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Sly 3 Honor Among Thieves (PlayStation 2, 2005) CIB, Good
Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves (PlayStation 2, 2005)
Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves on PlayStation 2 is peak Saturday-morning-cartoon heist energy, but with actual good gameplay instead of cheap tie-in trash.
Released in 2005, it’s a stealth-focused action-adventure from Sucker Punch Productions and Sony Computer Entertainment, and the third main entry in the
Sly Cooper series. This time the gang is pulling the ultimate job: cracking open the Cooper family vault while a mad ex-associate of Sly’s dad, Dr. M,
turns the island into a fortress just to keep you out. :contentReference[oaicite:0]{index=0}
Gameplay sticks to the series’ sweet spot: sneaking across rooftops, pickpocketing guards, and pulling off heists in big, multi-mission hubs.
Sly still does the acrobatic platforming and stealth takedowns, Bentley leans into gadgets and remote-hacking chaos, and Murray is a pink hippo-shaped tank
who solves problems by throwing them into low orbit. On top of the core trio, you can also recruit and play as characters like the Guru, Penelope, Dimitri,
and even the Panda King, each bringing their own weird abilities into the mix so missions feel more like a rotating heist ensemble than a solo act. :contentReference[oaicite:1]{index=1}
Sly 3 piles on variety: safe-cracking, aerial dogfights, pirate ship battles, disguise-based infiltration, painting-based clue hunts, and more.
It even has optional anaglyph 3D segments that used red/blue glasses packed with new copies of the game, letting certain scenes pop off the screen if you
felt like going full 2000s gimmick mode. The result is a platformer that’s constantly swapping styles without losing the core loop of sneaking, stealing,
and sabotaging anybody who thinks they’re smarter than the Cooper Gang. :contentReference[oaicite:2]{index=2}
Beyond the main story, there’s an offline multiplayer suite with split-screen modes like Cops and Robbers, Hackathon, Bi-Plane Duel, and Galleon Duel—basically
mini heists, hacking challenges, and ship battles built for trash talk on the couch. There are no online modes at all, so everything is either single-player
campaign or local multiplayer; you’re not missing any dead servers or cut features, just classic PS2-era couch chaos. :contentReference[oaicite:3]{index=3}
- Sly 3 was developed in just about 11 and a half months after Sly 2’s success, which is wild given how much new stuff it crams in—new characters, vehicles,
disguises, mini-games, and replayable missions—yet it still landed generally positive reviews and a strong legacy on PS2. :contentReference[oaicite:4]{index=4} - The game famously ditches the series’ classic clue bottles and vaults, replacing them with treasure-hunt style challenges and mission-based replay, a change
that some fans still argue about years later. :contentReference[oaicite:5]{index=5} - Those 3D sections aren’t a fever dream: certain levels can be toggled into full anaglyph 3D, with the effect focusing more on background elements to keep the
characters readable even if you’re not wearing the glasses. :contentReference[oaicite:6]{index=6} - The multiplayer lineup isn’t just filler—Hackathon is a co-op hacking mode, while Galleon Duel throws players into ship-to-ship combat, with Sly’s and Bentley’s
crews blasting each other out of the water in best-of-three battles. :contentReference[oaicite:7]{index=7} - As of December 11, 2024, Sly 3 has also been re-released digitally on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 with modern perks like trophies, save states, and visual
options, so the same PS2 heist now runs on current hardware without dragging out the old console.
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