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LittleBigPlanet 1/2 Megathread
Theportalmaster:
Euh, one more topic.
http://www.littlebigplanet.com/en-gb/2/What is LBP?
LBP is a platform game based on the awsome character sackboy. You can play
community levels, story levels or even create your own. Get creative and get
ready!
Story plot (WARNING: Wall of text)
LittleBigPlanet is a world full of creations made by the eight Creator
Curators. However, the eighth Creator, 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), and later, the Creators
themselves.
The player starts out at The Gardens level, where the player's Sackperson meets
the King, one of the Creators, the Queen, Little Xim and Big Xam, in charge of the
Mini Levels; and their servant Dumpty. The player heads for the Savannah, where
the next ruler, Zola, resides. When the player accidentally breaks one of Zola's
statues, the player is asked to investigate what's scaring his buffalo; in return
for his forgiveness. The culprits turn out to be fire and crocodiles, and the
player has to clear a crocodile's name accused of eating Meerkat Mum's son, Stripy
Tail. The player finds out that Stripy Tail is actually at a club with some female
meerkats, underground where the meerkats live. After the player returns Stripy
Tail to Meerkat Mum, the player does a favor for one of Zola's servants and goes
to The Wedding (a story arc with a Day of the Dead theme), where his friend,
Frida, is about to wed with her bridegroom, Don Lu. However he's gone missing;
therefore the wedding is at stake. Later, with the help of his dog, the player
finds him in a dark cave. Don Lu explains to the player that he got lost, and got
tired that he couldn't find his way out. Getting him back to the wedding, Frida
thinks he jilted her at the altar, gets her Skulldozer, and starts to bulldoze
everything in sight. However, when she sees her bridegroom waiting for her, she
realises it was just a silly misunderstanding, forgets everything, and they wed.
Don Lu takes the player to the Canyons, where Frida and Don Lu have their
honeymoon and the player meets Uncle Jalapeño. The player frees Uncle Jalapeño,
who was put in prison unfairly by the evil Sheriff Zapata. Uncle Jalapeño
throughout the Canyons levels teaches the player about explosives. After the
player chases Sheriff Zapata into a temple and defeats him, Uncle Jalapeño takes a
vacation into the Metropolis, taking the player with him, where they meet Uncle
Jalapeño's friend, Mags the Mechanic. She trades the player for a new car for
Uncle Jalapeño's car, and the player can edit the car to their liking. The player
next races Mags's nemesis, Ze Dude, who stole her car, and after the race drives
it into the sewer. The player then goes into the sewer and retrieves her car, then
stops Ze Dude and his bouncers, who were wrecking Mags's construction site. Ze
Dude, defeated, praises the player as a worthy foe, and lets the player take his
private jet to the Islands to train with Grandmaster Sensei, his martial arts
teacher. Grandmaster Sensei trains the player to defeat the evil Sumo, who took
over Grandmaster Sensei's castle and her talking flame-throwing cat; and the
Terrible Oni, with the help of her cat.
From there the player goes to the Temples, to get their very own talking flame-
throwing cat, the Great Magician's latest creation, who is the master of emitters.
After speaking to The Goddess at the end of the Dancer's Court she guides the
player to The Magician himself. After the player overcomes his toughest obstacles,
he asks to defeat the Collector, which would be the player's "greatest challenge".
The player, with some help from the general and a bear whose family the Collector
has kidnapped, infiltrates the Collector's bunker, gets past his army, and frees
the following who were kidnapped by the Collector and locked up: The King and
Queen, Big Xam, Little Xim, Zola, one of Zola's servants, Meerkat Mum and her
babies, Don Lu and Frida, Don Lu's dog, Uncle Jalapeño, Mags the Mechanic with Ze
Dude and one of Ze Dude's bouncers, Grandmaster Sensei, The Goddess, The Magician,
and the bear's family. As everyone escapes, they thank the player, and wish him
good luck as the player goes to confront the Collector. After the final big boss
battle with the Collector, the Collector is revealed to be a little, lonely man
who only kidnapped everyone because he didn't have any friends, and hides in
shame. However, everyone, including the player, offers to be his friend. He
accepts, and everyone holds hands, beginning a new friendship.
The sequelThe sequel is coming soon to the PS3 and its hot! The story follows as
Happy that no more demands are being made to him after his successful adventure to return sharing to LittleBigPlanet, it’s all going swimmingly for Sackboy... That is, until a some kind of inter-dimensional, hyper-spatial, 1800 watt Vacuum Cleaner appears in the skies, causing quite the ruckus and sucking Sackboy up into its musty bowels. All jolly sinister and most inconvenient.
Happily, a jolly nice fellow named Larry Da Vinci intervenes and rescues him from what has come to be known as The Sucker. Da Vinci, it turns out, is in charge of “The Alliance”, a semi-secret, semi-organised group devoted to fighting The Sucker before it destroys the whole Cosmos.You’re about to get recruited, I’ll bet my teeth! A grand adventure is afoot, with a butt-load of new themes, toys, enemies and all manner of shenanigans.
FAQ
--- Quote ---Are the LittleBigPlanet DLC costumes going to be compatible with LBP2?
Yes, any LBP1 costumes purchased on the PlayStation Store will be compatible with LittleBigPlanet 2 – We can’t wait to see you what you guys do with the various costumes combined with the new cinematic tools!
I hope this is on a FAQ – are the first LBP and GOTY edition levels going to be included with LBP2?
