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First off when I bought this game I was thinking 'A raccoon with a stick, how can that be fun', well after playing the game almost none stop I am afraid to say that I was dead wrong, the game is extremely fun. The whole game is based on Sly Cooper trying to get back his family book of how to steal things. You have to find all the clues in a level to crack a safe to get a page back for this thief book. Every page you get awards Sly Cooper a new skill or upgrade, one of my favorites was the slow motion skill. Let me elaborate, lets say a villain is throwing stars at you, well just hit the slow motion button and jump and you can easily dodged his stars and it looks kind of like the Matrix. There are all kinds of skills that a master thief would need, you can turn invisible, do the tight ropewalk etc... One thing that makes this game a plus is when you die and it's game over, instead of starting from a save point you start the level over again with five lives and the stuff that you collected while in the level before you died will stay with you, so you wont have to collect again (Which would get very repetitive and boring). The game's replay value is high; so far I haven't gotten bored of it. The buttons are pretty simple, for special jumps the button you press is circle and for skills like slow motion the button is triangle. You can switch between different skills so there are no combinations of buttons to press just to do one simple jump.

This is a must have and you wont be wasting your money.

Every once in a while along comes a sleeper of a game that takes you by surprise. On the Playstation 1 that game was Ape Escape. Now the PS2 offers up Sly Cooper. And man this is one racoon with some serious style!!

Even though this may look like your average platform game, it is anything but. Sly Cooper takes advantage of unique Cel Shading graphics to give the game a 1940's cartoon style that is very original. Sly Cooper's hi res-graphics offer up plenty of detail, so much that you'll be covering some of the same ground repeatedly because you want to make sure that you've seen the entire gamescape. The only criticism I have of the graphics is that occasionaly you'll experience some slow down. But in a game this good it's forgivable. The sounds is also top notch. Breaking glass, water dripping, and sneaky footsteps really bring a complete sensural experience.

It's no exagerration to say that this is probably one of the deepest games in terms of variety of gameplay that you'll buy all year. Sucker Punch serves up healthy doses of cool moves including stealth, slow-mo jumps, invisibility and ninja spire jumps that you acquire as you gather different parts of the Cooper family book the Thieviuos Racoonus. All of these moves add new and compelling ways to play each level. The action is never dull or slow. And just when you think that you've done a level before, the crew of Sucker Punch throws in a mini-game to break up the level and provide a new challenge. The only thing that is frustrating is the master thief sprint. Sometimes the sprints border on impossibility simply because there doesn't seem to be enough time to complete them.

My only real criticism aside the ones I've mentioned, is that the game is a bit short. You can complete it in about 10-12 hours of gameplay. But the game is compelling enough that you don't feel cheated by the ending. There are also some unlockable extras including some behind the scenes production videos and the Japanese intro.

Overall this is one title you won't be sorry you plunked down your hard earned cash for. Sony and Sucker Punch have come up with a winner in Sly Cooper. Here's hoping that this Thievious Racoonus returns for a sequel.

As a huge fan of first person shooters i found this an excellent game for a refreshing change of pace. Any fan of platform adventure games should enjoy this one. Very pretty graphics fast paced and humorous. If you enjoy the likes of Crash Bandicoot your sure to love this one.