Board Thread:Sly Cooper series discussion/@comment-97.81.240.58-20130604005512/@comment-924163-20151208070645

Clockwerk, Cyrille Le Paradox, Sly Cooper, etc. might be Master Thieves, but Arpeggio was a true Mastermind. He was charismatic enough to convince each member of the Klaww Gang that Clockwerk's body was the answer to various avenues of black market trade and distribution for the purpose of monetary gain; knowing the most about not only his own grand design, but about the ancient bird himself, he carefully sowed the seeds to ensure that none of their individual plans would be possible without his engineering and technological know-how. In exchange, he got everything he needed out of each of them. What's more, he knew fully well the impact Clockwerk had upon not just the Cooper Clan, but the world as a whole. He knew the crippling, draining effects of hatred on other living beings. And despite that on a massive scale being necessary to facilitate his own rebirth as the owl himself, it was merely a stepping stone for him. He had not one flicker of remorse or hesitation, physical limitations be damned. He was by far the most brilliant and ambitious villain that Sly ever encountered. Neyla piggy-backed off a hardworking genius' long-in-the-making plan for no reason other than to feed her massive ego. I only wish Sly would have not stood there doing NOTHING and WATCHING her crush the little guy for plot convenience, at the very least so we could see him help take her down. Clockwerk and Doctor M were more single-minded villains, though likeable, and Le Paradox and Penelope come close to Arpeggio's league but just don't quite reach it for me. He was absolutely underused in favor of that pink overrated b****.