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LittleBigPlanet 3 in works at Sumo Digital VG247 rumour [Up: Found On Resume]
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Hot Coldman
Banned
Well, that'd explain why donkey show is there nowadays, despite his tag.
If that's the case then I hope they drop the price to $150 this fall and not make an obscenely priced (for families) PS3 bundle with this game and Move and sell it for $400.
A $400 bundle to entice families would be hilarious. I want to say that it would make sense for them to finally drop the price really low but neither Sony or Microsoft have dropped their respective console's price by more than $50 this generation. A drop to anything under $180 would be refreshing.
Sony has a knack of being funny http://www.pcworld.com/article/203652/sony_ps3_move_bundle_costs_most_less.html
ubersticky
Member
The next LBP should be out for PS4 tbh... the franchise needs a break... LBPK was so boring.
pharmboy044
Member
Another contracted game that Sony isn't going to market and let the studio die.
Kenshin001
Member
I'd be surprised if this sells well on PS3 compared to the past games. If they are making a new one, get rid of the floaty physics which seem to turn a lot of people off and put it on PS4. It will lure a lot of the LBP community over and the new console with have a platformer right off the bat.
That game is my favorite Tennis game, though.
Pai Pai Master
Banned
They have to kill backwards compatibility if they want to change the jump physics. There's an argument for it; just depends on how Sony feels about splitting the user base.
They usually do a price drop at Gamescom but this'll do,they need to set the entry price point lower for this 'family' strategy to work.
Why can't they sell the 12GB PS3 for $150 and then another SKU @ $199?
The labor of love they injected into All-Stars Racing Transformed is anything but a "waste of talent".
Kenshin001
Member
Well there is some doubt PS4 will have BC so it seems as good a time as any to make a fresh start. I'm pretty sure if they offered a really diverse toolset with much better graphics and physics not too many would be sorry to leave their old levels behind or recreate them on the new console.
Yeah, one reason I never liked LBP. The game is too fucking floaty.
Pachterballs
Banned
I really do not like this franchise.
physics and overtly kawaii visuals is the main reason. I wish sony would drop it
physics and overtly kawaii visuals is the main reason. I wish sony would drop it
jetsetfluken
Member
Here's hoping the inevitable LBP3 is PS4.
PS3 had it's run, I can't imagine an LBP3 looking or doing much different than what's already been accomplished on PS3.
I also don't know how to feel about Media Molecule not working on it if this is true. Sumo did a good job on the Sonic & SEGA Racing titles but the scope of LBP is much more, especially if it's the next numbered title and not a spinoff.
PS3 had it's run, I can't imagine an LBP3 looking or doing much different than what's already been accomplished on PS3.
I also don't know how to feel about Media Molecule not working on it if this is true. Sumo did a good job on the Sonic & SEGA Racing titles but the scope of LBP is much more, especially if it's the next numbered title and not a spinoff.
test_account
XP-39C²
Also hoping for PS4. I will buy the game regardless though.
The Mana Legend
Banned
Please make the platforming actually bearable please. It's impossible for my to enjoy a LittleBigPlanet game with how garbage the physics are for actually playing the game.
The Vita version is really good though.
The Mana Legend
Banned
Don't worry, with the sales of LittleBigPlanet 2 and Vita not even coming close to the sales of their predecessors, I see the LittleBigPlanet series being put to rest for a long time if the next one tanks even harder.
Kenshin001
Member
Sony makes lots of stupid mistakes and has a lot of poorly thought out ideas but I don't think they should drop LBP. They should be focussing on core IPs and building them up, not dropping them. It's a solid seller, a really unique and imaginative world which most importantly gives creation tools to the player and there's a loyal community who have built some extraordinary levels. They just need to fix the physics which turn people off, make the controls tighter.
This. I've just recently enjoyed the Vita one. That said, if I didn't have a Vita, maybe I'd feel ready for another.
Also, Sumo is decidedly an odd choice. They make some excellent racing titles - I'd say they're one of the best out there for arcadey racers - but I have absolutely no frame of reference as to their skills in other fields.
