LittleBigPlanet Review

By Oli Welsh Published 12 October, 2008

The little game that could.

Version tested: PlayStation 3

It was the little game with big ideas. A compact, cute PS3 platform game from a tiny indie studio that wanted the world to muck in with its making, using level and object creation tools. But with time (and not very much of it at that), LittleBigPlanet became a very big game indeed.

It took off, like one of its own rocket-propelled skateboards. It became the poster-child for a new generation of gaming; commentators and Sony executives showered it in buzzwords, talking up connected communities creating constellations of content, portraying LittleBigPlanet as Spore in skate pants.

Sony got giddy with all the reflected glory and love. First it promoted the game's Sackboy avatar to platform mascot and ubiquitous totem of cool, and then elevated LittleBigPlanet itself to the status of a triple-A, blockbuster tent-pole of its entire platform strategy. It as good as said that this was the game that would save PS3, and even those who'd loved it at first sight had to wonder whether Media Molecule's funky experiment could take the strain.

Amidst all this big talk though, one of the game's big ideas got lost in the chatter: an idea that will probably mean more to more people than any of the Game 3.0 posturing and theorising, or the daringly ambitious online features, or the astonishing freedom of the creative tools. LittleBigPlanet sets out to resurrect the simple fun of a game you control with left, right and jump. It sets out to make the side-scrolling platform game relevant and exciting again. And it succeeds.

With its homespun beauty, irrepressible charm, wild momentum and tactile physics, LittleBigPlanet strongly recalls Nintendo's 1995 classic Yoshi's Island - and while it's nothing like as perfect a platformer, it's enough of a compliment to say that it can stand up to the comparison at all. The game's Story mode is a suite of some 20-odd levels made by Media Molecule that circumnavigate LittleBigPlanet's imaginary world.

'LittleBigPlanet' Screenshot 1

Sackboy's roped link to the objects conjured by Popit is a subtle but crucial inclusion.

The Tudor gardens of Britain; the African savannah; a haunted Tim Burton wedding in some spooky alternative South America; and on through Mexican badlands, American cities, mystical interludes in Japan and India, and a devious parody of a Siberian villain's lair. The conceit is that every themed stop on the way is curated by a creator, a king or magician who sets the scene and the challenges, the way players are later invited to themselves.

It's all portrayed in the game's unforgettable visuals, a dreamlike diorama of cardboard and sponge that blends the home-made aesthetic of Michel Gondry music videos with the heady surrealism and humour of stop-motion children's TV from decades ago, shows like The Clangers or The Magic Roundabout. The sticky-back-plastic stylisation clashes headlong with extreme realism; the rendering of light sources and textured surfaces is scientifically exact, as total a realisation of high-definition as you'll see anywhere in games this year. Characters, hazards and contraptions are conjured out of household objects, trinkets, plain chunks of material, stickers, gears and pullies and motors and joints.

'LittleBigPlanet' Screenshot 2

Media Molecule's own levels aren't just a good starting point; they're a great game of their own.

It's a marvel: a high-res, low-fi animated sketchbook that never fails to delight and astonish, even if the art in some stages has less charm than in others (the Japanese and Indian stages being the swoonsome highlight). Drinking in every detail is a compelling enough reason for several playthroughs of this fairly short Story mode. The vast number of hidden collectables is another: all of them are valuable and useful, being stickers, materials, machines, objects, tools or decorations to use in the game's Create mode, or costume pieces for dressing up the Sackboys (an addictive diversion in itself), or mini-game levels.

You'll also want to return to play as much of the game as you can in multiplayer. The levels and goals are identical - with the exception of a few optional puzzles for multiple players only - but with more than one Sackboy running around, LittleBigPlanet becomes a loosely-structured scrum of competition, collaboration and sheer, joyful mucking around. There are mini-races, and the scramble to collect bubbles of stuff for your score - those bubbles add a score multiplier if you chain them, and pop with a deliciously moreish sound. The camera scales competently for four players on a single machine, and it's played this way that LittleBigPlanet is at its absolute best: an irresistible, riotous, social and totally accessible entertainment.

The game's physics have a huge part to play in this. In keeping with the theme of conjuring fantasy from the realistic and mundane, the physics are consistent but also exaggerated and slightly slowed, and the PS3's processing power taxed to the point of slowdown in a couple of places by the sheer amount of bouncing, collapsing, pinwheeling chaos, as well as the blistering speeds achieved in some vehicle sections. It's slapstick of the highest order, and again, adding extra players just adds to the feedback-loop of fun.

With physics as the basic building block, Media Molecule has designed levels around momentum and mechanical ingenuity more than taxing puzzles or acrobatic challenges. The quality isn't totally consistent - the game drags a little in the finicky and generic Mexican section, about halfway through. The mini-game levels seem rather arbitrary and pointless solo, although if you use the Quick Play option to chain them in multiplayer, they can sustain an uproarious hour or two. But the second half of Story mode is mostly fantastic, and at their most ingenious and surprising, the systems of cogs and tunnels and traps that the Sackboys tumble through are worthy of Nintendo's best designs.

The controls and the lives system, however, are not. Sackboys are fun to manipulate, especially the puppeteering you can do with their facial expressions and gestures, but also just their easy, bouncing joie-de-vivre. But there's the slightest lack of precision and definition to the floaty jump, a hint of stickiness, the timing's off by a fraction of a fraction of a second. When the game presents you with exacting challenges of dexterity and timing, as it occasionally does, that's a minor annoyance. When it's combined with the vague, slow and over-zealously auto-corrected movement between the game's three planes of depth, it's a problem.

'LittleBigPlanet' Screenshot 3

Issues with control and checkpointing spoil the party a little, but only that much.

Then there's the checkpoint lives system, which gives you an infinite number of lives for a level, but only three (or on too-rare occasions, six) for any given checkpoint. Although checkpoints are generously and well placed, three lives just aren't enough for some of the harder sections, and if you lose them all, it's back to the start of the level. Abandoning lives completely would have stripped all the tension out of the game, but this inflexible system creates half a dozen chokepoints of almost unbearable, teeth-grinding irritation that simply didn't need to be there.

LittleBigPlanet is a great platform game. It's not a perfect one. It doesn't need to be, though, because its creative tools turn it into something else entirely, a unique, hilarious, endless entertainment. Even - and this is an absolutely crucial point - if you never use them.

'LittleBigPlanet' Screenshot 4

The percentage of entries in our level design competition that included rocket-propelled skateboards was roughly four zillion.

Go to Cool Levels, and LittleBigPlanet presents you with an alternative world of stages created by other players, scattered around randomly to encourage you to browse and take punts on things. A genius tagging system - where you're asked to pick one of a random selection of words to describe a level after you've played it - combined with "heart" scores (hearting is LittleBigPlanet's equivalent of digg.com's digging, and also works as a bookmark for favourite items in Create mode) makes it easy to get a feel for what's worth trying. Levels download very quickly, too, and can be saved to the hard drive for posterity, or to edit yourself later. The review copy of the game could have done with more powerful and flexible search features, but we understand this will be addressed in the final version.

And the levels themselves, based on those generated by the game's beta test alone, are simply extraordinary. You haven't seen anything like this in videogames before. Finely-tuned pieces of platform-game design are understandably rare, and attempts to recreate others, like Super Mario Bros' first level, don't even remotely work. But these are replaced by a wild creativity and anarchic humour that no organised development studio could ever hope to create, and a sort of gleeful ignorance of the need to have a point or be a challenge or submit to any kind of traditional concept of what a videogame level should be.

There are plenty of one-shot jokes and inventions: the car that plays Sweet Child O' Mine; the fanboy jab at the Xbox 360's red ring of death; the comedically cack-handed Rick Roll. The best levels are just playgrounds filled with bizarre toys, or sort of interactive theatre performances that interject a little light platforming into variously stupid or strange stories. The two-part Heist - the story of a bank job gone wrong - has already established itself as an artful classic; you can also shoot Sackboy to a cardboard moon on an Apollo mission or, in the memorably eerie Asgard, pick your way through a forest of giant, electrified glass Sackboys, your image warping as though you're in a hall of mirrors.

The quality and diversity are already surprising. In reality, deep and rewarding gameplay will only feature in a tiny percentage of levels - it will take more professionally-designed levels to truly extend the lifespan of LittleBigPlanet as a platform game - but it doesn't matter. As an endlessly renewable sideshow, a daily source of surprises and silliness, a genuinely new form of interactive entertainment, it's a triumph - and one for which Media Molecule can actually only take some of the credit.

That credit goes to the handful of players dedicated enough to go through the painstaking hour upon hour upon hour of work necessary to put these levels together. And herein lies LittleBigPlanet's greatest disappointment - or at least, its double-edged sword. Create mode is an incredible achievement, allowing tremendous scope for freedom (especially in its mechanical tools) within the simple, logical and fast Popit interface, and accompanied by an exhaustive suite of tutorials narrated by an avuncular Stephen Fry. And yet, it's still really quite hard to make things.

'LittleBigPlanet' Screenshot 5

Even the ugliest creatures and gizmos are hopelessly cute.

That's partly down to some minor niggles with the interface (the laborious undo command, the counter-intuitive "pause" rules, the inefficient lack of shortcut commands). It's mostly down to the overwhelming depth of customisation and parameter-tweaking that's possible, but that can't be a bad thing. Can it?

Perhaps it can. It depends who Media Molecule wants to involve in LittleBigPlanet, and what it wants them to create. Cool Levels is already populated with the work of a talented hardcore who will serve the rest of the game's community with entertainment for years. But the creation, as it stands, isn't going to involve the majority of players of the game. It won't let them do the things they want to do - put their own images or music straight in a level (unless it's by taking pictures with an EyeToy). It will let them do hundreds of things they don't want to do or would never think of. And the three planes of action add a fiddly layer of organisational complexity in themselves: it might have been more accessible to limit creation to a single, flat plane to lower the barrier to entry.

The promise that anyone could create something simple and fun and personal with LittleBigPlanet hasn't come true. In a way, it's the opposite of Spore, which makes it easy and fun for every single player to have creative input, but doesn't let any of them change the fabric of the game. LittleBigPlanet lets them run wild, with unprecedented results, but it locks the majority out of the creative process, because it's time-consuming and simply not very enjoyable.

'LittleBigPlanet' Screenshot 6

LBP is also the latest in a long line of games where we've enjoyed slapping each other off buildings. More of this, please.

We hoped it could do both those things. That it doesn't isn't the let-down it might have been, thanks to the untamed community of brilliant nutjobs that's already out there, appending their DIY masterpieces to this beautiful, mildly flawed, magnificently multiplayer platform game. We salute them, we salute Media Molecule for making it possible for them, and we salute Sony for its total commitment to this brave, hare-brained project.

But mostly, we're just happy to see a flagship game for a modern system that's about running from left to right and jumping over things. New ideas are great, great old ideas are better, and LittleBigPlanet has both: it's the future and the past of videogames, rolled into one.

9 / 10

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Comments (512) Latest comment 3 years ago

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  • the_dudefather #1 3 years ago

    lawl

    its only a game
    Edited by 1 at 13/10/08 @ 00:07

  • yegon #2 3 years ago

    Early!

  • NickDude #3 3 years ago

    9/10? Great

  • kdsh7 #4 3 years ago

    woah! Expected a 10, but still the one game that makes me want a Ps3.

  • mowgli #5 3 years ago

    haha I was right

  • dredd97 #6 3 years ago

    so a 9 is a shit score now?

  • harzo #7 3 years ago

    Wow it came up early... let the fanboy battles begin!

  • JediMasterMalik #8 3 years ago

    Great, well deserved, After a year, I reckon it would be a clear 10, hell probably after a few months. (haven't read the review yet, from personal experience)

  • El_MUERkO #9 3 years ago

    9/10, the z-axis strikes!

  • gohda #10 3 years ago

    15th!!!!!!
    Edited by 1 at 13/10/08 @ 00:00

  • NickJC1 #11 3 years ago

    So no 10/10 eh?, Halo 3 is still better. MGS4 was a big old flop, and so is the "other" big PS3 game of 2008. 2008 Year of the PS3...lol, the game is a flop, it's official.

    For all the PS3 fans that will post after this message I say this to you. Better luck in 2009, Xbox 360 beat you down and made you cry in 2008. FFXIII goes to 360, Tekken 6 goes to 360. MGS4 and LBP flop on the only review site that matters. Gears of war 2 will show you how to reach the high scores you dream of every night while you stroke your Blu-ray thingy,

    I'm off to bed, this score is going to keep my smiling all day tomorrow, why?, because Halo 3 scored better. Every one of your tears makes me smile PS3 owners, so cry , cry like you've never cried over a review score before. Remember all the nights you looked at LBP , getting your hopes up for a good game. Well now those hopes and dreams are gone so tell us how it feels.Think of how butt hurt you are right now, let it all out PS3 owners,

    so much floppage, this will not end well.

  • Psychotext #12 3 years ago

    OMFG EG! M$ keeps paying u to give low marks to PS3 games. FFS. no way is this a 9 you morans.

  • mutdlegend #13 3 years ago

    nice

  • BartonFink #14 3 years ago

    \o/

  • topblood #15 3 years ago

    FLOP FLOP FLOP


    i got a ps3 and definately wont be buying this sort of shiit

    i rather have socom

    oh yes forgot to say

    FLOP FLOP FLOP

  • DDevil #16 3 years ago

    I can't believe this only got 9/10. Once again proves that Eurolamer are the biggest M$ fanboys on the planet. Call yourselves journos lol!

  • Law07 #17 3 years ago

    NickJC1 you can't have possibly wrote that within what 2 minutes?

  • Tomo #18 3 years ago

    NickJC1's post is all that is wrong with games players.

    > "I'm off to bed, this score is going to keep my smiling all day tomorrow, why?, because Halo 3 scored better."

    Oh dear, what a life.

  • BartonFink #19 3 years ago

    Goddamned EG bias this is easily a 10/10 game.

  • sco0504 #20 3 years ago

    NickJC1 I'm sure Microsoft will nick this idea pretty soon, so then you don't have to be jealous.

  • topblood #21 3 years ago

    this should be lower. like maybe 7/10

    only GIRLS GIVE IT A 10/10

    FLOP FLOP FLOP

    BRAAAAP BLOOD

    BUMBA CLAAAAT

  • asphaltcowboy #22 3 years ago

    Well deserved!

  • Skire #23 3 years ago

    great game! I pre-ordered it today based on my great experiences with the beta.

  • Spydy #24 3 years ago

    LittleBigPlanet lets them run wild, with unprecedented results, but it locks the majority out of the creative process, because it's time-consuming and simply not very enjoyable.

    EPIC FAIL!

  • gamecubeisbest #25 3 years ago

    I knew it Halo 3 is the better game

  • Whatsfor #26 3 years ago

    NickJC1 you really are fumb (fucking dumb). Ignored.

    9/10 is pleasing as I enjoyed MGS4 at 8/10 :-)

  • rare_uk #27 3 years ago

    Good score!! Better read the review. In my experience it does deserve a 9.

  • harzo #28 3 years ago

    Nick you are an idiot :)

  • RoyBrown #29 3 years ago

    WOOOHOO

    9/10 = Win

    10/10 = Load of shit... no game is a 9/10

  • psychokitten #30 3 years ago

    Well played, Psychotext :)

  • Bloodloss #31 3 years ago

    Hmm.

  • Frenzie #32 3 years ago

    Toasting in epic bread

  • rock27gr #33 3 years ago

    I fully agree with NickJC1.

    A 9/10 is clearly a score for a shitty game indeed. Sony should close up shop and go home. I am glad Nick was here to open my eyes to the true path.

  • neilch #34 3 years ago

    9/10 is regarded as a flop now? o_0

  • famous_roy #35 3 years ago

    Sounds superb! Now just a few more exclusive killer apps and I may pick up one of the shiny black bread bins.

  • Mudo #36 3 years ago

    Wow these comments are insane. And inane.

  • 03uddinr #37 3 years ago

    how the fuk is a 9/10 a fuking flop? damn like little kids here man fuk never thought i see poeple go crazy after a game gets what a 9? thats a amazing score , man please get ur ars out ur ass

  • spazmo #38 3 years ago

    1 point better than FIFA Street!?
    /passes

  • CitizenGeek #39 3 years ago

    I didn't really 'get' the hype about this game, but this review makes me want LBP an awful lot! :D

  • IronGiant #40 3 years ago

    Excellent, preordered from movietyme for £31.99

  • Presskohle #41 3 years ago

    great game
    great value
    great score

    day 1

  • sco0504 #42 3 years ago

    How did this get 58 comments in 7 minutes?

  • NickJC1 #43 3 years ago

    Taken from the review

    " In reality, deep and rewarding gameplay will only feature in a tiny percentage of levels "

    The game is horrible, a flop, deal with it. If you want shallow unrewarding gameplay buy LBP, it's as simple as that.

  • Waldorf #44 3 years ago

    Only a 9 the way some of the PS3 fanboys were going on about this it was gonna be 11. Call the waaaambulance.

  • famous_roy #45 3 years ago

    NickJC1 = single most retarded person on the internet. Good god you're a moron.

  • JYM60 #46 3 years ago

    HAHA. 9. What crap. Gears 2 will be a 10 because at least in that game you get to shoot some shit!! Fucking PS3 pussies.

    I knew this game would suck. Played it at ma mates, girlfriends, dads, sons, crack dealers house and it was well shit. No online multiplayer. What a waste of time!

    I'm new. If anyone wants to do ed shots some time add me to xbox. GT: lxxSniperizingExpertxxl

  • Psychotext #47 3 years ago

    lolol Sony. U ps3 fangirls love 2 suk there cok. games not even finished you need 2 maek teh levels urself.

  • carrotcake #48 3 years ago

    expected a higher score.

  • 03uddinr #49 3 years ago

    knew this game would suck. Played it at ma mates, girlfriends, dads, sons, crack dealers house and it was well shit. No online multiplayer. What a waste of time

    ------------------------------------------------------------ -----------------------------------

    no online mutiplayer???? what game where u playing? the whole point of LBP is getting togather and playing? fuk pls pull ur face out ur ars poeple u say something

  • Waldorf #50 3 years ago

    Too right Psycho.
    You would thing they would deliver a finished fucking game rather than get the player to make their own shitty levels.

  • Tomo #51 3 years ago

    Oli - great review now that I've read it. Really nicely written.

  • penguin_overlord #52 3 years ago

    A great score, although considering Eurogamer's criminal handling of MGS4, I wouldn't be surprised if this should actually be a ten. MGS4 is without a doubt the finest game so far of this generation. Xbox owners will disagree but that's because the game will never come out for their system.

    Go, LBP, go!

  • Law07 #53 3 years ago

    9/10 IS A FLOP!!!! WOAH

    THE CONSOLE RACE IS DECIDED ON ONE PERSON'S OPINION!!!

    Good grief you guys are deluded cunts.

  • LegendarySWE1 #54 3 years ago

    Whats up what all the negative comments?! 9/10 is great! almost perfect!!! be happy.

  • PrivateFloyd #55 3 years ago

    9/10......10/10.....3/10.....

    The "review" score for this game will be always be subjective and totally dependant on what the user takes out of it.

    I for one am looking forward to it and can understand Eurogamers comments regarding accessibility in create mode.

