.: 4 December 2014,Mode(s),LittleBigPlanet 3 is a developed by for the. It was released worldwide through November and December 2014, and it is the third entry in the main series, eighth entry overall. It was announced at Sony's media briefing on 9 June 2014. It was developed primarily by Sumo Digital, with and series creator assisting in an undisclosed capacity.LittleBigPlanet 3 received generally positive reviews upon release.
Critics praised the visuals, the create mode, and the many new gameplay elements, such as the addition of the new characters. The game did however draw criticism for its technical issues.
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See also:LittleBigPlanet 3 features gameplay elements very similar to the first two games in the main series,. As such, it is a game which features elements of a game. Like other LittleBigPlanet games, LittleBigPlanet 3 places a heavy emphasis on creation. Players create their own levels, characters, objects, such as power ups, tools, decorations, stickers, or vehicles, hub levels, Pods (effectively the character's 'home'), and other things. Players may share their creations.
The core gameplay revolves around navigating colourful and vibrant levels with a set character, using power ups, jumping, swimming, swinging, grabbing, interacting with switches and, defeating enemies, completing the main objectives, and finding collectibles, such as Collectibells, stickers, materials, objects, and gadgets.Characters and abilities LittleBigPlanet 3 introduces three new characters in addition to Sackboy, each with their own unique traits and abilities. OddSock is a four-legged, dog-like character who can run faster than Sackboy and can wall-jump. Swoop is a bird-like character who can fly freely around levels and can pick up other light objects. In addition to objects, Swoop can pick up other characters, with the exception of Big Toggle.
Toggle is another character, who can transform between a large, heavy version and a small, light version. The larger version, called Big Toggle, is much heavier than Sackboy and can weigh down platforms or pressure plates.
His miniature version is called Little Toggle, and can walk quickly on the surface of water, is very small and can fit through tight spaces. Level creators have the ability to allow players to play as more than one character during gameplay. In addition, Sackboy has a climbing ability which works on rope-based textures like vines.LittleBigPlanet 3 has several power-ups which, when equipped, give players additional abilities. One such power-up, the 'Pumpinator', blows air to move light objects. In addition to pre-made power-ups, creators are able to make their own using the new Power-up Creator. There are 70 tools, in addition to enhanced ones retained from three previous titles, LittleBigPlanet, LittleBigPlanet 2.
Backwards compatibility All previous downloadable content packs from and are fully backwards compatible, being transferable to LittleBigPlanet 3 on both the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 versions. However, story progression logged from LittleBigPlanet 3 's predecessors does not transfer onto the PlayStation 4 version of the game. User-created levels In LittleBigPlanet 3, players can play any levels created in.
The PlayStation 4 version of the game is rendered with an improved graphics engine and textures at resolution, while the PlayStation 3 version renders everything at.Unlike previous games in the series which had three playable layers of depth, LittleBigPlanet 3 allows creators to use 16 layers.Players are limited by the classic Thermometer rules by default, but players can choose to use the new 'Dynamic Thermometer' streaming for levels. In addition, players can extend, or 'stitch', their levels to make them longer. Plot LittleBigPlanet 3 begins in a white void, as the Narrator teaches controls on how to use the player character Sackboy. Midway through the opening, Newton interrupts the Narrator, and uses one of his devices to create a.
This wormhole sends Sackboy to another world called Bunkum, where he is greeted by Newton. Newton begins to tell a story on how Nana Pud is going to unleash three Titans that were sealed away long ago in a tea jar by Bunkum's heroes.
The duo fly off in Newton's airship, landing on the doorstep of Nana Pud's home, Stitchem Manor. Newton stays behind, to 'boil some eggs' as Sackboy infiltrates Stitchem Manor.
