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POSTED 22/9/12
LITTLEBIGPLANET PS VITA
Sony
Vita
Geez,
indecisive much? Is it little, or is it big? Make up your bloody
minds!
Regardless, TeensyHugeGlobe is ace. Maybe it’s implying that
the Vita’s diminutive? No, it’s also on PS3. Maybe they shrunk their
PS3 like an old Twisties packet in an oven then? Nah... Maybe it’s
because the lead character – Sackboy (or girl!) - is wee in a
comparatively hefty world? Meh, it doesn’t matter.
What does matter is that IttybittyProdigiousAsteroid suits
the Vita like suits suit Don Draper. Touch controls that are often
cumbersome are at home – and sensibly a marker indicates where
digits are plopped upon the back screen. Now that’s admirable
smartipantsiness.
Delve into the Stephen Fry-fuelled story mode, tolerate a tad too
much cut-sceney stuff and quite some tutorially mishegas and five
fairly-biggish platformer levels that are both traditional and fresh
remain. As with previous incarnations, collecting stickers like a
crazed collectastical thing’s the go as you A-to-B trundle, all in
the name of whatever the level’s advisor wants it to be in the name
of. Plus you can use Vita’s camera to snap whatever you consider
snapworthy and wallpaper the joint. Meanwhile, puzzles aplenty pop
en route, as do side mission minigames, including a funktastic
variation on the appallingly-spelled Whac-a-Mole.
However, MinisculeGinormousSphere’s more about community.
Sure you can share story progress with other travellers, but level
creation, sharing, ranking and – umm, that’s kinda it - is where
things are really at. We recently discussed with a friend intrigue
at kiddy fascination with Minecraft. Seriously, let them
loose on the creator in this gorgeous LittleBigPuppy and you
may forget that they exist. With added touch controls it’s even more
flowy and inspiring, too.
As somebody exactly like the delightfully ambrosial Mr Fry might
opine, taste every fruit of every tree in the garden at least once.
It is an insult to creation not to experience it fully...
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