LittleBigPlanet

LittleBigPlanet is a video game that consists of 4 releases

Sifting through user-created LittleBigPlanet levels and seeing the wonderful and weird things that people are making is a great way to spend an afternoon, a week, a month...

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Lead the way as your very own Sackperson in the highly customizable side-scrolling world of LittleBigPlanet, where you can play, create, and share 3D levels with your friends and the whole PSN community.

Overview

A highly anticipated PlayStation 3 title from Media Molecule, LittleBigPlanet allows players to generate a massive amount of content using the game's robust, streamlined and comprehensive creation tool set, mapped for ease of use through the PS3 controller. Players control doll templates, the only difference in gender being what the player decides to dress them in. The player characters are able to run, jump, grab and manipulate objects in the game world, which players can modify and customize to an extreme degree either on their own or through co-operative gameplay. Levels can be built that implement complex Rube Goldberg machines, classic platforming levels with specific goals mind, huge environments to explore, and pretty much anything the players can dream up that will work on the 2D plane of a platformer. LittleBigPlanet supports up to 4 player co-op.

Multiplayer

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One of the game's most important features is its multiplayer components, delivered, and accessed through the PlayStation Network system. This allows players to share just about any kind of content, be it levels, objects, or tools, and collaborate on various projects together. This figures into the game's emphasis on user-generated content, and the game will ship with integrated creation tool sets available at all times that will allow the player to manipulate everything about LittleBigPlanet, such as add, subtract, morph, rotate, connect, link, and generally change any object they wish. Additionally, players can place stickers onto anything in the game world. These stickers are comprised of just about any form of image media the player puts on the their PS3, as well as included example content from Media Molecule. You will be able to use the PlayStation Eye to create stickers, objects, your Sackboy/Sackgirl character, and more to use in your level. Additionally, you can play locally or online with up to 3 other friends.

The online level creating co-op function of LittleBigPlanet will not be available at launch, however, it will be patched in later via a free update.

LittleBigPlanet sorts its user-created levels by sorting them onto different pages of levels.  There is also a system of bookmarking a level which then makes it a "hearted" level.  These levels can then be seen by other people on friend lists, and there will also be a basic search function to find a level.

Gameplay


The goal of LittleBigPlanet is to guide your sackboy across the sidescrolling levels, along the way you meet many obstacles and enemies while trying to collect the game's currency, fluff.  You will be able to jump by using the X button and grab on to things by using the R1 button, along with these controls you will have full movement of your arms with the R2 and L2 buttons.  You will encounter many different types of enemies along your journey.  They range from simple robots that have a A.I. controlled path, to complex bosses.  There will also be obstacles to avoid in the enviroment, players will freeze if they stand on ice for too long, and die when they jump into fire.  You will also have to move across multiple 2D planes to get past certain obstacles. Sackboy can also equip a jet pack, swing on ropes, and use a variety of methods for getting around.
LittleBigPlanet will incorporate a scoring system, a feature that in this time has become quite rare. Players will be timed at the beginning of a level, and the quicker they accomplish their task, the higher their score. Scattered throughout each level are collectible items which also add to your score, such as bubbles and sponges. A combination of time and performance will come together to determine the final score on a level.

Custom Content

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Perhaps the biggest part of LittleBigPlanet is the total freedom players are given to manipulate the world, making it their own. A great emphasis has been placed on creating custom level content and sharing it with the world. Included in LittleBigPlanet is an in depth level design system, and it is accessible to players once they complete three levels of the main, commercial set of levels. In the level creator, players have access to a plethora of items to put in their levels. Snakes, skateboards, boxes, bubbles, and more are available, and players can even combine items to make something completely new. Joints, elastic bands, and glue are included to combine whatever the player imagines. Players can rotate objects, change their size, and place them anywhere. The game has it's own physics engine, which will effect all of these objects. Objects can be crafted from glass, metal, sponge, polystyrene (foam), and rubber, and each material will have true-to life properties.

In addition to the included objects, players can make their own or use objects created by others. You can even make your objects prizes for completing custom levels. Other objects can be obtained by playing through the main game and collecting bubbles.

Players can further customize levels by placing stickers on objects throughout their own levels. LittleBigPlanet includes a base set of stickers, however, using the Playstation Eye camera, players can take pictures of themselves to plaster on their level for the world to see.

Character Customization

Unbelievably Cute Sack Boy
Unbelievably Cute Sack Boy
One of the more unique aspects of LittleBigPlanet is it's character customization system. Players can equip their adorable sackboy or sackgiril with a plethora of items such as hats, shirts, pants and hairstyles. Players will choose an initial color for their sackperson, a material to make up their composition, and one of many patterns available for the sackperson. While their is a great amount of pre-made apparel, players will be able to create their own items to dress up their sackperson. In addition, there will be a number of items inspired by other games like Killzone 2 and Metal Gear Solid 4. Pre-orderers will be able to download limited Heavenly Sword and God of War items. It is very likely that expansions to the sack wardrobe will come in the future. 

