Friday, February 12, 2021

PrinceWatercress plays Sly 2: Band of Thieves - Part 40 of 49


In this entry, we do things with the battery. First, we make sure no more power builds up in it, then we suck out all the power so we can hide in it once we get the Clockwerk Talons.

Lighthouse Break In


You'll need to play as Sly to access this mission.

The lighthouse is the conduit for powering the Northern Lights Battery, and it must be shut down or else the battery will continue to fill with energy and make for a bad hiding spot. The entire gang will have to get into the lighthouse, and Sly is the only who can climb to the top, sneak to the ground floor and sneak the rest of the gang in.

Climb to the top of the lighthouse, then press Circle at the Sly icon on the hatch to open it and get inside. You won't be able to flip the switch, so go down the stairs, taking out all the enemies and avoiding all the traps as you do. Don't drop down the center, or else those red pulsating energy waves will kill you and you'll have to start the descent all over.

Once you reach the door at the bottom, press Circle at the Sly icon on the chair. You'll let Bentley and Murray in, From here, you'll have to go all the way up until you reach a gap in the stairs. When you get there, jump on the spinning part of the platform and climb up the ropes. If you reach a dead end on a rope, or if you see a red energy wave appear on the bottom of the rope you are on, jump and switch to another rope. When you reach the top, go to the switch. It isn't frying with electricity anymore, so you can now shut the power off with it and overload the collection mechanism. 

Boat Hack


You'll need to play as Bentley to start this mission.

The Reduction Bomb is a special weapon for Bentley. When thrown, it shrinks enemies in the area, making them weaker and easier to beat up.

It is now time to drain the battery. By attaching a boat's grappling hook to the top of the silo, the battery's energy should be siphoned off and depleted. To get on the boats, you'll need to find Murray (use L3) and jump into him and press Circle so Murray catches Bentley. From there, use the left analog stick or D-Pad to aim and X to throw. Once you get on a boat, press Circle at the terminal to play a hacking mini-game. Once you have hacked a boat, you'll take it to the lighthouse where Sly is waiting. Shoot the grappling hook to Sly. Once Sly catches it, it's on to another boat. You'll be doing everything from the Murray turtle toss to the grappling hook shooting with three boats, and as you progress through this job, the hacking missions will get harder. Once you're done with the third grappling hook, it's on to the next job.

It should be mentioned that on the way to the third boat, you'll have to toss Bentley onto an iceberg. That iceberg is the wooly mammoth that jumped into the icy waters and got re-frozen earlier. Poor thing.

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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