| Squilliam said: @ Reasonable, you're over thinking it IMO. If I saw LBP in the store, picked it up, read the front and back cover etc I would put it down again and buy something else if I didn't know what it was. The huge issue of the game is theres nothing compelling for me from the front cover to the back cover which would assure me that my $130 would be well spent on that game. I think what causes this is the fact that the game is supposed to mean so much to so many people that it means very little to any of them. Its attention is spread to thin, it doesn't know what it is. Take Mario, you know what Mario is as soon as you pick it up, Gears of War is pretty obvious when you see the box, Gran Turismo is pretty obvious too. But what is LBP? |
For the most part I agree with you. If someone were to describe LBP by saying "It's like a Mario game," then that would make a lot of sense. But to say...
"...the game is supposed to mean so much to so many people that it means very little to any of them. Its attention is spread to thin, it doesn't know what it is..."
...I have to respectfully disagree. As a platformer with online options to play with others I think is more than enough to pass this game as its own. The level editor is a bonus. But for a platformer, this is something overall new so it's unfamiliar to the mainstream as I said in my earlier post. As a new IP, the so far +700,000 worldwide sales are quite nice from my standpoint. Hey, maybe this is what you meant if I misunderstood you.
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