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LittleBigPlanet 3 reviews

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Tidus_Great

Banned
seems like a fun game i'll probably get it for christmas.

so many games coming out right now though so it's hard to pick what to play now and what to wait on.
 
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Creaking

He touched the black heart of a mod
What is it with trequels and never reviewing as well as the first two games, despite being ostensibly better in many ways?
 
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UltimaWeapon

Member
I understand the hate that IGN gets with some of their reviews, but that 6.8 wasn't graded simply due to the game's bugs - heavily influenced by perhaps. But it seems like there was a lot of missed opportunities in terms of some of the gameplay. IGN's review, and score, for that matter, are actually very similar to Gamespot's review.

EdReedFan20 said:
Remember that different reviewers have different priorities. If the person who reviewed AC:U would have reviewed LBP3, maybe the score would be higher on IGN (unless Lucy scored both).
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This too.
 
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Lion Heart

Banned
Looking good. I wasn't planning on buying this but after playing NSMB (terrible) and then Super Mario 3d World (great) I got in the mood. I'll pick this up in January.
 
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Dranakin

Member
EdReedFan20 said:
Remember that different reviewers have different priorities. If the person who reviewed AC:U would have reviewed LBP3, maybe the score would be higher on IGN (unless Lucy scored both).
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I get that, but both reviewers represent the same organization, so their criteria should be similar. Metacritic doesn't factor in who the author is when calculating the score. All that matters is "IGN says...".
 
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Rain City Gamer

Member
Of course IGN, who is basically MS' PR department at this point, rates it extremely low and is completely inconsistent with other titles who have had bugs as well. AC:Unity and MCC (Which are Co-Marketed and Xbox Exclusive respectively) get a pass but not LBP3.

And to make it even better the reviewer didn't even play the patched version of the game, only read the patch notes.

How do people even take IGN seriously anymore?
 
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Creaking

He touched the black heart of a mod
Vire said:
So since it was Sumo Digital it didn't underperform? I guess it's to be expected, but it's still kinda disappointing that it's the lowest rated in the series by a country mile.
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Doesn't change that it's probably the best game in the series.
 
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LegendofDragoonLives

Member
Rain City Gamer said:
Of course IGN who is basically MS' PR department at this point rates it extremely low and is completely inconsistent with other titles who have had bugs as well. Unity and MCC (Which are Co-Marketed and Xbox Exclusive respectively) get a pass but not LBP3.

And to make it even better the reviewer didn't even play the patched version of the game, only read the patch notes.

How do people even take IGN seriously anymore?
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Seriously, what the fuck?
 
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AstuteClass

Banned
Good god that IGN review is an absolute joke. 9/10 for MCC though, which I've heard is working just fine and has no game breaking bugs at all!
 
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Ape

Banned
But in all seriousness, I think the series has lost its novelty. The Metacritic dropping from 95 to 91 and now the 79 shows that. Shit, even the Vita game had an average of 88, but that's not really the same.

Where does LBP go from here? Not sure, but especially with these scores I don't see it setting the sales world on fire - that is another nail in the franchise's coffin.
 
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XxRampage07xX

Member
Rain City Gamer said:
Of course IGN who is basically MS' PR department at this point rates it extremely low and is completely inconsistent with other titles who have had bugs as well. Unity and MCC (Which are Co-Marketed and Xbox Exclusive respectively) get a pass but not LBP3.

And to make it even better the reviewer didn't even play the patched version of the game, only read the patch notes.

How do people even take IGN seriously anymore?
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I think IGN review has yet to be completed. Maybe after they install all the patches, they should update their score.
 
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Rodelero

Member
Ape said:
But in all seriousness, I think the series has lost its novelty. The Metacritic dropping from 95 to 91 and now the 79 shows that. Shit, even the Vita game had an average of 88, but that's not really the same.

Where does LBP go from here? Not sure, but especially with these scores I don't see it setting the sales world on fire - that is another nail in the franchise's coffin.
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You couldn't possibly be getting ahead of yourself here.
 
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Suikoguy

I whinny my fervor lowly, for his length is not as great as those of the Hylian war stallions
Rain City Gamer said:
Of course IGN, who is basically MS' PR department at this point, rates it extremely low and is completely inconsistent with other titles who have had bugs as well. AC:Unity and MCC (Which are Co-Marketed and Xbox Exclusive respectively) get a pass but not LBP3.

And to make it even better the reviewer didn't even play the patched version of the game, only read the patch notes.

How do people even take IGN seriously anymore?
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While in a way you bring up an interesting observation, it's difficult to surmise the cause when different people review games at the same site.
 
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The Lamp

Member
Ape said:
But in all seriousness, I think the series has lost its novelty. The Metacritic dropping from 95 to 91 and now the 79 shows that. Shit, even the Vita game had an average of 88, but that's not really the same.

Where does LBP go from here? Not sure, but especially with these scores I don't see it setting the sales world on fire - that is another nail in the franchise's coffin.
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I'm looking at the reviews and the only consistent negatives seem to be bugs...so I don't really think it has anything to do with the quality of the gameplay, level design, or concept of the franchise in general.

LBP1 has the best metacritic but I bet this game is in a better working state than it even was at launch. I remember LBP1 being riddled with connection problems and things like that. There were so many patches...MediaMolecule named them all after cheeses. And this game has way more content than LBP1 ever did at launch. Other than bugs, this appears to be an objectively beefier game.
 
