Innovation that's borderline aggravating? Eh...kind of.
But single player is not where LBP shines. This game is great because of the online and multiplayer ability. Throughout the entire game you are logged onto Playstation Online, and you can decide to play with a level with another person online. And you can basically co-op the entire game with the help of someone else online. In fact, the game encourages multiplayer because, in order to get certain bubbles you need to work with another player, or two other players, or three. The real jewel to LBP is after you acquire different items and such via these bubbles, you can go and build your own level and put it online for other people to play. This all may kind of sound mediocre but in reality this is very very fun. And plus, you can replay levels as much as you want because after you play the whole game then, if you want to collect everything, you'll need stickers from the last level to get hidden-trigger bubbles in the first level.
The graphics to LBP are beautiful and crisp but sometimes the characters get a little glitchy and playing with other people online gets kind of laggishly horrible also. But, all-in-all the game offers great graphics and a good soundtrack. While, the platforming and game in general is fun, there are some points in which you will get extremely frustrated because, if you die a certain amount of times then you have to start the whole level over again. And this, is annoying.
It seems as thought this game is being hyped because of the whole, "online level building fun happiness cutie stuff." But it's really been done before and this isn't a big step for gaming. But the game is fun and innovative. Is it as marvelous as everyone said? Well, if you don't have two controllers or if you are not able to get online, then do not get this game. But, if you do have internet and friends, then this is a must have. But, the single player alone is lack-luster and will not satisfy your fun factor, as a gamer. Minus all the other things, this game is just a regular platformer. Nothing TOO special.