'I didn't want to go, 'You have a set of Baroque architecture motifs, now go (create).' ' 'Everybody growing up had an experience of going in the basement, grabbing some cardboard boxes, drawing some windows and you have got a house,' Ettouney says. The game's inviting arts-and-crafts look is meant to spur creativity. Sony is 'basically putting high-end game design tools in the hands of users.' 'It's a huge step forward in user interaction and creativity potential on a console system, that's for sure,' says Rob Smith, editor in chief of TheOfficial PlayStation Magazine. After playing through initial levels, they also can begin creating new scenes and levels for Sackboy to roam, and upload their creations for other players to explore - revolutionary advances in user-generated content similar to the new PC game Spore.

'It is really like having a little dress-up doll,' says Ricardo Torres of video game news site .Īt first, players direct Sackboy - running, jumping and swinging - through a homespun world of Rube Goldberg-like contraptions. Mario has a trademarked look you get to customize and accessorize Sackboy.

It gives something very distinct to the PS3 that is not available' on the Wii or Microsoft's Xbox 360. 'It runs a little contrary to what the PlayStation image has been in the past. 'This is huge for (Sony),' says Adam Sessler, host of X-Play on the G4 video game TV network. 5.2 million), according to market tracking firm The NPD Group. Since both systems were released nearly two years ago, the Wii has outsold the PS3 by more than 2 to 1 (11.9 million vs. A wide-appeal hit could help the PlayStation 3 gain momentum in the console game wars currently dominated by the novice-friendly Nintendo Wii. Sackboy's small shoulders bear huge expectations. It's actually you,' says Kareem Ettouney, art director of Media Molecule, the U.K.-based developer of the game. 'Sackboy is not just a little cute character. But Sackboy exhibits an engaging Everyman appeal, from younger players to experienced gamers, in the groundbreaking title due Oct. — - Looking to join the A-list of video-game stars such as Mario and Lara Croft is … Sackboy?Īt first glance, the burlap-skinned mascot of the anticipated new Sony PlayStation 3 game LittleBigPlanet lacks those predecessors' panache.

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