PumpkinPie
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Floaty jumping, terrible art direction.
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So why isn't little big planet 1/2 a more popular game?
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neutralgamer02
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I definitely agree with that last point about it's multiplayer. That is where the game really shines; by playing with others. I feel it should be a requirement for platformers to have local/online multiplay like rayman origins and lbp. It just makes the game more fun.
metareferential
Member
The complaints don't come from having difficulties playing the game with those controls; I'm perfectly able to understand and predict how the character moves around the environment. So it's perfectly playable.
It just feels off, though. There's no fun to be had with those mechanics.
This gen have so many better platformers it's not even worth putting time into some mediocre - yet artistically impressive - game like LBP.
That's not the point. Besides, I tend to play all platforms like Sonic. xD
It just feels off, though. There's no fun to be had with those mechanics.
This gen have so many better platformers it's not even worth putting time into some mediocre - yet artistically impressive - game like LBP.
That's not the point. Besides, I tend to play all platforms like Sonic. xD
Bjoern the Smexy
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Actually, this is my opinion as well.
I mean, it doesn't have to be a Nintendo developed title, but I think it would have done better if the game came out on a Nintendo console/handheld.
But actually I couldn't care less if LBP would have been on PC, Wii, 360 and/or PS3. I would have overlooked it regardless, of that I am sure.
entremet
Member
I think the art direction is its strongest element. Very charming.
You can only tweak it in LBP2, right?
Love the level editor. I think it's one of the best things on the ps3, but really dislike the game's aesthetic. It's too precious for me. Too cute. I love Stephen fry, but hate the narration. The single player campaign is far better than LBP1. Overall, it's a great game but the whole look and vibe turns a lot of people off. And yeah, floaty jumps. At least you have a grappling hook in this one.
AgentChris
Member
Too much emphasis on creating and not enough on the play.
So much dislike for the game makes me sad. It's been one of the standout experiences for me this gen. One of the few games that have actually made me smile. It's just so...lovely. The campaigns ooze charm and creativity and in multiplayer (either through the campaign or messing about creating together) has produced some of the funniest gaming I've had. Slapping a friend into a burning pit, or making a penis-rocket with active jizz function - such fun.
The jumping and planes are a bit weird, and I hated them at first too, but I got used to it and it's not nearly as much of a problem.
The jumping and planes are a bit weird, and I hated them at first too, but I got used to it and it's not nearly as much of a problem.
MightyHedgehog
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Sales numbers certainly paint a different picture where the majority of people buying games prefer Ninty's platformers or, at least, stuff greatly informed by them, AFAICT. Certainly, the Mario franchise is inescapable from a sale-success point of view, but Mario games are still the best-selling platformers in the current generation by many miles and even still greatly disproportionate when weighing things by userbase size differences. It isn't just gaming nerds who prefer tighter, more satisfying platformer controls.
Hardly. The control and jump floatiness is the single most common complaint I've heard about LBP 1&2, period. The control matters completely and it has be fun in of itself while enhanced by the level design and challenges built to tax the player's skill and encourage greater mastery over that control. On the other hand, the challenges in LBP's single-player campaigns seem to more effectively reveal the weaknesses of the core control and design, IMO.
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petethepanda
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If it had been marketed more it probably could have a been a bigger hit. I'm still surprised they didn't push it as the PS3's big "family" title.
You ask that like this hasn't been a fantastic generation for platformers.
Mario Galaxy
Mario Galaxy 2
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Super Meat Boy
Braid
Donkey Kong Country Returns
Limbo
Trine
Mirror's Edge
just to name a few.
Marketed more? really?
Sony's been shoving these games down everyone's throat from day one. Whether the marketing was effective or not I can't say for sure, but it certainly wasn't from lack of trying.
Anasui Kishibe
Banned
DjangoReinhardt
Thinks he should have been the one to kill Batman's parents.
It's a platformer with bad platforming.
I admire the restraint at not even touching the handhelds. Cause then it'd be even worse.
look how wrong you are, do you have six fingers and webbed toes?
Yup.
