Is it just me or this game is TERRIBLY LONG?

[CaldaSnake]

Hi everyone,

I got the plat for this game yesterday, but before I started it I took a look at some threads to check if there was anything in special I should know, so I had everything covered (being careful with spoilers), as I do for every game.

I was pretty worried after reading about the amount of people that said the game is terrible and that they were bored to tears playing it. However, I got surprised, found the game cool and liked most of the of the new stuff added since Sly 1.

In my opinion, A LOT of good new stuff was added providing a good amount of variety to the game. Some things very forced, yeah, like making you play 1/3 of the game as Bentley and Murray who cannot make the primary thing that makes the Sly games cool and is it's DNA, which is the amount of platforming variety of Sly's moves. But, the thing is, the game ended up feeling to me as repetitive as Sly 1 (that is VERY VERY repetitive) due to it's terribly long lengh! The game has 8 chapters and ,even though not caring about collecting the bottles, I've averaged 1:45h-2:15h each! That makes 15-16h of gameplay! Not to mention you spend 10% of the time looking for objectives an where to go next...

And I think that was a huge bummer to me because I was glad the game was going much better than the first one but they clearly exaggerated in it's lengh. There is 2 chapters in a row that looks almost the same (6 and 7)! Sure, the game is very old and I can't require the amount of content as a game of nowadays. Even so, Sucker Punch made a great improvement but in the end I felt bored to tears because of all this. Sly 1 was nice, although terribly repetitive, but at least it was short.

I'm starting Sly 3 right now and I hope the game wont't make me drag like this to finish it...

Any thoughts?

[Dark_Phantom_89]

I completely agree with you. I finished Sly 2 last week and I was getting pretty bored by Episode 5. It was terribly long and just seemed to drag on and on. Everytime I thought that it'd be the end, you'd hear Bentley discussing his plan which involved doing yet ANOTHER 5 quests with the three characters.

I preferred Sly 1 if I'm honest. Yes, that can get a bit repetitive too, but it didn't feel like that to me and I really enjoyed that one. Sly 2, not so much.

[CaldaSnake]

Originally Posted by Dark_Phantom_89

I completely agree with you. I finished Sly 2 last week and I was getting pretty bored by Episode 5. It was terribly long and just seemed to drag on and on. Everytime I thought that it'd be the end, you'd hear Bentley discussing his plan which involved doing yet ANOTHER 5 quests with the three characters.

I preferred Sly 1 if I'm honest. Yes, that can get a bit repetitive too, but it didn't feel like that to me and I really enjoyed that one. Sly 2, not so much.

Yeah, Sly 1 was insanely repetitive but I didn't get bored because it was simple and short. But Sly 2, jeez...

[Eric-B14]

I thought these three games were great and not long enough.

[BogiGreenskin]

I would have to agree. I'm on the second India chapter and I'm all ready looking at how much longer the game is.

[ShadowOfEden]

I found the first game to be incredibly boring, in its gameplay, story and level design. I finished it because it was short, but at that point, I was wondering why they made a collection of that game... Then I played the second game. Even if it is long, it keeps things interesting and the added features at least makes Sly play as a thief. I have yet to start the third game.

[fatty45n6]

all these games are long as fuck and i basically just gave up playing any of them even though they r such easy plats. i still have the game though, just incase i ever have a fiending for some sly

[mbh911]

Originally Posted by Dark_Phantom_89

I completely agree with you. I finished Sly 2 last week and I was getting pretty bored by Episode 5. It was terribly long and just seemed to drag on and on. Everytime I thought that it'd be the end, you'd hear Bentley discussing his plan which involved doing yet ANOTHER 5 quests with the three characters.

I preferred Sly 1 if I'm honest. Yes, that can get a bit repetitive too, but it didn't feel like that to me and I really enjoyed that one. Sly 2, not so much.

This is pretty much how I felt as well, it was pretty long and boring after awhile.

Here's hoping sly 3 isn't as repetitive and boring as sly 2 since I just started it today

[Tii]

Did not feel that long to me after I got through chapter 4. Kinda just rushed through the rest taking between 1-2 hours per chapter, I actually enjoyed the last 3 chapters. It still got repetitive tho..

[Amuro]

Originally Posted by CaldaSnake

Hi everyone,

I got the plat for this game yesterday, but before I started it I took a look at some threads to check if there was anything in special I should know, so I had everything covered (being careful with spoilers), as I do for every game.

I was pretty worried after reading about the amount of people that said the game is terrible and that they were bored to tears playing it. However, I got surprised, found the game cool and liked most of the of the new stuff added since Sly 1.

In my opinion, A LOT of good new stuff was added providing a good amount of variety to the game. Some things very forced, yeah, like making you play 1/3 of the game as Bentley and Murray who cannot make the primary thing that makes the Sly games cool and is it's DNA, which is the amount of platforming variety of Sly's moves. But, the thing is, the game ended up feeling to me as repetitive as Sly 1 (that is VERY VERY repetitive) due to it's terribly long lengh! The game has 8 chapters and ,even though not caring about collecting the bottles, I've averaged 1:45h-2:15h each! That makes 15-16h of gameplay! Not to mention you spend 10% of the time looking for objectives an where to go next...

And I think that was a huge bummer to me because I was glad the game was going much better than the first one but they clearly exaggerated in it's lengh. There is 2 chapters in a row that looks almost the same (6 and 7)! Sure, the game is very old and I can't require the amount of content as a game of nowadays. Even so, Sucker Punch made a great improvement but in the end I felt bored to tears because of all this. Sly 1 was nice, although terribly repetitive, but at least it was short.

I'm starting Sly 3 right now and I hope the game wont't make me drag like this to finish it...

Any thoughts?

My thoughts? You're an idiot.