It’s all go at the moment, what with WipEout coming out tomorrow, MotorStorm on its way, tons of exciting PSN content in the pipeline and, of course, LittleBigPlanet.
Last night TheSixthAxis got to spend four hours with Sackboy. Four hours! If you can contain your jealousy Three Speech suggests that you point your browser in the direction of this article and have a read. Like Nofi says, this game really should be a system seller.
Played the beta for far to long last night, so tired……..
GAME OF THE FRIKKIN YEAR PEOPLE. I’ve personally faxed Microsoft and told them to give up, it’s over!
Comment by SlapnutzUK — Sep 24, 2008 @ 11:33 am
also want want want want want want want
Comment by JohnSketch — Sep 24, 2008 @ 11:45 am
Jealous Jealous Jealous Jealous Jealous!!!!!!!
I really need to bury myself ina cave until the 24th…..
Comment by mjones — Sep 24, 2008 @ 12:00 pm
Played the Beta for hours last night and it is fantastic and all that it promised. Finally a game with co-op that lets you do, play and create exactly how and when you want to…. and none of this feeling like why carnt we play like this or like that? going on. So many nice features but one of my favourites is in game real time updates when a friend gets a high score or beats yours.
LBP has just made 2009’s Christmas console wars very very interesting.
Comment by xxShadowsFallxx — Sep 24, 2008 @ 12:11 pm
Yep, played the Beta for a few hours myself last night and must say I enjoyed every minute!
Excellent game, nice change from shooters and so much to do & create! Love it.
Comment by Robothamster — Sep 24, 2008 @ 12:11 pm
god dam it! i dont think i have ever been so jealous in my life!
i need this game!
does anyone who has beta keys and lives near london that wouldnt mind me popping over for a blast? il bring some beers!!
Comment by manley — Sep 24, 2008 @ 12:32 pm
Was up until 2am this mornng playing the Beta… man i love this game!
Comment by MrGilder — Sep 24, 2008 @ 12:34 pm
That nofi he’s so damn lucky.
Comment by gazo — Sep 24, 2008 @ 1:10 pm
Depending on your point of view, the Computer & Video Games staff got lucky this morning too…
[ computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=197789 ]
Guess how much ‘work’ is being done there today?
As for “LittleBigPlanet”, the Media Molecule blog on the subject of the beta ‘keys’ did mention that another batch would be on offer, so if you missed out on the Eurogamer giveaway, then Sony may be planning a similar cunning server-toppling stunt soon.
Glad you are all finding the game worth the wait.
Personally, I’m still blasé about the whole project.
But feel free to enlighten me on why it is “game of the year” (this year, or Christmas 2009).
Thanks.
BFN,
fp.
Comment by fanpages — Sep 24, 2008 @ 1:36 pm
Damn you beta-bandits! I want a key!
Comment by reakt — Sep 24, 2008 @ 2:35 pm
The beta is really really really good - the amount of content is unreal!
There are at least 4 single player “Story” levels and then there is the countless/endless levels generated by beta users!
Even the friggin’ intro is amazing (by the way, did I spot that skinny dude from 2 Pints of Larger on the intro? lol)
I must say though that the creation of levels does take a lot of getting used to and there are shed loads of tutorials to go through!
But Im loving Stephen Fry’s voice so I dont mind!
w00t
Comment by elephant_stone — Sep 24, 2008 @ 3:02 pm
[Cough]
Apparently I spoke too soon about not receiving access to a “special Online Trial version of LittleBigPlanet™”.
And I wanted an early night too as I have a job interview tomorrow.
Damn!
BFN,
fp.
Comment by fanpages — Sep 24, 2008 @ 3:03 pm
We want !
Comment by 10000GothsOnAcid — Sep 24, 2008 @ 4:14 pm
OK… I’m now officially “with the programme”.
After being unconvinced by all the marketing, hype, rumour & speculation for months, the last 2.5 hours of tag-team offline multi-playing with my 6 year old (”Awww… Sackboy… he’s so cute”) was all that I needed to understand “LittleBigPlanet”.
I tried to keep the game-play to myself for the first twenty minutes of the enthralling introduction/credits/tutorial side-scrolling visual wonderment, but gave in to the seemingly constant interventions by said small child’s open-mouthed delight, “Did I mention I hadn’t had a go yet, Daddy? That’s because I haven’t!… When is it my turn?… Come on already, give me the controller” etc.
A review of this title based on such a limited time could never do it justice. We only touched the surface of the ‘Planet, and what it will be capable of.
Any review, however, should include just three words… “Just play it”.
It IS *that* good.
But those who know me, or have come to ignore me, should realise I do have something further to add.
Do you remember the feeling you had when you loaded up the first “Crash Bandicoot” title on the original PlayStation when the cheeky marsupial turned to you & raised his eyebrow?
Do you recall the many hours (and coins) spent on “Donkey Kong” as the Jumpman (Mario Mario) Carpenter character seeing how ‘High can you go’ towards the next 25 metre level only to be thwarted by a barrel that was faster than your little legs could carry you?
And think back to the times spent with the same gaming premise but the differing approaches of “Hunchback”, “Manic Miner”, “Frak!”, “Prince of Persia”, “Chuckie Egg”, “Commander Keen”, “Super Mario Bros.”, “Sonic The Hedgehog”, & “Tomb Raider”?
Well, throw all these happy hours, nay, years of gaming into a bag labelled ‘Media Molecule’, shake it up, and stick your hand in.
