Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Many still love this game, most of the people who played it still love this game as a matter of fact. Personally, in the many years since this game came out, I have never truly been able to fully articulate my feelings for this game and everything that it did to the series. Hopefully I will be able to shed at least a partial light on why this is easily the most disappointing game I ever played. This is the ever polarizing 4th entry to the Sly Copper series; Sly Cooper Thieves in Time.
0:00 Dramatic Intro
0:40 What Is Sly Cooper
2:55 The Polarizing Sequel
3:12 The Nostalgia Argument
3:51 My Story With The Series
5:55 Sucker Punch, Sanzaru Games, & The Road To Hell
9:38 Even The Title Screen Is Wrong
10:33 Off To A Flying Start
11:09 What's Even Going On?
12:18 Character Assassination, & Missing The Point Of Sly 3
17:10 Throwing Away A 3 Game Romance Arc Like It Didn't Matter
18:19 The Good & Bad Of The Prologue
20:30 Stage One: Denial
21:33 Loading, More Like Load Of...
22:58 Faint Praise, & Immediate Issues
27:12 Anachronism, It's Like Clockwerk
28:29 My Hottest Take
34:58 Good Storytelling Is Not Optional In Sly Cooper
38:57 All Opinions Are Subjective
39:39 The Worst Written Game I've Ever Played Part 1 - The Dialogue
44:13 Expressive Dialogue Isn't Inherently Good
44:59 The Worst Written Game I've Ever Played Part 2 - Mischaracterization
49:00 The Worst Written Game I've Ever Played Part 3 - No Faith In The Audience
49:44 Taking The Game Too Seriously?
50:44 The Good, The Bad, & The Costumes
52:19 The Mixed Bag Of Chapter 1 Missions
54:26 The Highlight Of The Game Believe It Or Not
55:52 Stage Two: Anger
56:41 Temporal Inconsistencies
57:37 Tennessee & The Jailbird
59:38 Padded & Pointless Missions
1:05:45 The Worst Written Game I've Ever Played Part 4 - Carmelita... Just All Of It
1:17:12 Cameo 1 - The Female Perspective
1:23:43 Carmelita Cont
1:26:53 Mini-Game Overload
1:30:05 The Nitpicking Argument
1:30:48 Where's Omniman When You Need Him
1:32:22 Stage Three: Bargaining
1:32:34 The Worst Written Game I've Ever Played Part 5 - Nonsensical Time Travel
1:38:19 The Overthinking Argument
1:39:26 Intermission
1:40:20 Not The Nadir They Were Intending
1:41:42 The Worst Written Game I've Ever Played Part 6 - Terrible OC's & Racism
1:44:19 Bobby Balboa - A Lesson In Universal Failure
1:45:06 Sly Cooper Needs To Take Itself Seriously
1:47:30 The Worst Written Game I've Ever Played Part 7 - Murray
1:48:41 Worst Gameplay In The Game Part 1 - The Missions Are Abysmal
1:52:40 - Worst Gameplay In The Game Part 1 - The Level Itself Is Abysmal
1:55:43 Another "Heist" & A Terrible Boss fight
1:58:01 Murray Cont - An Abysmal "Character Arc"
2:00:33 Stage 4: Depression
2:01:19 Gallath, The Black Knight, & A Boring Chapter
2:03:34 The Game's Structure Ruins The Over Worlds & The Heists
2:12:52 The Worst Written Game I've Ever Played Part 8 - The Game Ruining Plot Twist
2:28:14 The Sucker Punch Bias Argument
2:30:09 Yet More Time Travel Nonsense
2:30:51 Stage Five: Acceptance
2:31:03 The Sterile Mediocrity Of The Full Motion 2D Cutscenes
2:33:44 Sisyphus, Eat Your Heart Out
2:34:41 An Accidental Detail Reveals What Should Have Been
2:37:22 Salim, Miss Decibel, & A Whole Lot Of Nonsense
2:38:52 The Worst Written Game I've Ever Played Part 9 - The Terrible Main Villain Is Revealed
2:42:19 A Microcosm Of Everything Wrong With The Game
2:45:44 The Bad & Worse Of 40 Thieves
2:48:58 The Worst Written Game I've Ever Played Part 10 - That Scene
2:53:22 An Unplanned Cameo
2:57:33 The Disrespect Continues
2:59:51 The Worst Written Game I've Ever Played Part 11 - Pure Fan Fiction
3:01:14 The Worst Written Game I've Ever Played Part 12 - Time Travel Was Always A Bad Idea
3:04:09 Curtain Call Of Stupidity
3:05:50 A Fitting Final Boss
3:07:09 The Ending To End All Endings
3:13:46 It's Finally Over
2:14:36 A Game About Nothing
3:16:55 Sympathy For The Devil
3:17:34 The Hypothetical Sequel That Never Was
3:20:04 Sanzaru Games' Tragic Fate
3:22:14 The "Reviews Are The Reason For No Sequel" Argument
3:25:30 The Abysmal Movie/TV Show That Never Was
3:26:51 Sony, Smiling Friends, & Fan Entitlement
3:29:01 Entitlement - The Tacit Disrespect Of Our Favourite Games
3:30:43 Death Of The Author, & The "Canon" Question
3:32:11 Face Reveal No. 8
Many still love this game, most of the people who played it still love this game as a matter of fact. Personally, in the many years since this game came out, I have never truly been able to fully articulate my feelings for this game and everything that it did to the series. Hopefully I will be able to shed at least a partial light on why this is easily the most disappointing game I ever played. This is the ever polarizing 4th entry to the Sly Copper series; Sly Cooper Thieves in Time.
