Quick Look: LittleBigPlanet 2 Beta

" Brad, that was retarded. How many times did you try to get that grappling hook. Really. "

sick quick look of the menus.

Strauss background music!

GOTY contender once again? 
 
yes! 
 
but only to those who understand that this game gets better over time!!

meh...

They NEED to change the sound for the buzzer. It's the same sound as my alarm clock and causes an involuntary response of me shuddering every time it goes off. 

Still looks hella floaty to me. :( Not fun!

Sacboy Dance Party!

" Still looks hella floaty to me. :( Not fun! "

The fact that most of that stuff was POSSIBLE is effing nuts.  that is all.

GodDAMMIT Brad, be a bit more patient. Maybe you were pressed for time, that I could understand. But if you were hurrying through everything and mashing the buttons to make the Quick Look quicker - don't worry, we won't mind the extra seconds of loading if we get to see the content at the end of it.
Okay?
Edit: Good things come to those who wait... WORDS TO LIVE BY, BRAD

Brad, you test my patience sometimes...

While I see the merit in some of that user designed content stuff, I generally enjoy games designed by people trained and paid to do so-you know, the experts. 
 
I'm sure there will be one or two revolutionary ideas that evolve from the tools in the game, but in general it will likely be a bunch of crap.

  @Wandrecanada said:

" I think we need to make sure Brad doesn't get into so many open concept quick looks in future.  Brad's a good guy but the indecision to follow through with showing things is beyond annoying.  Can't expect Ryan to be there all the time to shepherd decisions of the staff especially on video.  This is not to say that Brad doesn't do well in reviews or anything just that his penchant for showing the same 30 seconds of a game over and over for a cheevo or scrolling through lists of activities only to never choose one is not fun viewing. "

and you can change some of the gravity options in this!

Leave the loading aloooooone!!!

OMG that was the coolest Thus Spake Zarathustra cover thingy ever! Does anyone know where I could get that?
 
No wait nevermind.
 
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUcHSCAE-AE&feature=player_embedded

The beta for this game is incredible. It's insane what people are doing. GiantBomb Quick Look doesn't do the best job showing it off, but whatever.

lol brad coiuln'dt get out of the hole at the end. lol

lol Brad restarting the level download over and over... sigh...
 
But anyways this game looks amazing.

Jeff, I don't think it's quite fair to continue to knock LBP for the rough release when its been super awesome for 2 years+. 

Spam the X Button, the Quick Look. That was irritating, Brad, calm yourself down.

oh dip. er, yarn.

Was Brad just restarting the level loading every time he mashed the X button? Just curious.

Loving the Also Sprach Zarathustra remix :D

Looks like LBP. I'll pass. Much like the first one, it seems to be a well made game, but I just don't find it to be very fun.

Loved the first game.  Might have to pick this one up when it comes out.

The bassline during the top-down racer was really familiar...

2 QLs that I'm psyched to see on my birthday!

Brad is one of my favorite GB personalities but watching him play games sometimes is just painful!  I mean I have friends like him that play games a certain way and excel at certain genres, but are definitely not suited to play/demonstrate others =P

" So my impression upon its release is it's gonna be a myriad of games just skimming the legal boundaries, like Unsackted 2: Among Thieves, Super Sackboy Galaxy 2, Mass Sackfect, Assacksin's Creed, Splinter Sack Conviction,  Final Sacktasy VII, Comic Sackter, Fallout NewBigPlanet, Call of Duty: Sack Ops, Kirby's Epic Sack, Red Dead Resacktion, Sack Space, SackCraft 2, World of SackCraft: Sackaclysm, Sacko: Reach, Pro Evolution Sackcer 2011, Sacklevania: Symphony of the Night, Sackhet and Clank: A Sack in Time, Prince of Sacksia: The Sacks of Time, Battlefield Sack Company 2 Vietnam, Darksackers, Sackboy Wars Force Unsacked 2, Battlesacks, Sack Megami Tensei Persacka 4, Deadly Premonition (with Sackboys) and many more! "

Brad hate was so 2008.  Boring to read now.

"While I see the merit in some of that user designed content stuff, I generally enjoy games designed by people trained and paid to do so-you know, the experts.  I'm sure there will be one or two revolutionary ideas that evolve from the tools in the game, but in general it will likely be a bunch of crap. "

Goddamnit LBP2. Ability to play The Chain during racing games? I'm going to have you buy you now.

" Woot, I hope they really improve the physics of the first game. "

anyone else see that first level and think "wait...that level was better than any of the sonic levels over 10 years, what the hell"

I could use alot more sack in my life.

It's a beta, folks, I'm sure the final version of Brad will function correctly.

"what? u jelly? "

awesome they had the 2001 Space Odessy music in the backround.

We need you to beta test all this loading.

About "Sackometry Wars" (and perhaps the entire content creation component itself):  Once the novelty wears off, that is, the sense of wonder generated by the realization that you can create something as elaborate as this, and you're left with a slowed down, second-rate knock off of Geometry Wars, what incentive do you have to keep playing?  I mean, I love LBP's aesthetic and art style but I dislike its core engine.  I wonder how much that will affect my experience with the content as a whole. 
 
EDIT:  Should've watched past the 10 minute mark before writing anything :-)

Still floaty platforming....:( sadness