The wonderfully fun LBP1 story levels will remain unique to its Blu-ray disc, but you’ll see familiar elements/tools/items as part of the foundation for LittleBigPlanet 2. And while the community levels will be unique to the GOTY edition – hopefully if you guys vote for us again, you’ll see something similar in the future…
Will any of the new costume DLC that will be released after LBP2 is released be compatable with the first game?
LittleBigPlanet 2 has been redesigned with a completely new graphics engine, so costumes and upcoming DLC designed for LittleBigPlanet 2 will not be compatible for LBP1 players.
Will all the costumes/stickers/decoration/DLC we collected in LBP1 be usable in LBP2?
We’re working hard to ensure that everything you’ve collected from LittleBigPlanet can be used in the new game. Certainly anything you’ve picked up from the PSN Store will be fully present and correct in LittleBigPlanet 2, the only time something might not quite work perfectly is if it has been created by another player using a ‘glitched’ object of some kind. Even then we’re optimistic that all of the existing content you’ve collected will continue to work.
DLC
Any idea when we’ll be getting that Sephiroth skin?
Nothing confirmed yet, but don’t worry we still have this in our plans…
Whatever happened to the Marvel Comics themed costume pack that was supposed to come out a year or so ago? I REALLY wanted a Wolverine Sackboy and it’s quite disheartening that something so cool was announced and shown and then never mentioned again.
We announced the partnership at Comic-Con last year (but no release date). It takes a bit of production time to get everything lined up, but hopefully you’ll hear some announcements soon.
Will LBP2 include from launch day all the DLC of LBP1? Including costumes level packs and all that good stuff?
Because of the backwards compatibility for LBP1 DLC, all the costumes on the PlayStation Store will still be available for purchase. Expect to see a ton more content in the next few months, including the eventual LittleBigPlanet 2 DLC.
Future Tech
Will it be in 720p or 1080p?
LittleBigPlanet 2 is getting a completely new graphical overhaul, so stay tuned for a future LittleBigPlanet 2 post, where we’ll cover off on more specifics like this.
PLAY elements
Sackboy, no matter what costumes he wears still looks like Sackboy in LBP1, seeing the new costumes in LBP2 has this idea been lost?
Some of the new costumes we’ve shown for LittleBigPlanet 2 are certainly unconventional, but then Sackboy has an eclectic wardrobe taste. At the end of the day however, he’s still Sackboy and we’ll be sticking close to making him look that way no matter what the costume.
Will Stephen Fry be narrating it again?
Yes, your (and our) favorite narrator will be back for LittleBigPlanet 2.
Will this game have the 50 levels single player like the first game or is this just a big create kit?
LittleBigPlanet 2 is a whole new game, so just like the original you get a full storyline for Sackboy to play thru. Add to that the endless possibilities of the evolved Create and Share modes, where you’ll see completely different gameplay experiences in the community levels.
CREATE tools
Can I electrify/set things on fire using switches and logic? What has happened to emitters in LBP2? Are they much easier to use? Has dissolve material changed? How many layers will there be and what different types?
Expect some lots more details about CREATE mode at this year’s E3.
I heard of custom Voice Acting. Confirm or Deny.
Confirm!
Sackbots
Does Sackbot have to look like a robot or can I change his form to any creature?
Nope, Sackbots are totally customizable, from their reactions to their clothing/skins.
Just to double check, we’ll be able to have evil Sackboys as bad guys?
There’s no such thing as an evil Sackboy – just some mischievious ones…Sackbots, on the other hand, can have a mind of their own.
Can you program Sackbots to activate swithces? *Example* giving them jobs on a pirate ship.
Stay tuned, we have a specific “Sackbots” feature planned in an upcoming LittleBigPlanet 2 post – we just hope you provide your Pirate Sackbots the proper minimum wages :)
General
I just saw the LBP2 box art pop up on Twitter…Why didn’t you guys post it here?
Glad you noticed, but don’t get too attached to that piece of art – It’s something we put together from the artwork created for an exclusive EDGE Magazine cover article. And while we love it, its definitely NOT final box art.
Are you guys going to be at E3? I hope so, every gamer in the world needs to see LBP2!
Of course we’ll be at E3, the bigger question is…will you?
Will there be a Sackboy costume contest again?
I sure hope so, we had so many great entries last time. And now that we have more fans and more people familiar with what can be done, we can’t imagine how creative you guys can get. Stay tuned.
Will there be any pre-order goodies?
Yup. Expect announcements later down the line. We have to make sure all the “i”s are dotted and “t”s are crossed.
What is the name of the song on the video. I can’t get it out of my mind!/
The song “Sleepyhead” is from the group Passion Pit. And we’re glad you all like it!
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(The FAQ is pretty outdated)
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BL Forum name: Theportalmaster
PSN name: superozzie
BL Forum name: Menen
PSN name: Menen101
BL Forum name: Kevdude.
PSN name: Kevdude10
BL Forum name: Comatose
PSN Name: iTechie
Blastdown:
It's a pretty decent game.
I didn't really get into it, but what I played was enjoyable.
Theportalmaster:
--- Quote from: Blastdown on July 31, 2010, 12:43:48 PM ---It's a pretty decent game.
I didn't really get into it, but what I played was enjoyable.
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If you search hard enough, some of the levels are addictive
Kevdude:
Game is climaxs. I pre-ordered the collectors edition of LBP2
Theportalmaster:
--- Quote from: Kevdude on July 31, 2010, 12:53:33 PM ---Game is climaxs. I pre-ordered the collectors edition of LBP2
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I preorderd it mainley for the sackboy pushie. Its out 17th of november