October 18, 2015

Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time

Date played: October 18th
Platform: Vita
Session fun rating: 7/10

Episode 4 is some of the best stuff in the game so far. Sly has rescued Sir Galleth Cooper who is really a brave knight, but was held captive by the Black Knight, a weird mechanical dude. All the enemies are mechanical in the area too... After tailing the Black Knight and stealing back Sir Galleth's cane, the team made a plan to sabotage the villain's operations, though it's not quite clear what's happening.
Sir Galleth Cooper is funny and fun to play
I played a Sir Galleth Cooper to destroy some cameras attached to dirigibles. His special ability allows him to launch himself high in the air with the use of hooks scattered around. To destroy the dirigibles, I had to complete some awesome platforming segments using this new skill. Then, he infiltrated the Black Knight's factory where I had to climb through some dangerous machines to reach a giant, three-headed mechanical dragon who guards the knight's castle. Unfortunately, Sir Galleth was no match for the dragon, so Carmelita came to the rescue!

This was my favorite boss battle in the game. Carmelita had to dodge the dragon's attacks, then attack it's mouths with her pistol. Once a head was stunned, I was able to jump onto it and smash it's eyes. I repeated this process 5 times, enough to destroy all 6 of the dragon's eyes and disable the dragon. It was fucking awesome! I continued sabotaging the Black Knight's operations by disabling three of it's buildings.