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LittleBigPlanet is "LittleBigPossible": OTG Review

Only the Games writes: "Many have posited LittleBigPlanet's signature tactile and charming world as a move to appeal to the masses, but that's only one side of the coin. The wobbling wheels, the festive adornments, the oversized objects will all stir you to that old, familiar feeling; inventive daydreams that began as childlike wonder, but only now is there a crossing that leads to their fully realized conclusion."

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ZomgBox5608d ago

This zomg game will only get better.

MountainMaverick5608d ago

Late review, but not like this game is ever static. I would say that reviewing this game before the servers went live is just dumb.

tinydancer5608d ago

Yeah, it was pretty much a bunch of assumptions

hombrehambre5608d ago

Assumptions? Not really, the game is what it is. They just assume that it will all work.

SL1M DADDY5608d ago

If you can think it, it can be done. You just have to know how to use the tools and you will be amazed at all the possibilities.

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hombrehambre5608d ago

Left 4 Dead, owns almost all.

ReTarDedFisHy5608d ago

Your kidding, it's a $60 dollar Half-life 2 mod. It's basically Zombie Panic, which is free, with better overall gameplay, minus the barricades feature in ZP...

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Kriller5608d ago

"Some of the most original creators have yet to be uncovered in the world of LittleBigPlanet, which becomes blatantly obvious by peeling through the first pages only to uncover several “Get teh 7 Trophies, Play me nowz!!”" lol, so true.

PrimordialSoupBase5608d ago

Those levels stink, completely pointless.

hombrehambre5608d ago

I want trophies = not pointless. But creatively pointless? Yep.

Stoneroses63005608d ago

Trophies are retarded, as are achievements.

bunbun7775608d ago

trophies are trophies ---

not to put words in anyone's mouth but i can see how trophy whoring may be retarded, in that one may lose the overall experience of the game in favor of a narrow minded, squirrel-like fervor of trophy collection.

But.... if you are not affected by trophies, they can be quite pleasurable. Think of it this way, if you really enjoy the game you will not need trophies to make you play it again, but in getting "completion" you may find yourself playing ie: enjoying the game in manners you are not normally accustomed to. Like weapon selection, or play style, or difficulty.

Trophies are supposed to be frosting, not cake. Unless you are a frosting whore, then go get your frosting!

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Vortigaunt5608d ago

I feel so bad for this game. It was a complete bomb :(

bunbun7775608d ago

not a bomb like a flop.
a bomb more like da bomb.

Highly enjoyable, well crafted, upgradeable and diverse.

I feel so bad for posters that seem to be impressed by sales :(

SmokingMonkey5608d ago

because of sales?

if you only play games that sell well then that means you must be playing WiiPlay everyday all day.

sales mean nothing you tard.

I think you "wish" it bombed because you don't have a creative bone in your whole body.

christian hour5608d ago

I don't see how it was a bomb, yes it didnt sell well, neither did psychonauts, but no one can deny that Psychonauts wasn't an amazing game.

Little big planet is one of two reasons I bought a ps3 in 2007 (yes i bought it a full year before release, simply because of a temporary price drop offer they had in Ireland).

I bought my ps3 for LBP and MGS4. And I have to say LBP delivered on every front. The story levels are well designed, fun and the humor is good too. And they definitely showcase what you can do in the editor. The game didnt sell well, so what.

However it did convince me to buy a ps3 when I was considering waiting a few years, so that in itself should be a victory for media molecule right there. Plus I finally have a game my girlfriend plays more than I do. Which is a relief, cos she was kind of eating in to my gaming a little bit :P

I just wish my 360 friends could experience this amazing game, well, they do come over now and then to check it out, and they love it. In my opinion LBP was definitely a console seller for me, if it wasnt for that game I'd only have a 360 and I'd still be waiting for that moment in time when the ps3 gives me reason to buy it :P

RememberThe3575608d ago

Guy we all love games. All of us. We may like different consoles or game types, but we all love games.