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ThoughtsOfSpeaking

Banned
Ape said:
But in all seriousness, I think the series has lost its novelty. The Metacritic dropping from 95 to 91 and now the 79 shows that. Shit, even the Vita game had an average of 88, but that's not really the same.

Where does LBP go from here? Not sure, but especially with these scores I don't see it setting the sales world on fire - that is another nail in the franchise's coffin.
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Little big planet isnt going anywhere simply because it makes too much money in DLC.

Sooner rather than later however they are going to have to figure a way to improve the "floaty" controls and bring up the performance in a way that doesn't break the library of user created levels. That is the biggest challenge for the series.
 
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dcelw540

Junior Member
Ape said:
But in all seriousness, I think the series has lost its novelty. The Metacritic dropping from 95 to 91 and now the 79 shows that. Shit, even the Vita game had an average of 88, but that's not really the same.

Where does LBP go from here? Not sure, but especially with these scores I don't see it setting the sales world on fire - that is another nail in the franchise's coffin.
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an 88 is great what are you talking about! and its at a 79 with 17 reviews we'll get more in the next few hours
 
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SSReborn

Member
Ape said:
But in all seriousness, I think the series has lost its novelty. The Metacritic dropping from 95 to 91 and now the 79 shows that. Shit, even the Vita game had an average of 88, but that's not really the same.

Where does LBP go from here? Not sure, but especially with these scores I don't see it setting the sales world on fire - that is another nail in the franchise's coffin.
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2D/3D LBP adventure. Where you play some parts of the game in a 2D perspective and others in a full 3D one like tearaway.
 
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Coolbgdog12

Member
Just came home with my copy. Disappointed in some of the scores but upon hearing that there's a day one patch that mitigated some issues and IGN didn't bother to use them has me scratching my head.
 
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Creaking

He touched the black heart of a mod
ThoughtsOfSpeaking said:
Little big planet isnt going anywhere simply because it makes too much money in DLC.

Sooner rather than later however they are going to have to figure a way to improve the "floaty" controls and bring up the performance in a way that doesn't break the library of user created levels. That is the biggest challenge for the series.
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Done.
 
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sn00zer

Member
ThoughtsOfSpeaking said:
Little big planet isnt going anywhere simply because it makes too much money in DLC.

Sooner rather than later however they are going to have to figure a way to improve the "floaty" controls and bring up the performance in a way that doesn't break the library of user created levels. That is the biggest challenge for the series.
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Vita version fixed a lot of the issues, which stemmed more from unruly physics rather than floaty jumps
 
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reynal1287

Member
Ape said:
But in all seriousness, I think the series has lost its novelty. The Metacritic dropping from 95 to 91 and now the 79 shows that. Shit, even the Vita game had an average of 88, but that's not really the same.

Where does LBP go from here? Not sure, but especially with these scores I don't see it setting the sales world on fire - that is another nail in the franchise's coffin.
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That concern. Good reviews.
 
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The Lamp

Member
ThoughtsOfSpeaking said:
Little big planet isnt going anywhere simply because it makes too much money in DLC.

Sooner rather than later however they are going to have to figure a way to improve the "floaty" controls and bring up the performance in a way that doesn't break the library of user created levels. That is the biggest challenge for the series.
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First of all, I and several others never had issues with the controls. But for those that did, this game has very much improved player controls.
 
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LegendofDragoonLives

Member
Coolbgdog12 said:
Just came home with my copy. Disappointed in some of the scores but upon hearing that there's a day one patch that mitigated some issues and IGN didn't bother to use them has me scratching my head.
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IGN didn't use them just like they didn't use them for MCC and Unity, or mention them in the reviews or dock them points. All about consistency.

Not going to lie, I'm a bit salty about IGN's idiotic inconsistency here, though quite a few low scores also sucks. Still can't wait to get it day 1, but I thought it would be an 84-87 average to be honest.
 
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Coolbgdog12

Member
LegendofDragoonLives said:
IGN didn't use them just like they didn't use them for MCC and Unity, or mention them in the reviews or dock them points. All about consistency.

Not going to lie, I'm a bit salty about IGN's idiotic inconsistency here, though quite a few low scores also sucks. Still can't wait to get it day 1, but I thought it would be an 84-87 average to be honest.
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Well it's only 17 reviews or so right now.
 
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Vire

Member
While, I'm not going to disagree about IGN and the lack of consistency. (Assassin's Creed Unity nor MCC's review even mention the mountain of technical problems), the end score for LBP3 isn't much different than Gamespot's. I don't think there's any type of tin foil conspiracy going on, just shit journalism.
 
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djblackice

Member
Ape said:
But in all seriousness, I think the series has lost its novelty. The Metacritic dropping from 95 to 91 and now the 79 shows that. Shit, even the Vita game had an average of 88, but that's not really the same.

Where does LBP go from here? Not sure, but especially with these scores I don't see it setting the sales world on fire - that is another nail in the franchise's coffin.
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Thank you GAF for having post histories available. What a concern you have, it must be very serious.
 
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Teknoman

Member
Ape said:
But in all seriousness, I think the series has lost its novelty. The Metacritic dropping from 95 to 91 and now the 79 shows that. Shit, even the Vita game had an average of 88, but that's not really the same.

Where does LBP go from here? Not sure, but especially with these scores I don't see it setting the sales world on fire - that is another nail in the franchise's coffin.
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The game is about creation first and foremost. If it gives creators alot more items and mechanics to use, and looks / performs better than previous entries, it served its purpose imo.

Next will probably be Little Big Universe or something with actual full 3D worlds.
 
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