LittleBigPlanet [PS3] - Out Now!

[DeathAdder]

I'm working on a Red Ring of Death level

[Alex_976]

Did the remove copy-righted cars in Forza 2?

[charlesr]

Bit harsh innit. Couldn't they have just told them to remove direct references or change them? With a "5 days to comply" type thing.

[Family Fry]

Sony and MM don't have a choice indeed, it's far better to be cautious than to be sued of course.
At the moment though if it pisses off the user who creates the content, in a content creatable game, you could end up losing some good levels and some good designers.
They need to get clear about this sooner rather than later, seems like the main issue people were having with Sony/MM was removing the entire level and leaving no feedback as to what the problem was, could be easily fixed.

Maybe they could introduce a proposel method, you create the level then you have to submit it for moderation, wait for it to be accepted or refused?
Im sure they will get around it all.

[ItsThere]

Whether it damages the IP or not isn't relevant to whether someone would have a problem with it appearing on the platform. God of War makes no sense for removal, but any MS or Nintendo themed IP - you can't understand why they might not want that to exist?

Yeah I do understand I just think that in the grand scheme it does more good than harm to brand recognition etc.

I know the issue and I know rights holders are funny about that sort of thing but applying it to another format - machima - do rights holders have such a problem with that?

[fishbowlhead]

Im really not feeling the urge to buy this anymore, while im sure its great and the user generated content is good, all the best stuff sounds like its being deleted already.
Why cant people make parodies of games even sony own and made? Everything is ridiculously censored these days and it will only hurt this game if it carries on there as well.


Can you download levels before there deleted or are they only playable off the servers?

[Darwock]

To be honest I haven't even noticed anything being deleted - I still see Mirror's Edge stuff all over the place... I'm just a teeny bit happy that they're cracking down on using licensed stuff, as it was starting to look like nobody had any ideas of their own. Their must have been a million Mario levels up there (and there are still a good few, if they have been deleted).

The person who created the GoW level had a very good eye for puzzles and great obstacle course design. I'm sure he can do better (especially considering he made that out of the beta) next time, and he doesn't need to use someone else's character ideas to make it good.

The stuff that it does hurt is those levels who exist ONLY as parodies.. for example there's a wicker man level where you just fly over a big wicker man and that's it. Thing is, all he would have to do is change the title to something obscure - fans of the movie would still get it and would probably heart it even more for being subtle!

[Dogg Thang]

But could they find it in the first place?

[Darwock]

I can't imagine there are many people out there actively looking for LBP Wicker Man parodies! It's more of a nice surprise when you do see it, no?

[Dogg Thang]

I guess so but I would have been drawn to the name if I saw it. Without it, I may skip past it. But then I imagine finding good levels in the bad ones will likely be a constant porblem.

[ShadowDancer]

Is there any news on a UK Guide? I haven't bought one for years. I don't want it for finding secrets (not that there is anything wrong with that) I want it in my collection and I would love to get an insight into the creating levels before I delve in to create.

[Ouenben]

Is there any news on a UK Guide? I haven't bought one for years. I don't want it for finding secrets (not that there is anything wrong with that) I want it in my collection and I would love to get an insight into the creating levels before I delve in to create.

The best level creating guide is other peoples levels. Play through a few. World of colour is a great level for seeing some great ideas. When you don't know how something works, copy it to your levels area and go into it via edit mode and take apart the level till you understand it

[JP]

Not yet, I definately want to get it though as I think a good one would really benefit this game after you've got to the end.

[ShadowDancer]

Looked on ebay...there are a few. I don't even know if we get that same one but a different publisher?

I haven't bonded with a game like this for years. Its great playing alone..but joining up and pissing around..then some seriousness..then some face pulling..bit of dragging and dancing, then a photo...its just amazing.

[Miguel007]

Looked on ebay...there are a few. I don't even know if we get that same one but a different publisher?

I haven't bonded with a game like this for years. Its great playing alone..but joining up and pissing around..then some seriousness..then some face pulling..bit of dragging and dancing, then a photo...its just amazing.

I agree I love it, it's great! plus the music is fantastic too - I've been humming it all day at work.