PumpkinPie
Banned
No, I just dislike bad games.
I see the physics as part of the overall feel of the game. It just fits the silly, creative dream-world. There was a level where four of us were running and jumping hurdles, and after a point it felt more like we were just flowing together instead of running alongside. That is pretty unique in my book. Different physics would've probably screwed with that and a lot of other moments.
It is also part of the reason I wanted to play around in the levels rather than try to rush to the end. Just so many parts of the game where I got distracted with some otherwise menial bits but I was having too much fun to care, the wheel, the sled, the drag race, etc.
It is also part of the reason I wanted to play around in the levels rather than try to rush to the end. Just so many parts of the game where I got distracted with some otherwise menial bits but I was having too much fun to care, the wheel, the sled, the drag race, etc.
Tylahedras
Banned
Yeah I love the idea of the game, hate the controls, hate the 2 plane thing.
VVVVVV and Super Meat Boy, obviously.
bigdaddygamebot
Member
Interestingly...I commented in another thread about never complaining that there is too much content in a game.
However...I'm not a "creative". So I found the content in LBP 2 and all the options available a bit overwhelming.
However, in the end...it's controls. Platformers need tight controls.
However...I'm not a "creative". So I found the content in LBP 2 and all the options available a bit overwhelming.
However, in the end...it's controls. Platformers need tight controls.
Shin Johnpv
Member
1st post nailed it.
Better controls and it would be enjoyable. I really wanted to like LBP, but hated with a passion the controls.
CouchMaster
Member
And Rayman Origins, probably the best 2D platformer on PS360. And guess what, its floaty too. LBP's controller issues goes beyond just being floaty.
Metalmurphy
Member
I don't get thet floaty complains... Freaking Mario has floaty controls and it's only the most famous platformer ever.
http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-3/littlebigplanet
http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-3/littlebigplanet-2
http://www.metacritic.com/game/psp/littlebigplanet
http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-3/littlebigplanet
http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-3/littlebigplanet-2
http://www.metacritic.com/game/psp/littlebigplanet
Johnlenham
Member
Thats me!
Just cant be arsed to make things and the stuff in LB1 was ok at best (imo).
bigdaddygamebot
Member
You need to play any Mario platformer again and then play LBP. "Floaty" isn't exactly a super-accurate term but I think it's safe to say LBP controls are not as precise or seemingly responsive for what a platform game is expected to have.
Dont be ridiculous. Super Meat boy, VVVVVVV, Rayman Origins, Bit Trip Runner, Mirrors Edge and Braid especially have been fucking SPLOOOOOGED over this gen by Gaffers on this very board, especially Braid. Seriously, leave the strawmen at home, this has been an amazing gen for platformers, and theres been no shortage of praise for the best of them that didnt have "Nintendo" stamped on the side of them.
Metalmurphy
Member
There's movement after I stop pressing the controls, and a delay when turning the other way. That's what I consider to be floaty, it's what people are complaining in LBP and it's what happens in SMB as well as many other platformers.
neutralgamer02
Member
How so? Because I didn't post SMG sales? I just looked through wikipedia and couldn't find it. If you mean defending LBP, then I don't see a problem with defending a game that I like.
PetriP-TNT
Member
No game makes me rage as much as LBP. Those platforming controls, damn those platforming controls.
Garcia el Gringo
Member
I can't get passed the controls, everything feels super loose and limp. I'm floating everywhere. I'm pressing buttons and Sackboy isn't jumping on the spot, like it's not registering properly or the timing is off. There's some weird inertia at play. I'm getting lost in the depth of the stages. And I hate the physics. Everything about the controls are just sloppy.
I love the visuals of the game though. I pop in the game just to look at it.
I love the visuals of the game though. I pop in the game just to look at it.
balladofwindfishes
Member
I thought the opposite. I thought the levels were pretty fun, and many had some pretty complicated platforming. Some of the longer custom levels were some pretty awesome gameplay.
But I just found the editor overwhelming and a lot to do just to build something worth caring about. Like I needed to devote hours just to make a workable level.