Tuesday, November 23, 2021

PrinceWatercress plays Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves - Part 25 of 42


In this episode, we steal General Tsao's treasure and ruin his wedding...even if things don't go exactly as planned.


Operation: Wedding Crasher

You'll have to play as Sly to start the mission.

Once you make it to the waypoint, everyone will be in position. Sly will sneak into the vault from a rooftop opening, and from here, you'll need to go up to the door and press Circle to let Murray and Penelope in. Once you do, you'll need to get to the security computer underneath the dragon statue on the far side of the room. You'll have to get there with the RC car and without hitting any of the blue security beams . Some of them will move in a pattern to give you some headway, while others will remain static and force you to move around them. Also, you cannot run into or shoot down any of the sensors or windows.

You will eventually find the path leading to the computer, which you will want to line up perfectly with and shoot down. When you do this, however, things will stop going according to plan, as Penelope soon realizes that there is a back-up security system that will boot up and alert General Tsao unless all of the security sensors are destroyed. From here, you'll need to drive all over the room and destroy all thirty security nodes before time runs out. Make sure to destroy windows to make it easier to get to all of them. Once they're down, the red security lasers will go away.

Enter the room with Murray and head to the dragon statue on the far side of the room. After pressing two buttons simultaneously with Penelope (yep, that comes back), you'll find the opening to the vault. Penelope just drops in, but Murray Thunderflops in despite the foundation of the room being rotted out. 

You then go back to the moment where Sly leaves the treasure room. Head to the waypoint - which is the door - with the Paraglide. You'll be at the vases again. The Panda King will tell Sly that the tunnel that he and the Guru are digging will cause vibrations in the earth that will cause the vases to tip over, and if any of them break, it will trip an alarm. You will need to watch the vases, and if any of them move, run up to it and press Circle to stop it from moving. For best results, hold R1 at all times; there are ten vases here. Thankfully, this part isn't very long.

You'll then play as Bentley. You'll need to use the Grapple-Cam to get Carmelita's attention and get her to the door. Carmelita will be at the safe house; you'll need her to get to the other waypoint, which is the front door to the palace. When you get her attention, get away from her immediately; if she sees the Grapple-Cam, she will shoot it down and you'll have to get another one.

Once you get Carmelita to the door, the Panda King will rescue Jing King just in time for Carmelita to show up. Sly disguises himself as General Tsao and heads to the rendezvous point, and Carmelita hides where Jing King was. The real Tsao shows up, none the wiser.

Tsao heads to the vault just as Murray shakes down the vault floor, destroying the vault in the process and in full view of General Tsao, who summons a dragon that immediately kidnaps Penelope. From here, you'll have to face the dragon to save Penelope.

You'll need to find a firework - marked by a waypoint - to get to the dragon and spire jump across the dragon's body and avoid its fire breath until you reach the head. From here, you'll need to smack the dragon in the head while jumping over its flaming tongue and its hand clap attack. Eventually, the dragon will force you off its body, and you'll have to rocket your way back up to the dragon again. In between trips to the dragon, fight off enemies to refill your health.

After three trips' worth of damage to the dragon, you'll beat the dragon and save Penelope. General Tsao has the wedding, only the bride is Carmelita, who shocks General Tsao with her shock pistol and puts him in custody. Jing King is delivered to her aunt, and the Panda King joins the Cooper Gang to pay off his debt to the gang.

Controls:

D-Pad/left analog stick: Move
X: jump/double jump
Square: attack
Circle: use to interact with sparkles, steal from enemies (from behind; with Sly), grab objects and stunned enemies (with Murray; press Circle afterwards to grab enemy out of air and press again to shake them, or press Square to throw them)
Triangle:
  • charge up cane, knock enemies into the air (from behind; with Sly, use Square afterwards to slam enemy down/use Silent Obliteration)
  • drop bombs (Bentley)
  • uppercut (Murray; press Circle afterwards to grab enemy out of air and press again while holding enemy to shake them, or press Square afterwards to knock enemy out while in mid-air)

Select: access Gadget Grid
  • D-Pad/Left analog stick: select gadget/ability
  • L1, L2, and R2 buttons: assign gadget to button pressed; gadget can then be used with that button

Start: Pause/unpause
  • D-Pad/left analog stick: choose options
  • X: confirm choice
  • Triangle: back out of choice

L3: bring up waypoint

R3: use Binocucom
  • Left analog stick/D-Pad: look around
  • Right analog stick: move in and out
  • R1: take picture

R1: run (hold down)
  • use Paraglide (as Sly; hold down to use, must purchase first)

Right analog stick: move camera

As Carmelita:

  • Left analog stick/D-Pad: move
  • Right analog stick/D-Pad: move camera/aim
  • Triangle: toggle between strafe mode and free movement
  • Square: kick
  • Circle: mega jump
  • X: jump and double jump
  • R1: shoot

As The Guru:

  • L1 (hold): transform
  • Circle (in mid-air, behind an enemy): mind control
    • Left analog stick/D-Pad: steer enemy
    • X: jump off enemy and launch enemy forward
    • Square: attack

Grapple cam controls:

  • D-Pad/Left Analog Stick: aim camera
  • X: shoot/grapple with hook
  • Circle: distract enemies
  • Square: self-destruct (hold down)

Hacking mini-game controls:

  • Left analog stick: move
  • Right analog stick: aim and fire gun

As The Panda King:

  • Square: flame chop
  • L1: hold to load fireworks, release to attack with stored fireworks
    • Right analog stick: sweep over multiple targets

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