LittleBigPlanet Karting Beta

[Kresnik]

Well, since everyone is talking about it, I'll share my thoughts from playing for about a week now:

Positives:

+ The load times are much improved over MNR, more in the LBP zone. I didn't feel like I was ever waiting too long.

+ It has that wonderful LBP charm to it which I very much enjoy.

+ Battle matches are awesome. Seriously awesome.

+ HUGE variety in game modes makes it great. Isometric, motorstorm-RC esque races mixed in with egg throwing contests alongside all the traditional modes. Really cool.

+ Customisation levels are as high as I'd expect from a LBP game. I enjoyed the different things you could do with your kart, and the track creator is better than MNR.

Negatives:

- Too slow. I know you can tweak it, but the base game is just too slow.

- Framerate issues when there's a lot of stuff going on-screen (particularly in busily designed levels)

- Tutorials are too disconnected from the rest of the game. It's a problem I had with LBP as well. I don't want to have to sit through 40 minutes of tutorials and then try and remember all of it when I'm making my track.

Overall, it's a very solid beta though and I will be buying it at launch.