Tuesday, January 26, 2021

PrinceWatercress plays Sly 2: Band of Thieves - Part 23 of 49


In this episode, we get the last of the big treasures in the prison, then take pictures of some digital displays to crack a security algorithm. We're rolling in the money now!

Treasures of the Episode

Golden Orb - Once again, you'll have to enter the prison area, and this time, you'll need to get to the water tower to find this one. Once you get it, you'll have a minute and forty seconds to get the orb to the safe house. Just like last time, you'll want to take the quickest way out that you can find, then get to the train tracks and follow them to the safe house.

Ceremonial Lantern - This is at the tallest prison tower in the middle of the prison area. Unlike the other podium treasures, this one does not a timer. If you know what you're doing, you won't have to use the train tracks unless you absolutely have to. If you don't use the train tracks and instead use the direct path to the safe house, however, be ready to run!

Code Capture


Here is yet another job you'll have to play as Sly in order to take on.

For this one, there are four screens scattered throughout the episode where you will need to go to, find the nearby guards, steal their keys, use the keys to trip the nearby alarm on and then go into hiding before the guard spots you. As you get away, you'll need to get to a place where you can get a clear snapshot of the screen when it displays a three-digit number on the digital display as the guard shuts off the alarm. You'll need to take that snapshot with the camera on the Binocucom before it disappears, and for that perfect shot, you'll need to be at just the right distance to make that target indicator turn green. This is the hardest part, honestly. If you can get the four snapshots you'll need, Bentley will have a large enough sample of the algorithm to crack the rest of it.

Use the L3 button to find out where all the guards are, then steal their keys...but don't beat them up.. You'll want to pay attention to where the guards are, and you'll want to trip the alarms at the right time so that the guard is as far as possible before they can catch up to you or the alarm. From there, you'll have to get someplace at just the right distance from the screen - usually on a rooftop - so you can get a picture of the part of the code that pops up before that three digit number disappears. This one will take a while to do, but once you figure stuff out, this is doable.

The hardest screen is behind The Contessa's house. You'll need the most distance between you and the guard before you trip the alarm, climb up a great deal and take a picture of the code from a platform above the train tracks and near the prison. You'll need to be fast, but this can be done.

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)

Hacking mini-game controls:
  • Left analog stick: move
  • Right analog stick: aim and fire gun

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