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Description
LittleBigPlanet is a puzzle platformer where the player controls sackboys. It takes the characters on an adventure through levels with different themes and settings, trying to reach the end of each level alive. The platforming is based entirely on physics where the sackboys can push or pull items, or generally manipulate them with their movement or weight. In addition to running, jumping, pushing and pulling, it is also necessary to master grabbing dangling objects and swinging from them to get over some obstacles and traps.The game can be played by up to four players simultaneously with some puzzles requiring more than one player to be solved. Levels consists of three planes: foreground, middle, and background, which can be traversed.
Next to the main game with about 50 levels, a large portion is devoted to creating user generated content. Players can design their own levels and devise custom rules. The objects used to build up the levels are largely based on the characteristics of real world materials emulated by the physics engine.
During the course of a level, stickers can be picked up for (mostly) decorative purposes or new items used to dress up the sackboys or for inclusion in the player's own levels. User created content can be shared via the PlayStation Network.
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Alternate Titles
- "The Next Big Thing" -- Working title
- "LBP" -- Common abbreviation
- "Craft World" -- Working title
- "リトルビッグプラネット" -- Japanese spelling
Part of the Following Groups
- Console Generation Exclusives: PlayStation 3
- Japanese PlayStation 3 games with full English support
- LittleBigPlanet / Sackboy series
- Software Pyramide releases
User Reviews
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Critic Reviews
DarkZero | Nov 13, 2008 | 10 out of 10 | 100 |
ZTGameDomain | Oct, 2008 | 10 out of 10 | 100 |
UGO (UnderGroundOnline) | Nov 03, 2008 | A | 100 |
Gaming Age | Oct 28, 2008 | A+ | 100 |
Gameplayer (Australia) | Oct 14, 2008 | 10 out of 10 | 100 |
IGN UK | Oct 14, 2008 | 9.7 out of 10 | 97 |
Computer and Video Games (CVG) | Oct 14, 2008 | 9.6 out of 10 | 96 |
Worth Playing | Nov 18, 2008 | 9.4 out of 10 | 94 |
GamingTrend | Nov, 2008 | 544 out of 600 | 91 |
Armchair Empire, The | Dec 23, 2008 | 7.5 out of 10 | 75 |
Forums
Topic | # Posts | Last Post |
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Need some help with the credits | 2 | Richard Kaplan (15) Jan 02, 2009 |
Trivia
1001 Video Games
LittleBigPlanet appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.Postponed release
The release of the game was postponed for a week because of some offensive content. A few days prior to the official release, a post on the PlayStation forums claimed that a song played on the first level of the third world (Swinging Safari by Malian musician Toumani Diabaté) contained a lyric taken from the Quran. Sony immediately recalled all copies of the game and replaced the offending track with an instrumental version, however, there are reports of some copies having been sold before the official release date. For the EU version, these copies can be identified by the Sony product code on the disc. In the modified release of the game the code ends on "#2", whereas the code on original, unmodified discs does not.Awards
- Deutscher Computerspielepreis
- 2009 - Best International Game (together with Wii Fit)
- 2008 – #5 Game of the Year
- 2008 – PS3 Game of the Year
- 2008 – PS3 Platformer of the Year
Related Web Sites
- LittleBigPlanet (official game website)
- LittleBigWorkshop (official community website)
- Wikipedia: LittleBigPlanet (article in the open encyclopedia)
robotriot (9068) added LittleBigPlanet (PlayStation 3) on Nov 09, 2008
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In memory of:
Chris Lightfoot (1978‑2007), Graham Plumbly (1956‑2008)
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