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Studio Behind 'Little Big Planet' Confirms Next Title Coming To PlayStation VR (roadtovr.com)

Posted by timothy on from the entertaining-yourself-to-sleep dept.

An anonymous reader writes: As the company's first title, Little Big Planet was a breakout hit for the studio Media Molecule. The franchise saw three major games across the PS3 and PS4, two mobile versions (for PSP and PS Vita), and a number of spinoffs. But now Media Molecule hopes to make lightning strike twice with the forthcoming genre-eluding title, Dreams, which enables players to create and animate inside of the game world using the PlayStation Move. After several months of question dodging following the game's initial announcement, the studio has finally confirmed at Paris Games Week that Dreams will support PlayStation VR.

12 comments

  1. I never liked this game... by SumDog · · Score: 1

    I only played the PS Visa version. Is the PS3/PS4 version any better? I felt like it looked pretty, but there was very little challenge. The levels had infinite lives and I'm not one of those people who go back for 100% completion. There just didn't seem to be anything special to this game.

    1. Re: I never liked this game... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      PS Visa?
      When is the PS Mastercard version comming?

    2. Re:I never liked this game... by dsyu · · Score: 2

      The PS3/4 games aren't particularly challenging either -- the difficulty, if any, mostly stems from wrestling with the floaty controls. They don't have infinite lives, but you get a set number of lives per checkpoint, and there are enough checkpoints that you'll rarely, if ever, fail a level. There's also multi-player sections of levels, and special challenge levels.

      Also, there's the level building features of the games that many people probably spend the majority of their time. Oh, and user-created levels can be more challenging, of course.

      I like the games for their whimsy, the art style, and their heart-warming presentation.

    3. Re:I never liked this game... by safetyinnumbers · · Score: 1

      The game levels are just a small part of the experience. All the games have comprehensive level creation ability (although it gradually unlocks features as you play the game, to encourage a gradual learning curve).

      Wiring up sensors or buttons to other objects is very easy in the level editor. LBP2 introduced circuit boards with logic gates if you need to do some thing more advanced.

      The story levels last a few hours, but the level creation (and exploring published levels) provides open-ended depth.

  2. Pass by sexconker · · Score: 1

    We're 2 years past the PS4's launch and we don't know specs, details, final form factor, price, or launch date for Project Morpheus.
    What we do know is that if it comes out it'll be half-baked, poorly supported, and wheeled off the stage when the PS5 launches alongside the updated version.

    1. Re:Pass by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      VR hype and it won't make it to next gen consoles either.

      To get good results we need 8k display (4k for each eye) or you'll be almost counting pixels.

      And for 8k display where even current high end graphics cards struggle to reach 60fps at 4k much less keeping it stable is another nail on that VR coffin attempt.

      No to mention other annoying problems such as latency (both processing and display/ghosting related).

    2. Re:Pass by deek · · Score: 1

      We're not after perfect performance for the first generation of VR. We're after decent performance. By all accounts, this has been achieved. Reports about the PS VR, Oculus Rift, and the HTC Vive all say that it is very involving and responsive. None have mentioned resolution being an irritation or distraction.

      Whether VR is hype or not is too early to tell. It could be the next generation of computer interface. It could just be all steam. Nobody yet knows.

  3. Aw...and I was hoping... by MindPrison · · Score: 2

    ...to play as Sackboy immersed totally in VR.

    --
    What this world is coming to - is for you and me to decide.
  4. Re:Sony should never be forgiven after rootkit fia by sexconker · · Score: 0

    That's just what Anonymou$ Coward wants you to think, man.

  5. Hyper Hype by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    The team that brought us the massively hyped and disappointing LBP now wants to jump into the biggest hyped tech there is. What a surprise.

  6. Confirmed? by safetyinnumbers · · Score: 1

    Is this really the confirmation that the game will run on Morpheus?

    It all seems to stem from one tweet: "Dave is really pissed off with me for all the 'vr confirmed' angles but hey Dave it would b cool and you're not on Twitter so: VR CONFIRMED" which sounds to me like someone winding up a colleague because they have a running joke about VR support.

    Not that I've seen any retraction either, it just seems a very odd way to announce such big news for Sony's VR.