    Alot of you really need to grow up.....

    Roll on 24th!!!

  • charming_fox #56 3 years ago

    After some of the comments in this thread i'm starting to feel embarrased about being a 360 owner

  • rotmm #57 3 years ago

    Nice review Oli.

    However, ironically, I was expecting an 8/10 or even a 7/10 from the text of the review itself. You seemed to sum up the various parts as "not actually that great" (platforming, mp, creating).

    Is it a case of a game that's better than the sum of its parts? Or is it because it's so unique that it deserves a high score for that alone?

  • Triggerhappytel #58 3 years ago

    Good stuff. I think anything less than a nine and this place would have been anarchy.

  • morriss #59 3 years ago

    So I was right? How surprising.

  • rotmm #60 3 years ago

    @spartancog117,

    I think you're seeing a lot of irony here. Joke posts, if you will ;)

  • ParanoidZombie #61 3 years ago

    Good review. I mean, if you read the text, you can't argue with the fact that the game is GREAT (but doesn't deserve a 10).

  • The-Bodybuilder #62 3 years ago

    Not bad.
    Still not fussed about it, but that's not the game's fault, just mine. I'm trying to get games out of my system.

  • Presskohle #63 3 years ago

    wow NickJC1...I think your brain RRoDed.

  • JayScott #64 3 years ago

    Looks like posting the review at midnight doesn't stop the children from getting into the comments thread. Oh well...

    Can't wait to pick this up. Oodles of charm. Good review Oli.

  • RedPanda #65 3 years ago

    Post deleted at 14:31:59 28-01-2012

  • CapnCloudchaser #66 3 years ago

    Yeah, great review. 9/10 is a great score for the game, I don't know why people are moaning so.I guess we can expect this level of stupidity to appear within the Fable 2 review comments as well then?

    I've been looking forward to Fable 2 for years, so that will take priority over LBP since the dates are so close (Same release date I think?) but after playing the Beta, I really enjoyed it, so I will certainly pick this up eventually!

  • Cruithne #67 3 years ago

    Well written review but to be honest I fell for this game months ago.
    Everything I have heard so far only makes me want it more.
    What a pity that the comments section has been overrun by the type of tiny cocked tosspots that live up to every gaming stereotype.
    LBP is a game that all the industry will be celebrating, including the people at Microsoft and Nintendo, if they really care about games.

    Remember when gaming was about the games and not the console brand you supported?

  • thomasbeff #68 3 years ago

    fucken gayzer wantin to plya with woolie hats lololol where the fuck is call for duty?

  • PrivateFloyd #69 3 years ago

    Im really struggling to understand the negativity directed here despite the feedback from the beta....and soooo many of you probably looked at it and thought "that looks pretty cool".....

    IF it is not your cup of tea then FFS please go back and play Halo with its 10/10 status. I actually like Halo immensely and still have it should anyone accuse me of trolling/fanboyism

  • gammonbanter #70 3 years ago

    Halo 3 is just a fps ffs and it gets 10/10 - gayness

    Don't get me wrong i think 9/10 is fair, but galo should have got the same!

  • HandOfBeadle #71 3 years ago

    Nice review but I disagree with the gripes on the last page. Making great levels really isn't hard at all. Slightly bemused by that comment. It only takes a few hours of playing around to become very adept at adding to what you have and you find everything whizzing along. The z-axis can be fairly fussy, so maybe some sort of option when creating a level to set the stage to be one, two or three layers deep would be good. To be honest though, any criticism aimed at it being too hard for casual players to make a level is null and void. They've tried to make designing levels as user friendly as possible but ultimately the only thing impeding good level design is the user's imagination.

    And complaining that there are things available to the user that they wouldn't think to use is like complaining that there are too many colours to draw pictures with.
    Edited by 1 at 13/10/08 @ 00:19

  • JYM60 #72 3 years ago

    I heard that 360 is getting a port of this game. only it will have guns and blood and online multiplayer. Everything on xbox is better. PS3 gets crap version of everything.

    The 360 version of this will get a 10 and I will laugh.

  • PazJohnMitch #73 3 years ago

    I am a little worried that they said creating levels was too hard. That is the main reason I wanted the game.

  • RoyBrown #74 3 years ago

    Law 07

    "9/10 IS A FLOP!!!! WOAH

    THE CONSOLE RACE IS DECIDED ON ONE PERSON'S OPINION!!!

    Good grief you guys are deluded cunts. "


    Awesome posts dude.

    This game is gonna be awesome.

    Some of the shit written here is fuckin histerical.

  • JayScott #75 3 years ago

    RJW91, you are nasty, potty-mouthed sad little man. :)

  • Psychotext #76 3 years ago

    hahahahahahahaha... crying xbots i love it. coming to the comments with ur shitty comments n crying cos youll never have lbp. go and play ur shitty fps brown next gen cos the real next gen is on ps3 only. wheres your crappy halo now with 8/10?!?!!!!

    losers

  • Arwin #77 3 years ago

    I would have given the game an 11/10 ... a 9/10 for being an awesome, physics based platformer with a lovely art style and great online and offline 4 player mutliplayer, then a 10/10 for the user created levels which are already so incredible in the short beta, and then an 11/10 for the create aspect being so awesome all by itself that I'm totally hooked on it

    I must be a genius though, for being able to use it at all, apparently ... and this is obviously the part where I (and I'm sure many others) am going to disagree with even the very respectible game that LBP is ... for if LBP can't get a 10, then no game deserves a 10. In my humble opinion, anyway.

  • Mr_Dodger #78 3 years ago

    Story mode is "20-odd" levels? I thought it was 50-plus?

  • Ninja_Tino #79 3 years ago

    I love playing game, I truly do, but I'm embarrased to be associated in any way with some of you. Why do gamers, in general, feel the urge to be so hostile to others and start petty arguments. 9 out of 10 is a fantastic score and the review itself, you know the writing and stuff, was also extremely positive and pointed out problems that are apparent. Eurogamer aren't biased towards Microsoft, Nintendo or Sony. They review games and that's the end of it. Jesus, Gears of War got an 8. If you like the look of this game then buy it and hopefully enjoy it. If you enjoy it then that's all that matters, not whether it's better than MGS4, Halo3 or any other game.

  • morriss #80 3 years ago

    Has a PS3 game ever got a 10/10?

  • BartonFink #81 3 years ago

    Oh oh psycho has gone schizo

  • gingerlink #82 3 years ago

    9/10 seems very fair from what I played at Leipzig (there were like 10 lives per checkpoint there though, wtf?).

    The biggest crux of this game is the 3 layers of depth, it doesn't bother you a huge ammount in the main game, but in the creation mode, I found it a huge pain. Keeping it simple, I think, would've been the way to go.

  • El_MUERkO #83 3 years ago

    you people saying 9/10 is good are fuckin retards!

    evry1 knowz EG are mad bias gainst microsoft so a 9/10 to a sony game is like a 5/10 everywhere else

    this game sucks and your all fools!

    HAHA

  • loop7 #84 3 years ago

    Why was Oli Welsh reviewing this? Wasn't he the one who gave MGS4 the ridiculous 8/10?

  • crazy-dragon #85 3 years ago

    hummm, so... Following all your brillant teory, looking back in time we can see that NES era was one of the best gaming era wich makes me conclude that... NES PWNS 360 and PS3 LOlOLoLolOlOLoLOlOLolOlOl

  • Avarice36 #86 3 years ago

    you dirty xbot fuckers this game will be the best so fuck off you cunts

  • captaineurogamer #87 3 years ago

    So people was it worth getting the extra job for a PS3 now?

  • PazJohnMitch #88 3 years ago

    Why on earth are people comparing this to Halo3? One is a platformer and the other a shooter. The games industry needs BOTH not one or the other. Diversity is always better than everything being the same.

  • thomasbeff #89 3 years ago

    fuck peedo planet. Cardinals are beating cowboys. thats more important

  • Xerx3s #90 3 years ago

    The shitstorm will be entertaining.

    /grabs petrol can

    Not as good as halo 3 then?

  • Benno #91 3 years ago

    shit then

  • Waffleaber #92 3 years ago

    "worthy of Nintendo's best designs"

    That statement right there. That's got me interested.

  • morriss #93 3 years ago

    MGS4 wasn't that good either. Getting the message yet?

  • Waldorf #94 3 years ago

    Fucking EG is full of xbots crying into their beers.
    Go back to your ghey bald space marine shite!!

  • Avarice36 #95 3 years ago

    well i can see this site is run by xbots and man i thought CVG was bad

  • JYM60 #96 3 years ago

    PS3 needs proper games.

    One with tough guys and violence. All they have is fag games with mans made from ball sacks! LMAO.

    Lamestation.

  • littlebigchaosdivine #97 3 years ago

    The insecurity from some of the Xbox fans here is really unbelievable. Some act as if every single one of their exclusives are the greatest things since sliced bread when they have their share of garbage as well (e.g. Too Human, Ninety Nine Nights, Kingdom Circle Under Fire) Since when is a 9/10 crap? Add the fact that several other sites have given this game a 10, the game is going to end up with AAA marks when it's all said and done.

    And didn't Gears of War, the game most Xbox users consider an extremely great game, get an 8 from Eurogamer? Using the Xbox fanboy logic, that game is crap as well.

  • ParanoidZombie #98 3 years ago

    The fact that I find this thread very entertaining disturbs me. Are we that insane?

  • loop7 #99 3 years ago

    MGS4 should have been 9, so maybe this a 10? Oh and Halo 3 an 8 in my opinion

  • morriss #100 3 years ago

    Maybe 2010 will be the year of the PlayStation? Or 2011? 2012?

    13?
    Edited by 1 at 13/10/08 @ 00:30

  • Xerx3s #101 3 years ago

    "This is the first time I've ever seen 360 owners seem so Insecure, why? "

    Nah, it's not that. It's just that every 360 title seems to be invaded by hordes so a little favour returning seems in place. It's just that we had to wait so long to troll anything worthwhile. ;p

    /stabs
    /twists

  • El_MUERkO #102 3 years ago

    well, whateva, when fable score 10/10 everyo1 will now it's FUCKIN BULLSHIT!

  • perky #103 3 years ago

    Here a lot of PS3 bitches moaning about MGS4: Sons of the P8riots.
    Get over it. It was a 7 at best EG were being generous.

  • captaineurogamer #104 3 years ago

    Fable 2 is so gonna get a 9.

  • Liamabob #105 3 years ago

    wtf? how is 9/10 a flop?
    as long as this is an incredibly enjoyable game (which it is, the beta owned), what does it matter if it doesn't get a perfect score.
    and for people comparing this to halo? get a grip! at least this game breaks new ground for console games, and doesnt just release the same game on the back of an already overrated franchise . ;)

  • gammonbanter #106 3 years ago

    100's of comments - at this hour!

    does no onr have work in the morning!

  • mark8000 #107 3 years ago

    Creating your own levels isn't hard at all, but of course you need to have some sort of idea of what you want to make.

  • DFawkes #108 3 years ago

    Even though I agree with the ideas put forward in the review, Oli Welsh is one of EGs least suited writers to pieces like this. I'm still confused why he gets to write big reviews. And big reviews for PS3, strangely, that aren't anywhere close to his specialist MMO subject.

    Regardless, it's a good game.

  • perky #109 3 years ago

    Xerx3 that was just too cruel. True but very very cruel.

  • thomasbeff #110 3 years ago

    It's not even 3D for fuck sake!!!!!!!!!

  • morriss #111 3 years ago

    /shows Liamabob Mario and Final Fantasy

  • Xerx3s #112 3 years ago

    "I heard that 360 is getting a port of this game. only it will have guns and blood and online multiplayer. Everything on xbox is better. PS3 gets crap version of everything."

    Heh, it would have been awesome if they had a little marcus sackboy that ran around chainsawing everyone. ;p

  • Fixxxer #113 3 years ago

    Just to say that the 'hilarious' ironic posts here are both annoying and counter-productive.

  • Xerx3s #114 3 years ago

    "Xerx3 that was just too cruel. True but very very cruel. "

    I'm a cruel, sad, sadistic person. Your point being? ;)

  • thomasbeff #115 3 years ago

    ''It's not even 3D for fuck sake!!!!!!!!''

    What he said.

  • Avarice36 #116 3 years ago

    lol fable 2 get a 9/10 bullshit!!!!! it will get a 6/10 or 5/10

  • crazy-dragon #117 3 years ago

    ihugi link for the reviews. oh wait...

  • gingerlink #118 3 years ago

    I've just found out the usefulness of the ignore poster button.

    Now, all I need is some sort of promotion for the people making me laugh by actually putting thought into their trolling and others who are making valid points.

  • Xerx3s #119 3 years ago

    "Here a lot of PS3 bitches moaning about MGS4: Sons of the P8riots.
    Get over it. It was a 7 at best EG were being generous. "

    Nah, played it and it's definitely a solid 8+. I'm no fan and it does get up it's own arse but it does everything what it's supposed to do. Not my kind of game though.

  • Avarice36 #120 3 years ago

    @Xerx3s

    i have shagged your mother

  • Xerx3s #121 3 years ago

    "lol fable 2 get a 9/10 bullshit!!!!! it will get a 6/10 or 5/10 "

    YOUR MUM!

  • Sylpharion #122 3 years ago

    Wow, 360 fanboys really are pathetic. Almost makes me ashamed to own one. Anyways, got LBP on pre-order and can't wait for it!

  • Avarice36 #123 3 years ago

    and it was dirty

  • Psychotext #124 3 years ago

    LittleBigPedolol

    lol $ony has teh perfect game 4 u ps3 loving fags. like that sack boy?

  • Avarice36 #125 3 years ago

    she was a dry old bone

  • Xerx3s #126 3 years ago

    "i have shagged your mother "

    Ah, so you're a necrophile? Any affiliations with the ALF btw?

  • kasomegalt #127 3 years ago

    Great!

  • spazmo #128 3 years ago

    /pats Wii
    That's right little buddy. You stay out of the big boy's arguments.

  • El-Dev #129 3 years ago

    Fair play to sony for pushing something this original, while the xbots are happy to play generic alien killing shit(didn't gears get an 8 on EG?), I will be playing this.A better game, the only people who say Halo3 was worth a 10 are retards on the internet who are talkin shit about the PS3 having no games. Something at this point in time I think it is fair to say is no longer relevant.

    9/10 was the safe ground for EG to give LBP, they want the hit counts on this forum that they simply wouldn't have gotten if a 10 was dished out.

  • Xerx3s #130 3 years ago

    Common, I want to see atleast 2000 comments of pure comedy gold! YOU CAN DO BETTER!

  • Avarice36 #131 3 years ago

    @psychotext

    i have shagged your mother to

  • dredd97 #132 3 years ago

    why did anybody really think this was going to get a 10 is beyond me, EG frives on this fanboy shit, and although not openly bias in favour of the 360, it seems the reviewers do get a big laugh at marking up the 360 games and marking down the ps3 ones, but this site lost all it's credibility when it decided to do a 're-review' of the original resistance fall of man, marking it down from it's original 8 score to a 7...

    but lets see what fable 2 gets, then killzone 2 and resistance 2 before finally passing judgement...(but i can probably guess that the ps3 shootem ups will suffer badly here...)

  • Psychotext #133 3 years ago

    "i have shagged your mother to "

    shagged my mother to what? TO WHAT?!!?!?!

  • morriss #134 3 years ago

    Braid/Halo 3 > LBP

  • PepeGoteraCaceres #135 3 years ago

    "The promise that anyone could create something simple and fun and personal with LittleBigPlanet hasn't come true"

    Thanks for the Beta, Eurogamer. It's a good way to know that your reviews are full of bullshit :)

  • dredd97 #136 3 years ago

    I see you've resorted to form morriss...

    and here i was thinking you actually liked the ps3...

  • captaineurogamer #137 3 years ago

    But the PS3 has BLUE RAYZ!!!!111

  • JHuxley #138 3 years ago

    Oh my God...it's full of 'tards!

    Not to discredit the decent posts here, but sorry, I can't be arsed sifting through hundreds (and soon thousands...) of moronic cock fighting to read them.

    Anyway...from playing the Beta, I would have been very surprised by a 10/10. It's a great game, not quite like anything before it, but it's not nearly perfect.

    And as for the difficulty of making levels...let me put it this way. If great levels were easy to make, wouldn't that take the skill out of making them? MM have obviously had to balance accessibility with a large feature set...reduce that feature set and you're making it easier, but at the same time you're robbing the game of some of its potential (see Forge for an example). So yes, it is difficult to make levels. It's time consuming and often tedious. Yet it's also hugely rewarding to see people play and enjoy your levels.

    There's really nothing quite like it.

  • JYM60 #139 3 years ago

    Halo is far better than this fag fest. MC would snipe sackfuck rite between the eyes.

    Halo expansion thing will be the best game ever. It will get 10!

  • Whatsfor #140 3 years ago

    Anyway just to add a little xbox fury to the scene a friend of mine overheard Mario Rizzo (ex-scea) from Real Time Worlds saying that there is a good chance that APB could quite easily go to the PS3 before the xbox ever see's it.

    As they would say in Scotland, Get it reet up ya!

    /flame.

  • Retroid #141 3 years ago

    A well deserved 9/10, at that. I really enjoyed the Beta and with this and Wipeout, it's the most my PS3 has been used for a very long time (if you don't count media playback).

    It's now an almost definate buy for me, this review has clinched it! \o/

    But I still have trouble seeing this as a huge blockbuster.

  • captaineurogamer #142 3 years ago

    Of course Halo is better. Wathc the sale figures and then tell me which people like more.

  • Godz_Mercenary #143 3 years ago

    These comments are a joke. Some of you really need to look at your lifes and find out when and why they went so wrong.

  • Avarice36 #144 3 years ago

    @Xerx3s

    yes i can confirm that Xerx3s is a cunt.i received this information from a reliable source .that source was xerx3s grandmother of course i had to pump her long and hard for the info and as difficult as that is to fathom it really wasn't that hard to do . i just hung a american flag over old grams head and did her for glory. ohh sure the old gal was dey as a bone but with a little KY and hershey chocolate syrup she was as slick as a water slide . now i know what you are going to say "avarice36 why not do his mother instead"? well the fact is if his mom wasn't in bed with the miami dolphins football team i would have done her first but aside from his grandmother only having one leg and false teeth she wasn't bad at all.if you would like to give her a try email me i will give you her phone#..thankyou..avarice36.

  • perky #145 3 years ago

    Wow the xbots are bad but some of the PS3 fantards like Avarice are just plain nasty.

  • JigenD #146 3 years ago

    Super Mario Galaxy gets a 10 and this gets a 9? I'm sorry but this just proves how out of touch reviewers are. Rallisport Challenge also got a 10/10 here on Eurogamer. Pretty sad, really.

  • Hyperguy20 #147 3 years ago

    [So no 10/10 eh?, Halo 3 is still better. MGS4 was a big old flop, and so is the "other" big PS3 game of 2008. 2008 Year of the PS3...lol, the game is a flop, it's official.

