What happened was that I fell in love with the game, no joke, I love this game now. I started off hating the fact I had received this game in the post, changed to mild amusement at the sackboy sixaxis movements and costume designs, laughed at the odd design of the levels and then just proceeded to think this was one of the best games I’d played in a long time. Graphically the game is simple, although it does have it’s moments (soft fabrics and materials look especially realistic and tactile) but what sets it apart is the consistent, mildly difficult platforming and puzzles. What makes it even better is the knowledge all throughout the game that it is giving you the tools to make levels equal to the ones you are playing. I literally completed the entire main campaign in one sitting over the course of a day with my better half, and as soon as I was finished started trying out some of the community made levels.

The quality and rating system is such that you can easily tell which levels have been liked by others, and so far I haven’t been dissapointed with them. This gave me the gusto to make my first foray into designing a level myself. I’ve used a few level designers on the PC and they have never been user friendly, but LBP has hit the nail on the head. Within 10 minutes you can have built yourself a rocket car, within another 20 you can of designed a complete race course to drive it along. I must of plowed a good few hours into a level I was building to test out various features and mechanics of the game, but it only felt like I’d been playing for half an hour.

This is the true test of a game in my opinion, if you can play it and become so engrossed in it that you don’t even notice the passage of time. There’s really not much more I can say about it, the gameplay is excellent, the artstyle will appeal to all ages, the soundtrack is perfect and the developers have given you, the gamer, the steering wheel. I like it so much I’ve sent back my rental copy and bought the game. If you haven’t already I’d recommend playing it, and if you are looking for that reason to buy a PS3, this game is it.