That said, games that don't sell have less of a chance of getting a sequel. And we all know that we love our selves some sequels.

The point is this, it is in our best interest for these games to sell well. That why we get a quality sequel with a ton of people to play with.

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Kinetix5608d ago

I really really like this game and it's ashame it hasn't been in a hit on the charts. Hopefully the sales will pick up so more innovative and original games like these get made more often. My finger and the R1 button can only take so many shooters.

bviperz5608d ago

In time Sackboy will get his (and hers!).

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Most Offensive Video Games That Would Never Cut It Today

Times are changing, and these games would have never been made in today's climate.

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thorstein32d ago (Edited 32d ago )

Every single time someone uses this phrase whether it's music, movies, books, comics, video games, etc it's always the same claim.

The ubiquitous "they" won't allow it to be made. And every decade these claims are made the claimant completely ignores all the "offensive" material that is published when the claim is made.

In ten years, you can write a new article about how you can't make games like Helldivers 2, Resident Evil VIII, Mortal Kombat I, Dragon's Dogma 2, Alan Wake 2 etc etc etc any more.

MrBaskerville32d ago

Yeah, people wouldn't be constantly outraged if there weren't games that people found enraging. The whole SBI discourse shit wouldn't be a thing if all games were inoffensive. A game like Starfield can make a guy froth at his mouth, so there will always be room for a list like this.

0hMyGandhi31d ago

Normally, I'd be inclined to agree with you, but there are massive caveats.
TV shows like Venture Bros, Ren and Stimpy, and Aqua Team wouldn't/couldn't be made today. Hell, Ren and Stimpy was a *children's* show, same thing with Rocko's Modern Life.

It's not for some arbitrary reason, either. It's branding and IP alignment. Companies are far more risk-averse than they were when I was kid in the 90's. Of course, you have companies coming out of the woodwork to hell spur on similar content, but remember: Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon and some incredibly provocative material.

And for movies? it's pretty obvious. American Pie/Wedding Crashers/Eurotrip among many other "raunch coms" have fallen out of style, and are absolutely outside what the modern day film industry is willing to stand by.
Ace Ventura 1 and 2, Dumb and Dumber, Freddy Got Fingered, Rat Race, Harold and Kumar, and Van Wilder follow suit.

Remember: I am not explicitly talking about films put onto streamers. I am talking wide-releases in actual theaters. Same thing goes for games: Carmageddon, Duke Nukem, Manhunt, Six Days In Fallujah (with their original concept), Hatred, and so on and so forth. Of course, I'd be inclined to mention most tactical shooters like Rainbow Six and Joint Ops as well, due to cultural sensitivity regarding *who* you are shooting and why.

And not all of it is bad (obviously). Tastes change, and perspectives change to fit the demographic.
I should add that I'm a lefty, living in L.A. Working in film.

thorstein31d ago

The Boys, Invincible, Jojo Rabbit, Deadpool, Gen V, Last of Us, Banshee... There are plenty of media being made today that people will claim "can't be made today".

Profchaos31d ago

Yeah but if you consider manhunt which was basically a snuff film could you seriously make that game with high than PS2 era graphics.

thorstein31d ago

The Outlast Trials just came out.

But the storyline of Manhunt was that you were executed. But then lived. And if you didn't do as you were told, you'd die. And the people you killed were not innocents.

It was all filmed by a psychopath.

As we speak GTA VI is being finished up for a release. You get to play a Bonnie and Clyde type of protagonist who run up against the law.

Bodycam looks so real.

People are making those games. Articles like this will always exist no matter how incorrect they are, no matter how many times they blame "them" for whatever it is "they" do to prevent "those" games from being made.

Number1TailzFan31d ago

The UK is the biggest junk country pandering to that nonsense as well, with laws against free speech and expression to match. It got so bad even Rowan Atkinson made a video on free speech about it.

Now the UK raises the age rating on harmless films like Mary Poppins, it's just a load of pansy weak ass nonsense.

