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What if there were more characters in LBP besides the sackboy...? Maybe pillow boy or... Well what do you think about that?

2009-05-31 18:53:00 Author: blizzard_cool Posts: 752

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I personally think it would only work with Sackboy. If they introduced new characters....... it would be a shame. He's the face of LBP after all!

2009-05-31 18:59:00 Author: Coxy224 Posts: 2645

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Pillow boy. xD

2009-05-31 19:11:00 Author: DanC Posts: 433

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It would be cool, but like Coxy said, it would ruin the originality. He's fully customisable anyway

2009-05-31 19:56:00 Author: FatFaceJoe Posts: 19

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It was originally a "Sack Family" actually, full of characters of all shapes and sizes. But I like the SackBoy as it is

2009-05-31 20:00:00 Author: dawesbr Posts: 3280

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I personally think it would only work with Sackboy. If they introduced new characters....... it would be a shame. He's the face of LBP after all! if the game would orginaly only be with e.g. this PillowBoy, and someone suggests this idea but with sackboy, everyone would say "nah, I honestly think it fits better with pillow boy" :arg:

2009-05-31 20:05:00 Author: oldage Posts: 2824

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That's true oldage, but I think that unless they get it just right, it'd be better just keeping it with sackboy. I mean, they could make a pillow outfit for sackboy, making pillowboy pointless... Also, should this go under suggestions...?

2009-05-31 20:15:00 Author: Theap Pleman Posts: 670

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IMO Sackboy doesn't have much of a personality of his own (please don't stone me to death for saying that). The costumes, stickers, decorations, expressions, hand movements etc allow the player to project whatever they want onto their sack. I don't consider that I have the same sackboy as other people do

2009-05-31 20:37:00 Author: rtm223 Posts: 6497

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IMO Sackboy doesn't have much of a personality of his own (please don't stone me to death for saying that). Only a fanboy would do that, and I don't think we are. We're just...Obsessed gamers... Anyway, I agree with you. Personalising him introduces a whole new character into the game - You!

2009-05-31 21:11:00 Author: KoRnDawwg Posts: 1424

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I think it would be better with just sackboy still. It think other characters (such as pillowboy) would kinda change the experience, for the worse, in my opinion. Anyway you can already fully customise sackboy.

2009-05-31 21:39:00 Author: lk9988 Posts: 1077

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I can see it now "LBRPG: An Acronym 24/7 4 H4H"

2009-06-01 08:02:00 Author: dkjestrup Posts: 672

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Yeah as dawes said they had a sack family originally planed http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/03/sackfam.jpg But they must of decided that it just didn't work. The only way I would like other characters, would be if it changed the gameplay and created puzzles. Like taller sackboys, fatter sackboys...etc But they should be a predetermined shape and size. This would mean people would have to work together in some way and could be interesting and add something new. Hey, they could even have a new switch that would change your sack through the different sizes

2009-06-01 08:45:00 Author: dorien Posts: 2767

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You guys are just crazy! (at first I was like... no it has to be just a sackboy... what a stupid thread... *psyche* "Pillow-boy!?!") ... then I saw the 'gargantuan' from the 'Mm family' photo you posted dorien. His silhouette. My mind just took off! Possibilities. A new play experience. Taller reach, less jump, more lumber... More customization! Why not have Gargatuan playing with sackboy... Why not give players a choice... it would be too cool to see sackboy riding on gargantuan's shoulder. This introduces a whole new play concept and would also change the way creators designed levels... (You can have your liquids... creators constantly convince me I am underwater or by a waterfall anyway), I WANT GARGANTUAN!!!!

2009-06-01 14:07:00 Author: Gravel Posts: 1308

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I agree that no two sackboys are exactly alike... well, okay... the boring and unoriginal ones are. I think I prefer just the one, although I could see in the future how different sized sacks could make things interesting... but more complicated as well, and I'm not sure people would design levels well with the different shaped and sized sacks in mind.

2009-06-01 15:40:00 Author: Rustbukkit Posts: 1737

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This would make the game worse imo. Sackboy is quite perfect because he is alone and everybody at the same time. It's you who make Sackboy and that's the charm of the game. I feel like there's an infinity of sackboy. Kinda the Smurph phenomenon redux. Except this time the different sackboys and girls aren't limited! .

