LittleBigPlanet (View comments)
Posted by: Tyson Moffitt
Just 13 years ago, the first PlayStation was released, and now in late October they just bumped up another peg on the totem pole. No, not a new console, but with the release of LittleBigPlanet (LBP). You play as a lovable creature referred to only as ‘Sacboy’ by the potently kind and helpful narrator through the levels of the little big world.
While looking at the commercials for this game I was thinking that it looked pretty good, and was probably going to be fun. And I was wrong, it wasn’t just good, it was amazing! And it wasn’t just fun, it was entertaining and brilliant! I could spend hours just randomly jumping about from side to side, performing the mindless tasks of pushing random objects around, or making a large object just to have it fall on and humorously squish me. The game has stunning graphics, life-like physics, and the story is cute and fun. There is almost nothing about this game that really let me down.
Although this game is amazing, it did have some faults. I think that the story mode was a little too short, and sometimes the controls could be a little bit stubborn. However, those are easily overlooked while having so much fun designing your character and having him childishly run about the place.
The story of the game is cute, but not too deep, (so if you were looking for a game with some amazing acting and a good story, I wouldn’t get this one, I would suggest Gears of War 2) but it is a fantastic way to take up about 4 hours of a day. The game’s replay value is great, the levels never really get old; every time you go through them you’re bound to find something fun or funny to do with them. The game hosts a multiplayer for you to play online and local matches (considering that it is hard to find a PS3 game that has a good Local multiplayer). The multiplayer is fun…as…hell, if you don’t like the game, the I would suggest getting it just for the multi-player. Not only can you play online, you can create your own levels so you can host them to the LBP network for you and others to play, so this makes it possible for the levels to never end, they just keep on coming.
LBP has breathtaking graphics and pretty good performance, the load screens are sometimes a little too long (but that will probably be fixed in the future), and it might not catch your controller actions as fast as you might like. Many times you will find yourself cussing at the TV, yelling that you jumped and it didn’t catch it. But then again, I feel that when it does happen, it can actually be fun and make you laugh.
Why people wouldn’t like the game is beyond me. I simply thought it was amazing, it is definitely a buy. If you don’t have the money, then I would definitely recommend renting it, because it is probably the best game I have played all year.
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