Awesome. With so much you can do in LBP I was wondering how they'd do a sequel that didn't feel like a mere addon. Sounds like it will be very revolutionary. Sure the physics and controls are a little floaty, but imo, LBP is the best game this generation so far and one of the best games ever made. This is because it accomplished something very few other games have, it made a
user-created playground and gave
easy access to it all. Sure this kind of stuff has been done before in RPG Maker, Mugen, even making DOOMII levels and mods but there's a huge difference between having to go out of your way to get each thing and install them and a living, breathing community where you can just instantly jump into user created gaming. It's basically the youtube of gaming and nothing has pulled it off until now. There were TONS of issues and it's very rough because it's a first attempt at something so groundbreaking, but even with the problems for what it succeeds to do is unbelievable.
LBP was the game I always dreamed of playing as a kid and I wasn't let down.
I have a feeling LBP2 will really polish and improve while adding tons more like it mentions. The only thing I dislike about the announcement is that they are keeping the 3 planes. The 3 planes made jumping off sometimes because you would move between them. Hopefully they've figured out a way to not have this be a problem this time. I'll give them the benefit of the doubt.
How active is the LBP these days? have any levels come close to the ones designed by MM?
I mean when the game first got out most of the levels I tried were poorly made. The more experienced the user-base got, the more effort they put into polishing the looks and style of the levels, without enhancing the gameplay aspect (whether it's platforming, puzzle solving, or whatever). I kept thinking: they need more time, more time, then a year or so later I gave up on the game.
It's pretty active and there is a ridiculous amount of high quality levels on there. Unfortunately sorting through 90% shit makes it hard to find them unless someone hints you in to them. I used to follow this thread as there were some really creative/cool levels in there:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=341622Just from an art perspective, so much has been done with LBP





Those are just random shots I pulled from a couple of pages.