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Sly 2: De Dievenbende for PlayStation 2
Sly 2: De Dievenbende for PlayStation 2 is a platform adventure centred on sneaking and preparing heists. Sly Cooper and his friends Bentley and Murray search for the missing parts of Clockwerk. They want to prevent the Cooper family’s mechanical enemy from being rebuilt. Their journey takes them through places including Paris, Prague and India, with rooftops, streets and guarded buildings to explore.
You alternate between the three gang members. Sly climbs narrow ledges, walks along cables and steals from guards’ pockets unnoticed. Bentley uses his brains, explosives and tranquiliser darts to solve problems. Murray relies on his strength and can deal with enemies using his fists. Missions use these differences, so each job requires a different approach to moving around or taking action.
You leave a hideout to complete smaller jobs in the surrounding area. Together, these prepare a larger heist. You observe guards, find a safe route and use stolen coins to buy new abilities. Clues to collect and hidden loot give you reasons to look beyond your immediate objective. You play the adventure alone; cooperation between the three characters is part of the missions and story.
Region and language
Our PlayStation 2 games are PAL editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
Manual
Sly 2: De Dievenbende for PlayStation 2 includes the manual unless the product title states otherwise. If the booklet is missing, the title says “No Manual”. This lets you see before ordering whether the game comes with a manual.
The manuals included with our games usually contain at least English and often around six European languages. The exact languages vary by edition, so Dutch is not always included. The booklet explains the controls and the main rules. You can use it to check how to control the game, which actions are available and how its different features work.
The history of Sly 2: De Dievenbende
Sly 2: De Dievenbende appeared in 2004 for PlayStation 2, developed by Sucker Punch Productions and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It followed Sly Raccoon from 2002, the studio’s first PlayStation game. Outside the Netherlands, the sequel became best known as Sly 2: Band of Thieves. The new title emphasised the gang: Bentley and Murray gained regular playable roles alongside Sly.
Development shifted attention from separate platforming routes to larger areas where different missions prepared a single heist together. This made more room for planning an operation and using different talents. The illustrated appearance remained. In a later retrospective, Sucker Punch described how the graphic cutscenes had originally been a deliberate choice to give the series its own identity without competing to produce ever more realistic imagery.
Sly 3: Honour Among Thieves followed in 2005, expanding the team further. The second game had already established cooperation between the original three friends as a foundation. The first three adventures were later brought together in The Sly Trilogy for other PlayStation systems. This PlayStation 2 release contains the original second game, in which the series built its heists around an explorable neighbourhood, separate preparations and the eventual execution of the shared plan.
Similar games for PlayStation 2
Sly Raccoon introduces Sly’s family history and more often uses clearly defined platforming routes. Sly 2: De Dievenbende opens up larger areas where different jobs prepare a heist together. Both combine climbing with slipping past guards unnoticed. Bentley and Murray have bigger roles in the second game because you carry out their own missions yourself too.
Sly 3: Honour Among Thieves expands the team with extra allies and new activities. Sly 2: De Dievenbende concentrates its heists on Sly, Bentley and Murray. The similarity lies in dividing a large plan between different specialists. The second game especially shows how that cooperation works between the three original friends.
Jak II combines platforming with missions in and around Haven City, vehicles and firearms. Sly 2: De Dievenbende also uses explorable areas with different missions, but gives sneaking and pickpocketing more weight. In both, you find your way through an area between jobs, while Sly more often asks you to pass a guard unseen.
Ratchet & Clank 2 combines platforming routes with a growing collection of weapons and gadgets. Sly 2: De Dievenbende divides its tools between three gang members and links them to preparatory jobs. Both let you use new abilities to overcome obstacles. In Sly, guards and the heist plan more often determine which route you take.
Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc alternates platforming with combat and temporary powers from special cans. Sly 2: De Dievenbende gives its three characters permanent individual talents. In both, a new ability changes how you tackle an obstacle. Sly puts greater emphasis on observing the environment and completing a job without raising an alarm.
