When LittleBigPlanet was first revealed at the 2007 Game Developer’s Conference, the world immediately sat up and took notice. From first looks, it was clear that it would be a game bristling with originality and innovation and good, old-fashioned fun. Before long, phrases such as “the game that will change gaming” and “one of the most important games ever” were bandied about, and it was clear that expectations were at absurdly high levels. Well, the wait is finally over, and it’s time to decide: is LittleBigPlanet the little slice of genius that we all expected, or just a big heap of hype?

The answer is, for the most part, the former. But it’s also a little bit of the latter. At its core, LittleBigPlanet is a truly amazing game – one of the greatest released in recent years, and perhaps the very best available on the PS3. Unfortunately though the developers have faltered on the execution in some fundamental ways, and the result is that the overall LittleBigPlanet experience is somewhat (but significantly) bogged down and held back by some truly infuriating flaws.

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