Overview
Sly Cooper is the latest in a long line of master thieves. When he was a kit, a gang called the Fiendish Five killed his family and divided up their book on the art of thieving: the Thievius Raccoonus. Sly must defeat all the members of the gang to recover the book while evading Carmelita Fox, a police officer chasing him around the world to apprehend him.
This game is divided into five worlds, each themed around a particular part of the world and the villain headquartered there. Most worlds are structured as a central hub with entrances to numerous individual levels. Each of the levels has a primary goals which earns you a key. You must collect all the keys in the world to fight the world's boss.
Many of the levels have a platformer structure. The objective of these worlds is to reach the location of the key. There are substantial stealth elements here as you must dodge searchlights and trips lasers which set off alarms and avoid alerting guards. In addition to the main objective, there are clue bottles to find. Finding all the clues in a level allows you to open a safe with a page from the Thievius Raccoonus which grants a new ability of some sort. After getting this, there is also a master thief sprint where you must get from the start of a level to the exit within a time limit.
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Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus - Unlockables and documented secrets
• Family messages: if you collect every bottle and open every vault in the game, extra sequences with messages from the Cooper family are unlocked at the final chapter.
• Master thief sprints: after completing each chapter, timed challenges unlock (speed runs, no-damage runs, etc.). Completing them all is required for 100% completion.
• Vault codes: bottle clues give you a numeric code. Write it down carefully, because leaving the level means you must collect the bottles again to relearn it.
• Stealth trick: press the action button while next to a wall to cling to it. Essential for avoiding cameras and lasers in later chapters.
• Cane hook attack: hold the attack button near enemies to perform the spinning hook, the fastest way to take out guards without taking damage.
• Pro tips: learn guard patrol timings; enemies can't see you in dark areas or if you're directly above them. Chain the double jump and cane swing together for smoother platforming sections.
