10 Video Game Cliffhangers That Will Never Be Resolved
7. Sly Cooper: Thieves In Time
Sly Cooper is no Ratchet & Clank or Jak & Daxter, but his original trilogy of games on the PS2 (along with their high-definition remasters on the PS3) were popular enough that a fourth entry made its way to the PS3 and PS Vita in early 2013.
Thieves In Time follows Sly as he travels through time, attempting to repair his family history that is being tampered with by the villainous Cyrille Le Paradox. At the end of the game, Sly confronts his opponent atop an enormous blimp, where the two engage in a sword fight and Le Paradox falls into the ocean below.
Bad guy defeated - job's a good 'un, right?
Not exactly. Unfortunately for Sly, the blimp is on fire, so he can't just land it and clamber off. The game actually ends without revealing whether or not Sly survived, which would be a sequel-baiting ending unto itself, but devs Sanzaru Games just couldn't resist a final tease that directly hinted at the titular raccoon's next adventure.
If you collect all the game's trophies, you unlock a secret ending cutscene that lasts for roughly half a minute. Here, Sly wakes up in the desert, the golden sun beating down upon his face. The camera then reveals that he's ended up in Ancient Egypt, and with no way home, he's essentially stuck there.
Presumably, a sequel would've continued down this path and explored Sly's time in this new locale. However, with no solid word of a fifth game having materialised in the six years since Thieves In Time was released - and Sanzaru stating that they have no plans for a fifth game - Sly 5 looks unlikely.