Comments on: It’s a (little) big world afterall

By: Mike Anderson

Mike Anderson — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:33:15 +0000

Cool – thanks for explaining that Simon!

By: GamerDad

GamerDad — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:04:17 +0000

Great article Simon. I’ve been ignoring this game on purpose (which is a good sign because that means I’m interested in it) and I’m glad to hear it achieves some of its promise. I did this same thing with Spore btw, figuring mediocre is the best it could manage with that kind of ambition.

By: Simon Windmill

Simon Windmill — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:53:10 +0000

It’s one of those titles where presentation is just as important as the gameplay, so the Wii is ruled out immediately because it just can’t pull off the graphical fanciness. I’m sure the 360 would have no problem in this regard, but unless I’m mistaken Microsoft still demands that developers take the hard drive-less models into account which would cripple the whole customization aspect. Plus Microsoft’s control over Xbox Live may limit what would they would allow to be shared (for better or for worse). Finally, while this could be regarded as a non-essential feature, the PS3′s motion controller is used to add more expression to your character, like a little digital puppet.

By: Mike Anderson

Mike Anderson — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:39:12 +0000

“I have to say that this is probably the first game that could only be done on the PS3″

Why is that?

By: Simon Windmill

Simon Windmill — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:14:35 +0000

Yep, quite right, it’s all one word – I’ll change that in a sec. We were playing again this morning, exploring more of the community levels. Someone has done a great one where you need to shoot a cannon into a dragon’s mouth, it’s brilliant. And playing together with others is great fun too, as long as the lag isn’t too bad.

I have to say that this is probably the first game that could only be done on the PS3, so it deserves the limelight Sony is giving it.

I’ve had a PS3 for a long time now, I thought my username was common knowledge – SiW
Unfortunately I don’t play online that much, it’s hard to schedule a block of time when you’re a gamer dad.

By: Some Guy

Some Guy — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:57:33 +0000

I got the beta too and I completely agree with you. It’s awesome. I’ve been waiting for this game since its was first announced at GDC07 and this beta hasn’t disappointed. The amount of stuff you can do with just the amount of the level editor provided in the beta is awesome. People have made battleships, cannons, calculators, pinball, space invaders and a whole load of other things with the tools provided by the beta.

I didn’t know that you had a PS3. Since you need a PSN account to access the beta, that means you must have one. What’s your PSN account alias?

Also, LittleBigPlanet is all one word.