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LittleBigPlanet, Day One=Frustration

Jason — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:04:05 +0000

If you were one of the unlucky ones like myself to order your game at BestBuy, you probably were not able to get the game until Monday the 27th while most preorders from gamestop were able to get the game the Saturday before. With that said, once I got it home and plugged it in I was pressed for time and skipped the update and went straight into the game. It was fun and smooth sailing, getting to know the easy controls and learning to jump, dress, stick, and all sorts of other things. After playing around for a while I ran the update and then it would let me connect to the servers to use the online funtions. This is where the frustration came into play. Day one the servers I think had a heart attack and since levels, friends, trophies, scores, menu system are all integrated to the online functionality, then if the network fails, the game fails.

I was constantly watching a frozen screen waiting to get into a menu that I would eventually have to get out of due to delays. Playing a game online was nearly impossible since it took to long to load any level. I was successfully able to invite some friends into our game where they were froze half the time and vice versa when we went to their game. All in all the first day was a fail for the network and a success for the game. Later that night the servers appeared to be turned off again and did not appear to be back on untill 2pm tuesday.

I did have a chance to play around online a little tuesday as the servers were back up, and I must say the game is a lot of fun and the online section is great!! So far I did not have any issue with the online system today, but that might just be due to the fact that it was 2 in the afternoon when most people are not online. Tonight will be the real test to see how the network does under stress… hopefully well.

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LittleBigPlanet Coming… Not so Soon!

Jason — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:50:17 +0000

Today on my luch break I was surprised to read on Playstations official blog about a delay for the soon to be released LittleBigPlanet. Apparently a complaint was made about two specific phrases in one of the songs in the game. It contained two phrases taken from the Qur’an, which is a holy book for the Muslim faith. Although I will give Media Molecule credit for being sensative to their consumers and not wanting to be offensive, I do not fully agree with the need to delay the release date.

I have heard speculation that the song lyrics could just be a delay to give more time for a joint release of playstations Home along with LittleBigPlanet, but it is just pure speculation as to whether this is the case. To be honest, at this point I dont care about Home or its release.

LittleBigPlanet was set to hit the shelves on Monday, October 21st, just 3 days away, but has now been pushed back until the week of the 27th. I doubt their will be time or need to recall all the games and redistribute new ones. I think it is more likely that they will use the extra week to develope a patch for the game to be ready as soon as it hits the shelves.

If anyone gets the game and knows what they are looking for, I would be interested to know if it is something fixed in the patch or if they are recalling and redistributing the copies.

Click here to check out the Playstation Blog Article

Update. According to Media Molecules blog, they are going to replace the discs with a newer one and a patch has already been created and is ready to go. This still seems a little overkill for some song lyrics. You can check out their blog post here.

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LittleBigPlanet, Coming Soon

Jason — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 03:43:40 +0000

With only a week before LittleBigPlanet hits the shelves, the people at Media Molecule have upped the excitement not only with the limited beta, but also showing off some new costumes for sackboy, the mgs4 costume being my favorite. To learn more check out mediamolecule’s website.

Update: These costumes as posted on the playstation blog will be considered a premium and cost $1.99 each! Two thumbs down for that one Sony.

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