    For all the PS3 fans that will post after this message I say this to you. Better luck in 2009, Xbox 360 beat you down and made you cry in 2008. FFXIII goes to 360, Tekken 6 goes to 360. MGS4 and LBP flop on the only review site that matters. Gears of war 2 will show you how to reach the high scores you dream of every night while you stroke your Blu-ray thingy,

    I'm off to bed, this score is going to keep my smiling all day tomorrow, why?, because Halo 3 scored better. Every one of your tears makes me smile PS3 owners, so cry , cry like you've never cried over a review score before. Remember all the nights you looked at LBP , getting your hopes up for a good game. Well now those hopes and dreams are gone so tell us how it feels.Think of how butt hurt you are right now, let it all out PS3 owners,

    so much floppage, this will not end well. ]



    LMAO oh dear some one doesnt have a life xD

    9/10 is still an awsome score, who care if halo scored higher they are different kind of games entirely!, your acting like the 360 and ps3 are religions, i mean lighten up, there is more to life than video games!

    Edited by 1 at 13/10/08 @ 01:00

  • crazy-dragon #148 3 years ago

    But mostly, we're just happy to see a flagship game for a modern system that's about running from left to right and jumping over things. New ideas are great, great old ideas are better, and LittleBigPlanet has both: it's the future and the past of videogames, rolled into one.

  • TheBrow #149 3 years ago

    "Halo is far better than this fag fest. MC would snipe sackfuck rite between the eyes."

    ---

    Fantastic! Are we judging games now on which one's protagonist would win in a fight?

  • Whatsfor #150 3 years ago

    Avarice, I'm sure Xerxes doesnt want to play upto your digs as he needs to keep his EG 'cred' so I will take this opportunity to do this for him. YOU ARE A FUCKING DICK OF A MORON, PISS OFF!

  • Gl3n #151 3 years ago

    ¨ALAN WAKE AND SPLINBTER CELL WILL FUCK EVERYTHING!¨

    made me chuckle.

    I can't figure out if a lot of the people posting comments are sending themselves up or are speaking honest truths.

  • smelly #152 3 years ago

    Halo 3 may have scored higher.. Doesnt mean it's not a crock of overrated shite though does it?

    I guess microsoft just paid for more advertising than sony did.

  • Avarice36 #153 3 years ago

    whatsfor fuck off you xbot

  • perky #154 3 years ago

    Yay smelly is here this should be entertaining

  • Whatsfor #155 3 years ago

    @ TheBrow

    I am sure come the 24th we will see a youtube clip of a MC Sackboy having the shit slapped out of him by regular Sackboy or Kratos Sackboy. 100% inspired by your post! Feel proud =D

  • Whatsfor #156 3 years ago

    Avarice, I own 3x PS3 and 0x Xbox. So logically your comment doesnt hold very well...

  • perky #157 3 years ago

    Avarice your mum says you should be in bed. She will be in in a few minutes.

  • Avarice36 #158 3 years ago

    whatsfor fuck off you american

  • lb003g0676 #159 3 years ago

    LittleBigPlanet is worse than Halo....

    Eurogamer you are really pathetic.

  • Whatsfor #160 3 years ago

    Wrong again. Born in Leeds General Infirmary in 1986, lived in that very city till 2005. Moved to Scotland in 2005, still here this very day.

    EPIC FAIL x2 mister!

  • JediMasterMalik #161 3 years ago

    One more thing, I had a lot of fun creating a level, I didn't do much of it, but I thought it was pretty fun, creating a level and then playtesting it, the complexity I think is a bit of a silly argument. There's nothing inherently complex about the creation tools, it's as complex as you make it and choose to make it. I think the way they have allowed the use of template levels is an excellent way to let people get used to the tools a bit before creating something completely new.

    Can't argue with anything else though, all valid criticisms.

  • Avarice36 #162 3 years ago

    i have been banned from CVG because i could not stand xbots and i see this place is worse

  • Gaol #163 3 years ago

    What a mess this comments thread is, I agree with Fixxxor.

    Anyway, it's a shame the 'Create' side is so unapproachable. This review ties up with a mate who is in beta, who told me that it's incredibly time consuming making levels.

    Still looking forward to this though, but will probably buy on the cheap later. Too much other stuff being released about the same time.

  • ElPresidente #164 3 years ago

    Boys... girls... just... just... SHUTTUP!

    My God!

    Game platforms are just places to play games. There is no need for loyalty like it is a soccer team because you are not fortunate enough to own multiple systems.

    I can't wait for Little Big Planet... 9/10 is a great score, if you can't see that then you are an idiot.

    With such a focus on user generated content giving it a 10 when level creation is something that the majority of people don't get involved is hard to maintain.

    Both the PS3 and 360 are good game systems. If you only have one then enjoy your games, don't go around bagging out other games you haven't played or crying simply because what has become your systems potential killer app didn't get perfect scores.

    How old are you people acting like this? Five?

  • Avarice36 #165 3 years ago

    whatsfor i am scottish and i live in scotland so i will repeat fuck off

  • Whatsfor #166 3 years ago

    Gonnae no sae tha' ya wee dobber!

  • IronGiant #167 3 years ago

    morriss = troll

  • PrivateJoker #168 3 years ago

    What the fuck are all these sad pathetic bed wetting crapbox trolls doing on this PS3!! comments page way past there bedtime and with absolutely nothing original, constructive or interesting to say. Fuck off to your nightmares about RROD.
    What the reviewer got wrong is that he jumps to the conclusion only the hardcore will build levels which is bollocks. I spent hours and hours making 2 levels in the beta and creating is half the fun. Just cus you weren't adept with the tools you shouldn't label that as a disappointment, thats for people to find out themselves and i certainly aint a hardcore nutjob.
    Still LittleBigPlanet (and bluray) is the reason i sold my xbox and what a brilliant decision and for the fanboys...Home will take a giant shit on your shitty wii experience next month unless MS pay Sony off with their billions cus thats all they do pay for stuff which Sony usually end up with for free.
    Anyway saw Fable2 today, loved the original but 2 looks loads better except the graphics looked shite in some areas and awesome in others,oh yeah they were cut scenes .

    LittleBigPlanet level Bad Day At Black Rock if you get the chance

  • hy4000uk #169 3 years ago

    Bwahaha Sony fanboys are the thickest cunts that ever lived

    The PSP plays shit ports of old PS1 games, the PS3 is a fucking 300 quid travesty that plays fucked versions of 360 games and "little big planet".

    360 is only a hundred quid in sainsburys and it lets you play Tekken, Final Fantasy, Halo, Gears, Dead Rising, Forza and a bunch of other superior games.

    Enjoy your gran turismo demo your shit mario clone you fucking imbeciles

  • Avarice36 #170 3 years ago

    whatsfor fuck off before i set abote ya

  • JYM60 #171 3 years ago

    morriss isn't a troll. He's a member of my halo clan 'EliteSnipers'.

    He has a headshot ratio of 4.33 and a kill ratio of 10.88

    Basically he pwns.

  • JYM60 #172 3 years ago

    morriss isn't a troll. He's a member of my halo clan 'EliteSnipers'.

    He has a headshot ratio of 4.33 and a kill ratio of 10.88

    Basically he pwns. Real men play Halo. Rawr!

  • JYM60 #173 3 years ago

    morriss isn't a troll. He's a member of my halo clan 'EliteSnipers'.

    He has a headshot ratio of 4.33 and a kill ratio of 10.88

    Basically he pwns. Real men play Halo. Rawr!

  • BartonFink #174 3 years ago

    morriss troll?

    Nah!!!

  • hy4000uk #175 3 years ago

    2008 was supposed to be the year of the PS3. It turned out be the year that dumb cunt sony fanboys got even more overhypd games that udnerdelivered

    It serves you stupid sons of whores right for buying the shittest failure this gen. Natural selection bitches

  • Avarice36 #176 3 years ago

    hy4000uk most of those games are multi format you thick cunt

  • David_W #177 3 years ago

    Ignoring iHugi, Nick and the captain along with one or two already on the list shaved a healthy 40 posts off this thread. How's that for streamlining!

    A 9 seems about right. I personaly wouldn't hesitate to give it a 10 based on the demo alone tough.

  • hy4000uk #178 3 years ago

    Dont worry fools Motorstorm 2 sequel to the shitty racing game is coming out soon, so is Resistance 2. It's bound to be good, the derivative original got a 6!

    Da gears killa!

  • BartonFink #179 3 years ago

    Oh someone has upset PrivateJoker.
    You are just as bad as the rest of the pathetic fantards posting in here.

  • Avarice36 #180 3 years ago

    hy4000uk why is this the year of the xbox boy

  • Pooley #181 3 years ago

    Sounds like a fun game. Definitely going to get it and enjoy playing and creating levels. Missed out on the Beta damnit.

    Bit confused as to why it dropped a point to a 9 though.

  • BartonFink #182 3 years ago

    Read the review then.

    Basically the control on the Z axis is fiddly to say the least
    Creation is probably a little harder than it should be.

    Brilliant game though ... if you have a PS3 buy it.
    The beta was a howl. /rubs salt in wounds


    Edited by 1 at 13/10/08 @ 01:28

  • hy4000uk #183 3 years ago

    They're not on the PS3 though are they Avarice36 you dumb bitch? . Maybe if you weren't such a numpty you would have bought a 360 instead of crying about ANOTHER PS3 game failing to deliver

    you spent 300 quid on a Japanese Blu Ray player with shit games, congratulations you fucking tool

  • vilmer #184 3 years ago

    It's good to see this generation of kids care about the games and not some sort of corporate allegiance. What a joke. Great score btw.

  • JYM60 #185 3 years ago

    morriss isn't a troll. He's a member of my halo clan 'EliteSnipers'.

    He has a headshot ratio of 4.33 and a kill ratio of 10.88

    Basically he pwns. Real men play Halo. Rawr!

  • JYM60 #186 3 years ago

    morriss isn't a troll. He's a member of my halo clan 'EliteSnipers'.

    He has a headshot ratio of 4.33 and a kill ratio of 10.88

    Basically he pwns. Real men play Halo. Rawr!

  • Mudo #187 3 years ago

    "Bit confused as to why it dropped a point to a 9 though. "

    Read the review.
    Edited by 1 at 13/10/08 @ 01:28

  • Avarice36 #188 3 years ago

    listen hy4000uk halo is shit gears of war is shit this will be the ps3 year boy
    Edited by 1 at 13/10/08 @ 01:28

  • JYM60 #189 3 years ago

    morriss isn't a troll. He's a member of my halo clan 'EliteSnipers'.

    He has a headshot ratio of 4.33 and a kill ratio of 10.88

    Basically he pwns. Real men play Halo. Rawr!

  • JYM60 #190 3 years ago

    morriss isn't a troll. He's a member of my halo clan 'EliteSnipers'.

    He has a headshot ratio of 4.33 and a kill ratio of 10.88

    Basically he pwns. Real men play Halo. Rawr!

  • JYM60 #191 3 years ago

    morriss isn't a troll. He's a member of my halo clan 'EliteSnipers'.

    He has a headshot ratio of 4.33 and a kill ratio of 10.88

    Basically he pwns. Real men play Halo. Rawr!

  • BartonFink #192 3 years ago

    JYM60 is a spammer.

  • BartonFink #193 3 years ago

    JYM60 is a spammer.

  • hy4000uk #194 3 years ago

    You sony fanboy retards brought this on yourself. You overpaid for an unfinished, inferior piece of shit with no games

    What the fuck are you looking forward to now, Killzone 2? You've got fuck all else coming to your shit system

  • Avarice36 #195 3 years ago

    hy4000uk no one is crying over lbp being a failure it is only jealous xbots you thick fuck

  • PrivateJoker #196 3 years ago

    PS3 has nothing to prove but all you xbox bile and shite talkers are all mouth and no trousers. How much is an xbox with wi fi, hard drive and hd video (oops you dont have the option to watch bluray) added on???mmmmm loads thats what and you have shite expensive hdd, i got 250 gb for 50 quid and installed it in minutes. xbox is fast becoming a museum piece face facts and grow some fucking balls

  • Whatsfor #197 3 years ago

    morriss isn't a troll. He's a member of my halo clan 'EliteShooters'.

    He has a face-shot ratio of 4.33 and a pearl-necklace ratio of 10.88

    Basically he pwns. Real men play Halo. Rawr!

  • Royal Fool #198 3 years ago

    This thread really is a trainwreck, sheesh.

    I'm certain around 70% of the ridiculous statements and spam in here is genuine trolling by posters who know better.

  • perky #199 3 years ago

    What you want a prize or something?
    Guess you already got the woodenspoon with the PS3 PrivateJoker

  • Psychotext #200 3 years ago

    morriss isn't a troll. He's a member of my halo clan 'EliteShooters'.

    He has a face-shot ratio of 4.33 and a pearl-necklace ratio of 10.88

    Basically he pwns. Real men play Halo. Rawr!

  • hy4000uk #201 3 years ago

    Avarice, Halo got a 10 you ignorant prick. You remember how to count dont you?

    10>9. 360 got ten times as many games as the PS3 and ten times better games. PS3 got metal gear solid 4, Resistance and shit versions of 360 games

    GG you fucking bell end
    Edited by 1 at 13/10/08 @ 01:35

  • perky #202 3 years ago

    Avarice36
    13-Oct-08 01:27:37 listen hy4000uk halo is shit gears of war is shit this will be the ps3 year boy

    Yea Lollzone 2 is going to really blow everything out of the water just like the first one :D

  • Khanivor #203 3 years ago

    troll isn't a morriss. He's a member of my halo clan 'EliteSnipers'.

    He has a headshot ratio of 4.33 and a kill ratio of 10.88

    Basically he pwns. Real men play Halo. Rawr!

  • JediMasterMalik #204 3 years ago

    Halo got an 8 actually.

    /runs for cover
    /shouts profanities

  • BartonFink #205 3 years ago

    morriss isn't a troll. He's a member of my halo clan 'EliteShooters'.

    He has a face-shot ratio of 4.33 and a pearl-necklace ratio of 10.88

    Basically he pwns. Real men play Halo. Rawr!

  • PrivateJoker #206 3 years ago

    @ Barton Fink 'you're just as bad as the pathetic fantards posting... '

    lol oh the irony is probably wasted on you.

  • Syrok #207 3 years ago

    Can comment sections be locked?

  • abczby #208 3 years ago

    THANK GOD! I got the Beta for this game, played the hell out of it, and then it got boring. I canceled my pre-order at GameStop because what I wanted to do was create things but it was too hard to do and too boring. This game does not deserve the appraisal it is getting.

  • Avarice36 #209 3 years ago

    @hy4000uk

    the only reason halo 3 got a 10/10 was because MS payed eurogamer to give it that score idiot

  • Postumo #210 3 years ago

    PS3LOLZ!!!!

    Gotta say that...

    Anyway, this game is not for me. It has no story and i don't want to waste my life making levels like crazy. I'd rather create some kind of youtube series with oblivion's editor

  • Khanivor #211 3 years ago

    can i Have a coD5 key plz?

  • Psychotext #212 3 years ago

    !rwaR .olaH yalp nem laeR .snwp eh yllacisaB

    88.01 fo oitar ecalkcen-lraep a dna 33.4 fo oitar tohs-ecaf a sah eH

    .'sretoohSetilE' nalc olah ym fo rebmem a s'eH .llort a t'nsi ssirrom

  • Syrok #213 3 years ago

    @postumo: You clearly haven't read the review if you say it has no story.

  • Pooley #214 3 years ago

    Yeah I can see where it would lose a point due to the jumping, creation controls and the lives. Creation controls were always going to be a bit tricky, my opinion, due to using a controller, rather than keyboard and mouse. Actually, that's a point, can you use a keyboard and mouse within the creation part of the game?

  • Whatsfor #215 3 years ago

    I expected by this point to atlease have someone mention that even Braid managed to get 10/10 ;P

    /adds more petrol

  • Avarice36 #216 3 years ago

    hy4000uk i have shagged your mother

  • BartonFink #217 3 years ago

    PrivateJoker - the only irony here is you don't actually realise you are a fantard.

  • Whatsfor #218 3 years ago

    @Psychotext

    Now thats a little too much thought for nearly 2am...

  • Postumo #219 3 years ago

    @postumo: You clearly haven't read the review if you say it has no story

    From what i've read at other sites, thet don't give a shat about that story mode

  • Avarice36 #220 3 years ago

    whatsfor i have played braid and it was shit!!!! i suppose MS had to send one big cheque to eurogamer to give it that score

  • PrivateJoker #221 3 years ago

    hy4000uk, why r u clinging to review scores? The only good halo is 3, the 2nd was mind numbingly dull. 3 deserves a 8.5 imo and thats what its all about at the end of the day, personal opinion, 8.5 is great, i spent hrs online ctf etc but it wasn't perfect. God knows why GTA IV got so many 10's either but again everyone's entitled their opinion. Let's try and be a bit more civilised shall we?

  • SPKRFCKR #222 3 years ago

    im pretty sure you are all overestimating the influence of EG reviews. Roll on 24th....

  • Royal Fool #223 3 years ago

    I can't hit my "Ignore poster" button fast enough. Help!

  • PrivateJoker #224 3 years ago

    Straight over Barton Finks head again ! What are you doing on here McFly!!!

  • Whatsfor #225 3 years ago

    I just found this site where you can preorder a copy of LBP that works on xbox with a free cod5 beta code all for £10.

    Hello PrivateJoker :)

  • 200k #226 3 years ago

    Looking forward to getting to grips with this, always loved the general aesthetic.

  • perky #227 3 years ago

    Oh Avarice your mom is on her way ... she's a little wet so you may have to give it to her up the ass tonight.

  • Avarice36 #228 3 years ago

    perky did you like my grandmother joke

  • BartonFink #229 3 years ago

    @PrivateJoker - lol

  • David_W #230 3 years ago

    Royal Fool
    13-Oct-08 01:48:36

    I can't hit my "Ignore poster" button fast enough. Help!

    It's all in the wrist.

    Had to add hy4000uk and Avarice as well, makes the thread almost readable.

  • hy4000uk #231 3 years ago

    Good to know you shagged my mother Avarice, I felt a bit bad after shagging yours and yes your mother does anal ;)

    Halo 3 10, Mario Galaxy 10, Braid 10. It seems that there's a ton of better games out there on other systems. Dumb whiny bitches like Avarice might cry about teh bias" and "teh moneyhats"but that's to be expected when the thick cunts got tricked into buying a blu ray player with no games, like I said natural selection

    and Privatejoker the PS3 IS a shit failure with no games. All it's gotten from day one is crap 360 ports and shit exclusive like Resistance fail of sony.

  • NickJC1 #232 3 years ago

    The FURIOUS NERD RAGE!!! in this topic is keeping me awake, please keep it down.

    Also my first post in this topic has found its way over to Neogaf and System wars. It's got the LBP fans clenching their butt cheeks in rage. It was a joke post kids. I like to throw a live grenade into comments sections like this, then back away and watch the madness. It's not me who is mad, it's you for taking the obvious bait and letting it get you worked up. These are video games ,if other people's opinions on them make you angry you need to take a long long look in the mirror and change your life. A good start would be cutting down on games and gaming forums.

    Seriously...

  • perky #233 3 years ago

    Nah Avarice she seemed a little wrecked after you finished with her so I moved on to your sister (filthy) and then your mother. I think your dad is nearly finished with grandma though so he may be calling on you soon too.
    Edited by 1 at 13/10/08 @ 01:59

  • JediMasterMalik #234 3 years ago

    It's funny that it's a joke post now that everyone has laughed at you for so long. Funny in that it's not funny at all and clearly a pathetic attempt to salvage some face.

