4/5 ★ – Batman_Beware's review of Sly 2: Band of Thieves.

Had a lot of fun with this, I really liked the first Sly and Sly 2 was bigger and better than the 1st one (like any good sequel should be). The game had a few unexpected twists and turns that really threw me for a loop and I was pleasantly surprised by the story, it wasn’t nearly as cut and dried as the first game’s was. The gameplay was refined and being able to play as all 3 in a pseudo-sandbox really let Bentley and Murray shine instead of like the first game having them only be support characters and occasionally play as them in minigames. Speaking of minigames I did not care for them in this game, especially the tank one. Thank goodness it was only a one time thing because the controls for that were so bad. I didn’t mind the turret minigames after a while, the RC Chopper one was fine, and the hacking one I found kinda dull but thankfully there weren’t too many of them. The bosses I didn’t find as good as the first game but for the most part they were fine. My favorite ones probably being The Contessa and Jean Bison (his wasn’t really a fight more so a competition which I liked the creativity behind it) Overall Sly 2 was a great game despite my petty complaints and I’m looking forward to playing Sly 3 at some point this year 🦝🐢🦛