Sackboy reaches the roof, defeating all of Nana Pud's security measures. Newton appears, revealing that it was his plan to unleash the titans to make Bunkum more creative, and that Nana Pud was his mother, who warned him not to open the jar. Newton proceeds to open the jar, unwittingly getting possessed by the three Titans. As a result, Newton flings Sackboy off the roof.Nana Pud and Sackboy strike an alliance after Nana finds out Newton tricked Sackboy, to which Nana suggests that they reawaken the three heroes of Bunkum. First, they reach Manglewood, where the first hero is held. The Creator Curator, Marlon Random, helps Sackboy find the three marbles needed to reawaken the hero.
Once the hero, Oddsock, is found, Newton unleashes the first Titan to try and defeat Sackboy and company. The pair defeat the Titan, moving onto the next world. They reach The Ziggurat, home to the creator curator Papal Mache. Once again, they reacquire the marbles, reawakening Toggle, a hero that can change size at will. Newton once again tries to slow down the heroes by unleashing the second Titan, which also gets defeated.
Finally, the trio reach the Bunkum Lagoon, hosted by the vain Pinky Bufflooms. After reawakening Swoop, the final hero, Newton appears to be trapped and cornered by the four heroes. At the last moment, he traps Sackboy, forcing the heroes to save him.Newton is stopped from getting away with Sackboy, becoming furious and releases the third Titan inside his own fortress. This act relinquishes control back to his normal self, dropping his malevolent and rude behavior. Newton and the four of the heroes confront the final Titan.
They blow up the third titan whilst destroying Newton's fortress. Nearly falling to their death, Newton, Sackboy, Toggle, Swoop, and Oddsock are saved by Newton's father, Captain Pud. The four heroes are flown back to Stitchem Manor, where Newton builds a new portal to send them back to the Craftworld. Cast LittleBigPlanet 3 is fully voice-acted, including cutscenes and gameplay, whereas previous games only featured voice acting during cutscenes. As in previous LittleBigPlanet games, narrates.
Other actors for the game include as Newton, the main antagonist of the game, as Oleg and Captain Pud, Newton's father, as Coach Rock and Vera Oblonsky, Robbie Stevens as Larry Da Vinci, as Dr. Maxim, El Jeff, and Papal Mache, as Elena and Felica, John Guerrasio as Guard 1 and Guard 2, as Gustavo, as Head Guard, Clare Corbett as Hildur, Lucy Newman-Williams as Irene, as Marlon Random, as Nana Pud (Newton's mother), as Pinky Buflooms, Judith Sweeney as Victoria von Bathysphere, and as Zom-Zom The Far-Out. Development LittleBigPlanet 3 began development in 2011, shortly after the release of.
Most of the development was handled by; however, series creator provided assistance, particularly during the project's early stages. Media Molecule chose not to develop LittleBigPlanet 3 because the company was busy with other projects, namely. Media Molecule also wanted to 'step away' from the LittleBigPlanet series, but they said they will always be involved in the franchise. Additional developers included, The Station, and Testology.Damian Hosen, the game's design director, said of working with Media Molecule: 'That was really valuable for us. It was really cool to get a sense of what they were thinking, how the game came out like it did, what was their vision for it, what limitations did they put on themselves.'
Media Molecule stressed to Sumo Digital that the game's story must set a good example to what players can accomplish themselves in Create mode. Hosen said this concept helped 'everything make sense. it all just clipped into place.
Those personal insights we got from them early on were invaluable in shaping how we made the rest of the game.' During the game's development process, around 20 prolific members of the LittleBigPlanet community were selected to work alongside Sony XDev to provide feedback and offer suggestions on the game's mechanics. Additionally, the game's introduction sequence – which is a combination of live action footage and visual effects – was produced by the UK studio Carbon Digital. Carbon digital 'worked closely' with Sumo Digital during the production of the video.Early in the game's development, all of the playable characters were initially designed as silhouettes. The developers created 'loads' of silhouettes and chose the best ones, which were then fully designed, and eventually became Oddsock, Swoop, and Toggle.
