You name it, I play it. The only console I don't have is the PS3 and that is by choice. I am proud to still have an Atari 2600 that works! I recently added a Nintendo 64 and Atari 5200 to my collection of classic systems!
I have been a hard core gamer every since I could cross the street to my local Sears to play "Sinbad" pinball. I have had a home gaming console since the original Pong and haven't stopped gaming. I've been lucky to attend 7 E3s, write reviews for several webzines, and have been published numerous times in print regarding education and gaming. If you haven't figured it out, I am a teacher :-)
So, you ask (or maybe you don't), why do I think LittleBigPlanet will suck? It will suck
because there is no gameplay component to this game. None. Zilch. Nada.
So can I back it up? Sure can. If you watch the GDC video of the game
here
and the two most interesting things shown (that got the biggest reaction from the audience)
were the orange assisted leap and one character slapping another. That is not compelling
game play. The game looks beautiful but where was the gameplay? We've seen jumping
from platform to platform (Mario) and side scrolling puzzle solvers (Lemmings) so watching
it again was really nothing special. N
(http://www.addictinggames.com/ngame.html) and N+, with very limited
graphics, great gameplay, and customizable levels is a better gaming option than
LittleBigPlanet.
If you visit the developers website http://www.mediamolecule.com/games.html you will read these stunning quotes from a variety of sources how the game is "the epitome
of imagination" or "Super Mario Bros. meets an orgasm" but I'm just not seeing it. A side
scroller with cute characters is not that imaginative nor is any game where the object is to
collect sponges for building blocks. How can this be described as orgasmic?
Being able to share your creations online to share with other players will lead to only one
thing, porn. According to reports,
once you create a level and complete it (no
unbeatable levels can be created supposedly) it will then be shareable online with other LBP
players. I can only imagine the combinations of phallic platforms and levels that will be
shared with the unsuspecting gaming public. What is intended to be a cute family game will
definitely prove the ESRB rule "Online Interactions not rated by the ESRB".
This game will win awards and have a huge advertising campaign but it will not be a
reason to buy a PS3.
I don't have one because they hasn't been a reason to get one. I'll get one for the Blu-Ray eventually now that the format war is over but as far as the games, nothing spectacular that I can't play on my existing systems.
My musing are based on some conversations, observations, and experience with LBP. This game could take off huge like the Wii, but I don't think so.
According to IGN levels can't be posted unless you successfully complete the level you create yourself (http://ps3.ign.com/articles/844/844700p2.html). The delays for the game are troubling. I think Sony is trying really hard to create some new form of gaming instead of creating a good game. If they succeed we will all be better off, if it fails, no biggie.
Here here. I agree with you 100%. I really don't understand what's driving this damn game. Maybe if it was on a portable system, I'd be compelled, but this on the PS3? Bollocks I say!
i agree completely! I don't get why everyone is so happy about this stupid game. it looks so dumb.. but then again now that i think about it, it's basically a gary's mod for the ps3.. and people do some crazy ass stuff with that. i dunno
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. According to reports,
Also, FAIL!
Interesting.
My musing are based on some conversations, observations, and experience with LBP. This game could take off huge like the Wii, but I don't think so.
Since then more has come to light that has allayed my fears. Enemy characters being one of the big ones.
It better not suck.