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Post edited 2:15 pm – January 10, 2009 by Adamfast

 If there’s one game that can frustrate and delight in equal measure at the same time then its Little Big Planet. No other game has that level of cuteness to make you laugh and smile when your Sackboy flies through the air as his legs thrash wildly to reach the other side of some spike-filled chasm. No other game has that level of freedom to let you create almost anything you can imagine a platforming game can do. It has a sense of community that can’t be matched by any other game on the PS3 as you play the most silly and ridiculous levels that have been made by your friends, with your friends online. And by that same token it encourages others to pick up controller for the first time and actually engage in a videogame – surely this must be nirvana? But no. Mixed in with all this messianic design and concept lies a few flaws that for me (and I stress that this is a personal misgiving) come close to ruining the game entirely.

Conclusion

Despite all my misgivings on the controls and the difficulty curve, this is a game you simply have to try if you want to know if it’s for you. One problem Sony had with LBP was marketing the game and that’s because its very difficult to describe clearly. But try it for just an hour or so and you’ll know if it’s the game for you.

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