News

David Reeves, president of SCEE made quite a stir in the community when he announced that users will be able to charge for created content. Says Reeves, "What we're trying to do with LittleBigPlanet is almost iTunes meets eBay in the sense that once an individual or a developer has qualified by producing certain levels or certain add-ons, they will then be able in the future to exchange these and make money out of them." He added, "Eventually, it's feasible that you might well see the first LittleBigPlanet millionaire!". While quite a strong claim, it is still undetermed what exactly the qualification is to be able to sell content, and what the pricing structure might look like.

Kratos and Nariko Sackboy characters, shown with LittleBigGameSack.
This was later clarified by both David Reeves and Alex Evans as being a possibility that may be done in the future: "LBP can do X, Y or Z - and that's where it was misinterpreted, that we will do X, Y or Z. " Evans intends to wait for the reaction of the community before putting any such system in place, but is reluctant to comment further on their plans. Evans states that "if we can find ways to incentivise people to make fantastic levels, we'll do it", but is quick to clarify that by saying "the last thing we want to do is piss anybody off, or reduce the size of the community".

In early August '08, Sony announced that pre-order bonus characters Kratos (God of War) and Nariko (Heavenly Sword) would be made available at various outlets across North America and most parts of Europe. The God of War skin is available from Gamestop, and the Heavenly Sword skin is available at Best Buy in the US.
In the UK, the Kratos character was available as an exclusive free download which came as a free voucher with the Playstation Official Magazine UK.
Also announced was a sticker book, strategy guide, and game-carrying case. The Nariko character download was announced as an exclusive download attached to pre-orders of the game from Play.com.
Recently announced was additional God of War content for those who pre-order at Gamestop.  In addition to the Kratos costume, those who pre-order through Gamestop will receive Minotaur and Medusa costumes for Sackboy, a special God of War themed level pack, and the tools to build your own God of War themed levels. 

For those who purchase the game in the first week, there will be some great bonus content, totally free.  The first item available is a spacesuit for Sackboy, only available for download in the first week. Along with making sackboy an astronaut for being online week one, players can also download the special "I Was There Week 1" t-shirt, which sackboy can wear. Both items will likely be very hot items for Sackboy to show off.

During the Leipzig Games Convention, Pete Smith, senior producer for LittleBigPlanet, revealed that user generated content published by users on the PSN will be region specific, due to the fact that each territory will be getting their own dedicated server. However, Sony would later deny this report by indicating that the issue of having content on their own dedicated server is being worked around, thus stating that LittleBigPlanet's content will not be region-locked.

Snake and Sephiroth Sackboys
It was announced on September 22nd, 2008 by a developer on the Playstation.com Forums that LittleBigPlanet would not include the ability to create levels in online multiplayer at launch, although this feature will later be included in a free update. Players will still be able to create levels offline and share and play them online at launch.

On October 8th, 2008 Sony showed new costumes for Sackboy at the Tokyo Game Show. Players will be able to make Sackboy stealthy assassin Solid Snake or mindless, soulless, personality-less supervillain from Final Fantasy VII, Sephiroth. No news on whether or not level design pieces from either game are coming.

Interesting Trivia

  • When Media Molecule was looking for a publisher; Nintendo was extremely interested and had sighted them and were also planning to meet for a deal, but Sony got to them first and made LittleBigPlanet a Playstation 3 exclusive.
  • The week before the original release of October 21, 2008 the game was delayed worldwide because one of the licensed music tracks had lyrics from the Qu'ran, which Sony deemed potentially offensive.

Downloadable Content

  • Spaceman Costume
  • Limited Time-Only Halloween Costume
  • Lilly Pad Frog Costume
  • Hugo Gorilla Costume
  • Great Blue Shark Costume
  • Frost-E Penguin Costume
  • Sack-Eating Plant Costume
  • MotorStorm Costume
  • Sack-in-the-Box Costume
  • LocoRoco Costumes
  • Resistance 2 (Chimera) Costume
  • Seasonal Exclusive Turkey Head Costume


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Game Name LittleBigPlanet
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Original US Release Oct. 27, 2008
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Aliases LBP
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OFLC: G
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ESRB: E
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PEGI: 7+
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Associated News
Sackboy Crown For LittleBigLevelMakers
Sony celebrates the PS3 anniversary with a contest for LittleBigPlanet.
Mo' LittleBigProblems
Sony's content moderation woes continue.
Sony Lays Out A LittleBigStatement
After pulling a bunch of levels off the servers left players bewildered, Sony has come through with some guidelines for level design.
Friday Bomb Drop
A wrap-up of the week's top stories, reviews and community content.
LawyerBigPlanet
Between all the concerns over who owns your levels and the rampant copyright violations out there on Sony's (finally functional) servers, how many legal headaches can LBP cause?
Your Semi-Regular PlayStation 3 Server Update
SOCOM and LittleBigPlanet get patched, and should hopefully be working better... soon?
LBP Live Server Update: It's Like SOCOM With Fewer Guns
I can't get in a game at all. Can you? Oh well, at least LittleBigPlanet has a single-player mode, right? Right?
LittleBigPlanet is Live
Patch 1.02 hits North America and the servers go online as LittleBigPlanet gets into the hands of eager players around the country.
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