Ok, maybe I under-rated this game..

User Rating: 7 | LittleBigPlanet PS3
When I originally bought LBP, I was immensely disappointed by it. To me, as a very anticipated game, it had to tick all the requisite boxes.

Unfortunately the game had not. Mainly because of the controls and the difficulty level of the game. I'll come back to that in a minute.

I originally gave this game a score of 5.5 and thought I would probably destroy this game if I ever wrote a review about it, so I held of.

Turns out, after a while, and having finished all my current games, I went back to LBP, and maybe, I over-reacted a little bit. I have therefore decided to rate the game a 7 against my previous scoring. Here's why:

LBP is a charming game, it is hard to resist the cute little sackboy. The overall presentation is complimented by the voice support of British actor Stephen Fry. It takes a while for the game to get started as the tutorial is very long winded. Something that is probably necessary given the variety of things that can be done in LBP.

The graphics are very pleasant, colourful and detailed. The physics are impressive. The game has tons of replay value however the controls, in my opinion, are still unacceptable. When the difficulty level of a game is set so high (in some parts), the one thing that could set things rights are the controls, unfortunately this is where the game fails. How many times have I tried to jump on a obstacle only to find my character has suddenly decided it makes more sense to jump a notch in the background? This kind of situation happens a lot in the game and really does frustrate.

The difficulty level could have been more progressive. I found it took a rather steep climb too early in the game. A better saving system would have probably avoided players to restart a level again and again simply because you could not make a jump after several attempts.

Nevertheless, as with any games, you tend to get used to the controls after a while and practice becomes perfect. Difficulty level is not going to change so it might be a good idea to see it as a challenge. Overall, I feel this game has been hugely over-rated by a lot of people, so much so that this game's flaws have been swept under the carpet.

In my opinion, the game does not deserve a 9 or a perfect 10, far from it. By the same token, I was wrong to give this game 5.5 originally, as the game has a lot to offer despite being hard and somewhat uncontrollable.

A try before you buy by any means, I would not suggest this game is a must own.