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Sony Gamers Day 2007: LittleBigPlanet
by World Famous on 05.17.2007 38 comments

Without a doubt, the upcoming PlayStation Network title LittleBigPlanet was my most-wanted game to play at Sony's Gamers Day event. Since first seeing it along with everyone else at GDC, the game has been stuck in my mind ever since as one of the key games to make the PlayStation 3 so worthwhile.

Well, it was a bit of good news and bad news in San Diego. While it was great that I finally was able to test out the controls on LittleBigPlanet, it really sucked that all we got to test out was the same playable demo shown at GDC -- and we weren't even allowed to mess with the on-the-fly customization tools!

Regardless, the game is good and really shows its worth in the party/multiplayer area. The fact you can grab your fellow players and drag them around or slap them in the face, or anything else that is relatively harmless makes for an engaging play session.

The only sad part is that Sony wouldn't let us mess around with those damn tools. Come on Sony, you can't give us the peanut butter then take away the jelly! 

OVERVIEW

Developed by Media Molecule, LittleBigPlanet™ is a new PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3™) computer entertainment system community-based game with a hugely innovative concept behind it.  Players meet on a blue and green planet scattered with individual plots – and use their character’s amazing abilities to play, create and share what they build with other gamers throughout the world via PLAYSTATION®Network.

The LittleBigPlanet experience starts with players learning about their character’s powers to interact physically with the environment.  There are places to explore, creative resources to collect and puzzles to solve – all requiring a combination of brains and collaborative teamwork. As soon as players begin their creative skills will grow and they will soon be ready to start creating and modifying their surroundings – the first step to sharing them with the whole community.

Characters have the power to move anything in this glued and stitched-together 3D landscape; they have the power to design, shape and build both objects and entire locations for others to view and play. There’s no complicated level editor; all of these skills can be learned by simply playing the game. Creativity is part of the gameplay experience and playing is part of the creative experience.  Players can make their world as open or as secretive to explore as they like. When it’s ready, they can invite anyone within the LittleBigPlanet community to come and explore their patch – or can go and explore everybody else’s.
KEY FEATURES
There’s not just one way to play.  Players craft their own individual experience based on their own creativity.
Unlimited possibilities for user-created content – players can customize everything: their characters, the landscape around them and their own patch on LittleBigPlanet.
Players learn new skills and discover new items to aid them on their creative journey Explore the massive single player game or go online to find user-generated content.”LittleBigPlanet will change every day as players contribute their own levels
Online and offline multiplayer modes – play alone, work as a team or get competitive
LittleBigPlanet  global community for players to get involved with: includes player comments, rankings and easy communication with new and existing friends
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Aex's Avatar
Aex at 05/17/2007 05:38

ZOMG! You can wear a box?!
Jim Sterling's Avatar
Jim Sterling at 05/17/2007 05:51

Really doesn't look like my kind of thing. I'm still trying to work out what it is about the GDC demo that has everyone busting a nut. Overhype, some?
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uptonogood at 05/17/2007 05:57

this might be the reason to join HOME.
Aex's Avatar
Aex at 05/17/2007 05:59

@Jim Sterling

I don't think this game will necessarily be EVERYONE's thing. I do think the hype is there for a reason tho. To me, several items about this game interest me.

1) Platforming - XD
2) Customization - ZOMG! You can wear a box!
3) Community - Step in the right direction, I feel.
4) It is visually stunning - @_@
5) It is something my GF could get into - Keyword: "My", otherwise I'd probably own a Wii just for her.
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Jim Sterling at 05/17/2007 06:08

I get that it looks gorgeous and that this intense level of customisation and community is interesting. But it just looks like an obstacle course builder at the moment. That doesn't excite me.
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Tron Knotts at 05/17/2007 06:21

If this game were coming to the Wii and not the PS3, Summa would be bashing it.
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Aex at 05/17/2007 06:34

@Jim Sterling

A good showing of the pre-made levels would be nice. So would a good showing of a varying degree of difficulty. Maybe some enemies thrown into the mix could enhance it greatly as well. Then, it'd be like Loco Roco with puppets and multiplayer o.o

Of course, this could just be one of those games you were destined to not be interested in :) It happens, there is no shame in it, best thing to do, is vocalize it and explain your reasoning. In fact, a good title for the post would be "So, Whats the deal with [s]Airline Food[/s] Little Big Planet."

(If strikethrough didn't work.. just imagine it)

@Tron Knotts

6 posts, took you long enough.
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Rockvillian at 05/17/2007 06:58

If you can pick up stuff with your characters and build your own levels, then user created capture the flag, storm the fort, tag, and other games like that would definitely be plausible as gameplay options me thinks.
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aborto thefetus at 05/17/2007 07:33

If this game were coming to the Wii and not the PS3, Summa would be bashing it.