  • Avarice36 #235 3 years ago

    perky my grandmother joke is way better than those so please come up with something better

  • NickJC1 #236 3 years ago

    And what's all this talk of shagging mothers?. To end it all lets just say I shagged all your mothers up the ass in a anal orgy that will be released on 4 disc limited edition for £79.99. It includes 8 hours of bonus footage where I shout fanboy comments at LBP fans while they are tied up and getting sodomised by a man in a Spartan uniform.

    It would make a good stocking filler to go with Gears of war 2, Fable 2 ect, you know real games for a real games system.

  • Avarice36 #237 3 years ago

    nickjc1 the xbox is gay piece of cheap nasty shit a real games machine is the ps3

    ps.your mum is sucking me off as we speak
    Edited by 1 at 13/10/08 @ 02:08

  • JediMasterMalik #238 3 years ago

    How old are you guys 12? I've not heard such puerile crap since early secondary school.

  • JYM60 #239 3 years ago

    Please keep yer ma's outta this.

    They're both minging and I'll have them headshotted if you don't shut up.

  • PrivateJoker #240 3 years ago

    I wish i had a time machine to take each 1 of u to the future moment u get a PS3 and finallly realise what you're missing (i couldn't afford PS3 so had to trade in xbox otherwise would own both if only they'd fucking release Alan Wake now a pc buy if its any good)
    What i take great pleasure in is knowing when fable 2 and gow2 get their scores whatever the fuck they r ( means nothing to me ) I certainly wont be wasting my time trolling the threads. Just shows how jealous and attention seeking these little xbots are.

  • MrDurandPierre #241 3 years ago

    Eurogamer has a rep for being harsh critics, but they're really not. They just happen to use the entire 10 point scale. A 9 is a really great score. Even Oli's controversial 8/10 MGS4 review sounded really positive to me. If you actually read the text, they're generally no harsher than a site like IGN that will completely rag on a game and then give it a 7.7 (Seriously. Read their Assassin's Creed review. It doesn't sound anything like a near 8).

    Anyway, Little Bit Planet sounds better than I thought. I'm a big fan of platformers and love the art style of the game, but I never had much interest in creating levels anyway, so the fact that the level editor is so in-depth and complex bothers me none. I'm glad to see that the single-player offline stuff is great, and from what I've seen of clips from the beta, there's a lot of interesting things users have been doing with the game beyond just generic platform stuff. Anyways, I'm pretty excited about this game now.

  • ScottyXTUK #242 3 years ago

    Ninja_Tino
    13-Oct-08 00:22:11

    I love playing game, I truly do, but I'm embarrased to be associated in any way with some of you. Why do gamers, in general, feel the urge to be so hostile to others and start petty arguments. 9 out of 10 is a fantastic score and the review itself, you know the writing and stuff, was also extremely positive and pointed out problems that are apparent. Eurogamer aren't biased towards Microsoft, Nintendo or Sony. They review games and that's the end of it. Jesus, Gears of War got an 8. If you like the look of this game then buy it and hopefully enjoy it. If you enjoy it then that's all that matters, not whether it's better than MGS4, Halo3 or any other game.

    ^^^ Well said that man

    Some really sad, bigotted fan boys posting in this thread. Grow up and realise that 9/10 means a game is superb. If you haven't got a PS3, don't bitch about it by slagging its games off when there are no grounds to do so.

    Too many dumb fuck schoolboys post here.

  • Skire #243 3 years ago

    I can't understand why sites like Eurogamer allow mentally challenged people to comment on articles. In order to successfully register, people must fill in an IQ test. If their IQ is lower than let's say 110 then they're not welcome and they receive an instant IP ban. Damn this site could've been so much better! Who's with me on this?

  • ElPresidente #244 3 years ago

    Unfortunately Skire a high IQ does not mean one is immune to being an immature douchebag. :p
    Edited by 1 at 13/10/08 @ 02:22

  • ScottyXTUK #245 3 years ago

    NickJC1
    13-Oct-08 01:58:23

    The FURIOUS NERD RAGE!!! in this topic is keeping me awake, please keep it down.

    Also my first post in this topic has found its way over to Neogaf and System wars. It's got the LBP fans clenching their butt cheeks in rage. It was a joke post kids. I like to throw a live grenade into comments sections like this, then back away and watch the madness. It's not me who is mad, it's you for taking the obvious bait and letting it get you worked up. These are video games ,if other people's opinions on them make you angry you need to take a long long look in the mirror and change your life. A good start would be cutting down on games and gaming forums.

    Seriously...
    ignore poster

    Says the guy who posts on gaming forums at 2am. Practice what you preach fuckwit.

  • migasUK #246 3 years ago

    hahahahahaha kaiakaiakaakaiakaiakaakai lol feel sorry for you guys only 9/10? dammm so much hype and now a sad moment, disgraceful!!!! XBOX all the way!!!

  • oxymoron #247 3 years ago

    9/10 is fair, i was privilidged enough to have access to the beta and it is absoloutly great, controls can be a bit sticky though

  • Skire #248 3 years ago

    Unfortunately Skire a high IQ does not mean one is immune to being an immature douchebag. :p

    It does filter out a lot of them though! :D For the remainig douchebags Eurogamer gave us the "ignore poster" button, which is really useless at this very moment.

  • Syrette #249 3 years ago

    You fanboys are so lame.

    Might I suggest you get out more. A lot more.

  • Remy85 #250 3 years ago

    Important quote, "It's the future and the past of videogames, rolled into one."

    That kind of deserved praise lives longer than a 9 out of 10.

    But yeah, that doesn't mean it isn't finicky and a little difficult to make great levels. But EG gave credit where credit is due. The thousands that have participated in the beta making beautiful stages would never have had the same chance otherwise. And giving this toy to a child with no sense of what it means to "waste time" the imagination engine that this game breathes is what makes it special.

  • RESIDENT_nEVILe #251 3 years ago

    o_0

    What the fuck happened in here?!

    Anyway, nice review Mr welsh: Harsh but fair.

    This fella should do all the big reviews.


  • Khanivor #252 3 years ago

    I'd prefer it if they all stayed indoors. Wouldn't want to run across one in real life now, would ya?

  • JayScott #253 3 years ago

    How is a 9/10 harsh? Fuck, I wouldn't mind being a 9/10 (instead of the extremely handsome 8.5 I obviously am)

  • Khanivor #254 3 years ago

    Now I'm just looking forward to the sales figures.

  • cod5key #255 3 years ago

    do u guys hav cod5 keys? i reely need a cod5 key its gona be wkd

  • VandelayIndustries #256 3 years ago

    Great review! I loved the beta and so fully expect to love the full game.

    9/10 is the new 10/10 ; )

  • RazorObsession #257 3 years ago

    And I was so looking forward to reading Apologie and Hedbog's comments...

  • dsmx #258 3 years ago

    thank god this review came along now we have a place where I can click ignore on all the xbots, idiots and trolls in 1 place. It's knocked out over 100 comments from idiots, trolls and xbots.
    Edited by 1 at 13/10/08 @ 03:37

  • hy4000uk #259 3 years ago

    This game is going to sell about 3 copies because all the retarded sony fanboys are saving their money for killzone 2

  • Feanor #260 3 years ago

    I enjoyed reading that review; it matches up with the score and seems very fair.

  • Charlie_Miso #261 3 years ago

    These comments are making me ill - can't stop reading.

  • Godhather08 #262 3 years ago

    My god this site is full of retarded fucks.


    On topic:

    9/10 is a great score. But concidering EG gave Halo 3 and GTA-IV a perfect 10 it goes to show they don't really know what they're doing.

    I'd give the reviewer an 8 out of 10 for this review.

    LittleBigPlanet pre-ordered.

  • aids #263 3 years ago

    looks awesome! might be the break the ps3 needs.

  • Godhather08 #264 3 years ago

    I'm so glad all these retarded fanboys are on XBL and not PSN.

  • HellShot #265 3 years ago

    NickJC1 so my guess is Gear of War 1 is a flop because it got a 8 out 10 from this sites you want proof go to this link
    http://ww w.eurogamer.net/article.php?art...

  • Omnicloud #266 3 years ago

    I have to believe this review was done just to get all the SOny/LBP fans to come and trash the review? The reason the game got a 9/10 because the writers here assumes the level creator will be too hard for gamers, and only a handful of levels will be really deep gameplay? Wow--they have a crystal ball there not telling us about?

    And that's what makes it not receive the same score as other high-profile games?


    Just to be clear, I understand the review completely. And I share the same gripe, my point is, what LBP does right is so enormous, that it shouldn't be placed into the 9 category. No game is a 10, but you honor the team for they did right, LBP should be right up there with Mario Galaxy, Halo 3 (which I thought wasn't that great) etc etc...There's just no excuse, especially when most of the gripes could be fixed with downloadable content.

    Edited by 3 at 13/10/08 @ 05:33

  • JayScott #267 3 years ago

    Omnicloud you are an idiot. Why is it so fucking hard for people to understand that a 9 is an exceptional score, and that to compare LBP to BioShock/Halo3 whatever is ridiculous?

  • Omnicloud #268 3 years ago

    @JayScott--I edited, read the last part of my comment. I agree that a 9 is incredible, but let's be honest, 10 is associated with classic am I right? The flaws in LBP are minor when it comes to whole package. For other titles that's been overlooked, why not this one? When what it does right is such a huge deal?

    You can't tell me there isn't gonna be copies of this game in 2 or 3 years after release? It's a big deal in the gaming industry. It's something new to get into, I think a game like this deserves to be put in the spotlight.

    Is that not reasonable?
    Edited by 1 at 13/10/08 @ 05:14

  • Rottentomatoes #269 3 years ago

    "The game's Story mode is a suite of some 20-odd levels made by Media Molecule that circumnavigate LittleBigPlanet's imaginary world."

    Uh... why do other sites who've reviewed LittleBigPlanet say there are 50, not 20 single player story mode levels? Meristation comes to mind.

  • JayScott #270 3 years ago

    I think they have taken into account the fact that so much of the content that will make this game the game it can be is yet to be created - maybe in 6 months time if the community has really taken to content creation then a 10 might be well deserved - as it is it is possibly a bit content light in terms of immediate gameplay.

  • Omnicloud #271 3 years ago

    @Jay Scott--I feel you on that one...maybe a disclaimer at the end or something would have been better, but if that's honestly the reason for the score, I wouldn't even disagree with it. I'm in the beta and I can say my level isn't exactly the most innovative lol...It's a fun 60 seconds though that's for sure.

    but, then you had this guy/girl who made a God of War level and it was fantastic!!! I don't know how the hell he did it? My little Pixel Junk Monsters race pale in comparison to his.

    So, when you say the levels that are gonna make LBP the classic title that it has the potential to be aren't here yet--I know exactly what you mean. I think they should have alluded to this more in the review, and Now I take back my outburst earlier.

    With that thought process in mind, I'd say a 9 is pretty fair. I just don't agree with giving GTA4 a 10 (There was so much wrong with that game man it's not even funny. GTA4's popularity and it being the "cool' game, give it's critical praise, because the actual game is not even anything special--I didn't even finish the SP! Story was freakin cookie-cutter gansta crap..let me not get started on that one)

    Nice comment man...tks for clearing that up for me

  • TOOTR #272 3 years ago

    Looks like a great game but not enough to sway me to get a PS3 at this point. Great review nonetheless and will look forward to playing this at a mates.

    This talkback is like a hacker honeypot to draw in potential 'ignore posters'.

    I am harvesting them :)

  • 3william56 #273 3 years ago

    God, this thread is an embarrassment to every gamer, PS and Xbox. Makes Apologie look mature and balanced.

    Interesting review. Got to say, it seems somewhat harsh, and the suspicion of controversy courting for hits looms large.

    Of course it's complicated to invoke all of the features that LBP is capable of - you can't expect to put a physics based platformer together with a couple of clicks. The crucial point that Oli didn't say was whether you can put together a simple level easily, which all the demos say you can. Youtube's popularity is based entirely on being able to do both simple crap for your mates and full blown video production, and LBP should be the same.

    (And not being able to use your own pics etc. is not a big deal, and obvious and smart, to (a) minimise the inevitable p0rn abuse, and (b) minimise the copyright dangers.)

    You can't judge Youtube on the quality of video transmission, or the ease of video editing software - it misses the point. It's the *potential* being placed in user's hands that makes it work. LBP is the same. In fact, the rules of MMOs reviews should apply, because LBP will live or die based on the content the community comes up with (and I have every faith it will be spectacular). A re-review in a month or so would be in order.

    I'd give it 10/10 for pure b*lls, charm and originality - which the much discussed Halo3 had none of.

  • spacenugget #274 3 years ago

    I like chocolate spread on toast, Cheese cake, Unicorns, Seymour Duncan Pickups, Girls, Long walks on the beach and good games.

    This looks like a very good game..... but I dont own a ps3 which means Ill have to settle for some Cheese cake to ease the envy.

    :(
    If only I had a Unicorn

    (an Unicorn / a Unicorn ?????) now Im confused.

  • lennon #275 3 years ago

    Having spent quite a bit of time in the beta I would say this is very fair perhaps a little too fair. I found the level building stuff just terribly dull. That said kudos to those that put the time and effort into some of the user levels I played. Looking forward to the full release.

  • RoyBrown #276 3 years ago

    iHugi

    "Next year ps3 has no chance 2...

    let´s See

    Forza3
    Alan Wake
    Splinter Cell Conviciotn
    Halo 3 Recon
    N3 2
    New Ip´s on e3
    MAss Effect2

    Sorry Ps3 owners but ur console is not at xbox level...ahah "

    So what your saying is...

    Gran Tourismo 5 isnt going to fucking PWN Forza 3? LOL
    Alan Wake has not even proved to be anything of major interest yet, not from what I have seen.
    Splinter Cell is coming out on PS3
    Halo 3 Recon will be cool. I'll give you that
    N3 2?? WTF is this?
    Mass Effect 2 is now owned by EA...which gives it a huge chance of being made on PS3.

    and for the low point of your dumb post

    New Ip's at E3

    Are you fucking kidding?

    OMFG!

    New IP's....

    It's nice to know.. you looking forward to new IP's...

    Outside of Final Fantasy XIII how many new Ip's did MS announce at this years E3?

    hmmmm oh, that's right none.

    Your major announcement. Is that you are getting a PS3 game, 1 year later.

    Next year will be shit for MS.

    Dont kid yourself.

    PS3

    God of War 3
    Killzone 2
    Gran Tourismo 5

    They are 3 game of a many I am already looking forward to next year.

    Piss off you fucking troll.

    You couldnt even make a good call.

  • Les #277 3 years ago

    "You can't judge Youtube on the quality of video transmission, or the ease of video editing software - it misses the point. It's the *potential* being placed in user's hands that makes it work. LBP is the same. In fact, the rules of MMOs reviews should apply, because LBP will live or die based on the content the community comes up with (and I have every faith it will be spectacular). A re-review in a month or so would be in order."

    Exactly. Reviewing this 'game' is useless and no need to get worked up about (except for the wasted time, effort and internet bandwith).

  • Les #278 3 years ago

    Btw, the hysterical nutjobs that determine stockprices by reading the intestines of little piglets have decided that the European plan to battle the credit crisis might actally be good - for now - and stockprices in Asia have gone up. Maybe Armageddon isn't uppon us yet...

  • Les #279 3 years ago

    Oh and people that make hidden camera shows to 'show' that security is flawed, hoping to create political upheaval that will force the government to do something about it so that security specialists, besides stopping freaking criminals (and the occasional crazy terrorist - man if we could only kill religion) also have to focus their time and energy on keeping fucking journalists with hidden cameras out, thereby effectively reducing security, should be shot.

    These are things to get worked up about IMO...

  • Shrui #280 3 years ago

    Love the ignore poster function. Shaved the posts off by a hundred without really trying!

    The game is brilliant. Some have said Oli was overly harsh about the create tool. I disagreed with him at first but then I remembered my first bit of messing around and getting to grips with the mechanics of it. It's the only part of the game I feel isn't entirely accessible.

    But once up and running I had a basic level up and running in about an hour. And it was fun! But then thats me, not everyone will like this aspect of the game. When your presented with that big bare blue space and three million tools for the first time its a bit daunting. Once you play some levels, see how things are done and what is possible and most importantly that you can do whatever you want, then you really get into it.

    Felt the comment about the number of tools that would never be used was silly though, they are just tools and having lots means you've given the user the power to do what ever comes into their mind.

    Also it is (mostly) accessible to everyone, my girlfriend insisted on getting to sit and mess with it yesterday before the beta runs out and she loved it. Serious pouting going on when I said she'd have to wait until the 24th to play it!
    Edited by 1 at 13/10/08 @ 07:11

  • the_dudefather #281 3 years ago

    These comments are like the train that keeps on crashing

  • -TKF- #282 3 years ago

    How the fuck can you give games we have played a million times a 10 and a totally new experience only 9.

    I smell a turd... and it´s on your head.

  • bad09 #283 3 years ago

    Wow. Some people really need something else in their lives! "oh no it should be 10!!" "But, Halo got 10!" etc. Seriously, it's a game review guys, get laid!

    Anyway good review, but TBH the level of hype and articles EG gave LBP I always suspected 9 or 10 ;) Saw LBP again on TV again yesterday, I do like it but I still cannot see what the hype is. Maybe when I play the game I will seem more than a nice looking platformer.

    I'm just glad it's over, the overexposure of this game has been shocking!

    / waits for Sony to start over a year of hyping LBP2

  • drumbaby #284 3 years ago

    Certainly this is no Gears of Gaiden 3.

  • Widge #285 3 years ago

    Aw poor Oli, this is twice he's been flamed by my fellow shiny black box owners!

    Not sure whether to keep on with my Nariko pre-order or just get a bog standard Game one.

    Wish this had come out a few months earlier because its a bit chocka for games now. Still big shelf life on this bugger.

  • Daikon #286 3 years ago

    Where did all the retards come from?
    I must have put at least 20 morons on ignore today.

  • pjmaybe #287 3 years ago

    Joke of a review apart from the score.

  • Fab4 #288 3 years ago

    I was getting the game anyway, after getting into the beta, so I couldnt give a toss about the review. Although, 9/10 is probably fair. If only all 9/10 games (or higher) actually delivered the goods.

  • Xerx3s #289 3 years ago

    "yes i can confirm that Xerx3s is a cunt.i received this information from a reliable source .that source was xerx3s grandmother of course i had to pump her long and hard for the info and as difficult as that is to fathom it really wasn't that hard to do . i just hung a american flag over old grams head and did her for glory. ohh sure the old gal was dey as a bone but with a little KY and hershey chocolate syrup she was as slick as a water slide . now i know what you are going to say "avarice36 why not do his mother instead"? well the fact is if his mom wasn't in bed with the miami dolphins football team i would have done her first but aside from his grandmother only having one leg and false teeth she wasn't bad at all.if you would like to give her a try email me i will give you her phone#..thankyou..avarice36."

    Ow come on, you can do better than that!

