LittleBigPlanet 2009

Is it still worth playing?

A puzzle platform game from SCEE Cambridge Studio, published by Sony for the PlayStation Portable in 2009, the first in the series not made mainly by Media Molecule. It has a new story mode, with an introduction, 23 main levels and 14 mini levels, based on seven themes that draw on real places, such as Chinese gardens and Australian deserts. Sackboy or Sackgirl travels the world recruiting troubled Creator Curators for a festival, and Stephen Fry narrates. It plays like the PlayStation 3 game, without the cooperative multiplayer and with one layer fewer, and respawns are unlimited, which makes it less frustrating. You keep the same creation tools, with levels you can share online or by adhoc, and the campaign levels can be rebuilt in the My Moon section. A new campaign to play on a handheld still keeps the series' creative side.