A charming dose of fun.

Little Big Planet on the PSP is a wonderful amalgamation of cleverness, cuteness, and fun.

You play as Sackboy. A little person with a big heart, as he goes from place to place doing his best to help those in need. This help could take form anywhere between helping a director make his movie to returning a dragon egg to it's mother.

Each chapter is broken up into levels, which have their own unique look. Each part of the story takes place in a different area of the world, which inspires the art for each stage. Each level is played on a two plane world of platforming adventure. That is to say, although you're essentially moving on a 2D plane, there is one level of depth allowing you to move one step away from (then back towards) the screen.

You'll be running, jumping, swinging and falling through this colourful land pushing and pulling various objects to solve a variety of switch puzzles. Flying tethered jet packs, and riding a crazy collection of creatures and conveyances also adds to the fun ways to get around. The developers did a great job at keeping the level design mixed up, and throwing in new surprises to keep the game feeling fresh.

The puzzles are usually simple but clever. The action and pacing makes for an experience that is most often light-hearted fun. However, going for the top score, and looking to collect everything there is to collect will keep you coming back for more as you try to up your skills.

Some items you'll be looking to unlock will be new wardrobe items for your Sackperson. This will let you change the skin (or cloth) colour of your character, along with the look of their hair, clothes, footwear and fashion accessories.

The most interesting thing I found to unlock were the bonus levels. These are unlocked by finding hidden items in the story missions, and usually consist of a mini-game (perhaps flinging cows around) or a race against the clock over treacherous terrain. It was in a few of these races where I found lay the biggest challenges in the game.

The story mode is relatively short, and if you're looking to simply make it from start to finish as quickly as possible, skipping the extras, you could likely do it in just 2-3 hours. Of course that's not where the developers intended on having the fun end.

In addition to the enjoyment the bonus levels add, you can also create your own levels. You can then share your levels, or go online and download from the library of levels other users have created. Sadly I didn't find the selection of user levels for the PSP version to be that grand; or at least the selection of levels that earned high ratings.

The controls are fairly tight, with little room for improvement. You can tell that quality level design plays a big role in making the controls work as well as they do. It was rare when playing through the story mode that I wished for a little more refinement with them, but more often this feeling came around when I was playing some of the lesser quality user-made levels.

I appreciated the sound track in the game, which came with fitting music and sound effects. It was all catchy without being tiring and repetitive. The voice-overs for your guide that comes around during any kind of tutorial was well cast and a pleasure to listen to.

Little Big Planet on the PSP is full of creativity, and serves as a great amalgamation of old methods meeting new ideas.

LittleBigPlanet - PS3

I have played this game before on my friend's system. I decided to buy a PS3 and knew I had to get Little Big Planet.

This game is based around addicting platform style gaming as well as a fun and always changing story line. You will go from playing a level that takes a lot of patience and strategy to an absolutely fun a fast-paced level so as to give the player relief from constant stressful levels. The music is awesome and fitting for continuous platforming. Everything about the campaign levels pulls the player in a keeps the player always interested.

Aside from all the fun, the power that is packed into this cute and unassuming little game is far beyond impressive. This game's story line is based around an ever expanding universe created by the world's combined imagination. When I speak of power I speak of the player's ability to create fully customizable levels that are based in real life physics. Everything has a weight and everything moves based on its mass and the in-game gravity. It is truly impressive to play through the levels and see how intricately they have designed them. The player himself is given the tools and abilities to be able to create the same kinds of deep levels as the creators have done, and could even go further. It takes but one's imagination and patience to create a beautifully sculpted masterpiece.

Aside from the amazingly developed campaign and level building modes, they have created a deeply immersive network of user-created levels. You and your friends can play in levels that people from around the world have created, thus achieving a part of the games basis of its story. If you don't have anyone to play on the network content you can always join up with other player from around the world.

Final say: This game redefines platformers and is as impacting as the original Mario Bros. This has risen the bar and will go down in gaming history as one of the best games ever created!

The Perfect Game!

The main storyline is that you play in a world conjured up by everyone's dreams. This game is exactly that - if you can dream it, you can make it! From customizing your character, "Sackboy", in just about any way imaginable, to creating your own levels, to even designing your own home space, or, "Pod", this game pretty much works for you! Tons of customization items can be found throughout levels, letting you let your Sackboy represent YOU. Using stickers and added decorations, you can fully customize the design of your Sackboy. You can also save the outfits that you make for your Sackboy, so that you can wear any outfit you make whenever you want. You can use stickers and decorations found on levels to customize the look of your Pod to the design of your EXACT liking. Still not enough? You can create your own levels, making them exactly how you want to. The tools that are given to you allow you to make your levels look as professional as the levels in-game. You can use designs that you unlock for your level, or you can creat your own designs, both 2D and 3D, by editing the existing ones. The sky is the limit - no - there IS NO LIMIT to the customization and fun that this game brings to the table. The story mode has amazing levels, and you can play them alone, or, for added fun, with friends! All in all, this game is WAY MORE than I expected it to be, and, in my opinion, it is one of the greatest, most innovative games ever created, hands down. You will definitely be blown away by this game, a clear 'Game of the Decade' nominee! (If such a prize exists!) :]

A Game That is A Little Big Epic!

In most cases the phrases "cute" and "great game" don't belong in the same sentence let alone the same review, but Little Big Planet is a game as cute as it is creative as it is fun.

You control a little "sackperson" which can be completely customized to look however you want him or her to look. Once you are done with dressing up you doll to look as silly as you want it to be you set off on your adventure! The game plays like an old nintendo platform game, you collect points and you jump, The only difference is you can play with up to 3 others and their own special sackpeople. This game is definitely more fun with more people but if you lack friends or they can't come over you can go online and instantly start playing with other people, no codes or special invites required!

The game is easy to play, needing really only a stick and the 'x' button to play, so anyone from your baby sister to gramps can play it. But don't mistake it for easy, some levels can become quite challenging. Its worth the price because of its infinite replayability through user created levels.

Little Big Planet, Game of the Year Edition

I didnt get a chance to get the game when it first came out, but I can honestly say I missed out on a lot of things. the game has a constant internet connection going to help levels load super fast; and boy do they ever; as you run about in a side-scrolling 3D world. you have the ability to create your own character in most any way you choose.. skin color, clothing, hair, even decorate them with stickers and things, or put a flower in their hair. it features 4 player capability, both online and offline. you can even create your own levels, with many MANY intricate tools given to you throughout the game. the difficulty gets progressively harder as you play through, but the main attraction isnt the story mode, so its not terribly difficult, just tricky. as the aim is to play in a multiplayer fashion, the game even has an ability to play other people's levels from around the world, through the Community option. truly this is a game for anyone who likes to create, have fun, or even just tinker with explosives(yes, you can even put bombs in your levels)

The Game of the Year Edition fixed a lot of bugs from the original, some of which were actually very useful, and others quite detrimental. it even includes many MANY extras that would normally cost you over $30 to buy from the Content menu, such as the Metal Gear Solid themed levels; which are exquisitely done, and even come with special items for you to use in your levels to make them like MGS as well! even more content is being added, but some are being taken away. so the earlier you get this game, the better!