Games

LittleBigPlanet

Media Molecule

2008•Platformer•PEGI 7•About 54 hours

Taste attributes: actioncomedyfamilyfantasyanimalsdetectivemartial artsweddingfastwholesomeimaginarysimplelinearglossybig & variedemotionally undemandingall consuming questcomplex relationshipfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivallove conquers allrescue/escape/jeopardyunlikely connections

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Boxlist takeExpect a polished, warm-hearted platformer, heightened rather than true to life. Best if you like warmth over edge.

Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: very wholesome · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: simple · Structure: very linear · Look: very glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

IGDB rating

88 / 100

286 ratings

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About This Game

Welcome to LittleBigPlanet – a world of infinite possibilities, where imagination becomes reality and the powers of creation are firmly in your hands. If you can think of it, you can create it if you can create it, you can share it if you can share it, you can play it – and watch our colorful LittleBigPlanet grow and diversify! It’s a new kind of game that unleashes the creativity in everyone. Design your own character and play over 50 awesome developer levels packed with dangers to navigate, races to win and puzzles to solve. As you play you will learn the skills to build a world of your own by earning creative tools and collecting hundreds of items. Use these items and tools to shape amazing levels of your own, featuring puzzles, challenges, and enemies of your own design. When you are ready, go online to access the LBP community and Share your creations for everyone to...

Summary: IGDB

Story

LittleBigPlanet is set in a world full of creations made by Creator Curators. One of the Curators, a rogue Creator called "the Collector", is stealing the other Creators' creations and not sharing them with the world (sharing is one of the core elements of LittleBigPlanet). Play starts at the "Gardens" level, where the player meets the King, one of the Curators; the Queen; Little Xim; Big Zam and Dumpty. The player is taught the basic gameplay at this stage: running, jumping, and grabbing. The next setting is the "Savannah", where the player accidentally breaks one of the ruler's creations. In...

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionComedyFamilyFantasyAnimalsDetectiveMartial artsWeddingAll consuming questComplex relationshipFighting evilHuman spirit/resilience/survivalLove conquers allRescue/escape/jeopardyUnlikely connections

Keywords

AbstractUser generated content

Details

Developer: Media Molecule
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Released: 27 October 2008
Series: LittleBigPlanet
Platforms: PlayStation 3
Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Perspective: Side view
Time to beat: 8h rushed, 54h normally, 1000h complete
Age rating: PEGI 7
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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