Penelope

Oh, you can GUARANTEE I was pissed. SO much potential, and was simply reduced to a character flaw for Bentley. It was, suffice to say, lacking for me.

i was pissed even though i guessed it but i was hoping i was wrong and now i simply hate penelope if she turns nice and rejoins the gang in the next game i will be extrmely pissed

Once I saw the black night and the technology my first thought was Penelope, I didn't want to believe it, but once you start following her through the rafters I knew it was her, I also hoped she was being mind controlled in some way, and at first I was okay when it appeared that she was doing what she did for Bentley, but when it became apparent that it was just for money, I dunno, it just didn't strike me as Penelope from what we know of her in Sly 3. Still though, I'm excited for the next game, if there is one, just with what happened in the credits.

It was awful how Penelope ended up being something completely not expected to be. Though if you ask me, it was very necessarily for this to happen-- the fact that Bentley had a lot coming to him, this kind of gave him way better character development and a way better boost in personality. I feel awful for him but oddly enough it was for the best!

I feel she didn't really boost him in development though. Bentley honestly really only had one big boost of confidence to take her down. Then he seemed to just become normal again, like nothing happened. But I can see where you're coming from. At least we can agree this was completely stupid on how she reversed her role so dramatically.

I think it wouldn't have been as much of a problem if there was a more reasonable explanation as to why she sided with Le Paradox. There was no real reason for her to be bad, that was just poor writing. The only purpose she serves in this game is being a character flaw for Bentley, as thechaoticcooper said. I didn't really like how they handled the "development" for the characters except Carmelita.

I was EXTREMELY enraged when it seems that she had NO REASON to turn evil. this was really the only part where I feel the writing suffered. Bentley always seemed smarter to me, especially the way he sometimes talked to Penelope as if she were younger than him (which I believe she was the youngest of the group, but it's hard to tell since we don't know the actual ages of the characters), so I don't think it would have been too much of a jump to have her leave because she feels like she isn't appreciated by the others as much as Bentley is. THAT I would have bought because she didn't really have much to do in Sly 3 in terms of showing off her smarts, it was always Bentley. Hell, I would have bought it if her reasoning was blackmail! Overall, I think all of us were pretty mad at the way this was handled. I just don't get WHY they did it? If it's going to be someone from Bentley's past, why not Jean Bison or the Contessa? I noticed Bentley change during Sly 2 after getting his friends back, but I noticed nothing here.