Imagination collects here, becuse in Little Big Planet it's about you and your limits of imagination.
Imagination collects here, because in Little Big Planet, it's all about you, and your limits of imagination.
GAMEPLAY
-Story Mode
Like, well, pretty much every other game out there, there's a story mode. The story mode has some worlds, each with their own theme, such as The Gardens, or The Savannah. The story mode is extremely fun, with tons of switches to pull, things to swing on, gaps to jump, puzzles to figure out, and tons of other things. Throughout the various levels, you will find many, many items and things to collect, such as point bubbles, of which if you collect 5 in a quick succession you get a multiplier that will make your amount of points ascend faster, and there are stickers, which can be put in your pod which accesses all the various things to do in Little Big Planet, objects that can be used in the My Moon, which I will get to later, and various kinds of clothing to mix and match and clothe your Sackperson with. Let me say that Media Molecule has done made an amazingly creative job of putting together a fun story mode. But aside from all this, story mode holds a huge flaw that leaves a giant hole gaping in this game: Length. The story mode is very short and will only take you around 6 or so hours to finish, which means you can see the entire story mode in a few sittings. But put that aside, the story mode is extremely fun.
-Multiplayer
Most games nowadays have multiplayer either by two players or over Wi-Fi. Little Big Planet has both. You can play two, three, or four-player or you can play two, three, or four player over PlayStation Network. You can play Story mode, Community levels, Quick play, or go to the My Moon and create a levels with others. Multiplayer has headset support, which adds more fun, or you can use text chat, but the text chat has an in-game keypad like that on a cell phone, so it may take up some time to type a message. But a flaw here is the camera. The camera usually affects platforming games in general, and it does here. The camera can really struggle in multiplayer, and considering the fact that most levels require hard jumps, this can really be annoying. There will probably be times where you will purposely kill your sackperson to just let one player try a section. There are some lag problems, nothing like Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and they can be annoying, but shouldn't cause any real problems.
-My Moon
When you feel you have enough creation tools, you can head over to the My Moon, where you rule. It is where you can create your own levels, however you like. You can do pretty much anything there, but there are many, many, many tutorials that you will have to go through just to get the basics. The game is physics-based, so it's not easy to make a level like the ones in story mode. Only the most hardcore players will be able to make compelling levels like the ones of Media Molecule's creation.
-Community
This is the place where user-created levels are put. You can either publish a level you created here, or play other player-created levels. I've seen all kinds of levels here, from levels based on TV shows such as Silent Hill, levels based on other games, such as Metal Gear Solid 4, Dead Space, or Bioshock, levels to help you earn trophies, levels based on houses, and all kinds of other things. If you're looking for somewhere to show off the limits of imagination, then here is your place.
-Quick Play
Quick play is based on multiplayer, and it's pretty simple. You just hit quick play, and it automatically puts you into a level with other players. You can choose a level and hit Play Online, and other players will come in automatically. That's all there is to it.
-Trophies
This is a PlayStation 3 game, and so it has trophies. There's a pretty good amount and should take some time to get a Platinum. Trophies can be earned for things like going really fast or really high, completing levels without dying, earning a certain type of multiplier, etc.
-Your Sackperson
Your character in Little Big Planet is a sackperson. As Steven Fry says: Aww, bless, you're quite a cute one. Your sackperson can be customized with the various clothes you find throughout the story mode, ranging from hats to hair to shirts to pants to teeth to glasses. Your sackperson is also very, very cute. You can change his/her facial expression by using the control pad. Up is happy, down is sad, left is scared, and right is mad. You can move his/her arms by holding L2 and R2 and moving the analog sticks. You can move his/her head by using the Sixaxis motion-sensing, or press L3 to switch to hips and use the Sixaxis to move his/her hips.
-Extra
Also, Little Big Planet uses at least 600MB of space, is rated E for everyone for Comic Mischief and Mild Cartoon Violence, requires a Broadband connection, is compatible with the PlayStation Eye camera, and has support for the DualShock 3 rumble feature.
-Overall
Overall, the gameplay is amazing, and highly creative. This is one of those games that makes you feel that the world is in your control.
GRAPHICS
The graphics of Little Big Planet are artistic, but they look great. *You can see the individual stitches of your Sackperson while running around Little Big Planet. And the backgrounds of Little Big Planet look very realistic, like in The Gardens levels, the grass looks like a close-up of a real blade of grass. Little Big Planet has support for 720p. Pretty nice.
SOUND
-Voice Acting
The only voice acting to be found in Little Big Planet is the narration of British comedian Steven Fry. He narrates the story mode, hints along the way, and does the tutorials in the My Moon, his voice is just as charming as the rest of the game. And he is a comedian, so expect a few jokes here and there.
-FX
The sound affects of the game are great and they fit the game nicely, from Sackperson jumping to popping when you retry.
-Music
The Little Big Planet music is very catchy. I had to buy a song or two on iTunes. There is the game-developed music of this game which has a soundtrack called Little Big Music, and it has a few liscensed tracks, such as My Patch by Jim Koir.
OVERALL
Overall, this is a highly creative, cute, and fun game and is any easy pick for any PS3 owner of any age.
Score: 9.5 out of 10.
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-red0584