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LittleBigPlanet

LittleBigPlanet

|United Kingdom, Japan|Platform

8.4 /10

Aww Great!

Hot

281 ratings
Time to beat
Main
8h
Main + extras
54h
Complete
1,000h
Where to get it
Trailers & screenshots
Why play it

LittleBigPlanet is a 2008 Platform game rated 8.4/10 from 281 ratings, with a main story of about 8h, available on PlayStation 3.

Welcome to LittleBigPlanet – a world of infinite possibilities, where imagination becomes reality and the powers of creation are firmly in your hands. If you can think of it, you can create it if you can create it, you can share it if you can share it, you can play it – and watch our colorful LittleBigPlanet grow and diversify! It’s a new kind of game that unleashes the creativity in everyone. Design your own character and play over 50 awesome developer levels packed with dangers to navigate, races to win and puzzles to solve. As you play you will learn the skills to build a world of your own by earning creative tools and collecting hundreds of items. Use these items and tools to shape amazing levels of your own, featuring puzzles, challenges, and enemies of your own design. When you are ready, go online to access the LBP community and Share your creations for everyone to play. LittleBigPlanet is a world with no limits – a world that’s yours to shape, build and explore.

Story and worldbuilding

LittleBigPlanet is set in a world full of creations made by Creator Curators. One of the Curators, a rogue Creator called "the Collector", is stealing the other Creators' creations and not sharing them with the world (sharing is one of the core elements of LittleBigPlanet). Play starts at the "Gardens" level, where the player meets the King, one of the Curators; the Queen; Little Xim; Big Zam and Dumpty. The player is taught the basic gameplay at this stage: running, jumping, and grabbing. The next setting is the "Savannah", where the player accidentally breaks one of the ruler's creations. In return for forgiveness the player must investigate what's scaring the ruler's buffalo. Further adventures involve finding Meerkat Mum's son and a Bridegroom (a story arc with a Day of the Dead theme). After the wedding play moves to the "Canyons", where the player must rescue Uncle Jalapeño and defeat the evil Sheriff Zapata. After completing this the player is taken to the "Metropolis" and gets a car for a race scenario. The next adventure takes place on the "Islands", where the player is trained in martial arts and must defeat the Terrible Oni. From there the player goes to the "Temples", to get a flame-throwing cat. Here they meet the Great Magician, who tells them to defeat the Collector in his "Wilderness". After the final battle the Collector is revealed to be a little, lonely man who kidnapped everyone because he did not have any friends. Everyone, including the player, offers to be his friend and he accepts, ending his being evil.

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Rating momentum

Aww Great!: 8.4/10 across 281 ratings. Word of mouth is strong — if you like the genre, go for it.

Play style

Leans into Platform, with a main story around 8h. Check if that style and time commitment fit you.

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IGNLucy O'Brien · 16 Nov, 2014
6.8/10

A beautifully-designed game with a great creation toolkit, LittleBigPlanet 3 is let down by unimaginative co-op & bugs.

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GameSpotAlexa Ray Corriea · 16 Nov, 2014
7/10

Little Big Planet 3's focus on creative expression is underutilized in its story campaign but shines in its level editor.

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EurogamerChris Schilling · 18 Nov, 2014
7/10

Without these problems, I'd have no hesitation in saying this is the best LittleBigPlanet game to date. The deeper integration of creative elements into the story is a big plus, as is the superior level design, and the new characters are very welcome, even if they're ultimately underused. But in its current state, it's hard to recommend without some serious caveats. Held together by Sellotape rather than superglue, LittleBigPlanet 3 is in constant danger of falling apart.

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PolygonPhilip Kollar · 17 Nov, 2014
7/10

LittleBigPlanet 3's devoted fans will surely craft some excellent levels in the months to come, but mostly this feels like a proof of concept for a much better LittleBigPlanet 4.

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GamesRadar+Louise Blain · 16 Nov, 2014
8/10

Beautiful, creative and filled with knitted joy, LittleBigPlanet 3 does however disappoint in its Adventure mode's comparatively sparse content. Nonetheless, it hands over an impressive array of exceptional design tools for budding creators.

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DestructoidChris Carter · 17 Nov, 2014
7.5/10

With all of the innovations LittleBigPlanet 3 brings with Toggle, Oddsock, and Swoop, it's a shame they aren't allowed to show off their stuff on a regular basis, because they are the best thing to happen to the series in years. It would be nice to see them return in a big way in a potential sequel, but for now hardcore LBP fans should have enough creation options to last them until that point.

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KotakuLeon Hurley · 4 Dec, 2014
10/10

Sony's third create-em-up peaks with the most for creators, but least for players.

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Push SquareSammy Barker · 17 Nov, 2014
8/10

With a string of new tools on offer, creator curators will have a blast exploring all of the possibilities available here – and while you'll certainly need dedication to get the best out of them, the lazy among you will more than get your fill via the output of more industrious players over time.

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ShacknewsSteve Watts · 16 Nov, 2014
7/10

LittleBigPlanet 3 makes some serious revisions to the formula, but somehow still feels like it's following a set design pattern.

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Digital TrendsAnthony John Agnello · 19 Nov, 2014
6/10

LittleBigPlanet 3 is a well-intentioned pastiche of different activities that is simultaneously too restrictive and too open-ended to achieve greatness.

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