Comments on: LittleBigPlanet Story Mode Impressions http://www.ps3blog.net/2008/11/10/littlebigplanet-story-mode-impressions/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:25:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mpz http://www.ps3blog.net/2008/11/10/littlebigplanet-story-mode-impressions/#comment-168609 mpz Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:13:25 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/2008/11/10/littlebigplanet-story-mode-impressions/#comment-168609 The only real con i'd have is that a couple of the parts are a bit too tricky - and the recover point usually only has 3 lives in it. But I guess it gives it a bit more urgency/competitive feel to it as well - sort of half-way between old-school impossible-hard and modern hand-holding - so it isn't the end of the world. The 3 planes thing works pretty well most of the time too, surprisingly - the auto-plane-jump thing gets in the way when you're trying to grab something to push it though. The fact you have to replay levels to get all the bits, and also the 2-player puzzles I think is a nice way to extend the `value'. The physics stuff is really pretty amazing - well nothing so flash about the physics itself, but the way the player interacts with it is the secret. Unlike some, I don't really think it's too floaty/slippery, it's just physics based which makes it different. e.g. I was playing with various weird forms of impulse-based propulsion and had a bunch of glass rollers about shin-high. If i stood in the middle of a few of them that were packed together, sackboy'd stand on 2 at once, his legs would spread as they roll apart, and then he would jump to the ground when it's too far for his legs. I thought it was impressive anyway - very tactile for a platform game. I would be very surprised if they don't create extra level packs - although given the $AU8.45 'first week t-shirt' nonsense, who knows how much they'll cost! I presume someone'll do another post about user-levels, because there's plenty to say there too. The only real con i’d have is that a couple of the parts are a bit too tricky – and the recover point usually only has 3 lives in it. But I guess it gives it a bit more urgency/competitive feel to it as well – sort of half-way between old-school impossible-hard and modern hand-holding – so it isn’t the end of the world. The 3 planes thing works pretty well most of the time too, surprisingly – the auto-plane-jump thing gets in the way when you’re trying to grab something to push it though. The fact you have to replay levels to get all the bits, and also the 2-player puzzles I think is a nice way to extend the `value’.

The physics stuff is really pretty amazing – well nothing so flash about the physics itself, but the way the player interacts with it is the secret. Unlike some, I don’t really think it’s too floaty/slippery, it’s just physics based which makes it different. e.g. I was playing with various weird forms of impulse-based propulsion and had a bunch of glass rollers about shin-high. If i stood in the middle of a few of them that were packed together, sackboy’d stand on 2 at once, his legs would spread as they roll apart, and then he would jump to the ground when it’s too far for his legs. I thought it was impressive anyway – very tactile for a platform game.

I would be very surprised if they don’t create extra level packs – although given the $AU8.45 ‘first week t-shirt’ nonsense, who knows how much they’ll cost!

I presume someone’ll do another post about user-levels, because there’s plenty to say there too.

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