Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time Review by: zanderlex - 8.8/10
Thieves In TimeWhen this game had first been released, I had no idea what it was about because I had not played any of the previous games. One day, I was at the Sony Wonder Technology Lab and I was able to play a demo of the game for both the PS3 and the Vita. After plating the game twice I figured that I liked the game so I decided to get it. It also just so happens that if you bought the PS3 games, you get the Vita version for free so it was win win for me. Since then, I had played the PS3 version and beat it once and I was pretty content with my experience with the game and I enjoyed it.
First we are going to go over the graphics, though they are not really realistic like a lot of recent games, they look amazing. They are a bit animated and the way the animations cross over with the motions, causes the game to look great. Sure, the graphics could have used just a little great, but it looked amazing for a game that was releases 7 years after the previous installment in the series. My overall grade for graphics is an 8 out of 10.
Next we move onto sound, which is okay. There is some great voice work and the way the sound as well as the music play out through the game help the player sense the change in drama. When it comes to music, there is a soundtrack, but nothing worth noting really aside for a few decent songs. Sound also gets an 8 out of 10.
The story of this game is somewhat good. The team goes on a time traveling adventure to different eras and countries. Some include Japan, the Wild West, and the Ice Age. Throughout the story, many hilarious and entertaining take place and other remarkable events are what make the story what it is. For a grade, I give it a 9 out of 10.
As for Addictvness, the game is also going to get a 9 out of 10 because the controls of the game are fun. By this, I mean that there are so many individual actions that can be done by the character and this makes me think of the Uncharted games because of this. Once you beat the game, you might not really want to play it over again, however, the first time that you play the game, you won’t be able to stop playing it, and there might be a few levels and locations that you wouldn’t mind doing over again.
The depth is about the same as the addictiveness section of the game. There are so many locations to go through, in addition to the places I mentioned earlier, there are other places as well such as Medival England and Ancient Arabia. There is so much to do that the Depth section also deserves a 9 out of 10.
As for the difficulty of the game, it’s very easy to learn, all you have to do is learn the controls and that will only take a matter of minutes. There might be a few levels later on that you might find to be challenging, but you will always find a way to overcome them. This gets a 5.
As for the overall grade of the game, I think it’s a good game that has shown a lot of improvement from the older games and that it could become even better based on what they have proved. I think some of you will like it if you try it and I give this game an 8.8.
Graphics
8 Sound
8 Addictive
9 Depth
9 Story
9 Difficulty
5