So I've been told and since it wasn't MM making it I am probably going to get it eventually. Just waiting for the right price.
You mean a cut-thread world? All those mean sack people. They're all cut from the same sack-cloth.
It has the same floaty physics though the controls are a bit tighter.
Glass Rebel
Member
Bleh, I'd rather have Sumo Digital work on a new Virtua Tennis or Outrun but I guess it's better than some of the other turds they had to work on in the past. Damn you SEGA.
Cave Johnson
Member
I hope they change the formula this time around. LBP2 showed that there isn't that much attachment left in the series and I really don't want this to just become a "one trick pony".
Sapphire Dreams
Member
And I have yet to play a LBP title >. <
peanutbutterlatte
Member
Super-weird that they didn't just get the studio(s) behind LittleBigPlanet Vita. I'm assuming this is next-gen. Imagine a LBP where all the fabric reacts totally realistically; i.e. can burn, rips and tears, and creases and folds.
I NEED SCISSORS
Banned
I feel like they've done pretty much all they can with the LBP idea, short of porting it to PC and opening it up further (but then you may as well just learn how to develop real games).
Pick up LBP2 if you have PS3 or LBP Vita if you have a Vita and try it out if you're interested, honestly. They're fun platformers, but the real fun comes in if you're creative or you like playing levels with 1-3 extra friends, then it's pretty hectic/addicting. It's also free on PS+.
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
Lolwut? LBP2 was outselling LBP in the same time frame. And LBP was twice best seller on Vita PSN, and very high position in other months. It was also second ranking on the EU PSN for 2 months.
Acquiescence
Member
Was kinda hoping for LittleBigUniverse as a PS4 title instead, set in a 3D environment that still allows the player to control Sackboy and construct his/her own levels out of the materials and items given. As much as I love LBP, it just feel like it needs to evolve now, for fear of becoming stagnant.
I generally loathe co-op play in games and prefer to go along at my own pace and on my own terms, but playing through the single player campaign with 3 others in a LBP game is some of the most fun I've had this gen. Especially the second one, with all the grappling hook madness that ensued.
I generally loathe co-op play in games and prefer to go along at my own pace and on my own terms, but playing through the single player campaign with 3 others in a LBP game is some of the most fun I've had this gen. Especially the second one, with all the grappling hook madness that ensued.
funkystudent
Member
LBP seems pretty standardised at this point. Playing LBP vita and its great.
I am for freeing Mm up to continue doing whatever secret PS4 project they have been hinting at.
Just make sure Mm keep overseeing the soundtrack.
I am for freeing Mm up to continue doing whatever secret PS4 project they have been hinting at.
Just make sure Mm keep overseeing the soundtrack.
This. They already got it started with Karting, they should now be able to take steps to move into larger 3D environments.
Just think gaf, someone could remake Mario 64 in LBP3.
Glass Rebel
Member
Who in their right mind would argue that... LBP is an excellent creation tool, without a doubt the most accessible and versatile tool on consoles period. It's also a hilarious 4-player game, especially when you're stoned. But as a platformer it falls flat on its face and gets trampled over by every single Mario platformer out there, it's not even a contest. Fixing the jumping won't fix that.
I'm kind of crazy but I platinumed LittleBigPlanet 1 on launch day. I never had trouble with its jumping. I even cleared The Bunker level before they discovered that cheap/silly exploit that gets you past the wheel of death. It made sense to me since the world functioned off real-world physics, with momentum and friction and such. To me, it was responsive, because I could predict where Sackboy would land based on the world around him because it worked very realistically. Beyond that, I could control his direction and landing while in mid-air.
Meanwhile, Super Mario Galaxy 1 and 2's jumping physics, which obviously goes for its own sort of style, annoyed the shit out of me because of the fact that you can't control Mario's turning direction in mid-air (which ironically, I guess is kind of realistic, but doesn't work well for a platformer in my opinion), and you can hardly control the placement of his landing once you've pressed the jump button (also ironic, because it's realistic, but I don't think it works well). It made jumping more haphazard for me than it needed to be. Although I will say the running/turning/ground movement of Mario was splendid.
My two cents, consider me "out of my right mind".