MrDead31d ago (Edited 31d ago )

The right wing Tories have been in power in the UK for the 14 years you know the ones that are "anti-woke", blame them for your perceptions.

Killer2020UK31d ago (Edited 31d ago )

Are these snowflakes in the room with us now?

This is more faux outrage designed to get hits. The consequences are unfortunately creating hysteria amongst those willing to buy into it and blame "them" or "the left" or "liberals" meanwhile the left are kicking off about genocide, actual real world abhorrent acts. Nobody is campaigning to censor this shit.

Huey_My_D_Long31d ago

Not too mention the fact that some of these game are controversial for you know, underage porn and encouraging rape.

So either the guy just came in to comment snowflakes without reading anything, or he is calling people snowflakes for having a problem with said titles. Crazy how much brain rot someone can have.

banger8832d ago

Dead Island: "The early PC version of the zombie game swapped the playable character Purna’s Gender Wars skill with a prototype name, which shouldn’t be mentioned directly. The skill name made fun of both Purna as a character and feminists."

"Feminist Whore" lmao

gold_drake32d ago

ill add one more to the list.
drakengard 1.

its ridiculous tho, especially since they'd still be able to find their place in alot of places in the world. except america of course ha. and maybe Australia.

ppl are so sensitive these days. ha. but it is what it is.

Barlos32d ago (Edited 32d ago )

They're not offensive.

And we need another Fat Princess. Fantastic little game!

Some people just have no sense of humour if this sort of thing offends them. They need to lighten up and stop taking themselves so seriously.

Deeeeznuuuts32d ago

Would love a new fat princess game 🤟

CantThinkOfAUsername32d ago

Games literally about sexual assault, mass genocide, bombing civilians, and school shooting. None of which is satirical.

isarai31d ago

Actually it's about fat princesses

Huey_My_D_Long31d ago (Edited 31d ago )

Its crazy that people are fixated on Fat princess when clearly the list is going over controversies, and not all of them are equal. Like way worse examples but pretend the entire list is like that.

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Top 20 Best PlayStation 3 Games (20-11)

Alex DS. from Link Cable Gaming writes: "Is the PlayStation 3 retro? This is a surprisingly hard question to answer as the system definitely has the age to be considered retro, having launched in 2006, over 15 years ago now. But with it being home to so many massive games, many of which still hold up today and in fact were released for the PlayStation 4 when that console was released, make the PS3 a retro console that doesn’t feel retro."

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shinoff2183718d ago

No ps3 is not retro. I dont even consider ps2 era retro. All imo.

shinoff2183718d ago

Typically, the term retro is given to items which are at least 20 years old (but not yet 40 years old).

Quick google search

badz149718d ago

No the PS3 is not yet a retro console. But if you're gonna put 1 game from a series in this list, then LBP2 should be there instead of the original, Motorstorm PR is also an overall better game than the 1st game and to put Tools of Destruction over A Crack in Time is a blasphemy when ACiT is the best game in the series.

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An update on the LittleBigPlanet server and online services

Classic LittleBigPlanet servers are to be shut down permanently following hacks.
Sony’s drastic move comes after months of downtime for the older games.

darthv72949d ago

It was fun while it lasted. And some of the user created stuff was a blast to play with.

Snookies12949d ago

Whaaa-? That's crazy. Didn't expect it to be permanently shut down...

Teflon02949d ago

It's still up on PS4, they just shut down the PS3 end because hackers on PS3 can't be stopped and go on the game making announcements that can't be avoided without having to go back to all the old game codes and updating to remove the feature etc. It's one of those sad and garbage things where hackers ruined a good thing. I'm mostly sad about the Vita, I'm not sure if I have my music stages saved to my Vita, meaning they're gone forever if I didn't save them back to it. They were good too :(

Profchaos949d ago (Edited 949d ago )

Have to say I expected them to be permanently shut down problem would be in the underlying server architecture and possibly something like a depricated authentication protocol which has to be replaced that the PS3, PSP and vita can't support which is why they can't be securely restored on those consoles but the PS4 does support it.so lbp3 was restored on that.

