No, next week for me.
Little Big Planet: Is this the game of the year?
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Out of interest, do any of you dabble in the creation side of things? I bought the first, but only played it as a regular platformer. Incidentally, it is one of the few games that I own which I haven't completed. I kept dying on the stupid fecking wheel on the penultimate level.
Still considering buying this, but a lot of the reviews paint it as a superb creation tool with a decent platform game tacked on.
Still considering buying this, but a lot of the reviews paint it as a superb creation tool with a decent platform game tacked on.
Picking it up in the morning
From where?
Need to get this!! I saw it on pre-order for £19.99 on the internet!
Went to order and it come up at £37.99 - gutted.
Got to wait until payday now, January is a LONG month.
Went to order and it come up at £37.99 - gutted.
Got to wait until payday now, January is a LONG month.
Gamestation, just got it
£39.99?
Yes
Even the usual websites aren't doing it for much less than that. 
Even the usual websites aren't doing it for much less than that.
Nightmare isn't it!
I bought Assassin's Creed for £42.98 or something, purely as i saw it on the shelves and i'd only save £4 or so online.
Just seen it for £25.98
Nightmare isn't it!
I bought Assassin's Creed for £42.98 or something, purely as i saw it on the shelves and i'd only save £4 or so online.
Just seen it for £25.98
Never buy new games in shops. They are nearly always cheaper online. I bought AC: Brotherhood from Shopto for £32.85, with free delivery.
I haven't bought many games before in all honesty mate.
I normally check the usual suspects - GAME, Gamestation, HMV, Play etc, but they didn't seem all that much cheaper.
I've seen a few people complain about shopto - i'm assuming you've never had issues.
Somebody recommended bee.com to me actually, and i am sure it was there I saw Little Big Planet ridiculously cheap on pre-order, but when i went to pace the order the following day, the price had bumped up to £37.99.
Never had an issue with Shopto, having purchased around 30 games from them. They also always get new releases to me at least a day early. Free first class postage if you are in the UK, too.
Nightmare isn't it!
I bought Assassin's Creed for £42.98 or something, purely as i saw it on the shelves and i'd only save £4 or so online.
Just seen it for £25.98
Ok, but you really should support your high street stores IMO, because if it's all out of town supermarkets and online, then even the likes of HMV will go down the tube, and we'll have an electronic catalogue society. You'll go into the centre of towns and cities and find nothing but womens clothes shops, pubs, fast food joints and starbucks. The general British High Street has been battered enough, but you'll end up with no independent shops of any kind, because there will be no footfall. The next generation will probably never be able to experience the awe of walking around a bookshop for example.
ShopTo have never let me down, and on occassions i've received the game up to 3 days early.
I agree in principle, in terms of the demise of the high street.
I am all for small independent shops, but not sure that HMV comes close to fitting that description at all.
Shops that will always prevail on the high street are those where people browse for something, and where goods are personal. HMV stock generic goods, where you know what you want. Not only that but identical goods are more expensive in their high street stores, than on their very own website.
If there was a small independent game store that offered prices comparable to those of the big supermarkets (where often slightly cheaper), or closer to those listed on the Internet then I'd shop there regularly.
The fact of the matter is the Internet has brought on the demise of the high street, because the high street simply cannot compete on price.
I have it in my hands.
Bring on tonight!
Bring on tonight!
It's awesome, it's a pain I'm working nights this weekend but I can't wait to really get into it next week!
I really cant wait for this. But I'm having to
Go build me some levels to play when I get it
Go build me some levels to play when I get it
Bought it on the way home from work.
Good stuff, Solius has volunteered to write the first Caf review.
And complete the first redcafe themed LBP2 level. Good job Solius
Come on, you pansies, is it any good?
I managed to defeat that stupid fecking wheel on the first game last night. A triumphant achievement.
I managed to defeat that stupid fecking wheel on the first game last night. A triumphant achievement.
Took me ages and all, Lance...but I was determined to complete it. And I'm with you...I couldn't be arsed with the creative part of the game, I didn't think it was actually all that good, nor were the levels that I accessed via online particularly fun to play. But the single-player was brilliant, I thought the 2.5D graphics were well polished and even though they were basically reinventing the wheel in terms of actual gameplay, it was a very enjoyable experience nonetheless.
I'll get LPB 2 in a couple of weeks.
Of course, but the smaller independent shops generally rely on the bigger ones to generate footfall.
I just finished the first one.
I've had a doss about on it, it's more of the same so far in the story mode. Really well made platforming and a lot of fun. The online stuff is alright but not great at the minute.
There's one called Omicron which shows the start of a RPG someone's making and it looks like it could be pretty interesting. I haven't dabbled with the creation stuff yet but might have a go later today.
There's one called Omicron which shows the start of a RPG someone's making and it looks like it could be pretty interesting. I haven't dabbled with the creation stuff yet but might have a go later today.
I may saunter into town and buy this.
Someone made a working Iron man level, you can fly and everything, pretty cool.
There's a Fallout New Vegas level on there, only just a little thing with some exploration but it just shows the kind of level of things that can be made with it.
Still wrestling with the idea of going into town to buy this.
And an Assassin's Creed one that looks tip top.
Are you going to do a review, Xander?
Viva pubs and fast food joints, pop there while the missus shops, what's the problem?!
feck HMV too, if they hadn't tried to overcharge for too long, perhaps they'd be in better shape at the moment
I don't know, i might get round to it. But the thing is it's so many different games in one it's hard to pin it down.
Could review the solo stuff easy enough but we won't know what the creation stuff can really do until people have got their teeth into it.
Solo stuff is all I am interested in. To save you the hassle, should I go buy it?
I'm inclined to get the first one seeing as it has got nothing but rave reviews around the world, but I still have doubts. I'm not that much into platform games, from time to time I will play some on a mobile but rarely buy them for proper gaming systems.
Is it really that amazing?
Is it really that amazing?
If you were going just solely on the 1 player stuff then i don't think it's worth £40 quid. A very fun platformer and some short minigames and the like, but you could finish the one player stuff in about 6/7 hours if you just run through them. If you're a completionist it'll be well worth the money as i think it would take a fair while to collect everything that's about.
Some of my favourite levels are actually the ones with the least platforming, the R-Type style levels are damn good fun. I found it quite a bit easier than the original, not sure if that's just me though.
In summary, you won't regret buying it if you got it now and quite frankly if the first is anything to go by it's not going to go down in price anytime soon.
I'm only just on it but God...the level designs very impressive. I don't want to spoil it so no details. They really know how to be creative these guysIs only going to get better in the up coming years