  • spekkeh #290 3 years ago

    If all of these messageboards were destroyed,
    by a bomb, tenthousand pounds or greater,
    then nothing of value would be lost
    if I stumble out of the crater.

  • t8yman #291 3 years ago

    this thread is great, as someone else said - the perfect time to spruce up your ignore list. I have been guilty in the past of a little xbox fanboyism, but this takes it to a whole new level.

    I would have put money on a 9/10 anyway.

  • ManicDrunkMonk #292 3 years ago

    What we need is more 'joke' posts saying 9/10 is a poor score then revealing that actually the writer is the fount of all humour when they say "just kidding!"

    It's the joke that keeps on giving.

  • Les #293 3 years ago

    "360 and PS3 are both great systems with great games. People who can't see it (either way) are fools and losing out."

    Or they just don't enjoy shooters and driving games, couldn't care about HD, don't want RRoDs, want something they can play with friends or don't want anything to play at all because they have hobbies they enjoy more, etc., etc., etc. Different people, different interests.

    To all the people with low self esteem: The only opinion that matters is your own. Live by that and maybe you'll be happy...

  • Walcot #294 3 years ago

    Little Big Planet PS3 -> excuse of the editor mode for no 10/10

    Little Big Planet X360 -> TRIBUTE TO THE PLATAFORMS GAMES

    Look the manipulation of the comparation PS3 & X360 (Gametrailers and the comparatives of Okami, Assassins Creed or GRID) in the game "Pure" I'm not wait not good of Eurogamer

    PD: How trounght the columnist create scenario? with the power of the mind?

  • Retroid #295 3 years ago

    /Stabs all the fanboys (of either main format) to death

    And FOR FUCK'S SAKE will you wankers learn how to spell! >:(

  • Zebula77 #296 3 years ago

    Wow, the 'ignore poster' option is wonderful, innit? Reading through most of the comments here I'm convinced most gamers are morons. Well, the fanboy half of us, anyways. Man, I am sooo f***ing tired of you guys.

    Review is spot-on. LBP is a 9, and a very good one at that. I agree with the fact that it is very difficult to make cool levels, but I'm gonna put in the hours and make something really good. Just watch. :p

    Love the Sack people.

  • Xerx3s #297 3 years ago

    This thread delivers! :D

    "/Stabs all the fanboys (of either main format) to death"

    You know, for some reason I associated that with the lawnmower scene from Braindead. ;p

  • LeD #298 3 years ago

    Hmmm...

    The score almost had me rushing to a game shop to preorder it, but the review text left me wondering if this really is a game for me...

    As it stands, I'm wondering if Banjo Kazooie 3 will not be more adequate to fulfill my platforming and creating needs, seeing as it seems to sport huge levels to play around with, a structured story, and creation tools that will not overwhelm you with infinite depth.
    It could just be more fun to play with, so I think I'll wait for its review.

  • Bleh #299 3 years ago

    I give Oli a big applaud for making this review knowing that there will be a lot of "pro" and "cons" comments heading his way.

  • Demento41 #300 3 years ago

    Good to see all the retarded manboys concentrated in the thread.

  • Scimarad #301 3 years ago

    @Bleh

    That's one way of putting it, although that does make it sound like a reasoned debate rather than thread armageddon. I've got not issue with this review at all, I do still have an issue with the Halo 3, GTA4 and MGS4 ones, though.
    Edited by 1 at 13/10/08 @ 08:41

  • Les #302 3 years ago

    "No game is a 10, but you honor the team for they did right, LBP should be right up there with Mario Galaxy, Halo 3 (which I thought wasn't that great) etc etc...There's just no excuse, especially when most of the gripes could be fixed with downloadable content."

    If they'd given it a 10 it would have meant it was as mind numbingly bad as Oblivion which surely can't be the point... ;)

    Scores can be compared, games can't. Which just goes to show how utterly useless scores are from an information POV.

  • dr_faulk #303 3 years ago

    I've just read through the first page of comments, and I'm ashamed. I'm all on the 360 bandwagon - definitely the console of choice, I think - but jeez, give the PS3 a rest! Think of that N64 you held onto over a PS1. Remember that? Yeah. Relax.

  • Darren #304 3 years ago

    Due to a few "moronic" individuals on the first two pages of this comments section who felt the need to turn this into a console war AGAIN (yawn!), it has put me off reading the other 300 odd comments. Shame and shame on them.

    I'll just say that the game sounds great from the EG review, there are some flaws but hopefully they'll be addressed via patches over a period of time. I see no reason to change my pre-order... LBP sounds like a lot of fun... roll on 24th October! :)

  • Yaster #305 3 years ago

    With a great game like this PS3 has this winter sewn up :D

  • LeD #306 3 years ago

    "Scores can be compared, games can't. Which just goes to show how utterly useless scores are from an information POV."

    Well said.

  • TheFamousKevin #307 3 years ago

    This is the greatest thread ever, reckon after I've finished hitting ignore the only posts I'll have left are the ones that say 'I love hitting the ignore button in this thread'.

    From what I played of the beta I thought the review was fair, but I think that it is only right to respond to the criticisms from my play of the beta, if only because it stands out from pretty much every game mentioned in the thread (Halo 3, Gears, Bioshock, MGS4 etc) in terms of scope, art, play style etc. I found that truly refreshing (I'm trying to say 'I'm glad it is a game where you don't need to go killing without upsetting the Xbots)

    1. I did get used to the z-axis thing very very quickly (after about 30 minutes) and it didn't bother me after that. The first time I played I really struggled with it, but when I came back to the game it was suddenly a non-issue and I didn't think about it.

    2. I'd also add that this is a game that has had three pages of comparison to some of the greatest games ever made - comparing level design to Nintendo's classics is something that few modern Nintendo games would live with. If that wasn't enough, it set itself the task of a level creator that will satisfy a hardcore that will create an actual working calculator (that level is amazing) and will allow any idiot to make a clean, working level in 25 minutes. The fact that it doesn't quite succeed on either of these things means it is understandable to give a 9/10, but sets the bar for 10/10 really really high.

    At the end of the day, before you read this review you'll have a pretty good idea what you think of the game because of everything surrounding it - if you're thinking about spending £300 on a PS3 then you'll probably have done a bit more research than waiting for an EG review and deciding that after the game gets 9/10 instead you'll can go away, play Gears 2 and eat some sweets. This is a game that everyone who plays it will enjoy immensely. That's surely enough.

  • menage #308 3 years ago

    I loved the beta, I will be buying this day one. I'll admit that it wasn't easy creating something, but I disagree it wasn't fun. Now I can design shit from the couch, which is nice. 9/10 seems spot on. It has room for improvements.

    @dr faulk

    100% agreed. I own both, slight prefenrence to 360, but all those juvenile fanboys can eat a dick as far as I'm concerned. I'm ashamed to be gamer sometimes.
    Edited by 1 at 13/10/08 @ 08:56

  • McGeeza #309 3 years ago

    I think that the regulars who are getting annoyed by the retarded comments need to remember that they are probably mostly being made by 13 year old virgins who think that videogaming is the most important thing in their lives...











    PS: Halo 3 was a bit shit ;)

  • spekkeh #310 3 years ago

    "I'm all on the 360 bandwagon - definitely the console of choice, I think - but jeez, give the PS3 a rest! Think of that N64 you held onto over a PS1. Remember that? Yeah. Relax."

    Lol, these people weren't even born then.

  • dl77 #311 3 years ago

    Can someone please translate the comments by Nickjc1 & JYM60 for me, I'm afraid I don't speak virgin.

  • #312 3 years ago

    The comments on this game make me want to burn my 360 and my ps3 and disconnect the internet forever. So many retards, not enough bullets.

  • curtlikesmeat #313 3 years ago

    Since there's a lot of whinging, I think out of all the scores mentioned the only one that was a mistake was Halo 3 which was clearly mediocre (nowhere near something like The Orange Box). MGS 4 score was appropriate, this seems the same.

    Being a 360 owner this is the only PS3 game I'd like to see on the 360, three cheers for originality and progression!

  • Tallon4 #314 3 years ago

    Christ....this is my first post on this board and I'm amazed.
    I thought this was eurogamer...where serious gamers used to meet.
    Not a community of some total morons and asswhipes shouting.....
    Fighting like a bunch of little children over a 9/10, 10/10 5/ 10
    Lol.

    Enjoy your PS3, 360 , Wii of whatever!
    But do not trash another console or games that you don't like

    I think it's simple...If you don't like the game , just so and after that STFU.
    And hell, I'm from Holland and I thought that some of Dutch people on those boards where dumb...guess I was wong.

  • Triggerhappytel #315 3 years ago

    @ squarejawhero -

    "Just saying. Plus, it's like 640x480 res upscaled to 1080p? That sucks. I'm going to wait for it to come out on Xbox - it's only a matter of time, because it'll flop so hard it'll make Sarah Palin look like a genuine Malaysian."

    Please oh please say you are joking, because if not this is one of the most idiotic comments I've read all year.

    This game is about as likely to flop as Fable 2 is.

  • Triggerhappytel #316 3 years ago

    @ Tallon4 -

    "Christ....this is my first post on this board and I'm amazed.
    I thought this was eurogamer...where serious gamers used to meet.
    Not a community of some total morons and asswhipes shouting.....
    Fighting like a bunch of little children over a 9/10, 10/10 5/ 10"

    Hey Tallon, once you've spent a bit of time here you'll learn that there are plenty of sensible members, but there are also lots of fanboys and idiots who ruin it - the 'ignore' button comes in very useful :D.

    Every exclusive big game like this attracts dickheads arguing one way or the other, usually those with an absurd console manufacturer loyalty. The next game likely to attract this level of idiocy will be Gears 2, I suspect.

    Welcome to the site though!

  • Xerx3s #317 3 years ago

    "If they'd given it a 10 it would have meant it was as mind numbingly bad as Oblivion which surely can't be the point... ;) "

    teehee! If all games where as 'bad' as oblivion, I'd only have to buy 3 or 4 games each generation as it just topped the 1200 hours playtime yesterday. Role on this generation of 'mind numbing games'!

  • 7creature #318 3 years ago

    So had it been dumbed down to Spore level, it would get 10/10?
    Edited by 1 at 13/10/08 @ 09:30

  • Xerx3s #319 3 years ago

    "I think that the regulars who are getting annoyed by the retarded comments need to remember that they are probably mostly being made by 13 year old virgins who think that videogaming is the most important thing in their lives..."

    I OBJECT! Wait, how did you know?!

    /dons tin foil hat

  • #320 3 years ago

    @Tallon, big reviews attract an influx of retards on this site as does the beta key give aways. EG really need a tighter moderation system, one hit and your out but i guess page hits is where its at.


    welcome to the site.
    Edited by 1 at 13/10/08 @ 09:23

  • gtmacc #321 3 years ago

    9/10 isn't a bad score, it fully deserves it, has a few slight flaws but overall is a fun game to play. as a true gamer i can look past the cute graphics and play the game for what it is, fun and enjoyable!

  • AOFanboi #322 3 years ago

    The people calling LBP "gay" should think about their fetish for watching manly muscular men in uniforms running around being all macho and shit... except the ones who wisely chose the casual or Viva Piñata routes instead of brown shooters.

    That said, a lot of the Xbots in the thread seem to think that the XBox 360 "beats" the PS3 just because of Halo 3's score. What about over-hyped exclusives like Too Human? What are the chances Fable II and Alan Wake are going to disappoint too? What will you say then, when PS3 owners are having FUN making and playing levels in LBP while you are sweating, gritting your teeth as you snarl "it... is... on... 360... so... it... must... be... good!"

    Ah, well.

  • Xerx3s #323 3 years ago

    Yeah, I have to say. Played a bit of both now and as a PC gamer I have to admit: I don't see where all the praise for spore is coming from. The idea was nice but I thought that the execution was left wanting. LBP was much more enjoyable imo. Obviously spore isn't bad but in terms of entertainment I can see this having a much better appeal.

  • Dizzy #324 3 years ago

    Wow seems I am late to the party.

    Why this bitching over a 9? 9 is awesome score... and seriously, getting a 9 with a platform construction kit is no mean feat, usually "construction" kits are very mediocre. The fact that LBP manages to have a 9/10 platform experience is very impressive. All credits go to MM... good job guys. I hope it will do well!

  • peteb #325 3 years ago

    @Troglodyte

    And Wii Play was more successful than CoD4. What's your point?

  • Xerx3s #326 3 years ago

    On a more serious note: I think some sort of post voting system/preferred poster would be nice. Post below a certain grade will not be visible unless clicked on and post above a certain rating will be more visible. I think that EG will prevent a lot of trolling in threads like Halo 3 or this one in the future.

    I must say, I see a lot of posters that have trolled certain games in the past that are now moaning about trolling. The GoW and H3 threads spring to mind.

    Seriously though, EG, implement a system like the one above on the forum and here and it will make this a better place. Obviously that would result in normal discussions thus not so much page hits which is why it won't happen. :(

  • #327 3 years ago

    Highlight of the review for me, EG seems to genuinely like LBP as much as classics like Mario etc.

    But mostly, we're just happy to see a flagship game for a modern system that's about running from left to right and jumping over things. New ideas are great, great old ideas are better, and LittleBigPlanet has both: it's the future and the past of videogames, rolled into one.

  • StooMonster #328 3 years ago

    Why do subjective reviews of intangible media have numeric scores attached to them?

    Does reviews of other entertainment media score on a percentage basis? e.g. Star Wars versus The Dark Knight, which is the 92% and which the 93%. Percentage based scores are pathetic and probably evolved from the target audience being school children who are marked in their exams that way.

    Even the scale of 1 to 10 is pretty rubbish, as most results are statistically clustered between 7 and 9; although Eurogamer and EDGE magazine use a wider spread than most.

    What's wrong with a review scale of: must buy, buy if you like this kind of thing, rent only, avoid?

  • FooAtari #329 3 years ago

    Just read the first three pages of this thread.

    Very disturbing. I wonder how some of these people function on a day to day basis...

    Ok time to name and shame those I have ignored so far;

    hy4000uk
    NickJC1
    Avarice36
    JYM60
    AOFanboi
    Edited by 1 at 13/10/08 @ 09:44

  • Eighthours #330 3 years ago

    Good review. The mileage of this game is going to be absolutely tremendous - it's just a shame that MM couldn't quite nail the controls, which is a curious oversight. I suspect that had the controls been as tight as they should have been, this would have got the 10.

  • muscleblade #331 3 years ago

    Nice review. Very surprised that a PS3 game scores that high. Well there will be at least 5 games scoring 9 or higher for the 360 in the coming two months so i dont have the time to play this anyway.

  • Psiloc #332 3 years ago

    FIRST!

    Wait...

  • stevethemeat #333 3 years ago

    I always thought that 9 was a great score, yet we have ps3 owners pissing about a shit review and bias towards the 360, and 360 owners laughing at how shit a game it is.



  • Painyboi #334 3 years ago

    Awesome review, looking forward to the full game :)

  • DrR0b3rts #335 3 years ago

    Blimey Charlie, is the Eurogamer Expo going to be like a live version of this thread?

  • loop7 #336 3 years ago

    "What's wrong with a review scale of: must buy, buy if you like this kind of thing, rent only, avoid? "

    It repeats the flaws you state only on a scale of 1-4 rather than 1-10

  • Avaloner #337 3 years ago

    Who let the fanboys out?

    You cannot compare this to Halo 3. They are two different game genres. I have been following EG for some time and this is the only time I really feel that the comments need to be moderated. There is so much spam and crap in here. Its amazing.

  • saku_luk #338 3 years ago

    I would really really love to get this on day 1, but there is also Valkyria Chronicles coming and I can buy only 1 extra game before december boom :( and Valkyria needs more love since its 3rd party exclusive damn it!

  • CannonAnBall #339 3 years ago

    I read the first page and can't believe some of the fucktard comments I was reading. I got bored of hitting the ignore button to be honest like a few other people.

    What this thread does prove is that anything with "PS3" and "review" will attract ALOT of attention. That 9 must have hurt. 9 is a cracking score.

  • deathdealer619 #340 3 years ago

    NickJC1 put this...


    So no 10/10 eh?, Halo 3 is still better. MGS4 was a big old flop, and so is the "other" big PS3 game of 2008. 2008 Year of the PS3...lol, the game is a flop, it's official.

    For all the PS3 fans that will post after this message I say this to you. Better luck in 2009, Xbox 360 beat you down and made you cry in 2008. FFXIII goes to 360, Tekken 6 goes to 360. MGS4 and LBP flop on the only review site that matters. Gears of war 2 will show you how to reach the high scores you dream of every night while you stroke your Blu-ray thingy,

    I'm off to bed, this score is going to keep my smiling all day tomorrow, why?, because Halo 3 scored better. Every one of your tears makes me smile PS3 owners, so cry , cry like you've never cried over a review score before. Remember all the nights you looked at LBP , getting your hopes up for a good game. Well now those hopes and dreams are gone so tell us how it feels.Think of how butt hurt you are right now, let it all out PS3 owners,

    so much floppage, this will not end well

    You are an ass mate, halo 3 was poor, gears is overated Little big planet scored a 9 you prick, thats a good score, 10/10 would mean perfection.
    Every review is subjective and down to personal opinion, and for the record I have all three next gen machines so I am not biased to either but you do sound like a complete twat to be fair.
    And no matter what console you own I wish the gaming world was rid of people like you, I bet you play world of warcraft aswell you sound like that type of geek.

  • DFawkes #341 3 years ago

    I think people are forgetting the vital issue here, does it have motorbikes (I forget the "proper" spelling, sorry)?

    The answer is yes, since you can build them. Instant 10/10, the same as any game that has (or can potentially have), and I shall do this once ever so don't miss it, |V|070R81|

  • chrisjm #342 3 years ago

    why so many comments, im not going to even read them. HAHAHA.

    not enough to make me buy a ps3 (yet), but if i ever get one this will be the must have for it

  • miiiguel #343 3 years ago

    It does seems like a lovely game for those into the machinima stuff. Still, I do continue to find funny the segregation promoted by "Sony lifestyle" fans, when I truly believe Resistance 2 will sell more and will have more ppl playing after 3 months than LBP.
    It doesn't really matter how hard you try to claim PS3-only gamers are diferent..., they're still human beings, after all.

  • Darren #344 3 years ago

    @deathdealer619 - If you use the Ignore Poster button then people like NickJC1 no longer exist as far as your EG experience goes, which is surely a more humane thing to thing to do than wishing the world was rid of them? ;)

  • Widge #345 3 years ago

    NickJC1 is not an ass. He is a sock. Do not even enter into dialogue because it is futile.

  • Darren #346 3 years ago

    So a question to people who've played the beta... how easy/hard is it to make a level for LBP? Is it really a time-consuming affair as EG suggest? Are there any options to, say, auto-generate certain things so you can tweak and use those?

  • J.C #347 3 years ago

    The videos of this just left me cold. its a non seller imo.

  • Yossarian #348 3 years ago

    So no 10/10 eh?, Halo 3 is still better. MGS4 was a big old flop, and so is the "other" big PS3 game of 2008. 2008 Year of the PS3...lol, the game is a flop, it's official.

