little big planet

[Sentura]

so where's the thread for this game? i just got it and been playing it... am at chapter 3 so far and it's actually enjoyable... more so than i thought before i bought it. has anyone tried the level editor yet? first impressions?

[-HP-]

I'm gonna postpone this for next month, there's way too much stuff for me to play atm.

But I heard it's a very enjoyable game and the 2 player mode is lots of fun!

[Thrik]

The story mode alone is awesome and like the previews said it can definitely stand up as a side-scrolling platform game in its own right. I was surprised at all the little minigame levels there are too. I'd imagine you could do nothing except play the stock levels and the better half of the user-created levels out there and still more than easily get your money's worth.

With that said, the editing tools are truly astounding. The depth of the tools is extremely impressive; the only thing more impressive is that they've managed to keep it totally intuitive and easy to use. It never feels like you're overwhelmed, yet there's so much power — there's apparently nothing in the stock levels/trailers that you can't create yourself.

There's also a hell of a lot of polish to the game, which is refreshing as a lot of recent games have felt weirdly sloppy to me. The way the interface, controls, etc work is extremely well thought out; the music is beautiful; the narrator (Stephen Fry!) is superbly entertaining; and it's just generally a really slick game.

It's doing exceedingly well on MetaCritic, incidentally:

http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/ps3/littlebigplanet

10/10 from Edge? God, man. I think anyone who doesn't give this game a go is certifiably mental.

[Ginger Lord]

I think anyone who doesn't give this game a go is certifiably mental.

Or doesn't have a PS3, or knows of anyone who does. Like me!

[Thrik]

I'm sure you'll have access to one eventually. :wink:

[Mazy]

Been goofing around with it for an hour or two, good stuff so far. Spent most my time in the creator thingy tutorials tho, they take a long time D:

[Erratic]

Played through some of the missions and fooled around with the creator mode. The thing is way more in depth than I'd have imagined and I'm not even through all the tutorials. It's charming as hell and looks great, I just have a lot of other stuff to play at the moment.

[Sentura]

come to think of it, my only gripe is the narrator. in no way can you switch off the narrator, and with the localized version, i'll have to sit through some danish guy blabbing on and on about something or other... and it just pisses me off royally.

[Hourences]

I have seen two colleagues play through the first two levels in two player mode yesterday, was awesome. Had a great laugh as well. Awesome style and gameplay, and seems like it will be able to attract a very wide audience, from kids to grown ups, to girls, to casual and hardcore gamers. Hats of to them

[e-freak]

stephen fry is the narrator? that'd be a reason in it self to buy the game (and a ps3 :S )... why don't they release these games to pc? :/

[Thrik]

Been getting into the online stuff today. It adds a whole extra dimension playing even the stock levels with other people, and you can dick around a lot more and have a lot of fun. And I continue to be amazed at the quality and variety of the stock levels, and also the editing tools (I've seen just about every mechanic seen in Mario/DKC/etc done thus far — any many that're new to LBP).

come to think of it, my only gripe is the narrator. in no way can you switch off the narrator, and with the localized version, i'll have to sit through some danish guy blabbing on and on about something or other... and it just pisses me off royally.

It's a shame you don't get the English narrator: Stephen Fry essentially reprising his role at the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy narrator. It's genuinely funny and really suits the feel of LBP imo.

Does doing anything like changing your PS3's regional options adjust it? You'd think with Blu-Ray they could fit multiple translations on. Guess they could just as easily not have done, though.

[Thrik]

TF2 level:

And a crazy space fighter game...

Check out the boss!

[-HP-]

ah ah, I guess... finally, a game my gf will enjoy!

[Steppenwolf]

I wish this was out for 360 or PC

[Sentura]

Been getting into the online stuff today. It adds a whole extra dimension playing even the stock levels with other people, and you can dick around a lot more and have a lot of fun. And I continue to be amazed at the quality and variety of the stock levels, and also the editing tools (I've seen just about every mechanic seen in Mario/DKC/etc done thus far — any many that're new to LBP).

come to think of it, my only gripe is the narrator. in no way can you switch off the narrator, and with the localized version, i'll have to sit through some danish guy blabbing on and on about something or other... and it just pisses me off royally.

It's a shame you don't get the English narrator: Stephen Fry essentially reprising his role at the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy narrator. It's genuinely funny and really suits the feel of LBP imo.

Does doing anything like changing your PS3's regional options adjust it? You'd think with Blu-Ray they could fit multiple translations on. Guess they could just as easily not have done, though.

thanks man, i changed the regional settings and lo and behold, the narration is now in english. awesome!