I'd have to agree with that, and for once I agree with Summa(gasp!). This is one of the very few games for the ps3 that has caught my eye. Now all sony has to do is get a few more games and drop the price tag and I might consider buying it.
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Crunshii at 05/17/2007 08:15

holy !@#$ this game is 100% original and fun! dude u guys dont understand.... if u ever want ur gf to stop buggin u and get her to play for fun (shut her trap in a nice way :P), this is it!
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topgeargorilla at 05/17/2007 08:18

this really looks like one of sony's better things to showcase. I'm really impressed with it, and it seems to bring some much needed charm to the system
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mandlebaum123 at 05/17/2007 08:21

Crunshii, I would say there are a bunch a wii games that are more likely to do that than this game.
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BahamutZero at 05/17/2007 08:24

crunshii I don't think you have to worry about having a girlfriend
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-D- at 05/17/2007 08:41

This is the first game that makes me want a PS3
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10BobMarleys at 05/17/2007 08:50

Sure it looks good....But does it look $600 American dollars good? At least it'll be a nice change from folding for those of us who jumped on the PSTriple bandwagon too early.
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PiKo at 05/17/2007 09:00

All this PS3 news on the front page is making me feel nauseous.
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dvddesign at 05/17/2007 09:35

I'm with you there Jim.

BTW, I'm having some yellow rubber bands made with WTFIJS (Who the fuck...) put on them. I figure we can mix a few bad fashion trends together and create a real life internet meme.

As for Little Big Planet, I just don't see the appeal. I like platformers, but this doesn't seem to be more than a really fancy multiplayer physics demo built entirely around tilting. Um... Whee?
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dvddesign at 05/17/2007 09:37

Wait, never mind, I totally get it now. You can wear a box on your head. That's fucking awesome. I'm off to buy my Pee Ess Triple now. Screw waiting for MGS4 for my box wearing action.
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BahamutZero at 05/17/2007 09:42

Sony is certainly the brand to go if you want to wear a box in HD
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BahamutZero at 05/17/2007 09:45



im in ur ps tripple being homeless
Azrael's Avatar
Azrael at 05/17/2007 09:53

Im going to be honest about this whole "Sony gamers day" thing.

NONE of this titles seems like a system seller to me. (I hope Im wrong though)

Does this basically confirms the rumor MGS4 is not coming this year? that sucks.
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mandlebaum123 at 05/17/2007 09:56

I thought kojima confirmed that months ago.
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Jim Sterling at 05/17/2007 10:02

I'm glad I'm not the only one to think that LBP just isn't that exciting. I hadn't bothered to check it out until I read a write-up on the GDC demo, ranting and raving about how it's silenced Sony's critics and how it's the future of gaming. With great interest, I checked this life-defining demo and what did I see? Four little muppets scurrying around a rather boring obstacle course.

Maybe it is just very early days, but right now there is no discernable reason as to why so many people are splattering the insides of their pants over this title. I honestly can't see the big deal, unless they're so blinded by the cuteness of it.

I'm not saying this will suck, not at all, but I just think overhyping what is, right now, a "four puppets jumping at things" sim could be very damaging. And that's not even getting into the potential disaster that relying soley on user created content could be.
SpiderChrist's Avatar
SpiderChrist at 05/17/2007 10:26

did stumble onto SonyToid today instead of Destructoid?
Doomtrain's Avatar
Doomtrain at 05/17/2007 10:35

SONYGAMERSDAY-TOID
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Virtualgirl at 05/17/2007 10:38

hehehe! I have been looking forward to this since GDC! The online stuff looks fun! And not only because one of the guys at the LBP booth got drunk at the W and said " I wantto have my babies in there!" (pointing to my stomach)...
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Winston Churchill at 05/17/2007 10:38

I hate other people. I hate communities. This game is not for me.
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DoctorEuphony at 05/17/2007 11:48

I'm smelling either someone's palms getting greased by the Sony PR firms, or Summa trolling a reaction out of the Wii/360 fans , hehe.

Still...Heavenly Sword looks really cool.
dvddesign 's Avatar
dvddesign at 05/17/2007 13:03

@Doctor

Yeah, that's what reporting is, a big fat paycheck from the firms seeking out press.

Dude, Sony held a PR event. That's it. They showed some games. If Summa wants to get some HJ action from Miss Sony 2007, then so be it, but this set of stories is from a PR event.

BTW - Miss Sony 2007

SpiderChrist's Avatar
SpiderChrist at 05/17/2007 16:30

SEXY!!!
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brad drac at 05/17/2007 16:36

I am anticipating this game, I really hope it turns out well. I will pick it up for cheaps when I get my ps3 in a few years time.

Not a system seller though, if only because I can wear a box as snake in smash bros. melee.
Tron Knotts's Avatar
Tron Knotts at 05/17/2007 19:27

What if you could use your Little Big Planet custom characters as your avatars in Home?

As of now, I'm not that interested in either Home or LBP. But if they were combined, that would be interesting.
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seamonkey420 at 05/18/2007 13:54

i admit it.. i'm one of those waiting for LBP.. it just looks like some good ole fun in a pretty way.. but then again, at this point i'd take anything for my PS3.. haha..

lets see what i've been playing on my PS3 the last 2 weeks.. ummm.. Blu-ray movies, music for when i'm playing w/my wii, watching tv episodes via tv-links.co.uk.. wait.. isn't the PS3 a game console?? haha..

oh well, i guess i can always get back into my FFXII... i sure hope we finally start seeing atleast ONE new game in the next month.. hell, give i'd take the rumored/debunked 2.0 firmware update changes and be happy till the end of summer when we may see a few good games..

more luvin for the wii..
Tino's Avatar
Tino at 05/18/2007 15:30

Just watched it. All I have to say is...what?
ekoala2002's Avatar
ekoala2002 at 05/18/2007 17:05

That game looks awesome. I can't wait to get it...but first I need a PS3

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