2009-06-01 16:07:00 Author: RangerZero Posts: 3901

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Well there is ONE exception that i can think of. Yellowhead. He may not change gameplay but he is basically a different character.

2009-06-01 20:37:00 Author: FlameAtNight Posts: 405

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Please, no. Never. One or two characters might seem cool, and probably would be... but imagine the floodgates being open to what happened to Sonic with Tails being cool, then Knuckles being awesome, and then this being the worst thing ever - http://techcenter.davidson.k12.nc.us/spring0211/sa_allcharart_white.jpg ...and that's only like 1/3rd of the characters in the Sonic universe. There's probably 50 or so (couldn't find the pic of all of them), and it has always been a telltale sign of the series getting worse and worse by trying to make Sonic more interesting, but all old Sonic fans really want is just Sonic, with no gun, no Shadow and no sidekicks. LBP is the first original, new platformer since the 90's to not be riddled with market-friendly, Sonic + Mario = $$$, "mascot" syndrome. I think the blank, clean slate look and feel of sackboy is why it feels so fresh and compelling. Plus, sackboy/sackgirl really can be anyone or anything you want them to with the sticker and costume sets... this all helps to make him applicable to anything that comes out of the community levels as well, and whatever level packs MM might wedge him into down the line.

2009-06-01 22:26:00 Author: Unknown User

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http://techcenter.davidson.k12.nc.us/spring0211/sa_allcharart_white.jpg LBP is the first original, new platformer since the 90's to not be riddled with market-friendly, Sonic + Mario = $$$, "mascot" syndrome. Boy! A picture really can speak a thousand words... (in this case all muttered under the breath, as in rutt'n... frutt'n!) Listen, Sonic was really botched. In fact I never supported a single character outside of Sonic (himself) in the Sonic Universe. Sackboy I see as a little differently though... First-off, I only want one additional mascot... Second-first-off, he is still, just a sackboy (albeit a gargantuanly proportioned one!) Not really a new character at all just a further customization or option that could further enhance ongoing playability... Consider it the 'big daddy' syndrome. Third-first-off, He (sackboy) is a market friendly $$$ hungry mascot, labeled the 'next-big-thing', ??? He is the direct descendent of all the platforming greats from years gone-bye. And his goal is to make money while he entertains you... Can you say DLC? Fourth-first-off, as far as sackboy feeling fresh... (that new car smell only lasts so long, then you do anything you can to try and recapture it). Sackboy feels fresh and new b/c it has been years since anyone brought anything new to the platforming platform (). Not so long ago, platformers were considered poison due to the glut of wannabees and allsorans (ie. lack of innovation). Why the rush to the PSP? Because two years from now, no one will care. A wiser soul than me once said, "Everything old is new again". Mm understood that and capitalized on it... Of course, I think it was the same old soul who said, "Those who do not learn from the past are doomed to repeat it..." Which is a powerful statement in it's own right. I mean, LBP has been far from picture-perfect... one just has to look as far as play/create/share meters, rating system, hearting system, trophy system, in fact: just about everything wrapped around this 'incredible core' of a game has been called into question on these very forums! So Firstly, who's to say who's right? Could Mm handle the careful implementation of a 'different' type-of-sack, while avoiding the 'hairy' 'pitfalls' of the past... only time may tell... (Did you see what I did there Mr. Atari2600? Free advertising!) Be the First! Join the First Group.

2009-06-02 18:20:00 Author: Gravel Posts: 1308

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Sackboy is much like most things in lbp, a blank canvas, right? I'd rather see we be able to alter the proportions of him.

2009-06-02 20:04:00 Author: ll_ye Posts: 236

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i hope they decide to add a customization function to sackboy to change his shape and size so that we can have even more possibilities to customizing our only character in the game

2009-06-03 18:55:00 Author: Shadowcrazy Posts: 3365

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Yeah I don't know about this one, I like Sackboy and I don't think another character would fit. I would like different sizes (skinnier, fatter) of Sackboy though, it would add another level of customization. Pillowboy sounds funny .

2009-06-03 18:59:00 Author: brnxblze Posts: 1318

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