I jumped headlong into ' IGN Asteroids' (a level where you pilot the IGN logo and shoot down bad guys) and eventually ' Superman: Brainiac Attacks!' (a sidescrolling shoot'em up). After running through LittleBigPlanet 2's story mode - which only took me a day to roll through but packs plenty to go back for - I was creatively rejuvenated. I was happy enough with the level, but compared to what other people were doing, it didn't really deserve to be on the servers.įorget+platforming,+let's+shoot+stuff+-+8-bit+style. When the original game came out, I spent a week trying to get the hang of the tools, got frustrated and eventually scrapped my ambitious Ghostbusters level in favor of a rudimentary platformer about my life. Media Molecule has whipped up challenges that I'm going to remember for quite some time, and that inspired me to get back to creating LBP levels.

There were moments where I was giddy over how fun it was, so the fact that you have complete access to these newfound creation abilities is impressive to say the least. The newfound focus of creating games in the game really shines through.

Single-player is spiced up, too, and flying a bee while shooting honey in a 2D side-scrolling shoot'em up and riding a nanomachine through a guy's body to fight an infection are really cool worlds that I didn't expect to play when I got my hands on LittleBigPlanet 2. LBP 2 has head-to-head challenges where I was trying to nail button combinations faster than my opponent, races where I was piloting a caterpillar up a tree, and more. Have+a+question+the+review+didn't+mention?+Check+the+LBP+2+FAQ.īeyond the traditional swinging and jumping story levels, there is a lot going on. As great as those levels are with their colorful motifs and truly rocking tunes, the stuff that I really dug had nothing to do with platforming. Each world feels unique, and the platforming challenges get more intense as you go along - one minute I was fighting a possessed cupcake and the next I was using deadly fireflies to navigate my way through a pitch black room full of spots to die in. Media Molecule has outdone itself on these story levels.

If you get lonely, you can team with up to three other Sackpeople either locally or online. All the while, you're nabbing point bubbles and hidden prizes on the screen. There are three planes for Sackboy to live on (background, middle and foreground) and you move him between them with your controller. Sackboy starts on one end of the level and runs to the other side while jumping over obstacles and on top of enemies to make it to the goal. The majority of this plays out in the familiar LittleBigPlanet style, which is essentially 2D platforming similar to a Mario game.

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