Sly Cooper 4 coming to the PS3, apparently

by Nick Doerr { May 24th 2007 at 11:45PM }

Who remembers playing a game with a handicapped turtle, a sneaky raccoon, a giant hippo ... did we mention a turtle in a wheelchair? Yes, boys and girls, Sly 3 was a pretty funny game. What separates the Sly Cooper series from a lot of other franchises is that the characters build from previous games -- after an unfortunate accident at the end of the second game, Bentley is stuck in a wheelchair and you actually get to take control of the new and improved character in the next game. Stuff like that is hard to come by and really makes a title stand out.

That is why when we heard a Sly 4 was coming to the PlayStation 3, we nodded our heads in praise and continued to eat Combos. Delicious and disgusting at the same time. Speaking of "at the same time," a PSP game with the Sly name will be released simultaneously with the PS3 game and the two will feature some sort of connectivity.

In any case, the developers have issued this statement regarding their ambitions for the PS3 game: "the graphics have been majorly overhauled and the gameplay will be more varied and focused this time around. We're aiming for a fully interactive 3D world, with no loads and seamless interaction between settings and characters." We're looking forward to sneaking around and smacking people with giant wooden rods!

[via Joystiq]

Tags: PlayStation 3, Playstation3, PS3, Sly 4, sly cooper, Sly4, SlyCooper, Sony

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

sam-evans @ May 25th 2007 12:25AM

Sly Cooper was one of the best franchises on the PlayStation 2, Sly 4 is going to be awesome.

Any word on whether there will be any Episodic Content?

RazorDog @ May 25th 2007 12:49AM

Happy dance! I hope this is more like Sly 2 than 3.

Mishi @ May 25th 2007 1:52AM

couldn't agree with you more razordog

WOPR @ May 25th 2007 3:03AM

Like the others here, let's hope it recaptures the magic of Sly 1 and 2, and doesn't screw it all up like 3 did.

bootsielon @ May 25th 2007 3:21AM

I have never owned Crash Bandicoot games, Ratchet and Clank, Jak n' Daxter, nor Sly Cooper games. I guess with all the opinions and the upscaling and such it's time to buy or download if available.

matjet @ May 25th 2007 4:57AM

iv only played a demo of the game, but without that im still sure that this is a considerable waste of dev time.

Popfrogs @ May 25th 2007 8:33AM

@bootselion: I'm right there with you. I've been playing the Playstation since the PS1 was released and have never sat down with any of the games you mentioned. However, since this summer will be a huge drought for PS3 games, I'll probably go grab some $20 PS2 greatest hits games. I never regretted buying RE4, GOW or FFX for that price.

That's one thing that Sony has done very well, better than all of its competitors...backwards compatibility. 3 generations of consoles playable on one box complete with upscaling and smoothing (now). Amazing if you think about it.

Kspraydad @ May 25th 2007 10:29AM

I just picked up a Sly game last week...nice little platformer. I think it would translate well to the PSP (make it as good as Daxter) and look forward to both new versions.

massive_98 @ May 25th 2007 10:45AM

Is this a PS3 exclusive or is it multi?

AG23 @ May 25th 2007 11:27AM

@9

It is PS3 exclusive

Kspraydad @ May 25th 2007 12:18PM

If you haven't played any of the Sly series...you can see the style here:

http://www.us.playstation.com/Sly3/

samir al moghrabi @ Jun 8th 2007 10:43AM

i think, no i am sure that sly 4 is going to be awesome.

samir al moghrabi @ Jun 8th 2007 10:53AM

i agree with razordog sly 2 and 3 were awesome but sly 1 was boring cause you can only play with sly and the graphics suck.

snoop niger @ Jun 9th 2007 2:25PM

i wish that sly 4 and jak 5 are on ps2.

kaitlynn @ Jun 9th 2007 11:41PM

its to bad that they can't make one for ps2 because i can't aford ps3.

Ezra @ Jun 12th 2007 11:19PM

me to I love Sly cooper, Jak and Kingdom hearts. I also wish it was for ps2 and cheap

iain @ Jul 9th 2007 7:57PM

It better be on the ps2 as well, i hate the ps3 and it would be awesum to have to sly 4 game also on the wii! then you could really sneak around. The 3D glasses would add to that effect. but that would never happen, to bad the wiis nintendo.

hunter96 @ Jul 10th 2007 1:24PM

Sly grew up on PS2 and now is only on PS3 and PSP. It's not fair for those of us who can't afford those games. They should remember those who have played these games from the start and put it out on PS2.

acira @ Jul 12th 2007 6:50AM

I have to admit that I'm more a Nintendo guy but I do have the Sly trilogy and I'm gonna buy the Ps3 just because of Sly 4!!!

spyro @ Jul 27th 2007 7:23PM

is thier anything nwe about sly 4

anonymous @ Aug 13th 2007 9:39PM

First of all, I am sick and tired of Carmelita getting the credit for all of the stuff that Sly's gang gets done. I mean, Bentley tries to help and gets crippled! We work through the whole game to get his family's stuff back and she gets to destroy it in the end. We worked for it and she gets the pleasure. If anyone gets to finish things off besides Sly it should be Bentley or Murray. I think that she should mind her own business and eat some donuts. I love all of the games except for the endings.

mary @ Aug 16th 2007 12:55PM

everyone who's complaining about sly 4 not coming out for ps2 needs to shut up. stop being cheap and go buy a ps3. its worth it now especially with the recent price drop.

Jtech @ Aug 19th 2007 6:57PM

Its not like sucker punch productions to stop the player from playing so if anyone knows there email we can email them and ask them to make it for the ps2 also i would if i knew it

jtech @ Aug 19th 2007 6:59PM

i hope that sucker punch productions will make a sly 4 if they do the name sly 4 war of thieves would be awsome i have completed all of the games 100% and am lookin forward to a 4 i hope it comes out for the ps2 because the ps3 sucks and is too expensive anyway so it would be awsome