Tuesday, January 19, 2021

PrinceWatercress plays Sly 2: Band of Thieves - Part 16 of 49


In this entry, we bug Rajan's office...with a bug...and it's not easy.

Treasure of the Video

Golden Scroll Case - You'll have 70 seconds for this one, and using L3 to keep track of the safe house's location is essential. For this one, you'll need to keep a good eye out for enemies, as they can group together pretty quickly and make bringing this treasure back to the safe house impossible. The Voltage Strike can help with this one, as it can get rid of any unsuspecting guard in the way in one strike guaranteed.

Water Bug Run


You'll be playing as Sly for this one. Get to the teetering tower for the mission marker, then walk up to the water bug in the pool of stagnant water and press Circle once Bentley tells you to take the bug to Rajan's office to bug it. Yes, we're going to bug an office again, this time with a real bug.

The L3 button will be your friend here, as will the R1 button for when you need to run. It will not take long for the water bug to start making noise due to being out of its natural habitat for long enough, and you'll need to either get it straight to another pool of stagnant water and press Circle while you're in it or get it straight to Rajan's office. If the bug doesn't get loud, it won't be an automatic mission fail, but you will get the attention of all nearby enemies for as long as the water bug is making noise.

If you get hit or fall into a pit with the bug, you'll fail the mission and you'll have to start over. If you're used to the level layout and you know where everything is, getting the bug to Rajan's office won't be a problem.

Once inside, all you'll need to do is jump over some floor lasers and place the bug in the pool of stagnant water inside the office. But there's more to this room; the vault is here. Opening the vault here gives you the Voltage Attack, which would have been useful for this mission. Assign it to a button, press the assigned button, and you'll electrify your cane for the next attack, which will instantly kill any normal enemy, including the flashlight guards.

Controls

D-Pad/Left Analog Stick: move
Right Analog Stick: move camera
X: jump and double jump
Square: Horizontal Attack
  • horizontal attack (as Sly)
  • slam enemies launched into the air from behind (as Sly)
  • hook punches (as Murray)
  • Thunderflop (as Murray; in mid-air only)
  • crossbow swipe (as Bentley)
Triangle: Vertical Attack
  • vertical attack (as Sly; used to knock enemies into the air)
  • downward dive (as Sly; in mid-air only)
  • uppercut (as Murray)
  • drop bomb (as Bentley)
Circle: Action button (near blue/green/purple sparkles and character icons)
  • pickpocket (as Sly)
  • stomp (as Murray; use Square to throw object/enemy)
R1: hold to run

Select: Gadget Grid
  • Control Pad: highlight gadget
  • X button: confirm gadget
  • L1, L2, R2: assign gadget to button pressed

L1, L2, R2: use gadgets assigned to button pressed

Start: pause menu
  • Control Pad: select menu choice
  • X button: confirm choice
  • Start: un-pause game

L3 (press the left analog stick): locate beacons for mission objectives

R3 (press the right analog stick): Enter and exit Binocucom for first-person view
  • Left analog stick: look around
  • Right analog stick: zoom in and out (with up and down on right stick)
R1: 
    • take pictures with spy camera (as Sly; when applicable)
    • shoot sleep dart (as Bentley)

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