Little Big Planet gives users man opportunities to create levels, but the fun does not just stop there, check out what some users made Sack Boy look like.
Which is your favorite?
I think I am leaning toward Sack Batman and Sack Hogan, although if someone makes a Sack Loot Ninja that will easily be my favorite. Get to work!
This is a shot from Best Buy’s circular this Sunday, October, 19, still showing LittleBigPlanet coming out this week. And, as Yaris posted about yesterday, the game has been postponed until next week. His post goes on to explain the reason for pushing back the release date is the discovery that one of the background music tracks in the game contains two expressions that can be found in the Qu’ran. The game was pushed back to rectify the situation and avoid further offending anyone.
Now, this is not a “look how stupid Best Buy is,” post. In fact, the Sunday ads for Circuit City, Target, Toys R’ Us, and probably a few others contained the same thing, and some (including Best Buy) tagged with, “Date subject to change.” It seems to be just a case of the release date changing after the ad material already went to press. This is, instead, a sort of letter of sympathy to any who work in video game retail for having to give the above explanation to who knows how many pissed off parents and uninformed gamers looking to grab one of the years most anticipated games on the date given in the circular.
Word of advice: Sometimes less said is best said. When asked why you don’t have the game, just say, “It got delayed,” and if asked why just say…well, just say, “it’s complicated.”
I guess summer isn’t leaving when it’s supposed to because it sure as hell is going to be one hot Fall this year. You have the 360 dropping Gears of War 2, Fable 2, Saints Row 2 and Left 4 Dead and then you have the PS3 with LittleBigPlanet, BioShock, SOCOM: Confrontation, Resistance 2 and Motorstorm: Pacific Rift. And, of course, each is going to have a huge network update that’s going to include a revamp of their social networks with PlayStation Home and Xbox 360’s Avatar social limbo. But, it seems that Sony really wants to lure in their gamers this Fall.
With a barrage of Beta keys, Sony has been constantly handing out invites for their first-party big hitters to the PSN community. You have Home, SOCOM: Confrontation, LittleBigPlanet, Resistance 2, and Killzone 2 creeping out of the mist announcing public invites. If that’s not enough to cause chaos on their servers, then I don’t know what is. With this sort of heat, Sony sure as hell is teasing the bejesus out of their supporters, but they’re doing the right thing. By doing this, Sony’s maintaining a constant flow of lust for their first-party exclusives. For some strange marketing reason, it keeps PS3 owners attentive and wanting more (even for those who haven’t touched the Betas). I, for one, know that I’m gonna go pre-order some “stuff”. <sarcasm>Bet you can’t guess what they are…</sarcasm>
Who does not like Final Fantasy VII? Aside form Cloud, one of the most iconic characters from that game has to be Sephiroth. Looks like he is making a cameo in your Little Big planet experience, all he needs is the giant katana and that music playing in the background at all times.
So the moral of the story is that in real life Sack Boy is creepy, but in game just exudes awesomeness.
Who knew that the cute and cuddly character from the much anticipated Little Big Planet game when brought into the real world would actually be a bit creepy? Watch as a short person in a Sack Boy costume walks around much like Mickey Mouse walks around Disney Land, with an escort. There just is something not right about a giant sized Sack Boy, maybe he just isn’t cute unless you have him in the video game world?
What do you think?
Hit the jump for another clip of Sack Boy with many Japanese women, go Sack Boy!
Watch as this user makes a purely custom level using the Little Big Planet Beta, which works as a huge calculator that adds and subtracts. If it does not sound impressive I understand, at first I was watching the video unimpressed and thinking okay this is cute that they made a calculator, but at about the halfway point you will see the user pan to how they created it and thats where your mind will be blown away! Intricate is an understatement and this is just using the Beta, LBP makes sandbox games look like a spec of sand right now. Enjoy.
So after Matt has finished raving about Little Big Planet I came across this commercial for the game and have to say that the extra content is spot on. Kratos, Minotaur and Medusa never looked so good in sack form, unfortunately it can only be unlocked if you pre-order through Gamestop right now, but I would think it will become DLC after some time passes, we will try and get some details for you.
A few podcasts ago, I questioned the importance and reach of LittleBigPlanet. At that time, I had only seen and touched a few short demos of the game. But after spending a great deal of time with the Beta on the PS3, I am eating my words. LittleBigPlanet is utterly fantastic and will win Game of the Year for 2008.
In the Beta, you get access to the game’s Story mode (but not all of it) and level creation tools. The presentation of everything is beyond amazing. As you start the game, you go through a small level where it gives pictures of all the developers and introduces the game. Everything is narrated by a British man that completely reminds you of Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (one of my favorite books/movies by the way). [Update - turns out it is the same guy]. He’ll crack some jokes and keep the mood light, which is very pleasant. You then get to access your Pod, which is a cardboard box that allows you to look out onto the various worlds.
You know all that hub-bub about Beta levels not making it to the full game? MediaMolecule heard your cries and has released a new version of the LittleBigPlanet Beta. Bad news though, as you have to delete your current game save. Anything you created and did in the game will be gone. It was going to happen eventually anyway, why not get it over with now?
To get the new release, you have to jump through a couple hoops. Delete the game from your PS3 hard drive and delete the game save as well. Then, fire up the PlayStation Store and go to View Downloads. Scroll down until you find the LBP Beta and download it again. Viola.
I’m downloading mine now and will have to play through a lot of the Story again. Oh well, it’s fun as shit anyway 
Expect full impressions of the game coming soon.
If you are one of the lucky several thousand to get your hands on a Little Big Planet beta key, then stop reading. For the rest of you who refuse to enter meaningless contests and join mailers just for a taste of a game, then you are all in luck. The word on the street is that Sony is going to open the beta to everyone.
“If you don’t get in, don’t worry. They are supposed to be opening up the public beta for the final week. Last I heard they were still planning on doing so, this closed beta is just there to generate a bit (a lot) of hype for the game before it releases. Basically they are talking about turning the limited time closed beta into a demo for the week before launch. It is easier to do this than to release a demo.”
I understand the hype machine and making people want a to play a game that probably are not that familiar with, but gamers should not have to sit by their computers frantically trying get their hands on demo material which is only a very small portion of the final game.
