LittleBigPlanet (Platinum) reviews

In Little Big Planet the world is at your fingertips. Nothing from backdrops to obstacles is safe from your pop-it and imagination. A feature I especially like about Little Big Planet is that you can create your very own levels and publish them for other Sack Boys and Girls to play. This game is quite truthfully a game for all ages, young and old. Be warned this game will make you never want to stop playing.

This is an awesome game. After a while it gets challenging but still a good game.

It's fun for most of the game but when you buy more and more games it starts to get a bit boring.

little big planet is a fun game but gets boring really quickly. the map creator is really good though. the story line of it seems to go nowhere and is just a bunch of different levels which all seem to be the same in some way.

the map creator is really fun. it definitely makes this game unique. the only problem i could find with the map editor is that for every different type of object you have to go through a seperate tutorial.

i think that for younger children litttle big planet would be a great game but from my point of few it was a bit boring a childish

Product (game) arrived within a couple of days in very good condition as advertised. Disc, case and booklet all in excellent condition. A+

Great game, WARNING: Very addictive!

Easily one of the most fun, creative games ever made.

this is a real fun game and a must .. even for the big kids – the book ends are a great extra but the sackboy plushie toy is totally cool – which i might add has caused problems as to who gets to keep it ;)

Great game for girls boys and kids so easy to play and so much to do!!!

Heey :) Wow, what can I say. I've had this game for a couple of months now, and I love it, I cant get enough of it!!! Let all your creativity wild and create your own level and whatever you want, you can make it! :P So fun and probably the best game ive bought so far :) Buy it, you wont regter it :)

Got it as a present and it was loved by the person who got it and their friends too! Had a chance to play a few levels, really creative game and one of it's kind in allowing players to help each other – can have up to four players playing the game at the same time which is really awesome if you want to involve the entire family!!!

Love being able to change my character all the time!!!

I heard this game was meant to be awesome. Played it for a couple of days and havent touched it since. If your into sitting down with not much action I guess it would be for you.,

This game brings the child out in any adult with a unique sandbox system and a interesting character customization system where players use items of clothing they find throughout the game players also can paint their character and add misc items to their character and the world around them

Such an awesome game, very fun to play multi-player and with the family. Am looking forward to LBP2 should be awesome.

AWESOME GAME!!!!. ENOUGH SAID

When we downloaded the free demo for this game from the PS3 store we thought it would be pretty average to say the least. But, we found it to be a really fun game to play and the kids love it, being able to decorate everything including their own sack people. When I saw it on special at Mighty Ape I just had to get the full game. We are all really enjoying it, has some quite challenging levels to get through. Really worth while buying.

In little planet you control a “sack person” who you navigate around levels collecting things and achieving objectives. Your sack person is your customisable avatar. You can dress him up in hundreds of parts which are available as you complete the game. Examples of this are hats, wigs, shirts, beards and anything else you can think of.

The amount of objects and stickers available inside the game is huge. On your first play through you only find about 60% of the objects on each level and that's getting one about every 10 seconds. These objects can be used in little big planets level editor to create levels which people can play online or you can play with your friends.

The game has a fun online system where you can play other peoples levels and post your own for people to play. You can even play online with multiple people on one PS3. This makes it a very social game which provides a lot of fun for many people.

The game has a lot of DLC as well and a few of them are free. Most of these packs contain well known PS3 games like God of war and Metal gear solid as levels and characters.

Little big planet is a great game with a great game engine and provides good value for money.

It's been well over a year since this game was released and the multiplayer community is still thriving as if it was still day 1. You can overlook this as one of those "long term, time investment' games

Little Big Planet is a great game if you're not into the normal shoot em up blood and guts type games that are available on Playstation.

It's a simple platform game, transformed by the fact that you can customise basically everything, to the point where you can spend a fair amount of time not actually playing the game.

