Hawkeye on 25 October 2008
| Impulsivity said: I did love Super Mario World on the SNES and played it extensively when it came out...damn has it already been over 15 years? Anyway it has a lot of the things that made SMW great. It has multiple abilities (instead of the cape there's a jetpack, instead of the fireball flower there's throwing items which you can grab on to, instead of the Super Mushroom there are custom levels purposely made very tiny). As already seen from a few videos you can actually make Mario levels from scratch in the level editor! I'm sure at least some of you saw lv 1-1 of the original SM recreated in LBP. That is the big difference. The original levels are truly amazing, but they're just the tip of the iceberg (the trophy for finishing the story mode is called something like just getting started). The story is as long as the Mario world one, and arguably more fun, but then after that there are more items to collect in the completed stages (some are REALLY well hidden), competitive runs with friends, custom levels and of course making your own. LBP can be REALLY hard if you want it to be. Much like mini Mario you can only get hit once. If custom levels have really complex areas with a lot of death traps it can be quite difficult. Even some of the original levels (especially after the first few stages) have some really hard parts that provide a good mix of excitement and challenge. The limits of LBPs challenge level really is just the sadism of the most hardcore of the developers. 50 unlockables is at the low end actually. The last few levels I've played had over 70 unlockables including special items that require you complete the level with no respawns (in the first few levels its a complete set of pirate garb!) and others that are only available if you get all 70 items scattered throughout the level. The special items for all items or no deaths tend to be the most fun/interesting possibilities so it rewards thoroughness and skill. Honestly if I didn't have a PS3 and played this game at the house of someone who did, I would stop at gamestop on my way home and get both the system and this game in a second. You can get a used PS3 on Ebay for under 300 bucks if you look around (ditto for Amazon). Seriously though, if you can go through even the first 30 mins of intro without a huge smile on your face, you're probably not human. It's just so fun and great and joyful, its the perfect counterpoint to the games I've been playing lately like Bioshock and Dead Space. I can't remember the last game that REALLY made me smile like this one does. Probably the original Warioware or maybe even as far back as Mario 64. In short it is the first Playstation game to really capture what made Nintendo games (especially old school Nintendo games) so great, and then Media Molecule improves on that greatness in almost every single way. |
Sounds like its better to get a PS3 now for this game (and PS2 later- I want a BC PS3 but its cheaper this way). Do you know what stores have demo kiosks for this game? Tommorows Sunday, so I can drive to the store and check the game out.