Guess what you’ll find… that’s right, “CrashKongbackManicPersiaEggCosmicMarioHedgehogRaider”… a very large score at Scrabble, or the PS3’s finest offering to date, and more succinctly packaged with a rather more convenient (and memorable) name of “LittleBigPlanet”.
It is like all previous platform games you have ever played, but unlike any other game you have ever seen.
It is familiar but highly original.
It is the title that is the current video games console generation’s finest offering to date.
All those involved should be congratulated for their vision, design, execution, and by no means least, their ability to capture exactly what is needed to convince everyone that the PS3 is a more than worthy successor to the previous iterations of the Sony PlayStation brand.
It was just earlier today I was saying [ http://threespeech.com/blog/2008/09/thesixthaxis-on-ps3-and-mass-appeal/ ] that the PlayStation 3 “is portrayed as a device for adults, with very few titles for children, or for families”.
This title will change everything.
This title is The Next Big Thing.
This title is the past, the present, and the future all rolled into one.
This is Living.
Now please excuse me, I have to go & have just one more go…
BFN,
fp.
Comment by fanpages — Sep 24, 2008 @ 11:16 pm
@ fanpages - so i guess you like it now then
Comment by mobiletone — Sep 25, 2008 @ 8:04 am
Yes, ‘tone… as I said, I finally “get it”.
It is the title that all current & future generation video games console titles should take note of, and learn from.
I could have gushed on about the game-play, the characters, the costumes, and other inventory items, the in-game world objects, and the excellent focus on the action, but that would be spoiling the joy that anybody else would receive first-hand like we experienced last night.
Of course, you may hate it, as everybody’s tastes in gaming are different. I am a first person shooter, martial arts, and racing game fan, and “LittleBigPlanet” has none of these elements (well, to a point, but I’ll not spoil that either!). My son who played last night also said mid-session that he had “forgotten that it wasn’t a game where you had to attack someone” as he was happily playing along in an environment where you can trust kids to learn problem solving skills, and adopt team-working strategies, rather than seeing how much blood & gore they can extract from a random character, or how to hot-wire a car.
It was a very refreshing change, and the time passed only too quickly before he had to go to bed.
I can’t wait for him to get home from school this evening so we can continue.
I only hope I can trust myself not to peek at the next puzzle before he returns
(My 7 year old & 10 year old showed no interest in playing; sticking to “Mercenaries 2: World In Flames” [PS3], and “Runescape” (PC online), respectively. Part of me wants to keep the game to myself & my youngest, and part of me wants to share it with them… but then my time with the game will be much less as they take-over *my* PS3).
Oh well… it’s almost 7 hours before they get home…
BFN,
fp.
Comment by fanpages — Sep 25, 2008 @ 9:10 am
Oh, almost forgot… IGN.com may be receiving the next batch of beta code “keys”, so keep your eyes on the InterWeb (and/or Three Speech) if you missed out so far.
BFN,
fp.
Comment by fanpages — Sep 25, 2008 @ 9:12 am
As fanpages didn’t spoil any of it above I shall refrain from doing it here but let me say it kept 4 late 20/early 30 year old battle hardened fps players very, very happy last night, its simply brilliant. The drop-in, drop-out multiplayer is a treat (even with all 4 of us playing at the same time) and I fully agree with all the praise fanpages heaped on it above.
The hype for this game is massive but 200% justified.. absolutely brilliant!!
Comment by marvzilla — Sep 25, 2008 @ 9:28 am
I got a beta for this and I am loving LBP. Last night I thought I would have a quick look at he level building part of the game and the user created levels. 6 1/2 hours later I thought I should go to bed, as I had to go to work the next day. This game is amazing!!
Comment by Stuart — Sep 25, 2008 @ 11:03 pm
FYI:
[ http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=197962 ]
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LittleBigPlanet getting early release?
Friday 26-Sep-2008 9:41 AM
Official Sony newsletter says so
An official Sony newsletter sent to US PS3 owners over night says that LittleBigPlanet - possibly the PS3’s biggest title of the year - will be out almost two weeks early.
The PlayStation Underground email - a subscription-only newsletter from SCEA, featuring LittleBigPlanet clearly says “available October 7″, according to the screen cap (from Platformnation) pictured below.
The recently-announced release date for US, however, had the title pinned for an October 21 release (October 24 in UK).
It could be a simple mistake that slipped through, but being as anticipated as LBP is, it’s enough to spark excitement in every Sackboy’s sack. We’ve fired Sony UK a message.
CVG Staff
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BFN,
fp.
Comment by fanpages — Sep 26, 2008 @ 11:28 am
Also…
[ http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=197977 ]
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25,000 more LBP beta codes to come
Friday 26-Sep-2008 11:09 AM
Plenty more places to be filled
Media Molecule has pledged to give out a further 25,000 codes for the LittleBigPlanet beta ’soon’.
The beta, which kicked off earlier this week, gives lucky participants a small taste of some of the pre-made levels in the game, as well as a hefty chunk of the Create mode, which allows users to make levels, mini games and… pretty much anything.
“Over the next week there are over 25,000 codes being given out,” said a MM representative on the official forums.
“The LittleBigPlanet News Site will be giving out more details,” they added.
So you’ve still plenty of chances to get on it, if you haven’t already. In the meantime, you should check out this brilliant rendition of Tetris someone has made with LBP’s seemingly infinitely mod-able Create mode.
Mike Jackson
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BFN,
fp.
Comment by fanpages — Sep 26, 2008 @ 11:29 am
…URL of “Tetris”-style puzzle…
[ http://www.mediamolecule.com/2008/09/25/inspiration-in-motion/ ]
Comment by fanpages — Sep 26, 2008 @ 11:30 am
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