| ChronotriggerJM said: @Kaz, oh you could probably still make it :P It might just take more creative thought ;) I don't know what the new switches do, but they probably just make things a ton easier. |
The new switches have damage indicators, so they need to be shot by the paintinator multiple times to trigger.
As for the other arguments ... LBP, on its own as a platformer with its 25 levels & minigames, is WELL WORTH $60. If you think otherwise than either ( a ) LBP clearly just wasn't up your alley in design, ( b ) you probably hated the floaty physics based controls vs the popular, traditional Mario-style arcade precision, or ( c ) you haven't bothered playing co-op and have missed a huge part of what makes LBP special.
The level creation tools are just gravy. Further, having played with & in the level editor, both on my own and with my son, anyone discrediting the power of the tools Mm provided is doing so without a clear understanding of what LBP is capable of. You need to spend an hour on YouTube looking at creations such as the Gradius level before you comment further on what Mm didn't give you that you think you're entitled to.
It seems pretty simple to me. LBP was made for children of all ages. Whether you're 8 or 28 or 68, you can enjoy LBP if you can appreciate its charms and its cuteness and all of that. If you can't, then that's fine too, just go play something else. But please, do us all a favor and go find some other thread to taint with ignorance.
The optional/expansion content is OPTIONAL. If you don't like it, don't buy it, and don't admonish those of us that did.
The amount of bitching and moaning around LBP is really quite extraordinary to me. My family has gotten dozens and dozens of hours of entertainment from it. My wife loves it. My eight year old son loves it. His friends love it. I love it. LBP will provide my whole family well over 100 hours of game play before it has run its course, I'm sure of that, and that is more than I can say for any other game released in the past three years aside from maybe Wii Sports, Pokemon D/P, and the Guitar Hero franchise. I have already personally invested more time on LBP than I did on Heavenly Sword and Motorstorm and a handful of other PS3 titles COMBINED. It is, IMHO, the best value in terms of cost/playtime going on the system outside of Fallout 3. If people cannot see that, then clearly LBP just wasn't meant for them and they should look for something else to play.
Whining about what you DID NOT get for free with LBP is, quite frankly, not only petty and shallow, but also demonstrates a collosal ignorance of game development, game design budgets and constraints, and the new 80-20 microtransaction-based e-conomy.
There is so much to the LBP package already. Stop complaining.
