So how's it holding up?
I have to wait until all my homework's finished before I play because professors love to assign shit all at once.
How is everyone liking it?
My daughter is home sick, so we played for about 2 hours, handing the controller back and forth. The framerate has been GREATLY improved compared to the demo version I played a Best Buy a few weeks back. The load times are also significantly better. The IQ looks fine, like a 1080p LBP as you would expect.
I really cannot believe all the crazy things they have added. 3 new characters, the jumps that take you back and forth between levels, the transporters, those crazy transport ball shooter thingies. The music is fantastic. They have some licensed music in there. When I heard "Mr. Sandman" I was cracking up. And that song "He wears tan shoes with big shoe laces" made me smile.
I fell through a level 1 time in my 2 hours. It was like when you play a user created level and there is one little portion where you can fall through or something. With all of these levels being created with the creation tools, there is bound to be something somewhere that gets glitched. I fell through the level when I got stuck up behind something, fell for what seemed like forever, so I pulled up my popit and killed myself, and restarted at the respawn point.
I have the patch installed, I really dont know what IGN was talking about. Framerate is solid, I had 1 little bug in my first 2 hours. Level designs are crazy. If you are someone wanting to 100% this game, it is going to be a fair challenge. I really like the challenge of the Pots and Pans boss on the second world. Dude is very challenging if you are trying to defeat without dying, but it is very fair.
I am not having any of these poppit freezes people are talking about. It works instantly. That is a weird one that seems to be hit or miss with people, I have the Disc version BTW.
My preorder codes will not redeem, but that appears to be a "wait till the store update" thingy. Others are having the same issue. I haven't even played with any of the new characters yet. You have to unlock them by playing through and collecting marbles. I have 2 of the 3 for oddsock. They have a little vendor in the 3rd world (I believe) that sells you costumes and stuff. They are pretty cool, a dog and elephant costume for oddsock. Plus 8 more or so.
If you are a LBP fan, or appreciate what it is trying to accomplish, you will not be disappointed in this game.