Sly 2: Band of Thieves -- Final Opinion.

I have completed Sly 2: Band of Thieves with a time of just around twenty-five hours. That was with achieving 100% complete on all eight chapters. You could easily knock ten hours off that not looking for the clue bottles. The game offers up the core gameplay of the first title while expanding it off the paths and into more of a free roaming experience. Everything great about the first one has been retained. The exceptional art direction and graphics. The wonderfully comic Saturday morning cartoon storytelling. The ending events are actually strangely downbeat. Took me by surprise, and I like that. The gameplay is very polished, to the point of being slick. There aren't any real camera issues to be found at all. Being able to play as the three characters is great. They handled each one correctly. They offer distinct gameplay styles. I really like this series. It's a good thing I got around to it. Better late than never. This series actually feels more Nintendo platforming than anything Nintendo has produced this generation. It's that good. I'm going to give Sly 2: Band of Thieves a 9.0. I will have to make sure I pick up the third game.