediate replay value. I was so caught up with the story and universe that I finished it within days and then had nothing left to do but that one annoying sidequest. It's just too bad that this game creates such a detailed universe and doesn't let you do more in it.

Despite that, I'm sure I'll be wanting to play this game again in a couple of months, it really is a lot of fun. As far as gaming experiences go, this one is still pretty complete. I ordered Sly 3 not long ago, I can't wait to play it!

Sly 2: A great improvment

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: May 15, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Don't get me wrong: Sly1 was great!...for a while. But -applause for Sucker Punch productions- this game is much better.
I'll start with the upsides:
First of all, you get to use all three charachters:
Sly, the sneaky, all around cool raccoon.
Bently, the brainy, timid turtle.
And Murray, a big pink hippo. Well, every game has to have somebody who can easily get things done with his fists.
The bad guys are also alot smarter... wait, let me rephrase that. The bad guys are ACTUALLY SMART! Instead of just doing a bunch of repetetive moves(as they did in the first one), these guys chase you a long way, and they need more than one hit to be killed.
The animation is really cool, and all the places that you go to are really big and interesting. But not to interesting as to draw away the attention of Sly and the other charachters.
The story is really good, everything fits right in.

The downside: Once you finish the game, there's basically nothing you can do, which really stinks, since the game's really fun.

Overall this game is pretty cool, and if you don't mind just finishing a game and then starting it all over again, then this game is for you.

Sly tackles the world yet again!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: September 24, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Well, Mr. Sly's at it again on the PS2. Along with his gang, the duo face another threat in the form of Clockwerk, who, thanks to the KLAWW Gang, might just reassemble him!

Sly and company travel to Prague,India and the Canadian wilderness this time to track down the missing parts and stop the menace from returning in this latest installment.

The game is too fun, but still, in my opinion, kind of short. Didn't take me too long to beat it, hence why I gave the overall game 4 stars instead of a perfect 5. However, this game is in fact perfect in every aspect. Good story, gameplay and fun. ^_^

Sly 2: Band of Thieves.....

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: October 06, 2004
Author: Amazon User

For the platformers being released this year(2004), Sly 2:Band of Thieves has got a good running start on the rest of the pack. The developers fixed everything that was wrong with the first one(namely it being too short & too easy), made the graphics look even better and fine tuned the gameplay so that players will get more out of the game this time. Sly 2: Band of Thieves blends several gameplay elements together, including stealth, thievery, platform adventure, combat/fighting, strategy, and exploration, into one huge world. The tale begins with Sly and his gang discovering that parts of Clockwerk are missing, and they embark to ensure Clockwerk is never reassembled. You go across numerous locations, including Paris, Prague, India, the Canadian Wilderness and more doing your best to retrieve those parts of Clockwerk. There's even new moves such as pick-pocketing, vent crawls, rooftop chases, plus a team of unique playable characters. It took Sucker Punch over two years to make a sequel to the first game and it shows. They should be applauded on a job well done. They're definitely leading the pack at the moment so everyone else should do their best to be even better. Sucker Punch is a new developer helping to push the envelope with 3-D platformers keeping it fresh, fun and innovative.
Sly 2:Band of Thieves is awesome.

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