Holy crap, the new MGS4 levels for LBP are frikkin awesome.

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I'm amazed people feel 'lied to' about LBP.

My view is simple:

1) Allowing copyright for parody does not cover everything 100%. These laws are not of Sony/MM making - they are international copyright laws, and it was obvious that, at least in the beginning, any levels that clearly stepped over the line allowed, or came too close for comfort, would be moderated. Anyone thinking anything else was just naive I'm afraid. The real business world LBP exists in simply doesn't allow 100% freedom to post what you want, end if story

2) Given the laws on copyright/parody are open to interpretation, there is no clear guide and sometimes mistakes will be made

3) I never felt MM promised the level of creation needed to build your own coded objects, it always promised the ability to build your own levels with the materials/objects provided by the game - i.e. it came with various trigger types but you couldn't code one from scratch. Again, this was obvious. LBP is about point/click build a level, not code new triggers/objects.

4) anyone taking marketing statements like 'imagine being limited only by your imagination' seriously and feels LBP doesn't live up to it is being naive big time. I mean come on, don't even argue that it just looks silly and very childish.

5) clearly DLC was going to be a feature of LBP and clearly some of it was going to have a price tag. Again, don't be naive. However like all DLC its optional and I really don't feel LBP held anything back at launch either. It came with multiple 'templates' you could use, hundreds of stickers, objects, materials, shapes, etc. ready to go plus access to all objects in the game itself. It came with a good community system, the ability to easily share/play, take pictures within levels, etc. etc.

Seriously, the game was one of few that really delivered something incredibly close to the vision, closer than any other game this year IMHO. If you don't like it fine, not everyone will, but can we please put a close on all the naive statements and claims? It's a videogame designed to make money at the end of the day, not something created to promote a free internet of open sharing.