LittleBigPlanet can be the most rewarding game ever.

If you put work into it at least. If you're creative and get halfway decent at the level editor. Just seeing the things you make and playing them just gives you such a great feeling of accomplishment. Posting your level and seeing that 50+ people are playing at once and netting 50000 plays in the long run, that's just amazing. No feeling in a game has ever come close to topping that for me.

I could never get into it; the platforming was too awkward and floaty for me.

I think the platforming mechanics were mediocre as well. I played a lot of other levels, but it wasn't exactly because I found them "fun" to play in the traditional sense. (Don't get me wrong, some were genuinely fun, and there were MANY fun multiplayer levels). Most of my enjoyment in playing user levels were just seeing what people can do with the mechanics, and they helped me get my own inspiration for my levels. I always loved to create levels, even on the simplest flash games. So this was like the perfect game for me lol

@IcyFlamez96:

I agree that it's an effective toolkit for aspiring game designers or level editors. It's got a steep learning curve and will take up several long hours to create at least a decent level, but it's got a lot of neat tools to use for customization, building, and designing levels. It's a pretty good level editor and it's fully featured. If you have the time and patience for it, it can really be worthwhile to experiment with.

I was never able to get into it, despite trying. I'm encountering the same frustrations with Tearaway. I can't seem to spot what objectively makes them so critically acclaimed, either--maybe it's the sandbox aspect? The forced charm and storybook narration get irritating very quickly.

The gameplay left a hell of lot to be desired but I liked the game's style and the level editor was cool, even if it should have been easier to use.

Its a shame the gameplay was never really good in those games.

Got bored of it, never understood the appeal of these creation games, didn't like Spore either. Will probably try Project Spark and get bored of that in five minutes too.

Yeah it was really clumsy platforming

The platforming was so bad that I never wanted to create anything for it.

@GreySeal9:

If simple means the editor should be simpler overall, then heck no. It's easy once you figure out what everything does.

Little big planet 3d please and thank you.

Poor mans Mario.

@uninspiredcup:

More like smart man's Mario.

My friend, pc games come with proper game making tools. We are highly unimpressed by this title due to dramatically higher, standardized, standards.

It's floaty for a reason ....... and the game level was fantastic

Would that be Tearaway?

pc has better stuff,

@uninspiredcup:

Hey, I was only comparing this to Mario. Not PC stuff.

Accessibility/=/dumbing something down.

Fck off. Shut up. PC gamers have mods and tools like Gary's mod and such, but don't try to use those to undermine LBP. PC will never be able to make creation as accessible and user friendly and just overall packaged as LBP. Stop being delusional and trying to hide behind PC mods. PC games are as overrated and annoying as hermits.

@GreySeal9:

Like how? You couldn't make LBP's level editor more accessible without dumbing it down. All you have to do is know what most of the tools do and you're good.

But I'm right.

It's a fun series to create, share, and play around in user generated levels. Yes a lot of it is amateur hour stuff, and no it's not a truly great platformer. But the cynics tend to miss the point of that game with the constant "herpa derp the platforming mechanics suck'. Which to be fair they do, but the game is delightful and highly entertaining so long as you're willing to meet it half way. And given the nature of that game, it shouldn't be that hard to meet the game half way.

Excellent? great? hell no

Fun? Absolutely.

I loved the level editor but I never shared anything. I didn't make levels. I made machines and cool little experimental stuff. I once tried to make a level but it glitched out or something. That was a long time ago.

There was one machine I was really proud of. It was a giant wheel that the sackboy was inside of. There were switches on either side of a compartment for direction. The switches powered rockets embedded within the wheel. A gravity based switch controlled stability sensors to keep the compartment that the sackboy was in from spinning. The stability mechanism was a golf ball with switches almost touching it's outside edges. To help stability of the sackboy compartment, I put bearings made of slippery glass touching slippery glass edges on the wheel and the compartment, which had rubber lining the outside.

It could've been better. I just wish that the level editor was a lot easier to use and navigate but it's not; plus the physics in this game almost kills it.

The problem with LBP is that all emphasis is put on creation, but its platforming is too simple and extremely boring.

The most creative console game ever made. Some of the levels made are just pure genious and fun to play.
A clever and gem of a game. Highly underrated.
Customizing your 'sackboy' or 'sackgirl' was pretty cool.
The game got many awards dont forget.

Looking forward to the next gen version, hopefully there is.

No matter how much effort you put in there you always end up with a sub par platformer .

It looks nice though ,

LBP is one of the only games from last gen i would even consider missing if I sold my PS3. Simply brilliant in every way.Sure the mechanics could be a lil iffy..but otherwise that game is perfection.Still play it..

Little Big Planet pretty much cemented the PS3 as the gaming console with "millions of exclusives." There's practically unending content to download when it comes to LBP games. All the other systems better step their game up. They are dealing with the Playstation, which now, thanks to LBP, has millions of exclusives. PC, specifically, got owned bad.

@ShepardCommandr:

How could you not see the appeal in creation games? It different if you guys personally don't like them, but is it really that hard to see the appeal? I mean c'mon, it's not rocket science.

no amount of level creation can fix the sloppy controls.