And after all the more intense gaming titles, some more tranquil, relaxed and non-threatening all-ages fun will do. The craft-style cardboard, fabric and sticker world of Sackboy’s LittleBigPlanet is a colourful, texture filled platform universe of imagination, loaded with all the elements you’d expect from the genre and fun puzzle solving entertainment, all with a fantastic visual style. Here DaVinci and The Alliance saves Sackboy from the Negativitron, and with his Pod you control his travels to new levels. The producers make full use of the controls including the Sixaxis motion control, and in addition your character’s physical abilities, emotional and personality expressions can also be displayed. And it goes a step further with the incorporation of the PlayStation Move controls for more immersion. What makes this so much more expansive is its ever-growing community of shared user-created content (which is pushing 4 million playable levels in the LBP2 community section). Check out www.LBP.me via your PlayStation Network. Downloadable content from the first game can also be used with this sequel. The makers plan to continue making new content available.
REVIEW: Paul Blom
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