Board Thread:Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time discussion/@comment-1823637-20130130163221/@comment-4552917-20130214174015

I think there will be a Sly 5, as Sanzaru left too many unanswered questions for Sly 4 to be the end.

If Sly's father were to be a playable character, his special power would be the laser slide. But, I doubt he'll be involved, even though it would be cool for them to expand on that ability. (Ex: Being able to walk and stand on horizontal lasers and being able to climb vertical lasers.) However, there is a problem with having Sly's father being in the game. Sly can only cross paths with his father, after Sly's father has parted ways with McSweeny and Dr. M. They are not supposed to meet Sly until the events of Sly 3. Having them meet him before then could alter Sly's timeline and change how the events of Sly 3 occured. Hell, having Sly meet his father, before Sly himself is even concieved is risky, as Sly could accidentally prevent his own birth.

I know that some of us want Penelope to turn good again, but that may be a bit tricky. Mainly it depends on one factor: Penelope herself. If she is acting of her own accord, then it will be tricky to redeem her (it's possible, but it would need to be executed properly to truly satisfy us fans). If she is being brainwashed, then it's a matter of freeing her from whatever is influencing her. If something else is going on that we're not aware of, then we'll have to wait and see. I'll go under the assumption that she's acting of her own accord, for now. As such, I think in the next game, they need to give Bentley a better girlfriend. However, if it does turn out that Penelope is being brainwashed, or if they pull off a redemption correctly, I will retract that last sentence.

By the way, I'm a bit creeped out at how similar Le Paradox and Clockwerk are. They have the same goal (wiping out the Cooper line), the same motive (becoming the greatest master thief), they use the same method to trap Sly (using Carmelita as bait), and even have names that reference time. Can anyone find any other similarites between the two that I'm not thinking of?