LittleBigPlanet [PS3] - Out Now!

[Eight Rooks]

But arguably it's not a traditional platform game. It's not about obsessive trial and error (it's certainly not being billed as such, or trading on a heritage of any such thing); developers don't make games like that for the mass market because the vast majority of people wouldn't play them any more. I mean, Mario didn't elevate the Wii miles above the rest of the market. No-one would believe Pacman would save a console, or recreate him in any way on this scale. I highly doubt Sony believe it'll convert millions of people to the joys of score attack, or time trials, or redoing everything from the beginning just. One. More. Time. So if the game forces its main audience to put up with this when they're more than likely to trade it in as a result, shouldn't any review throw this up as a possible mark against it? That along with the editor's problems equals a mark off "perfection"; I don't necessarily agree (I haven't played the whole thing, etc., etc.) but I can certainly see their point of view. Remember, EG do admit "abandoning lives completely would have stripped all the tension out of the game". That doesn't mean "therefore they have to be there, so shut up, knuckle down and git 'er dun".

EDIT:

So, was it just me that noticed

"The game's Story mode is a suite of some 20-odd levels made by Media Molecule that circumnavigate LittleBigPlanet's imaginary world."

Surely not 20 levels?
Didnt one of the MM guys say it would be 12-hour story with around 50 levels?

Perhaps EG are not counting minigames as levels, whereas MM are?

[ezee ryder]

So, was it just me that noticed

"The game's Story mode is a suite of some 20-odd levels made by Media Molecule that circumnavigate LittleBigPlanet's imaginary world."

Surely not 20 levels?
Didnt one of the MM guys say it would be 12-hour story with around 50 levels?

20 odd levels doesn't sound like a very exact number. I'm sure someone will let you know when they get the full game though

[merf]

20 levels sounds wrong, bearing in mind they gave 3 away (4 if you include the mini skipping thing), can't see them giving away 20% of a game on a beta.

I thought I'd read about there being 50 levels in an interview with the devs a short while ago.

[Number45]

That's a great review, and mirrors mostly what I think of the game from what I've played of the beta - mainly that I won't be able to construct anything of value to the community.

But that to me raises an interesting point. It IS fun to mess around in the create mode, if you accept that it won't necessarily mean that what you create will be fun for others. I had a blast plastering all sorts of crap all over the place with my six year old daughter, and there's no way I will publish any of it because it's for us and us alone.

A couple of quotes from the review that I thought summed things up nicely:

LittleBigPlanet is a great platform game. It's not a perfect one. It doesn't need to be, though, because its creative tools turn it into something else entirely, a unique, hilarious, endless entertainment. Even - and this is an absolutely crucial point - if you never use them.

But these are replaced by a wild creativity and anarchic humour that no organised development studio could ever hope to create, and a sort of gleeful ignorance of the need to have a point or be a challenge or submit to any kind of traditional concept of what a videogame level should be.

[merf]

6 page review and a 9.5 on IGN for this.

I think the levels referred to may be groups of stages, so you get a wild west level with 3 stages for example.

[ShadowDancer]

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/919/919111p1.html

[Number45]

Am I the only person that can't be arsed to read a six page review of a game regardless of what that game is?

Downloading the VR now.

[spagmasterswift]

I skimmed it, sounds like trying to use rock trap doors will lose the game 0.5 points - other than that its PURE WIN!1

[Eight Rooks]

It also does look as Media Molecule count minigames as levels. Disappointing, but hey, not that surprising. 20-some levels it is, then. I do agree it looks as if - assuming you like the game - you'll find reason to play it more than once.

[ezee ryder]

IGN Review
As you can see, I had a ton to say in this review, but that's because there's a ton to this game. LittleBigPlanet is a massive game, one that is essentially two parts intertwined so well that they're practically inseparable. Media Molecule has created a brilliant platformer, and then given you the tools to recreate the whole thing over again, or better yet, to create your own ideas from scratch. It's not perfect - the controls could be tighter, automatically shifting between planes can be problematic, the editor isn't quite as robust as you might hope - but what's there is nothing short of astounding. If you own a PlayStation 3, you cannot miss this. If you don't have a PS3 yet, this is the reason to get one.

Glad to see they think the game is a top notch platformer, despite what some say

[EvilBoris]

Sounds like the marketing budget went towards more than just never ending Sackboy promotional items.

[Darwock]

So if review sites give positive opinions now it means they must have been bribed?

[Matt]

LOL. Boris, maybe it's because, you know, the game is good?

[EvilBoris]

It could well be ,doesn't mean it's my cup of tea though.
Besides if IGN were to of slagged it off instead you'd all be complaining about how inconsistent they are and that they don't know what they are talking about.
It's amusing to watch people's selective review acceptance.

[Family Fry]

I've already cancelled my Edge AND Games TM subscriptions, they are so dead inside.

EDIT
Oh forgot the cheeky smiley