    For all the PS3 fans that will post after this message I say this to you. Better luck in 2009, Xbox 360 beat you down and made you cry in 2008. FFXIII goes to 360, Tekken 6 goes to 360. MGS4 and LBP flop on the only review site that matters. Gears of war 2 will show you how to reach the high scores you dream of every night while you stroke your Blu-ray thingy,

    I'm off to bed, this score is going to keep my smiling all day tomorrow, why?, because Halo 3 scored better. Every one of your tears makes me smile PS3 owners, so cry , cry like you've never cried over a review score before. Remember all the nights you looked at LBP , getting your hopes up for a good game. Well now those hopes and dreams are gone so tell us how it feels.Think of how butt hurt you are right now, let it all out PS3 owners,

    so much floppage, this will not end well.

  • SeesThroughAll #349 3 years ago

    I liked to read the review.

    While I don't agree with everything, it mostly came out as I expected it to.
    Great fun, if a bit flawed, indeed. A 9/10 is indeed spot on.

    I also agree that EG should make tighter moderation. This comments thread is full of bitter XBots and overly defensive people.

  • Machetazo #350 3 years ago

    Seems like a fair and frank review to me. From my time with it, I can definitely understand the reviewer's opinion. A good review, here. A 10 would only be chowder for the fanboys anyway, as opposed to a valid account of the game.

  • Azazel #351 3 years ago

    This thread is a cluster-fuck of retardation.

  • firm3d #352 3 years ago

    I concur that these comments make a good argument for censorship. For shame!

  • BillyBrush #353 3 years ago

    The game sounds very good...i imagine it will be a hit rather than a flop

  • evaluna #354 3 years ago

    @NickJC1:
    I was in the store the other day & I saw they had named a bread after you. Then I looked again and realised it actually said "Thick Cut".

  • TurboBailey #355 3 years ago

    Reviews should be released during the working day - when all the kids are at school - that way we might be able to discuss a games merits!! 9/10 is a great score. COD4 got a 9 and ive played that shit loads for almost a year - hopefully this will be the same.


    Edited by 1 at 13/10/08 @ 10:28

  • Tallon4 #356 3 years ago

    @ Azazel.

    You're damn right. Welcome to the underworld.
    First thread I've ever commented on
    And it's just pathetic

    This was my second and last reply on this topic.
    I gonnaleave enjoy my games and leave you all
    to finish eachother off.

    I salute you...or like the Dutch say: Tot ziens :p

  • viper_h #357 3 years ago

    So no 10/10 eh?, Halo 3 is still better. MGS4 was a big old flop, and so is the "other" big PS3 game of 2008. 2008 Year of the PS3...lol, the game is a flop, it's official.

    For all the PS3 fans that will post after this message I say this to you. Better luck in 2009, Xbox 360 beat you down and made you cry in 2008. FFXIII goes to 360, Tekken 6 goes to 360. MGS4 and LBP flop on the only review site that matters. Gears of war 2 will show you how to reach the high scores you dream of every night while you stroke your Blu-ray thingy,

    I'm off to bed, this score is going to keep my smiling all day tomorrow, why?, because Halo 3 scored better. Every one of your tears makes me smile PS3 owners, so cry , cry like you've never cried over a review score before. Remember all the nights you looked at LBP , getting your hopes up for a good game. Well now those hopes and dreams are gone so tell us how it feels.Think of how butt hurt you are right now, let it all out PS3 owners,

    so much floppage, this will not end well.

    /bandwagon

  • iago71 #358 3 years ago

    Really dont know which Im going to play more when I get Fable and LBP next week..... Im looking forward to both..... Seems there is an awful amount of hostility on here btw..... Shame.

    Exactly how old are some of the people on here????? This is a good review and it states that the game is great yet people are using it as an excuse to hurl mud around implying that its shit ( the game not the mud!).... Come on people....

    I must say that the review comments on sticky control is a bit of a worry though.

    P.S. Since when was it the case that a game had to receive a 10 to be a credible game? I recall a time that that accolade was reserved only for absolute perfection and mould breaking innovation. 9 was always considered great. If everything gets a 10 then how are we to make informed decisions on what we flash our cash for ???
    Edited by 1 at 13/10/08 @ 11:18

  • Beano #359 3 years ago

    The review claim that there's only 20 story levels in the game... Is this correct?

  • Tejstar #360 3 years ago

    Great review. After playing the beta, it was nice to see that I wasn't the only one who found the three planes of movement frustrating. I do think they should have stuck to two as moving in and out of the screen can sometimes be very imprecise. Personally, I never planned on creating any levels myself as 1) I don't have the time or patience and 2) even if I did it probably wouldn't be any good anyway! Even with Spore I got bored very quickly with creating a creature and it's not something that makes a game for me.

    Luckily it seems that those that do have the skill/time will be keeping the game alive for a long time. Really looking to get this myself, the best thing I liked about the beta was the charming level design (& Sackboy of course) but also the amount of fun to be had in local multiplayer.

  • Beano #361 3 years ago

    The review claim that there's only 20 story levels in the game... Is this correct?

    Or did EG review a unfinished version?...


    (Sorry for the double post)
    Edited by 1 at 13/10/08 @ 10:44

  • SaitanMar #362 3 years ago

    Good Review and a fair score. The controls can be fixed and Media Molecule have already said there going to.

    BUT! did he say it's hard to create things? it's super easy and it would have been boring with one layer instead of three. LBP is easy to create great levels, I did it and I suck at those things.
    Edited by 1 at 13/10/08 @ 10:47

  • degville #363 3 years ago

    @Darren I thought it was great fun (Create) however creating a level that can stand up to peer review and have no bugs etc. is not going to be easy - but if nothing else it shows the populace in general how difficult making games that appeal to people is, not that it will change the way most of them think...

  • Beano #364 3 years ago

    "No, there are 50 levels..."

    That's what I head also... but the review claims only 20 levels?

    Eurogamer: Did you review the full and finished game or what's going on here??

  • Stoatboy #365 3 years ago

    re: "I concur that these comments make a good argument for censorship. For shame!"

    They make a better case for a rigorous policy of sterilisation, or preferably euthanasia.

  • Darren #366 3 years ago

    Thanks for the reply, degville. :)

  • myke6699 #367 3 years ago

    LBP is essentially very hard game to rate- how great this game can be is entirely up to your creativity. I don't know how creative this reviewer is but lke he said this game can be whatevere you happen to put in it. So a 9/10 is a fair number although a number in a game like this is as arbitrary as scoring a talent show. On the other hand the comments show the complete deterioration of human civilzation and that is really sad.

  • #368 3 years ago

    I love to see the ages of peeps in this comments section. Some people really need to grow up and remember loyalty to a corp is only one sided.

  • Rev.StuartCampbell #369 3 years ago

    A summary of what I gleaned from that three-page review and these comments:

    - there is jumping in it.
    - it's not as good as Yoshi's Island.
    - the graphics are lovely.
    - the controls are rather bad.
    - you play in three planes.
    - the level editor is a horrible chore to use.
    - despite this, some dedicated people have created lots of fun user levels.
    - nobody under the age of 21 should be allowed to use the internet.
    - 9/10!

  • HardCoreGamer999 #370 3 years ago

    ps3 need a good score with this game. Less than 9/10 would be average for this hyped game
    for me it is a buy

  • beckyh #371 3 years ago

    I came here to comment on the good review but ended up reading the comments and how awful they are.

    Perhaps it is about time Eurogamer took some responsibility for the content on their site and hired some moderators to clear out the shit. There is no community feel here, just a slagfest and it ruins the whole experience.

  • mingster #372 3 years ago

    How the fuck can you have inprecise jumping on a platform game.
    Pixel perfect jumping has been around since manic miner on the speccy (or even before)
    how can timing be off for a platformer that is a sin.

  • _Morpheus_ #373 3 years ago

    eurogamer please do something about the people who flame and go crazy over other peoples preferred platforms first of all.

    second since when was 9/10 a bad score? no game deserves 10 out of 10 since we all know that every game has something we dont like about it.

    overall good review, great score, and from what I have played great game.

    hopefully gears 2, fable 2 and resistance 2 score just as good so we can have a great november/december.
    Edited by 1 at 13/10/08 @ 11:24

  • RGAires #374 3 years ago

    So many xbox comment´s on a PS3 game... are you afraid xbox fanboy´s!? go and comment your games, Ralos...

    GO GO GO

  • spudsbuckley #375 3 years ago

    So what's this game actually about?

    I've read a bit about it and still can't figure it out.

  • AusFreelancer #376 3 years ago


    Postumo - "i don't want to waste my life making levels like crazy. I'd rather create some kind of youtube series with oblivion's editor"

    LLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!! Funniest quote of the entire thread!!! Seriously made this completely deplorable comments thead a worthwhile read!

    I honestly think EG as a site has lost its high stature, not because of this getting a 9, or MGS getting an 8. Moreso GTA4 getting a 10 (completely undeserved IMO more like a 7, still good though), Halo 3 never played - won't comment. Even moreso, the stupid faceoff series that just sucks up the lowest common denominator in both fanbases and spits 'em out into the spotlight (why now? they were never in the PS2/Xbox gen). As well as the debacle that was the Shuhei Yoshida interview. I hope for EG's sake money is not changing hands for review scores, you'll be left with the stink thats in this comments thread.

  • Widge #377 3 years ago

    its about platforming
    its about creation
    its about platforming in your creation
    its about platforming in others
    its about platforming in the pre-built story mode



    I took a 3 year long course on LBP to get my head around this concept.

  • butler` #378 3 years ago

    The funny thing is,spudsbuckley, I've just read every word of the review, and neither am I.

    Oh wait it's EG's policy of not writing buyer's guides, which basically surmounts to a steaming great pile of NGJ bullshit.

  • bitesize #379 3 years ago


    excellent thread everyone, you should all be proud of yourselves - especially those who have shagged other posters' mums. well done you.

  • iago71 #380 3 years ago

    I heartily agree with the people suggesting EG starts moderating. This thread is an embarrassment.

  • jack_klugman #381 3 years ago

    its about platforming
    its about creation
    its about platforming in your creation
    its about platforming in others
    its about platforming in the pre-built story mode

    In summary:

    Its about creating platforms!

    Pfft. Transport Tycoon was doing that ten years ago.

  • CHAZBIGPOTATO #382 3 years ago

    I only own an xbox 360 but this game looks great

  • KreyAtiv #383 3 years ago

    Granted it takes a while to get used to positioning items without having them fall to the ground when you unpause it if the Beta is anything to go by. But once you figure it out it shouldn't be a problem.
    Some shortcuts to get to items would be good, but once you remember where the item you want to use is located its just a quick press of the buttons to get to it so it isn't that big of a deal.
    Looking forward to playing the full game. I also enjoyed Stephen Fry's voice work as he guided you through the controls and how the various items work with his comedy comments.

  • harzo #384 3 years ago

    I own a 360, will never ever buy PS3, but I must say this game looks superb and I am jealous...

  • TheNinkyNonk #385 3 years ago

    Whilst I echo the reviewers sentiments and commend Sony for putting so much faith in something so quirky, as a gaming experience, it leaves me colder than a dead dog's nose.

  • BadByte #386 3 years ago

    @SaitanMar: I think the reviewer skipped the creation tool videos, the beta had almost a video for every tool showing one how to use it.

  • Vedfolner #387 3 years ago

    Jamen Jesus, hvad er I for nogle pattebørn!?

  • chris_ace #388 3 years ago

    Post deleted at 11:55:13 13-12-2011

  • septimus #389 3 years ago

    A great comment thread for ignoring 360 fanboy f***wits. 467 posts, but I can only see about 400. Goes to show really.

    9/10 is better than I was expecting to be honest.

  • Widge #390 3 years ago

    @KreyAtiv

    You can heart your favourite stuff to access it quickly

    and JACK KLUGMAN you cheeky man.

  • Beano #391 3 years ago

    A repost... We really need an answer to this...

    "No, there are 50 levels..."

    That's what I head also... but the review claims only 20 levels?

    Eurogamer: Did you review the full and finished game or what's going on here??

  • woodnotes #392 3 years ago

    Just read over at Kotaku that Sony are looking at pulling the plug on the PS3 after this review score.

  • rotmm #393 3 years ago

    @woodnotes,

    They'be already taken it out of production and firebombed the factories.

  • Les #394 3 years ago

    "467 posts, but I can only see about 400. Goes to show really."

    Man, you still have some work to do (or have different tolerance levels than I have), I can only see a little over 300. Maybe EG should make ignore lists shareable...

  • Les #395 3 years ago

    "Eurogamer: Did you review the full and finished game or what's going on here??"

    No, they say so in the review (last sentence of penultimate paragraph of page 2). If you want the scoop, something's gotta give... ;)

  • JYM60 #396 3 years ago

    PS3 needs more quality stuff like this [link url=http://www.smoothharold.com/uploaded_images/halo3swa gbag.jpg
    ]http://ww w.smoothharold.com/uploaded_ima...[/link]

    That is why halo gets 10s. Great game with great products. The sony guys don't understand how to do 10s. Sack mens aren't 10s. Shotting and saving the planet is a 10.
    Edited by 1 at 13/10/08 @ 12:28

  • jack_klugman #397 3 years ago

    @Widge:

    Rar.

  • Dizzy #398 3 years ago

    "A great comment thread for ignoring 360 fanboy f***wits. 467 posts, but I can only see about 400. Goes to show really. "

    I can see 419.. so there are some serious PS3 fanboys in here as well ;)

  • dirigiblebill #399 3 years ago

    "Eurogamer: Did you review the full and finished game or what's going on here??"

    No, they say so in the review (last sentence of penultimate paragraph of page 2). If you want the scoop, something's gotta give... ;)

    To be fair I think Oli was referring to the compulsory story levels, rather than optional speed challenges and such. You unlock the latter by finding keys in the compulsory levels.

  • IneptPercy #400 3 years ago

    Whats going on here?

    9/10 so should be good, but not my type of game so won't bother.

    Meanwhile Dead Space has got 7/10 but does seem my type of game so I will bother.

    Come on people ratings are completely subjective to what you think of a genre to begin with, to me 6-7/10 in a genre I like is usually good. 10/10 in a genre I don't like is still rubbish.

    This is all my opinion and therefore can't be right or wrong, you can agree or disagree as much as you like, we are all different and all like different games, live with it.

  • madgerald Verified Studio Head of PR & Marketing, Colossal Games LTD #401 3 years ago

    Paint me "officially excited" about this - been waiting an age for it; less than 2 weeks left to wait.

  • MightyMouse #402 3 years ago

    This just in: 'ironic' posts get old too.

  • Pac-man-ate-my-wife #403 3 years ago

    Irony doesn't mean acting like a trolling nobhead, no matter what your intentions behind the post.

    This thread is full of far too many nobheads whether they be ironic or not.

    Anyhow, this looks great and is one of the few games that has me excited about the PS3.

  • presh #404 3 years ago

    This is the first comments thread which has actively made me hit the 'ignore' button - I mean, I expect some degree of intellectual drivel when a game is as hyped as this, but this effort byt the internet's collective idiots has been impressive.

    I wonder if, when these rabid fanboys actually get to have sex, they'll lie there afterwards and go "well, that was good - maybe a 9/10 shag - but not as good as Halo".

    FFS get some f**king perspective people!

  • spudsbuckley #405 3 years ago

    So it's a platform game with a level editor then? I'm confused 0_0

    Not saying that's a bad thing. Think i need a demo or something :D

  • CallousB #406 3 years ago


    From what I've seen it has great graphics,physics..amazing creation options..but I have yet to see any gameplay footage that really excites me in regards to it being able to make a really great game.

    Hype wise this feels very GTA4 ish to me...almost a desperation among some reviewers/gamers to convince the world that this is the second coming.

    I can see this getting the same kind of backlash eventually.

  • Shrui #407 3 years ago

    @Darren enquiring how easy to create

    I went into it and made up a basic little level to just try out the different mechanics and switches. Almost every tool has its own great tutorial (all narrated by Fry) and I spent the first couple of hours going through each of them getting more excited about all the stuff they give you to use.

    Then I got into actually making a level, this is pretty daunting. Your given a HUGE blank canvas and as you start to place things you start to understand the mechanics. Once your used to that its a joy. There are some templates with a level pretty much drawn out, just needs items and traps and stuff added in to play with the tools.

    I created a second quick level that had a large rotating disk with its own levels inside it. Was based on doodle I did in a meeting. Took all of an hour or so to build and test to plug the gaps in it. When you do finish a level that works you feel very chuffed!


    The rest of the beta time I spent playing other levels (we didn't know then levels were being kept so didn't want to invest too much time in something I would lose) to see what everyone else was doing. Some amazing stuff there already and some stuff where you can see what they were trying to do but hadn't tested or planned properly. Gives you plenty of ideas to test yourself.

    *edit: so to answer, its easy to use in terms of the tools, the mechanics and the niggles here and there to get past could be frustrating. Take some time though to mess with these and then you'll find you can do just about anything REAL easy. Worth looking at the little tutorial videos in EurogamerTV as well.
    Edited by 1 at 13/10/08 @ 13:46

  • zippie151 #408 3 years ago

    WTF guys!? Since when did a review really matter? It got a fuckin 9!! Blatently obviously sommin is up when halo 3 gets a 10 (still cant stop laughing bout tht) but tht up to EG after all they are writing the damn thing. I'm currently playing beta it is just plain old fun, fukin amazing in actual fact. And no game should get 10/10 anyways so all those tht do u know are gonna be mediocre at best.

  • Azazel #409 3 years ago

    Am I the only person who really cannot stand these better than Halo, not as good as, as good as Halo comments?

    Thou art not alone brother. Some people have been ploughing that particular furrow longer than I've been ploughing their mums.

  • Yossarian #410 3 years ago

    So no 10/10 eh?, Halo 3 is still better. MGS4 was a big old flop, and so is the "other" big PS3 game of 2008. 2008 Year of the PS3...lol, the game is a flop, it's official.

    For all the PS3 fans that will post after this message I say this to you. Better luck in 2009, Xbox 360 beat you down and made you cry in 2008. FFXIII goes to 360, Tekken 6 goes to 360. MGS4 and LBP flop on the only review site that matters. Gears of war 2 will show you how to reach the high scores you dream of every night while you stroke your Blu-ray thingy,

    I'm off to bed, this score is going to keep my smiling all day tomorrow, why?, because Halo 3 scored better. Every one of your tears makes me smile PS3 owners, so cry , cry like you've never cried over a review score before. Remember all the nights you looked at LBP , getting your hopes up for a good game. Well now those hopes and dreams are gone so tell us how it feels.Think of how butt hurt you are right now, let it all out PS3 owners,

    so much floppage, this will not end well.

  • bonker #411 3 years ago

    Well I haven't bothered reading any of the bleating by you load of wankers but the review and score seem fair and I'm glad that the PS3 *finally* has a title worth shouting about.

    When's the Fable II review then?! :)

  • dirigiblebill #412 3 years ago

    Why do people keep quoting Mr Floppage?

  • Slamori #413 3 years ago

    And again Eurogamer gives a PS3 game a score that is to low. (and this is coming from a multi platform gamer)
    Edited by 1 at 13/10/08 @ 14:12

  • NickJC1 #414 3 years ago

    This comments section has provided me with a great amount of grade A bitter tears from Sony fans but I need MOAR!!! , why you ask. Well they fuel my green Xbot heart. Just as you need Rice crispies in the morning before you go to school, I need PS3 fans bitter tears to make me snap crackle and pop every day.

