Would you believe I did not grow up with a Nintendo in the house?

[manawolf]

I don't consider myself a ferocious gamer. But I do rip through them when I find one I like, and I've been told that I'm abnormally tenacious. Series I have consequentially beat the stuffing out of include Ratchet & Clank, Jak & Daxter, and of course Sly Cooper.

Comments

[urban_fox]

I have to say I disagreewith you on the ending Sly 3's story. 3 Had allot of really good character development which finished witch asked a very good question to Sly's Gang. Game Play wise I would have liked it if the level design allowed for allot paths on the city maps depending on what character you were playing.
BTW Have you Played Jax X (the Racer) While not a fan of racing it was worth playing it for the art direction, side story line and VERY well done cut scenes(Kicking off with the best opening of the games so far) also i have to get round to Playing Daxter the game which takes play in the 2 years Jax is being tortured by the Barron.

[otana]

We've had our eye on Jak X for a while, neither of us are racing fans, but we love the Jak series enough that I think we'll pick it up. Sadly we don't have a PSP, so Daxter is unavailable to us. :(

[urban_fox]

I don't have a PSP either but Might rent one for Daxter ^_^
Jax x is worth a try. Decent Plot (not as Epic as the main games but still good) heres the opening http://www.gametrailers.com/player.php?id=7507&type=mov
it Also has some nice unlockable movies and a super short (like less than a minute)short with Daxter and Tess =^-^=

[manawolf]

Sly 3 spoiler

My problem with what you'd call "character development" is that he made that decision because he was scripted to. It didn't flow naturally from what we'd seen of his prior motivations and actions, and only one (!) bit of internal dialogue made at the tail end of the game supported his reasoning for what he did.

That's just (granted, IMHO) sloppy writing. If they wanted to make it believable that he would abandon his life as a thief to go chase after Carmelita, they needed to have shown him mooning after her the entire game and regretting the elements that kept them apart. You don't change a character's entire life direction/modus operandi/career without some heavy-duty setup.

YMMV.

End spoiler

We're going to get Jak (fyi with a K ;) X at some point. I'm not a fan of racing games at all, but I did really enjoy some of the racing in the prior games, so that is on our "Must Have" list.

[romus_z]

R&C2 was a blast, best of the series. If you do RPGs...check this one out... www.shadowheartsnewworld.com
Its the weirdest RPG Ive ever seen. You get to help a huge drunken lucky cat (female who talks like a man BTW) and a Brazilian ninja named Frank (who uses stuff like a cactus or a swordfish as a weapon) help bust Al Capone out of prison, because his sister is going around the world opening portals to hell and releasing demons. Theres also an indian girl whos always taking her clothes off. Its fun :P

[manawolf]

I'm playing FFX right now, and I'm very much left with the impression that I'm happier with platform games. I don't really feel like I've done anything when I'm just telling characters to do stuff, if that makes any sense.

[romus_z]

I see. Hmm, try to find Castlevania SOTN if you like those old-school platformers :P

There is one scene I want as a screensaver for my computer from Sly 3...

[wolfwings]

...and that's the fight with the boss (Tsao the chicken IIRC?) in the bamboo forest canopy, then down in the forest itself. A couple of the opening panorama's were nifty, but none of the stages looked impressive outside of the pre-planned flythroughs, in-game you could just never find a drop-dead georgeous viewpoint outside of the bamboo-forest fight.

Other than that though, I mostly agree that Sly 2 was the 'crown jewel' of the series. The ending had a nice 'touch' of Sly's quirky playfulness with Carmelita throughout the series finally coming together, but between the horrible voice actor compared to 2 or even 1, and the let-down of the rest of the ending, I agree, the ending got maybe a 3 or 4 out of 10.

Re: There is one scene I want as a screensaver for my computer from Sly 3...

[manawolf]

It took me a long time to figure out how you were supposed to fight Tsao in the first stage. But I have to say, the second stage running through the bamboo was one of the more beautiful levels. Stands out as one of the neatest boss fight stages I've seen.

I was running through the first Rajan/India level and showing off the sunset to Otana. That thing is just breathtaking.

Re: There is one scene I want as a screensaver for my computer from Sly 3...

[sidepocket_pro]

I hope Dog Story for the Wii will come here and that it will be good. @,@;