While the game play isn't difficult (It's a lot of run, jump, dodge) each level is definitely unique and creative and highly enjoyable if you've got a lazy sunday afternoon with a few hours to spare. The story mode can probably be finished in a few hours but if you go online you can access other players levels they've created. This would be good if you're keen on trying to create your own as well.

I'd recommend this game if for no other reason than the fact that you get to create and customise so much of it :)

A lot of people were expecting a LOT of things from LittleBigPlanet. This was gunna be the PS3's STAR title! Triple A from the very start! Well did it make their expectations? Was it the perfect platform for making amazing levels all by yourself? Did it have a fun, exciting, innovative, and a damn good platforming experience? Was the story varied and just fun? With the ability for 4 player local co-op? Were the sack creatures really as cute and adorable as the trailers depicted?! WERE THE COSTUMES AND COLLECTABLES NOT AWESOME?!!?

Well my friend, unfortunately not. It's all those things… AND MORE! My god the levels are brilliantly made! With so many collectables, you'll ALWAYS feel like you're progressing! Even in the level creation mode, doing tutorials gives you extra stuff! This IS the definitive PS3 title! It truly did exceed our expectations! It is AWESOME.

AWESOME.

The platforming genre as a whole has declined since its hey day in the SNES/Genesis and PS1/N64 days. Nowadays it's a rare occurence for a platformer to get a lot of publicity much more viewed as the biggest holiday title for a console. That is exactly the case with LittleBigPlanet for the Playstation 3. However, this title's big selling point isn't exactly the running and jumping 2D fans of the genre crave. Oh, that type of exhilaration is inside the atmosphere of LittleBigPlanet, but it's the in-depth level creator that's generating most of the buzz. How does this selling point fare, and does the game stay true on its promises?

Inside LittleBigPlanet's lit­tle big package is a story mode filled with over forty Media Molecule made levels. These follow a simply story through an incredibly competent series of progressively more difficult levels. Additionally, there are bonus levels to unlock, too, which feature much shorter stages either racing to a goal to achieve as high a score as possible or trying to survive a small mini-game level as long as your Sackboy can persevere. The levels show a superb amount of brilliance– especially later on– that will definitely lend some inspiration to even the most creatively-inept players; more so to those who've dreamed of designing games since drawing level maps inside their notebook during elementary school history class.

These Mm-manufactured levels demand to be replayed as well. One is the loneliest number after all. Certain areas are only reachable with 1-to-3 other friends. You can play locally or hop online with a party of friends, a souffle of strangers, or somewhere in-between. Meanwhile, completionists will simply be addicted to finding and collecting all of the hidden goodies, prize bubbles, throughout the game's many levels. These prize bubbles give everyone in the player's party a special gift such as a costume piece for their Sackpeople or a material to be used in the game's level creator.

Starting off in the story mode, the platforming action isn't all that complicated. Neither are the controls for that matter. Sackboy can run, grab and/or pull certain objects, and place stickers to activate events such as doors opening or a surprising surprise of prizes of the bubble variety. As the story progresses, the levels and their challenges become harder– but not impossible– to survive. It's one hit one kill for Sackboy. If Sackboy perishes and becomes a squashed Sackaccordion, a burnt pile of burlap, or an electrified mess, he'll be transported to the last checkpoint reached. If all lives are used up, he'll have to restart the level. Thankfully, each checkpoint refills his and your supply of lives, and most checkpoints are placed in logical locations– usually right before and after a tricky section.

Predominantly, LittleBigPlanet is a 2D platformer. However, there are elements of 3D as Sackboy can transfer between three planes within the Z-axis. Usually the game will automatically transfer you if necessary– say, you're going to leaping into the air from the lower first plane up to a higher second plane. Most of the time this is very welcomed, but the occasional slip-up can occur. Some players may also be put off by the floaty controls of Sackboy himself as they may be used to more tight controlling found in games like Mario and Mega Man. However, it's really nothing that can't be gotten used to at all.