    Keep it up kids, we will reach 2000 posts soon enough and my cup of bitter lol tears shall runneth over.
    Edited by 1 at 13/10/08 @ 14:13

  • dirigiblebill #415 3 years ago

    I reckon Nick's a regular pretending to be a dickhole. Those crazy cats, eh?

  • peterv #416 3 years ago

    When you first use create mode it is a little overwhelming,but by working within your own limits it is still fun to use.
    Using templates,obtained vehicles and other objects allowed even the most cack-handed player like me to create something.

  • NickJC1 #417 3 years ago

    500 bitter tears

  • InvaderSpluge #418 3 years ago

    "Sack mens aren't 10s."

    That's beautiful.

  • browns #419 3 years ago

    Whoever's bitching about the 9/10 is an idiot.
    Good review, haven't played the beta yet, and still planning on buying a PS3 for this.
    God of War next.. Ico project.. nice!

  • miiiguel #420 3 years ago

    390 post out of 400 are ppl bashing each other. It ranges from the usual flame bait to the "oooh I'm so inteligent I ignore everyone!, hey look, I'm talking to myself, everyone is a moron but me!".
    The game doesn't realy matter does it.

    What game is it, anyway ?

  • ronuds #421 3 years ago

    "Especially when LBP goes on to sell 15 million copies worldwide and makes the Ps3 the defacto winer of this gen."

    lol

    Wow!

  • metalnut #422 3 years ago

    An ambitious and original game is great but not perfect? Shock!

    All the PS3 fans saying it should have got a 10 - don't be an arse. 10 mean's 'perfect', and IMO no game should really get a 10, ever.

    All the 360 fans gloating that it didn't get a 10 - actually the fact it scored so well while trying something completely new is something to be admired, not ridiculed. You're arses too.

    At the end of the day, scores don't matter anyway. All that matters is if *you* like a game. No-one else matters, and neither to silly numbers that try to encapsulate an evaluation far too complicated to ever be captured in 1 dimension.

  • Vic #423 3 years ago

    "Not as good as Halo".

    But better than GOW :D.

  • StooMonster #424 3 years ago

    loop7: It doesn't really repeat, even if it was numeric 1-4 the granularity is reduced from 1-100 which is useless, also compared to 1-10 which is still ridiculous; however, these positions are subjective and not numbers. More like film, theatre, music, car and other reviews are done -- why do computer/video game related reviews trying and quantify numerically with such precision?

    Either that, or do not have any score at all; didn't EDGE try that as an experiment in one issue?

  • Les #425 3 years ago

    "why do computer/video game related reviews trying and quantify numerically with such precision?"

    Because they were originally targeted at nerds and it kind of stuck...

  • Apologie #426 3 years ago

    most innovative game this generation... hell i want that

  • MasterNameless #427 3 years ago

    Why do so many idots think 10 is a 'perfect score' still? Do they never read this thing come up again and again? Read the scoring policy will you.

    Not that it make much difference to the levels of idiocy in here anyway. Even from regulars, who I'm sure have written many sensible comments before. Oh well, it isn't funny, and I don't think it's even ironic.

  • StooMonster #428 3 years ago

    loop7: It doesn't really repeat, even if it was numeric 1-4 the granularity is reduced from 1-100 which is useless, also compared to 1-10 which is still ridiculous; however, these positions are subjective and not numbers. More like film, theatre, music, books, car and other reviews are done -- why do computer/video game related reviews trying and quantify numerically with such precision?

    Either that, or do not have any score at all; didn't EDGE try that as an experiment in one issue?

  • saku_luk #429 3 years ago

    Thanks for the laugh "not as good as Halo" ;p

    I had this image inside my head with a dood talking to his biash that she was not as good as Halo right away, or someone dumping his girlfriend with that line, made me laugh hard :o
    Edited by 1 at 13/10/08 @ 15:45

  • jordiniho #430 3 years ago

    all xbox fanboys stop posting comments boasting that we didn't get 10/10 we all know that eurogamer are 360 fan boys microsoft will be trying to make a version of their own for lbp and you'll be like wow. omg you have gow2 and fables 2 wowow!!!!!!!!!!!! 2 decent exclusives you can walk your dog in fable sick.... look at ps3 exclusives lpb,mgs4,socom,resistance 2,motorstorm 2,mag,heavy rain,killzone2,uncharted and so on i'm guessing you got the point so fuk u 360 gay boys enjoy your piece of white/black crappy pieces of plastic with red rings

  • MasterNameless #431 3 years ago

    @kelly's_h

    I wouldn't if I were you, she'd only kick you into the nearest fiery pit. Ungrateful cow.

    I'm very much looking forward to it too though! And diverse enough for me to dedicate enough time to it alongside Fable 2 as well, hopefully.
    Edited by 1 at 13/10/08 @ 16:00

  • bonker #432 3 years ago

    "I'm very psyched about the game now... but what's the goal? Saving the princess?"

    As a confirmed LBP luddite, I picked through the review as carefully as I could and nope, I still have no clue.

    I understand the design stuff but not the aim of the whole thing and why, after fannying with the design stuff for an hour or two and trying to cope with the inevitable boredom, this is such a big deal.

    I totally give it props for being from leftfield and relatively unique etc but I'm not exactly creaming my pants for it ...

  • toy_brain #433 3 years ago

    9/10. Phew, glad it turned out well then.
    As someone who could just about be counted as a Sony fanboy (hey, I don't know why, its just one of those things y'know, though I'm not stupid enough to deny myself the great games on other systems) I was getting worried after Lair and Haze set the trend for some kind of 'Curse of The Great PS3 Hype Machine' inevitable failure.

    Whenever Sony tries to go toe-to-toe in the 'bigtime' with other developers they always come up a bit short. The Getaway was a pants GTA clone, Killzone was no Halo, and GT vs Forza... well GT5 would actually need to come out first....

    But when they cut their own path they do much better, so perhaps LBP was the perfect solution. Find something quirky and original, something you just cant find anywhere else, then expand and build on it like flippin' crazy.

    Personally this reminds me of when I dabbled in making leves for ABUSE all those years ago on the PC, but back then the online community wasn't really there, and ABUSE was a bit of an obscure game anyway, so I can't wait to give it another bash with a more versatile toolset and more cohesive online structure.

    Christ almighty; LBP, Fable 2, Fallout 3, GOW2, Valkyria, Motorstom 2, Resistance 2. This is one rammed Xmas schedule!

  • Widge #434 3 years ago

    The first four levels are laid out by the King of the Garden. He gets you doing a few tutorials and the fourth level he tells you to get past a spooky haunted castle to the other side to continue your journey around the lands in LBP. I guess it’s a journey of discovery with tasks and scenarios laid out by the bods who inhabit each land. Don't be expecting some massive story or anything! Then again, does it matter. Its retro platforming essentially, here are your levels, here is some vague premise, now go and bounce around.

  • bigbadbeasty #435 3 years ago

    WOW!!

    What an impressive thread. Nothing like a good exclusive title launch to stir the cockles of the fanboys. LBP has shaped up to be as good as I would have hoped. Pity some people are trying to compare a platformer with an FPS game (Halo 3), it seems even more odd considering these titles are not even available on the opposing systems.

    Seriously guys, you need to get over yourselves and this fanboy mentality. You can love your console, and still appreciate other competitve titles. I wasn't a big fan of the PS2, but I still loved Ico and Amplitude. You do not need to feel threatened by them.
    Edited by 1 at 13/10/08 @ 16:18

  • Demento41 #436 3 years ago

    "This just in: 'ironic' posts get old too. "

    Yes, and also the so called revenge for the smack talk from manboys of the sworn enemy's game console excuse that many of the trolls hide behind is cripplingly sad.

  • bad09 #437 3 years ago

    "all xbox fanboys stop posting comments boasting that we didn't get 10/10 we all know that eurogamer are 360 fan boys....."

    Sorry but, "WE didn't get 10/10"???? "WE"???? Your loyalty has gone a little too far friend ;)

    Anyway keep up the good work SDF and Xbots, just like MGS4 this is an awesome comical thread :)

    / sits back and enjoys

  • lasersrule #438 3 years ago

    All this tread tells me is that we need to bring back national service and have a bloody good old-fashioned war.

  • Law07 #439 3 years ago

    hy4000uk are you basing all your criticism on a game that got 9/10?

    Good grief...

    Anybody who says 9/10 is a flop is truly deluded.
    Edited by 1 at 13/10/08 @ 17:27

  • teabagger #440 3 years ago

    Epic.

  • beastmaster #441 3 years ago

    Perhaps predicting a flop in terms of sales? I've not bothered reading all the comments. It's happened before I think. games loved by critics and hard core games and hated by everyone else. Shadow of Colossus, Ico, Okami and God hand...

    I have a 360 and this is beginning to swing me towards the PS3.

  • muzzer77 #442 3 years ago

    Man i have a 360 but the amount of childish xbox fanboy comments on here is embarrassing. Eurogamer gave Halo 3 a 10 and that in my opinion was a ludicrous score for one of the most over hyped games i have ever played.

  • Hitman_15 #443 3 years ago

    Yeh guys 9/10 from eurogamer is very good no way was halo 3 a 10/10 and they know that

  • Ludwig #444 3 years ago

    I've always wondered who fanboys are trying to convince...never really worked that one out.

  • RedSparrows #445 3 years ago

    I've only read 1% of the comments here, but I knows they're gonna be unbelievably wank.

  • TheBrow #446 3 years ago

    Like many of you, this whole console wars thing has me a smidge perplexed. I understand that a bit of banter and healthy rivalry is a good thing but not the incredible levels of invective and name-calling that get thrown around. I never noticed this until relatively recently and was wondering - was it ever thus? I mean to say, did these same arguments happen in the PS2 / XBox days, or is this a new thing?

  • Xerx3s #447 3 years ago

    "When's the Fable II review then?! :) "

    /Polishes knife

    I'm looking forward to it. >:)

  • defdaz #448 3 years ago

    Each to their own I guess. *shrug*

  • ronuds #449 3 years ago

    All previous comments aside, I'm just hoping we can stop hearing about this game for a while now. Not owning a PS3 or caring about LBP, it's been a bit too "in your face" lately for my liking.

    And, yeah, "just ignore it" is an option, but it's hard to when it's every other article.

    /fingers crossed

  • electrolite #450 3 years ago

    Sounds really good to me. This could well be the tipping of the 'buying a PS3' scales, once the price drops a bit, of course....

  • makariel #451 3 years ago

    What the...?

    I can't remember when I used an ignore-function so often in such short time. Just fortifies my opinion that fanboys (doesn't matter which side of the so called 'console war') are a bunch of morons who should get a life!

    Seriously, when 'your' console really gets the better games all the way, there's no need to prove it. In my opinion the best games can be found on all consoles anyway (CoD4, upcoming Mirror's Edge, Bioshock also comes to PS3 etc.). And if I shoot at some generic enemy in halo, crysis, killzone or whatever doesn't really change that much. Yeah, platform exclusive, so what? All platforms have their share of good games. And if you're jealous about one or two of them and your daddy doesn't buy you a second console, this is no reason to act like a moron on some website like EG.

  • chessboxer #452 3 years ago

    IGN gave this 9.5 http://ps 3.ign.com/articles/919/919111p6...

  • captainrentboy #453 3 years ago

    ''Why not just buy one right now?, considering what Sony went through to bring the PS3 to the price it's at now we should be lucky it's at the price it is right now ''
    I'm guessing that some people just don't have £300+ lying around on their back pockets :)
    I'll no doubt be getting one, but I can sense there will be a price drop soon, and if waiting a few extra weeks will save me £50+ then I'll just hang on, it's not like the 360 is lacking titles this chrimbo anyway.

  • TASTYRYAN #454 3 years ago

    Wow a new franchise is born! 9/10 good job devs. Must have been a real pain to programm.

  • Law07 #455 3 years ago

    What's happened to IGN?

  • immateriaux #456 3 years ago

    Will always wonder exactly what Eurogamer were at giving Halo3 a ten - such a silly, giddy score significantly at odds with some of the comments from within the review itself - did the reviewer just stand up too quickly, was the review bought (as I know some reviews in magazines have been in the past), or was it stupidly grasped as an opportunity to flame bait and get some notoriety?

    Either one is bad but the first, at least, would have faded. However, what has stuck is the "Halo 3 ten" as a muppet stick to beat other games with, even when they manage an excellent nine.

    The LBP review reads like a nine - very good game, new ideas, excellent art, but some things aren't right. A nine. Because of it's nature and innovation (and unlike that certain sequel of a sequel), it has the possibility though to linger on in minds in a way that a classic games do. That will remain to be seen, probably later than the year end retrospective.

  • thinktank #457 3 years ago

    makariel

    Your post is well intentioned but utterly pointless, most of these idiots don’t read past the first sentence. As for the concept of reasoning that is way beyond them.

  • Netweb #458 3 years ago

    Eurogamer.pt gives 10/10 ....
    :D

    portugal rulles!

  • loop7 #459 3 years ago

    "what has stuck is the "Halo 3 ten" as a muppet stick to beat other games with"

    lol

  • bravo9zero #460 3 years ago

    Well IGN gave LBP a 9.5/10
    I trust their reviews on games more than this site.

    IGN's review was more detailed too.

  • mjhoward #461 3 years ago

    Why are people talking about Halo 3? Actually, why are people quibbling over numbers at all?

    I think LBP looks amazing, I've thought that since the very first video, and I really want to play it. Just not enough to pay 300 notes for the machine to play it on.

    Edit: all hail the ignore button! I see over 200 posts less than the number indicated after the article.
    Edited by 1 at 14/10/08 @ 07:52

  • Remy85 #462 3 years ago

    Psychonauts got an 8 out of 10 and won game of the year.

  • 7creature #463 3 years ago

    Hmm, on the other hand, if you remember which games actually get 10/10 recently, I would say getting 10/10 rating on EG is kind of derogatory - I mean, I certainly wouldn't like to see my favorite game in the company of Halo 3, GTA4 or BioShock, it would be shame...

    To explain more - to me it feels like 10/10 on EG nowadays means the game is accessible to wide masses, more like mainstream movie (Transformers anyone?). So I usually tend to agree with their rating, but it's not my personal rating. Most of my "personal" top (which in silly rating style would mean 10/10) games received ~7-8-9 from EG :)

  • Camorrista #464 3 years ago

    Yes, the Halo 10/10 was a huge blunder for EG.

    Before, the 10 seemed almost unattainable, and people like me thought that to be this site's standard. I think everyone beating EG with the Halo 10 is absolutely right, whether they're gibbering fanboys or literate users. That rating was poison for this site's image, whether it brought them pagehits/moneyhats or not.

    Do away with the number ratings. It's the only way to save your integrity. Let the review speak for itself.

  • rotmm #465 3 years ago

    @brave9zero, "Well IGN gave LBP a 9.5/10 I trust their reviews on games more than this site."

    Why? Because IGN is a Sony biased site and EG isn't?

    On average, IGN rates PS3 exclusive games 3-4 points about the metacritic average. It doesn't do the same for 360 exclusive titles.

    EG, on the other hand, is generally less generous with scores (against the metacritic average) equally on both the PS3 and 360. No bias here.

  • Widge #466 3 years ago

    The 10 for Halo 3 meant that reviewer thought it was the nuts. A different EG reviewer may have thought 9, another 8....

  • Xerx3s #467 3 years ago

    "Why not just buy one right now?, considering what Sony went through to bring the PS3 to the price it's at now we should be lucky it's at the price it is right now

    Yeah I know some of what Sony did was BS...actually now that I think of it all this hatred towards Sony seems...pointless. Yes I do agree Sony do deserve a kick in the ass for some of the things they did with the PS3, but don't you think they've been kicked in the ass enough as it is?"

    You almost make it sound as if we owe them something.

  • WillyWanka #468 3 years ago

    Spurslo....oh wrong thread

  • bitesize #469 3 years ago


    ^ haha, taking the 'internet hardman' role to a whole new level - getting all sweary and angry at an imaginary cloth toy. why don't you threaten to beat it up and/or shag it's mum while you're at it?

    awesome.

  • ozpass #470 3 years ago

    Is there a forum somewhere that sane people can go to discuss Eurogamer articles/reviews?

    I genuinely enjoy the reviews that EG produce, but the subsequent discussions are intolerable due to the instant influx of total arseholes. All I'm asking for is a platform agnostic discussion of games based on the review. Too much to ask?

  • bitesize #471 3 years ago

    kingsex: go play with sackboy mr. hardman

    sadly i have no sackboy to play with, nor am i particularly hard. perhaps you could call me a cunt instead? that never gets old...

  • FooAtari #472 3 years ago

    "Until EG starts to moderate comments and commenters we will see things like this very often"

    The ignore button helps, this review was great for weeding out some more 'tards

    I think a good idea that someone already mentioned is having a vote style system for each comment like Digg and I think Joystiq have for example.

    The the comment can get voted good or bad +1 point or -1 point and if it goes negative it gets "minimized", but you can still maximize it to view it. And perhaps if its get -30 or more it gets deleted.

  • bitesize #473 3 years ago


    i got swore at by a badman! now my feelings are hurt...

  • bravo9zero #474 3 years ago

    Xbox fans are so threatened by LBP that they call every site that gives LBP a high score ps3 biased!
    Come on IGN Ps3 biased WTF!

    What about the Xbox 360 fan-site that gave MGS4 a 10/10? Were they biased too?

  • SeesThroughAll #475 3 years ago

    @FooAtari

    +1

    Agreed.

  • electrolite #476 3 years ago

    @GrantM

    "Why not just buy one right now?, considering what Sony went through to bring the PS3 to the price it's at now we should be lucky it's at the price it is right now "

    Eh? I couldn't care less what Sony have 'been through'. I have a price in mind that is the price where I consider the PS3 value for money enough to warrant a purchase. Beyond that it's all irrelevant. It's not my fault Sony chose to put a BD drive in it, which adds nothing to the value proposition for me personally. I don't care if Sony senior management have to pedal on exercise bikes to provide electricity to the manaufacturing plant for 16 hours a day. What a bizarre statement. I don't owe them anything.

  • Les #477 3 years ago

    "The the comment can get voted good or bad +1 point or -1 point and if it goes negative it gets "minimized", but you can still maximize it to view it. And perhaps if its get -30 or more it gets deleted."

    Trouble is that any post that the fanboys didn't like would get more negative votes than their own posts because they care more... And then there's them standing up for each other with positive votes. Democracy only works if the lunatics don't show up or at least don't care enough to act...

  • byron_hinson #478 3 years ago

    nnnoooooooo - missed my delivery of the game this morning damn recorded post.

  • sanduixe #479 3 years ago

    9/10?
    It should be 11/10

  • GamesConnoisseur #480 3 years ago

    After first page I knew I should just ignore most comments as would just give me ulcers! Checked back and looked at last page, yup confirmed that all the angers are misdirected.

    Point 1- Scores are just an opinion AND even so 9 is still a bleeding good score (based on 10 out of 10)

    Point 2- 'Hijacking' the article comments to spout tired claptraps about 'My console better than yours' is not going to make other person changing side but just point scoring game! Or that 'OMG not better than Halo3'!!