0:00 Dramatic Intro
0:40 What Is Sly Cooper
2:55 The Polarizing Sequel
3:12 The Nostalgia Argument
3:51 My Story With The Series
5:55 Sucker Punch, Sanzaru Games, & The Road To Hell
9:38 Even The Title Screen Is Wrong
10:33 Off To A Flying Start
11:09 What's Even Going On?
12:18 Character Assassination, & Missing The Point Of Sly 3
17:10 Throwing Away A 3 Game Romance Arc Like It Didn't Matter
18:19 The Good & Bad Of The Prologue
20:30 Stage One: Denial
21:33 Loading, More Like Load Of...
22:58 Faint Praise, & Immediate Issues
27:12 Anachronism, It's Like Clockwerk
28:29 My Hottest Take
34:58 Good Storytelling Is Not Optional In Sly Cooper
38:57 All Opinions Are Subjective
39:39 The Worst Written Game I've Ever Played Part 1 - The Dialogue
44:13 Expressive Dialogue Isn't Inherently Good
44:59 The Worst Written Game I've Ever Played Part 2 - Mischaracterization
49:00 The Worst Written Game I've Ever Played Part 3 - No Faith In The Audience
49:44 Taking The Game Too Seriously?
50:44 The Good, The Bad, & The Costumes
52:19 The Mixed Bag Of Chapter 1 Missions
54:26 The Highlight Of The Game Believe It Or Not
55:52 Stage Two: Anger
56:41 Temporal Inconsistencies
57:37 Tennessee & The Jailbird
59:38 Padded & Pointless Missions
1:05:45 The Worst Written Game I've Ever Played Part 4 - Carmelita... Just All Of It
1:17:12 Cameo 1 - The Female Perspective
1:23:43 Carmelita Cont
1:26:53 Mini-Game Overload
1:30:05 The Nitpicking Argument
1:30:48 Where's Omniman When You Need Him
1:32:22 Stage Three: Bargaining
1:32:34 The Worst Written Game I've Ever Played Part 5 - Nonsensical Time Travel
1:38:19 The Overthinking Argument
1:39:26 Intermission
1:40:20 Not The Nadir They Were Intending
1:41:42 The Worst Written Game I've Ever Played Part 6 - Terrible OC's & Racism
1:44:19 Bobby Balboa - A Lesson In Universal Failure
1:45:06 Sly Cooper Needs To Take Itself Seriously
1:47:30 The Worst Written Game I've Ever Played Part 7 - Murray
1:48:41 Worst Gameplay In The Game Part 1 - The Missions Are Abysmal
1:52:40 - Worst Gameplay In The Game Part 1 - The Level Itself Is Abysmal
1:55:43 Another "Heist" & A Terrible Boss fight
1:58:01 Murray Cont - An Abysmal "Character Arc"
2:00:33 Stage 4: Depression
2:01:19 Gallath, The Black Knight, & A Boring Chapter
2:03:34 The Game's Structure Ruins The Over Worlds & The Heists
2:12:52 The Worst Written Game I've Ever Played Part 8 - The Game Ruining Plot Twist
2:28:14 The Sucker Punch Bias Argument
2:30:09 Yet More Time Travel Nonsense
2:30:51 Stage Five: Acceptance
2:31:03 The Sterile Mediocrity Of The Full Motion 2D Cutscenes
2:33:44 Sisyphus, Eat Your Heart Out
2:34:41 An Accidental Detail Reveals What Should Have Been
2:37:22 Salim, Miss Decibel, & A Whole Lot Of Nonsense
2:38:52 The Worst Written Game I've Ever Played Part 9 - The Terrible Main Villain Is Revealed
2:42:19 A Microcosm Of Everything Wrong With The Game
2:45:44 The Bad & Worse Of 40 Thieves
2:48:58 The Worst Written Game I've Ever Played Part 10 - That Scene
2:53:22 An Unplanned Cameo
2:57:33 The Disrespect Continues
2:59:51 The Worst Written Game I've Ever Played Part 11 - Pure Fan Fiction
3:01:14 The Worst Written Game I've Ever Played Part 12 - Time Travel Was Always A Bad Idea
3:04:09 Curtain Call Of Stupidity
3:05:50 A Fitting Final Boss
3:07:09 The Ending To End All Endings
3:13:46 It's Finally Over
2:14:36 A Game About Nothing
3:16:55 Sympathy For The Devil
3:17:34 The Hypothetical Sequel That Never Was
3:20:04 Sanzaru Games' Tragic Fate
3:22:14 The "Reviews Are The Reason For No Sequel" Argument
3:25:30 The Abysmal Movie/TV Show That Never Was
3:26:51 Sony, Smiling Friends, & Fan Entitlement
3:29:01 Entitlement - The Tacit Disrespect Of Our Favourite Games
3:30:43 Death Of The Author, & The "Canon" Question
3:32:11 Face Reveal No. 8
