| Naum said: hmm so LBP is pretty much like a upgraded Incredible machine game?? |
Not really. LBP is a platformer, and an incredibly stripped-down one at that, albeit with a nifty physics engine and graphical style. From what we've seen in the videos, the only actions your sackboys are capable of are "jump" and "grab." Most quality NES platformers were more fully-featured.
Therefore, what people seem to be expecting is that the user-created levels will somehow make it better. However, while the hardcore gaming community seems to go crazy over anything that includes user-generated content, said user-generated content usually sucks unless the game garners a wide enough audience to attract people with enough time to dedicate to make it not suck. (See: Neverwinter Nights.) Given the PS3's userbase, and that userbase's attraction to gritty, realistic graphics, we'll most likely never see anything near the quality of some of the better user-created NWN scenarios.
"'Casual games' are something the 'Game Industry' invented to explain away the Wii success instead of actually listening or looking at what Nintendo did. There is no 'casual strategy' from Nintendo. 'Accessible strategy', yes, but ‘casual gamers’ is just the 'Game Industry''s polite way of saying what they feel: 'retarded gamers'."
-Sean Malstrom