    Point 3- Score given are at the time, whether in the grips of hype machine or that its really stand out among other titles at the time but THE real test is how it stand out over a period of time.

    I will still get LBP and 9 just indicate for me that the game is really good with fair points on how its strengths/weakness works out.

  • seedaripper #481 3 years ago

    well, if it wasn't for these comments i wouldn't of realised halo 3 got a ten ((i don't own a 360- hence not knowing the score)
    so by default, im absolutely f*cking flabbergasted :0
    from what i gather(and i did play the 1st one) halo is one of the most generic 1st person shooters on the market, and this is the THIRD in the iterations..how in the Christ lord Jesus pants did THAT score more highly, than one of the most ORIGINAL titles to come along in years????!!!
    What the f*ck is this world coming to?? did halo 3 get marked down for its 'forge' features???
    biased, biased BIASED! EG you should be ashamed..journalists??? my f*cking arse :(
    (going off to read the halo 3 review, in order to 'garner closure')
    yours disgusted
    Seedaripper1973

  • seedaripper #482 3 years ago

    evaluna
    13-Oct-08 10:26:08 @NickJC1:
    I was in the store the other day & I saw they had named a bread after you. Then I looked again and realised it actually said "Thick Cut".

    i NEVER laugh out loud (LOL) at comments..but that was by far and away one of the highlights of my comment reading obsession...sterling work ! +10

  • Aphexman #483 3 years ago

    this is a sad day, something brilliant like LBP scores the same as saints row

  • electrolite #484 3 years ago

    Do people still look at review scores? How quaint! It IS 2008 isn't it?

  • juho #485 3 years ago

    a genuinely new form of interactive entertainment = 9/10
    a mediocre shooter + money hat = 10/10
    sounds about right.

  • IronGiant #486 3 years ago

    Plenty of reviews in now, average score on Metacritic is 96/100. Nuff said.

  • floppylobster #487 3 years ago

    The Wii Fit of the PS3 is here!

    It will be played and enjoyed by many, but only the dedicated will really stick at it and get results.

  • hy4000uk #488 3 years ago

    A few things

    1. 9/10 is not out of the ordinary. IGN gave it a 9.5 and they overrate everything and others also gave it 9
    2. LBP is a great game. LBP is not the best game ever, nor is it the the saviour of the PS3 Sony loving fucktards said it would be, hence it is a flop by their ridiculous standards
    3. The PS3 is a shit failure with barely any good exclusive games and a bunch of dumbed down 360 ports
    4. Gran Turismo isn't coming out until 2010/2011 at the earliest according TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE MAKING THE FUCKING GAME
    5. This game willl sell like shit because Sony fanboys are all just retarded versions of 360 fanboys. The top selling games on the system are a shit FPS and a shit racing game as opposed to the quality racers/shooters on the 360.
    6.Killzone 2 is a piece of shit sequel to a piece of shit game from piece of shit developers and it'll sell ten times as much.
    Edited by 3 at 15/10/08 @ 19:29

  • browns #489 3 years ago

    evaluna
    13-Oct-08 10:26:08 @NickJC1:
    I was in the store the other day & I saw they had named a bread after you. Then I looked again and realised it actually said "Thick Cut".

    ROFL indeed. Thanks man.

  • seedaripper #490 3 years ago

    @ hy4000uk

    Are you really SERIOUS???


    Damn..my 'complete dick in a thread-ometor' is going off the scale here...
    The shame...
    (kudos for the editing though, one can but assume due to spelling/language/not having a fu*king clue)

    the irony is, i will probably have you in my friends list this time next year as you slate the 'outdated' 360...


    cheers for making me grin x

  • hy4000uk #491 3 years ago

    outdated? What the fuck are you talking about?

    Every multiplatform game is better on the 360 and gears 2 has better graphics than every PS3 game coming out this year. Why am I going to buy a shit failure like the PS3, to play Killzone 2?

    Newsflash you dumb bitch the PS3 is a failure. Every big name third party PS3 game is going to the the 360 (FF13, Tekken, Devil May Cry etc). You think that things are going to get better next year?

    Why the fuck would I ever want to buy the shittest, most expensive console this gen with the worst downloadable games, worst controller and worst third party support?

  • VMerken #492 3 years ago

    OOOOooooooooooOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooo

    My prediction came true.

    So how close is this 9 to MGS4's 8? I wonder.

  • seedaripper #493 3 years ago

    hy4000uk
    15-Oct-08 19:37:58 outdated? What the fuck are you talking about?

    Every multiplatform game is better on the 360 and gears 2 has better graphics than every PS3 game coming out this year. Why am I going to buy a shit failure like the PS3, to play Killzone 2?

    Newsflash you dumb bitch the PS3 is a failure. Every big name third party PS3 game is going to the the 360 (FF13, Tekken, Devil May Cry etc). You think that things are going to get better next year?

    Why the fuck would I ever want to buy the shittest, most expensive console this gen with the worst downloadable games, worst controller and worst third party support?

    LOL..outdated by the means of last gen media formats (i.e DVD) but then again i suppose you like 'swapping disks' as it encourages you to get off your fat arse...oh yeah, good job these 3rd parties you mention are also going the way of the ps3 eh (dead rising 2, bioshock1 and 2, orange box maybe left4dead, saints row 2 etc) do YOU think things are getting better next year also??
    i agree though, why would i buy the shittest (unreliable) cheaply made console this gen with 512mb downloadable games, a controller that NEEDS batteries with a shite d-pad, and the worst FIRST party support..but hey, to each their own..LMFAO BITCH!

  • juho #494 3 years ago

    "gears 2 has better graphics than every PS3 game coming out this year"

    So you really really like shiny wet, bumpy turd-like surfaces, don't you? I played through Gears1 on PC with way better graphics than xbox, still wasn't a very good game though.

  • Camorrista #495 3 years ago

    OK, no one is reading this anymore, but I just would like to say that Digg style voting would be really disastrous for this site - if anything, it'll attract more tards because then other than writing their comments, they'd also have the additional incentive of furiously voting each other up or down. Bad idea.

    Totalitarianism (i.e. GAF) would be better, I think.

  • ozpass #496 3 years ago

    The Digg style system might go some way to weeding out the teenage hormones but as stated before, said pimply-faced platform obsessives are just as liable to "thumb down" coherent comments because it doesn't tally with their chosen console religion.

    Better yet to operate an entirely separate forum on an invite-only basis. At the first sign of fucktardism a user gets bumped, simple. Meritocracy and totalitarianism combined, perfect.

  • T4RG4 #497 3 years ago

    Members Posts:
    I'd just have a Members/Guest system if you wanted to go in that direction. As mentioned above, dodgy members could be bumped out but then I can see killing-spree headlines in the Express becoming that little more frequent. Ultimately I think it should remain as is, some of the arguments are quite amusing. It's like being at a family wedding after some of your younger cousins have stolen some booze.

    Flaming:
    Massive arguments over consoles, those which include swearing, just showcase individuals losing the ability to objectively argue a point. Both consoles are superb and lead the field in terms of gaming.

    LBP Score:
    Reasonably surprised if truth be told. It appears to have the whole package though (PR, Graphics, Quality little game, nice people behind it which prompts you, I and journos to back the game) yet I'm not interested in making my own environments/games and this appears to be a big part of things. I dont really like platformers either so that cuts me out :/ If I had a PS3 it'd be on my shopping list though, am I caught in hype? I personally hope it does very well, Mm deserve that.

    Halo:
    Never played any of the earlier offerings but picked up Numero 'Free and played through with my brother. We both thought it to be quite a dissapointment, became a slog to just get through the thing. Quite a few things were a big let down and we only kept going to reach the end/see what it had to offer, oh, and muck around with the fantastic replay editor. Couldnt stand the combat, everything felt mediocre. However, we have fairly similar tastes when it comes to games so I just need mention my own opinion ;)

    To get 10/10... hmmm, somewhat rose tinted review IMO but the reviewer clearly loved it. Personally I would have rated at 7/10 for me and 8/10 for 12 year olds. Ouch.

    PS3 versus X360:
    God, these format rivalries never go away do they? ;) 15 years ago I was arguing Amiga over my mates ST and here we are again... I had long been a PS fan, having worked for them and played many a game on those systems I was excited by the PS3. Plumped for the 360 after seeing the games on offer (and trying a few our round a mates). My younger sister bought the PS3 so I've seen/played both a fair amount. Dare I say a large percentage of PS3 sales probably come from people aware of the Sony brand and their faith rests with Playstation. That will erode in a generation or two if PS4/5 (if we get there) start as poorly as this time around. My sister certainly bought the PS based on history of franchise delivery.

    I dont really think the PS has moved on all that much with this generation. Its undeniably more complicated to develop for and any dev will tell you that is not a situation you wish to encounter when making a game. Deveoper tools/support never were Sony's thing for anyone but their flagship titles anyhow. Yes I pay for Live, but its 40quid which is nothing to most adults (the price of a game) and I have to say the service is almost always exceptional. Everything works brilliantly from voice chat to invites to response times to messaging to, well, everything I need for online gaming. The PS3 comes out with the silly motion controller (we knew they were rubbish years ago) and some dodgy titles in its early days. Microsoft just did their part in supporting the release of games for gamers IMO. Sony tried a few new things (Blu-ray), Motion Controller, Free Online Play... the former (BD) doesnt matter for most gamers... you dont need a slower drive to load your games and we dont need the media space for quite some time, nor do we want (for the most part) to install our games on the HD. Unfortunately this feature will creep over to the 360... depends on how it'll be used as to whether that will ultimately be good for the system or not.

    I do like my racing games, and for, undeniably, the biggest racer on Sony's books (GT) not to be out for launch/near launch or miles down the line, is unacceptable. Completely unacceptable. Especially given Sony's love and support for Polyphony. Maybe they are worried the team would bugger off and develop on the 360, I'm not sure of the details. The whole GT for PSP failure promotes the failure that much further. They've lost out here.

    For MS and the developer to get Forza2 out when they did, for it to play and drive so well... it checks the 'racer' on my list. It could look better for sure, but the excellent framerate, online play and driving elements work perfectly for a console. Gears... good fun playing through the game in co-op, COD4... great (on both systems)... GTA I notice some differences between systems (dare I say a little slower on PS3, to the eye certainly) but ultimately I think that game has become boring. Its fun mucking around with a mate in free-roam though and that alone justifies the purchase.

    The PS3 is probably, technically at least, that little more capable than the slightly older 360. But you have to remember how much effort, time and money goes into making a game. The PS3 starts out with a massive disadvantage in terms of ease of development. Those reading these forums arently likely to care about a 10yr lifespan, no doubt the PS3's offerings will improve over time (Killzone is not such an offering by any stretch) but we'll be looking to the next 'thing' long before its strength really comes to the fore.

    Oh yeah, this is a LBP thread, not my personal blog :p

    Well done Mm!!

    /Slips away

    Edited by 1 at 16/10/08 @ 14:06

  • iago71 #498 3 years ago

    ^ ^ ^
    Well that was novel and half!

    Though I have to say your points are pretty valid. The PS3 may well have a slight edge (which remains to be seen) and it may well have been developed for a 10 year forward thinking lifespan - you point out "are we really going to be bothered about that in ten years"?? I think the answer would be most likely not.

    As far as your Halo comments go I think that the offline game had its moments of brilliance but the penultimate level was just shocking. Did you play online multi player though?? Thats really where the meat of Halo is. Though the bottom line is I dont think it was worth the score it got even though I love it and still play it.

    Having said that, as you point out this a LBP thread and Im really looking forward to it ... I dont give a shit about what score it got if I like it. And after all 9 pretty much says its great. (Though as Ive already said I am a little concerned about the comments on the sticky platforming controls)

    Roll on Next Fri! - Fable 2 and LBP .... which to play 1st??.... decisions decisions...... :)

    Edited by 1 at 16/10/08 @ 17:38

  • PameBoy #499 3 years ago

    This is like having all the stupidest people in the world, all in one place at the same time. I bet if I put every single one of you on my ignore list EG would magically transform into a haven of witty, enlightened debate. Or maybe just fall completely silent. I wish I could somehow link this thread to some kind of bomb that would just take out every single one of you slobbering, banal homunculi.

    So, the game, eh? Sounds good. Unfortunately I just don't care about it enough to form an opinion. Pfeh.

  • hy4000uk #500 3 years ago

    ?

  • Les #501 3 years ago

    "So, the game, eh? Sounds good. Unfortunately I just don't care about it enough to form an opinion. Pfeh."

    ehmm... You just did... ;)

  • FirewalkR #502 3 years ago

    So anyway, EDGE gave LBP a 10.

    Now THAT's a score. :D

    /LBP Fanboy

  • ManicMiner #503 3 years ago

    This type of arguing over games and consoles makes me feel embarrased to say that I am a videogame fan. Reading the comments shows how far gaming has to go to get proper social recognition. You people doing the 'ps3 vs. 360' argument without proper debatable points are shooting the videogame community/industry in the foot. For the love of God just pick a system and games that you like and play them. It isn't hard is it?

  • AtomicBanana #504 3 years ago

    Edge rule: if it's a UK dev, they get +1 :) Still, this and wipeout will most likle make me get a ps3.... when the price goes down a bit.

  • Rottentomatoes #505 3 years ago

    @AtomicBanana - Haze received a 5/10 on Edge, and saying that is like saying Americans give +1 points to games just because they're American... which is ridiculous.

    So anyway, EDGE gave LBP a 10/10 and said the story mode included over 50 levels (not 20+ like Eurogamer says). Hmm... Looks like EG didn't bother unlocking all the keys for the other levels...

  • Popup #506 3 years ago

    The amount of hype on this game is huge. The amount of jealousy among Xbox 360-only owners is monumental and that can only mean a big well done to Media Molecule!
    I enjoy all 4 of my gaming platforms (as much as you can, a lump of plastic) but love the games they allow me to play more and this one is so bloody good I feel sorry for all those angry and all-too-obviously transparent children above.

  • canIdoyabombsforya #507 3 years ago

    Finally 1 Good exclusive and a price drop to £199 week 2 of December. Will that be enough for PS3 to win 2008?

  • XastenBR #508 3 years ago

    SELECT * FROM (Eurogamer or XboxFanGame) ORDER BY FANBOYGAME

    Result: XboxFanGame :)
    Edited by 1 at 22/10/08 @ 13:47

  • zedzee #509 3 years ago

    Not even LBP could make 10/10 score...EG you are a bunch of cynical b**tards!

  • zedzee #510 3 years ago

    "so a 9 is a shit score now?"

    No, it's just sh*t for LBP, that's all.

  • davisorle #511 3 years ago

    @ Psychotext
    "OMFG EG! M$ keeps paying u to give low marks to PS3 games. FFS. no way is this a 9 you morans."

    Dude really. Who makes u think that this game should of scored any higher? It might look cute, it might be fun and different for a bit but wtf is so special about it to score a 10? a fucking 10 should make me play with that game the whole fucking time. Im sorry but this shit cant keep me to play long and put it back on over and over. The 9 if you think about it was more than enough. I wont say the game sux but ffs if this is what a nextgen console is gonna count on selling from then like Jack Black would say, "fuck her gently" cause for reals its sad when this game could of been way more fit to a Wii.

    Thats all i gottta say. Now all keep bitching and keep up the stupid comments and console wars. I dont even bother reading anymore. And Psycho's comment just happened to read it since it was in the first ones and onl.y

  • man.the.king #512 3 years ago

    This game has really seemed to brought the 360 fanboys out of the woodwork. They seemed to have gone mental on MetaCritic, marking the user-scores down, so much so that, apparently for the first time ever, someone on MetaCritic (Marc Doyle, Games Editor) has had to append a footnote at the bottom of the page, basically stating "nothing can be done when idiots crash polls".

    EDIT - 10/27/2008: Apologies to 360 fanboys - it seems PS3 fanboys have also responded in kind over at MetaCritic, deliberately lowering the user score of GeOW2. So it seems PS3 fanboys can be JUST AS IMMATURE as 360 fanboys.

    Also, for all the idiots claiming that PS3 fanboys do the same for 360-exclusive games, instances of that seem to be drastically less in comparision. I'm referring to the Comments section of Fable 2. That seems to be a much quieter area, with much less flaming. If these idiots (you know who you are) were true, that Comments section would be a flame-fest of a similar nature.

    Off-topic: Just got my Limited Collector's Edition of Fable 2, and am greatly enjoying it :). My only peeve - only one game save is allowed. Saving again over-writes the previous save. It does not seem to have the independence that Oblivion offered of having multiple game-saves. I find that, especially in an RPG, it's good to have multiple game-saves, in order to have exactly the kind of experience I want.
    Edited by 5 at 27/10/08 @ 15:39

  • mdogg #513 3 years ago

    from eurogamer's scoring policy: "It's quite tough to give even the very best games more than a nine if what we're given is maybe only an incremental update."

    maybe i'm a little bit of an Edge magazine fanboy, but i've never known anyone else to score more harsh than Edge (they gave the game a 10 for the very opposite of the above statement)...so people tell me, is this really a nine or ten game?

  • layleeloo #514 3 years ago

    "is this really a nine or ten game? "

    WHo gives a flying fuck? Heres an idea? GO AND PLAY IT. Review scores mean stuff all anyway. He gave it a 9, if I had playing it i may give it a 6, or 11, you may give it an 8. Does any of it matter? play it and find out. Like age, review scres are a bloomin number and should be ignored unless you are a dumbass who doesnt like to make their own mind up about things.

  • Picnic #515 3 years ago

    Sadly, the distressed teddy bear look of Sackboy is already regarded as somewhat iconic to some people. There is something inevitably depressing about the adoption of Sackboy as some kind of mascot. It's the equivalent of finding Mr Bean's ragged, rough, teddy bear cute. Look at the jet black shark-like eyes. Look at the stitching on Sackboy- he looks like one of the little zombies on Conker's Bad Fur Day yet someone far more insidiously sinister. Sackboy seems like the logical conclusion of a generation of gamers who increasingly bought violent games suddenly over-compensating for this by seeking refuge in the utlimate symbol of infantilism- the teddy bear. But even that must look distressed, patchy, unclean like so many war games that have descended upon the Xbox 360 and PS3 like a plague of armour plated locusts.

    If I could look past this, I can see that the basic idea of the game seems interesting and potentially great in execution, albeit a kind of evolution of Lemmings and various platform games.
    Edited by 1 at 10/11/08 @ 20:50

  • ChuckNorris #516 3 years ago

    [link url=http://www.gamestats.com/objects/856/856680//articles. html
    ]http://ww w.gamestats.com/objects/856/856...[/link]

    pretty decent scores actually.

  • moggsy #517 3 years ago

    From EG's scoring policy:

    A 10 will inspire the reviewer because it gets so many things correct. It will be something truly groundbreaking and aesthetically successful, be consistently enjoyable, get the balance right in difficulty terms, be technically very impressive, and be polished to a shine. It will leave the player in no doubt that they're playing something special right from the word go and will continue to inspire and amaze throughout.

    If that doesn't describe LBP then I don't know what does. Its should have been an easy 10. Edge got it right, EG haven't.

  • db3 #518 3 years ago

    10/10

  • yegon #519 3 years ago

    +1