The true selling point of LittleBigPlanet, however, is the ridiculously robust customization the game offers. Not only can you place stickers and decorations within your pod (your hub where you can select levels and view other options), but you can outfit your Sackboy as you see fit. At the beginning of your LBP experience, your closet of costumes will be rather scarce, but by playing through story mode you'll earn a whole wonderful wealth to your wardrobe. There's also already several downloadable costumes ranging from absolutely free to absolutely not. Of course, if you're not in the Style Network mood, you can just randomize the outfit for something of the hilariously tacky nature.

The biggest factor of customization is being able to design a truly comprehensive and detailed level. You start out with a gigantic blank template where any of your creations can fit inside. This is not be limited to just levels either. Perhaps you just made an awesome rocket that you want to save for another time. You can use the Capture Tool to copy your creation to use at any time via your Pop-It menu. You can even send to your friends or place it in a prize bubble for friends far and wide to collect within a given level of yours. Seeing that big blank space of level canvas can be overwhelming though. No worries as the game comes with a exhaustive list of tutorials telling you how to make objects swing, hang, spin, and speed off. You can create your own enemies, give them a movement pattern to follow such as following or ignoring the player, and setting their weak point as vulnerable or invulnerable. Combined with a variety of complex bits and bobs you can create some menacingly monstrous creations. There really is no limit to what you can do. If you can think it, there's probably a way to do it. It just takes creativity, a little patience, and a bit of feedback.

Anything that you see throughout LittleBigPlanet's sto­ry mode can be replicated and made in any of your levels. Additionally, the various prize bubbles sprinkled and hidden in the game's already made levels provide you with more materials for building walls, platforms, and objects with, stickers to color in your levels, and various machines, bits, and bobs that were used in the story mode to be used in your own levels– just in case you lack that engineer's touch. After putting the finishing touches on your marvelous masterpiece, you can publish it for the entire world to see, play, and be jealous of.

If level design isn't your forte, you can always check out the abundance of level creations within the community itself. The community is quite strong and has some extremely awe-inspiring levels. Sure, most are garbage, but you can sort those out easily via the game's search system. You can find the most favorited, the busiest, and/or the newest levels. There are truly some that even outdo Media Molecule's own creations. Some of these levels redefine what you can do with LittleBigPlanet's le­vel creation system.

The world of LittleBigPlanet itself is extremely charming and a joy to watch in motion. Various lighting aspects allow levels to shine with the warm glow of sunset or the cold gaze of darkness. The soundtrack is compromised of lesser known licensed tracks as well as music composed specifically for the game. There's a sizable enough list of music for any type of level. Meanwhile, online still has problems, unfortunately. Lag in games with a party of 3 or 4 can get rather severe, the game's servers can act very finicky at times not allowing you to hop online, levels can take multiple attempts before it finally gets published, there's some glitches via creating levels, and there's an extreme amount of trophy levels. Even with those problems, online is still an enjoyable experience the majority of the time.

LittleBigPlanet most definitely isn't for everyone. It takes a good amount of work to create a worthwhile level, and most out there might not want to play this game to “work”. However, there's enough content from fellow owners in the form of levels and objects to make a purchase justifiable. The story mode is fleshed out well, and playing with friends can be a hilarious and seldom frustrating experience. For those of us who doodled game ideas and maps inside our notebooks during school, this is the game for us. It's the most fun I've had with a game since Super Mario Galaxy (and we didn't even get to sleep together that night). For everyone else, it's a competent platforming escapade in a genre that needs as much support as possible. If it's fun you're looking for, LittleBigPlanet will sack it to you.

This game seems to be a very childish game when you see the cover, but it is a very good game for people of all ages. It may take a bit of getting used to, but it is very fun and i enjoy playing it. The storyline is very fun to play through and when you get good enough to make your own level, it is awesome. i loved spending hours at a time getting my levels just right then uploading them to my friends and seeing what they think of them.

Very good game and I am proud to have this as a PS3 exclusive. (yes i'm a ps3 fanboy so what?)