Crappy 2D physics shoebox... Zzzz....

you cannot criticize that go team song and live....

sorry, its the rules.

WOW! I was interested in this game knowing that so much of it could be based around my design (I love this in SSBB, even though it's not nearly as deep as this) - but seeing the intricacies involved in "machine building", I'm now completely sold and extremely excited to mess around with this.

I've always been a fan of creating puzzles, which is the reason I still have Crazy Machines still installed on my computer. This game, however, seems to be the puzzle- and platformer-loving kids' dream come true!

I was looking in the comments to see if anyone shared my opinion when I saw your post. See, I have fallen out of love with this game. I'm so uninterested I am not even bothering with the video above. This is a stark contrast to a year and a half ago when I was like, "Oh my god this is so awesome." It's just been too much press over too much time without any change in what we've seen. It's like Christopher Lee playing a bad guy in a movie: Yep, there he is... and there again... and again... The game will be far from bad, but if it had come out last year with a hit'n'run hype wagon like Call of Duty 4 or... Twilight Princess or... Metal Gears Solid 4... or Duke Nukem Forever... wait no. I guess what I'm trying to say is that games have too much coverage too early making them less exciting near launch.

I think with things like FPS, sandbox and RPG games the hype may fizzle out for me. But because there are so few 2D platformers now, let alone the user-created side of the game, it's kept my interest peaked throughout. And the fact that they've shown off a little bit more at each community event/expo means I don't get bored of seeing one thing over and over.
This contrasts with something like Halo 3, where I was fairly sure I'd enjoy it because I knew what I was getting into, but by the time launch day came around I was kindof done with it already. It was good to get closure (???) on the story, but I felt like I'd seen extensive guides and show-off videos of all the features that were new to the game.
With this, each peek I get allows me to wonder what kind of levels I can make, especially due to the fact that you can do that co-operatively.
But I can see where you're coming from - dif'rent strokes and all the jazz. The only friend of mine who actually owns a PS3 has absolutely no interest in this game.

"See, I have fallen out of love with this game. I'm so uninterested I am not even bothering with the video above."


You're missing out big time. Seriously.

Oh, I ended up watching it, and it was precisely what I expected. "Yep, there's Little Big Planet again..." My general point is just that if that game came out in November of last year a little stripped down it would have been great. Developers really need stop trying to hit a home run on the first game of a series. Look at Halo: This game didn't have online play, dual-wielded weapons, or hijacking (or a story for that matter) in the first iteration, but the game was out with good features none the less. Don't try and end the world with your first title, just get it out there in a solid form.

Come to think of it, Halo was probably a bad example because that was a Mac game, an RTS, than a third person shooter with dinosaurs, and than Microsoft said, "Have money," and Bungie said, "Let's actually finish this thing."

It comes with a bunch of pre-made levels for you. And downloading other people's levels isn't exactly hard - just download the highest rated ones.

And personally, I think the gameplay looks pretty good. It's heavily based around physics and stuff, which makes it stand out from other similiar 2d platforming games.

A platformer where you just run, jump, and grab things? That could never, ever work! Hear, hear!

By the way, who's that strange fellow with the red hat I see next to so many people's names?

Even highly-rated stuff is usually trash. I'm just not on with user-generated content. 99%+ of videos on YouTube are shit, the ones that aren't are professionally produced half the time.

While I get that it's "physics-based" I just haven't seen enough gameplay to convince me that running and jumping in a physics-based world is fun with no special abilities, no discernible enemies, no objective beyond "finish the level" etc. I like some meat in my platformer, hidden objectives, maybe even a little story (even the ham-fisted nonsense in Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrows was *something*). I don't know, and maybe some more trailers would change my mind, but as someone who doesn't care about (or for) user-generated content this game seems like a lot of hype with very little substantive fun to be had straight from the box.

Which brings me to another point. I'm lazy, cripplingly so. Given the choice between finding new content online for a game or buying another game with premade content, I will always choose the latter. It's easier and less frought with the peril of low-quality irritation.

I do get others being excited, but I also wonder if anyone else feels at all like me about this. I want games focused on being awesome as a released object, a game that will be awesome/stay awesome even if the internet fell over tomorrow. LBP doesn't seem like that game to me.

@ Bluebreak

It's called originality and the lack of it to be precise.

Onto LBP; that depends on how the search system would work.If it's like Halo 3 then often enough, you'd have to dig through a lot of crap to find something good.

I think part of the gameplay is creating stuff ... It may not appeal to you

It's not as much about you creating content as it is other people creating content which you can download and play, it gives you nearly endless levels you could play through and explore. The platforming seems pretty standard, reminds me a lot of a 2d Crash Bandicoot, run, jump, solve puzzles, but what's wrong with that? If something works, why fix it?

Mr Poster, what's your take on Garry's Mod? I play that quite a lot and so I've got no real desire to limit my creations in 2D gameplay.

it seems more about "move, carry, drop and drag" than about just "run and jump"

plus different levels can have different goals, so it might be time based (compete against others on a global ranking) or points based (collect the most points) or just "finish the level".

Personally I had hours of fun simply playing with the physics in games like Half Life 2 and GTA, so it looks awesome to me.
(I also love games like Crayon Physics and Tower of Goo... which as physics based games with no real goal)

Shit, I'm going to get downvoted again... :(

No, I don't think you will get voted down, you've got a valid point. Although this game appeals to most of us here, we're all here because we're into video games in a big way.
Joe Public won't see all this footage and hype, even when it ramps up close to release, and it'll completely fly under his radar. I don't think that'll stop it from being big enough to succeed though.

Remember Nintendo Mii's that everyone was making a big deal about? Little Big Planet has that same kind of appeal. Don't discount the fun of creating custom levels if they could make it fun enough.

Damn, SDF!

Don't look at me. I only vote down retards. And though I don't agree with your opinion, I don't count it as chest slappingly stupid

well Jakub, what happened to Viva Pinata is that it was labeled as a kiddie game right away because of the TV show....how could the same happen to LBP?

If Sony doesn't want this game to be seen as kiddie then they need to market it as such.

But I don't think you wont see them advertising the game until around July-August, for us informed gamers is ok to show the game before made some time before being released (ok, maybe not as long as Haze and Too Human) as the hype lasts long, but for the casual crowd, one that would also be interested in this title, the hype wont last THAT long on them...

I'm still waiting for Sony to open the "Build-A-Sackboy" workshop!

Subpar blue laser tech? That's just dumb. Your VMD discs largely rely on multiple layers to achieve any storage capacity of note. An equal number of layers based on "subpar" blue laser tech would demolish it. At least pick a tech worth backing, like HVD, if you're going to try and claim that blue lasers aren't worth supporting. Geeze.

@Vidikron (FU)

The limitations of Bluray are built in, it is a sub par medium, as was HD DVD. They both have a space limitation that can't be surpased with the current tech. Everyone should ignore this generation and wait for the holographic carts to release. That's a true new format.

...and people say PS3 gamers are good at waiting for stuff.

There should be foes and bosses in the game though: http://www.joystiq.com/2007/07/27/enemies-bosses-bound-for-littlebigplanet/

but yeah special abilities would be quite nice.

... Without the adventure.

Nah it's just Sony fans think it's the second coming but it'll likely be like GTA IV. "Just wait till GTA IV and PS3 sales will skyrocket!"

Chez, everyone here is being so civilized, why do you have to troll? Go to your room...

I know, right? I loved that feature in Sonic where you could share you levels with other users.