Given the attackers were able to breach the server there was obviously a fear of lateral movement once inside their servers so I can't blame them for this and it makes sense despite the huge blow to the community millions of hours spent building that community.

Despite this blow I believe the millions of creations are going to be available via lbp3 and it's capability of backwards compatibility with user generated content so that's something to be thankful for still not a huge consolation to the many players who only own a older console but unfortunately that's the world we live in these games are old the older they get the more insecure the servers get which the company that make them.host them on and the more likely they need to be shut down.

MadLad949d ago (Edited 949d ago )

Feel bad for the people who dedicated so much time into this game.

Battlestar23949d ago

Nice edit to your troll comment.

MadLad949d ago (Edited 949d ago )

I reread the article, and changed it, to be as honest on the topic as possible.
Let's be real, it was an easy reaction to have considering their actions of late.

CaptainHenry916949d ago (Edited 949d ago )

He's been on a roll and it's comical 😁

RedDevils949d ago

This guy love stealth troll on playstation article as I see the pattern, but he doesn't want to admit that he's a MS fanboy.

Christopher949d ago

I am also sorry people enjoyed the online aspects of the game?

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TheRealTedCruz10h ago(Edited 10h ago)
Feel bad for the people who dedicated so much time into this game.***

I'm sorry for the PC fans port begging for Dreams to come to PC... You do realise that

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Little Big Planet 3 PS4 - PS Now PC gameplay
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LBP is on PS Now and PC right?? So less of the crocodile tears/crap when you stated PS Now was crap... Clue

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The man who earned a job by playing LittleBigPlanet
By GamesRadar Staff March 03, 2015
***“We've hired four people from the LBP community" reveals Alex Evans, co-founder of UK studio Media Molecule and creator of LittleBigPlanet. Including one lucky soul who dodged death to get a job on LBP2. Enter John Beech, or 'johnee' to his PSN friends. Two years ago John was a builder with absolutely no qualifications to speak of. But now? He's a full time designer at Media Molecule working on LittleBigPlanet 2, one of the most anticipated titles on PlayStation 3. This is his story.***

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Dreams players are being employed by game studios
DEVELOPERS INCLUDING MEDIA MOLECULE HAVE HIRED FROM THE COMMUNITY

NEWS
3RD MAR 2020 / 11:49 AM
Posted by
Tom Ivan***

The CREATIVE CONSOLE creates JOBS... What are they using to Sculpt??

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the failure that is the MOVE controller. lolol

John_McClane949d ago

Why would anyone disagree with your statement? I don't get get it.

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John_McClane948d ago

@mikey15 Actually my comment was for TheRealTedCruz. There is absolutely no good reason for all those disagree votes.

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John_McClane9h ago
@mikey15 Actually my comment was for TheRealTedCruz. There is absolutely no good reason for all those disagree votes.***

lol
of course there is.. He was stealth trolling stating all LBP contributors wasted their time making levels for LBP... I pointed out that some of the contributors for LBP + Dreams have actually got JOBs because of the CREATIVE console. Just like Gran Turismo fans

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***Team GT Academy Competing at the Nürburgring 24hr This Weekend with Kazunori Yamauchi
May 18, 2012 (updated Mar 13, 2016) · News Article
by Jordan Greer · 37 Comments***

If you are so clever, step up and show me where I was wrong, or keep schtum and we'll see what a hero "John Mclane" actually is. lol

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Battlestar23949d ago

Understandable they had to do this better to be safe then sorry. I just wish those right wing racists that hacked the servers and started posting homophobic slurs would get want they deserve a good few decades in prison.

Profchaos949d ago (Edited 949d ago )

That's the thing I guess if it wasn't them it would just be someone else and we would still be in this position regardless of their intent.

darthv72949d ago

What are you going on about?

Profchaos949d ago

The attackers breached and manipulated the servers to place abusive messages all over the game ccontent https://www.ruetir.com/2021...

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