(Sackboy, previously the only playable character, underwent minimal changes.) Oddsock and Swoop's designs were thought of early on and required no major redesigns. However, Toggle was initially just the 'big' character, and could not change into a smaller version of himself. Toggle was then revamped and the 'toggle' idea was implemented; without it, there weren't 'enough combinations' or gameplay variety for the player. Pete Smith of SCE Worldwide Studios said the characters 'needed to be game changers, they need to be fully customizable, they needed to feel like they belonged in the world, and they needed to have personality. I think the final three characters have really struck that balance.' One character that was scrapped early on was 'Sackworm'; Smith said: 'The Sackworm didn't last too long before he found himself on the cutting room floor.' LittleBigPlanet 3 was officially announced at the during 's press conference.
Reception ReceptionAggregate scoresAggregatorScore80.78%79/100Review scoresPublicationScore7.5/107/107/109.2/106.8/107/10Hardcore Gamer3.5/5LittleBigPlanet 3 received positive reviews from critics. It received an aggregated score of 80.78% on based on 50 reviews and 79/100 on based on 76 reviews.Justin Clark from gave the game a 4.5/5, praising the level design, change of pacing and scale in adventure mode, new characters and items, as well as the Hook Hat, a new feature in LittleBigPlanet 3. He also praised the user-friendly and satisfying creation mode and accessible tutorial. He stated that ' LittleBigPlanet 3 is a foundation, upon which eager minds can start building even more inspiring content, and that process has been made more accessible than ever before.' Louise Blain from gave the game an 8/10, praising the inclusion of a tutorial, distant characters and intuitive menu. However, she criticized the adventure mode for being too short and having frustrating checkpoints, as well as slightly disappointing pre-built content.
She summarized the review by saying: '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.' Kevin Dunsmore from Hardcore Gamer gave the game a 3.5/5, saying ' LittleBigPlanet 3 is an endearing and charming game that will work its way into your heart thanks to its presentation and new characters. The end-game possibilities are endless thanks to the co-op, level creator and millions of community driven stages imported from past titles, but it's held back due to Sumo Digital's unwillingness to fully flesh out their ideas.' Alexa Ray Corriea from gave the game a 7/10.
She praised the soundtrack, new characters introduced, drastic and refreshing gameplay changes when controlling different characters, freedom of movement and navigation, challenging but rewarding levels, as well as Popit Puzzles, a tutorial introduced in the creative mode. However, she criticized the limited use of other characters in both Adventure Mode and co-op multiplayer, as well as multiple game-breaking bugs. She stated that 'The push for creativity is limited in the way you play the campaign, but it's an overwhelming presence within creation mode, offering boundless ways to leave your own mark on Craftworld.' 's Philip Kollar scored the game a 7 out of 10 and wrote: 'Despite switching to a new developer, it has the big ideas and wide-eyed, arms-open demeanor of the series at its best. Yet it never totally commits, never goes all the way with its new concepts and characters. 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.' Writing for, Chris Carter scored the game a 7.5 out of 10.
He said: '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.'
Chris Schilling from scored the game a 7/10. He praised the game's new additions and improvements, as well as the create mode tutorials, but heavily criticized the presence of technical issues, saying he thought they dragged down the game.
Schilling summed up the review by stating: 'Held together by Sellotape rather than superglue, LittleBigPlanet 3 is in constant danger of falling apart.' Lucy O'Brien of gave the game a mixed review. She scored it a 6.8/10, praising the design and visuals, but criticizing the 'game-breaking' technical problems. O'Brien said: ' LittleBigPlanet 3 is an enormous – and, at times, unruly – game. Its Adventure mode is beautifully designed, and new power-ups and character abilities switch up the usual bread-and-butter platforming gameplay, but it's let down by limited options for co-operative play and most significantly, a number of game-breaking bugs on the PlayStation 4. While a little daunting for newcomers, its supersized creation tookit has enormous potential for creating deep and diverse play, and it's here where LittleBigPlanet 3 justifies its existence.' .
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