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Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time for PlayStation 3
Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time for PlayStation 3 is a stealth and platform adventure in which the Cooper family’s history is threatened. Pages disappear from the family book, and Sly travels with Bentley and Murray to earlier eras to help his ancestors. You investigate areas full of guards, climb rooftops and steal what a job requires. The cartoon-styled environments combine a gang’s thieving work with humour and unexpected encounters.
The characters open up different possibilities. Sly moves along narrow routes, Bentley uses his technical knowledge and Murray brings strength. You also play as ancestors with their own abilities. Rioichi, for example, can cross large gaps between perches. Costumes are more than different clothes: the archer outfit creates rope routes to new places. You consider not only where a guard stands, but who or which tool can open a passage.
You play the story alone, alternating missions with exploration of larger areas. Clue bottles and hidden treasures reward a detour. New abilities also give you a reason to return later. This page describes the standalone PS3 adventure. A Vita version, old digital purchase promotions or the extra missions from the separate Bentley’s Hackpack are not offered as content on this disc.
Region and language
Our PlayStation 3 games are European 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 Cooper: Thieves in Time for PlayStation 3 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 Cooper: Thieves in Time
Sanzaru Games developed Thieves in Time, and Sony released it for PlayStation 3 in 2013. It was a new main adventure after Sucker Punch’s original Sly trilogy. The change of developer did not replace the regular gang: Sly, Bentley and Murray kept working together. Travelling through time made it possible to visit the family’s history directly rather than use it only as background for a present-day heist.
The developers gave ancestors playable roles of their own. A historical period could therefore demand different movements and solutions. Rioichi’s leaps and Sly’s costumes are examples of that approach. Larger locations also had room for collectibles and routes you could not fully use immediately. Returning with a new tool connected individual missions with further exploration. The team thus built on stealth and platforming without organising every mission in the same way.
Thieves in Time also appeared on PS Vita. Features and offers involving both platforms were discussed around launch, but that does not make the handheld version part of a used PS3 disc. Bentley’s Hackpack was also released separately. The story on this disc remains the sequel featuring the Cooper ancestors, costumes and returning gang. This description keeps that original content separate from standalone games, temporary promotions and features requiring a second device.
Similar games for PlayStation 3
Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune also has ledges to traverse and hidden treasures to find on PS3. Nathan Drake, however, searches ruins with firearms, while Sly usually tries to follow a guarded route unseen. Nathan’s island mystery follows a set story path. Sly divides missions across eras and lets different characters’ abilities determine your progress.
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves combines stealth, climbing and shooting on PS3, using them for a world journey with large action scenes, including a moving train. Thieves in Time lets you explore an era for longer and more often builds a mission around a special costume or ancestor. Shared climbing abilities therefore lead to very different challenges.
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception also revolves around a regular group with a shared past on PS3. Nathan and Sully search for a lost city, while Sly literally visits his family history. Uncharted favours human characters, fistfights and shooting. Sly offers more varied play styles through the gang and ancestors, using disguises as tools for puzzles and routes.
inFamous on PS3 comes from Sucker Punch, creator of the original Sly trilogy. Cole also moves nimbly around buildings, but uses electrical powers in an open city. Thieves in Time is by Sanzaru and focuses on heists with different characters. inFamous’ moral choices and evolving powers take the place of Sly’s disguises and family abilities.
Tomb Raider: Underworld shares searching for hidden routes, climbing and environmental puzzles on PS3. Lara remains a single archaeological protagonist, exploring larger ruins with her own equipment. Sly spreads abilities across the gang, costumes and ancestors. Both reward careful observation, but Lara looks for a mechanical passage where Sly often also has to bypass a guard.
