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LittleBigPlanet Goes Gold, Trophies Leaked
Upcoming world creation game LittleBigPlanet has gone gold, and will be officially released on Oct. 21st in the US. The game will come out exclusively for the PS3, in part due to the fact that it fills up a Blu-ray disc. The list of trophies was leaked alongside the announcement. Groups of students at Parsons will be using a 24-hour period this weekend to create levels for the game. Gamespy has a collection of videos and previews for LittleBigPlanet. To protect users' creations, it will feature an in-game copyright system.
I was hoping this would be another game in the Little Big Adventure series, but no luck. They should try picking a name that doesn't collide with a classic adventure series.
Give me Classic Slashdot or give me death!
This game sounds absolutely perfect for the Wii. You've got an editor, which the Wii excels at with Wiimote pointing, and a platformer, which the Wii excels at with the Wiimote held sideways. This game is obviously catering to the Wii crowd.
And yet they're releasing it on the PS3?! WTF?!!
Yeah, sure, "it uses all the space on the Blu-ray" but if you check the story you'll discover that it's all HD video and not, like, game assets. Reduce it to SD and it'd easily fit on a DVD and therefore be perfect for the Wii. In fact, Alex Evans even says that "the game itself and the levels you produce are relatively compact."
But the main purpose of the game is content creation, right? So obviously you'd want a console with great online community support, which the Wii doesn't quite have. So that aspect is perfect for the Xbox 360 then!
But no, they went with the PS3. It has the wrong controls. It has the wrong online support. And I'm not about to burn $560 for one game.
Too bad, this would have made a great Wii game. They could have used Miis for the characters rather than the creepy looking things they have now.
I just took a poop. There were 4 individual chunks. They were all well formed nuggets.
Great! I can't wait to not play it!
OMG! Wau!
Don't cry Nintendo faggot you still have Wii Music to look forward to!
And how's that Wii Fit thing working out for you? I hear they make great potted plant bases, or did you just toss yours in the junk closet like most Wii owners?
Better than being a sony arse pirate. Enjoy your Gaystation.
so a game that looks like some 40MB freeware fills up a 40GB double-layered Blu Ray because of video tutorials Oo?
I've been a pretty hardline PS3 basher since before the system was even released, but I still found myself looking forward to this game. Great gameplay concept, being able to design your own levels is good for replay value, and the game itself looks absolutely beautiful. The only downside is that it's on PS3, which I swore up and down I would never buy just for one game.
Fast forward to this past March, and I'm in need of a TV and some entertainment equipment for my new place. I snag an HDTV and reluctantly get a PS3 since the format war was finally done with. I still have maybe 3 games for the thing, but it excels as a BR player and a network media center, so I'm quite happy (albiet, surprisingly so) with my purchase. The main point of all this? Now that LBP is FINALLY about to be released, I can eagerly await the release date even more since I'll actually be able to have my own copy to play. This seems to be one of the titles that, if they had released it at launch, would have sold systems like crazy. Hopefully it lives up to my lofty expectations.
Now if only the people working on White Knight Chronicles would finish the damned game already, I would be even happier.
"So after all this, you make my case for me. To end this stalemate, you must die..."
Go the fuck away loser. No one wants pieces of shit like you part of the PS3 community.
Of all the words available to you in all the languages of the world, the best you can come up with is "Gaystation"? Seriously?
I mean, I guess it makes sense. It kind of reminds me of my large black dildo. It's big, it's intimidating, and of course, it's black. The thing is built like a tank, no matter the beating it still comes back for more. Sure, it gets hot after extended usage, but it's always up to the challenge. What can I say, the thing is fucking fun.
Have you seen the HD screenshots for the game? It looks fantastic! I'd certainly prefer to play this game in HD, which the Wii cannot do.
Do you know what the game is about? It's basically a platformer with a real-time physics engine, and tools to create objects in the world. It's calculating physical interactions between all in-game objects, and there are a good selection of materials to work with. The PS3 processor is perfect for this type of workload. There's also custom textures (aka stickers) that you can apply everywhere. That takes up precious RAM. For resources, the PS3 soundly beats the Wii. You just can't make the same game on another console.
They're trying to make LBP a community driven game. The PSN is perfect for this because it's free. People don't have to pay to participate, other than the initial game cost of course. You seriously think the Xbox360 is more perfect than this?!
The PS3 controls are pretty decent. They're certainly better than holding the Wiimote sideways. Online support is great.
You can buy a brand new PS3 for $400, if you're in America. Less if you buy it used. I think they may even make a LBP bundle.
You don't have to buy a PS3 just for one game. There's many other PS3 exclusives which are great, both on Bluray and PSN. I'm currently playing Uncharted, and I'm having a ball with it. It's the first time in a long time, that I've stayed up playing a game until 5am, not realising what the time was.
LBP seems to be the kind of game that is no fuss, simple to play, and doesn't need an investment of large amounts of continuous time. That seems to match my definition for casual gaming.
You could probably pick it up and start playing from any level. Also, all level can likely be finished in less than 20 mins. The level creation aspect could suck up the time, I have no doubt. Otherwise, she looks to be pure casual goodness.
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