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Tales From Steam City: Late Arrivals http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1200/5169784325_cc5d7c0515.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/55176054@N05/5169784325/) [/url] (http://www.flickr.com/photos/55176054@N05/5169784325/) CREATED BY: Blanchrocker REVIEW BY: John82WA Today is the day. Your time to go to the coutryside and see your grandparents. A reason to escape the bustling city known as no other, but as Steam City. Late Arrivals is another welcoming level of Steampunk design. But how would you describe Steampunk anyways? Here's what Dictionary.com has to say: A genre of science fiction set in Victorian times when steam was the main source of machine power With that being said, how well did Blanchrocker do in bringing this style to his world. Is there any fun to be had in a world like this? What about mechanics and what would it sound like in a town such as Steam City? Let's take a look. STATISTICS: As of 11/12/2010 Published Levels - 7 Created - 9/2010 Last Update - 3 Days Ago # of Plays - 984 <3 - 84 Current Rating - :star::star::star::star: http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1416/5170388434_513a9e1ff6.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/55176054@N05/5170388434/) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/55176054@N05/5170388434/)Notice how the train tracks go much further than the 3 layers? The world of Steam City is not a series as a whole, rather a series of unique stories being told in the same location. While it might seem redundant to base several stories at one location in LBP, Blanchrocker makes each place within its city new and entertaining. In particular, Late Arrivals, you travel through town on foot and trams, venturing from place to place, even crossing through a small faction known as China Town. This city is brought to life by a fantastic sense of style that was created by custom backdrops and even the foreground had its own touches. The process to achieve such a feat is certainly no easy task. Yet, this city is truly built upon imagination and this helps enthrall you as a player into a blissful state. http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1179/5169784345_2fcd59287f.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/55176054@N05/5169784345/) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/55176054@N05/5169784345/)Monorail system, Steampunk style Graphically what more can you say? Pictures speak a thousand words does it not? Well, they don't, because these pictures do not do this level justice. Detail is done wonderfully. It's incredibly amazing when you look at how often the same materials were used and yet it appears to have an enormous amount of depth in its details. Stickers were placed in logical places and helped add to the detail, not deter you from it and they certainly were not used as fillers. The use of the 3D glitch was done absolutely beautifully, giving great depth when passing by various buildings of different sizes and distances. Glass was another pleasant surprise. This material seems to never be used to its full potential, yet in this city, you see it all over covering windows. There's even a fantastic sun room sitting upon a balcony. Even the machinery was all done in perfect Steampunk design. It does not get much better than this. http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4153/5169784349_c0f2673693.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/55176054@N05/5169784349/) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/55176054@N05/5169784349/)Blanchrocker does an excellent job in displaying new areas of Steam City Sounds and Music was another strong point of the level design. It's not often I can say this, but the sounds of machinery in the background helped me believe I was in a city of steam-powered equipment. Interaction with any object had its own environmental/mechanical sound to it and it was spot on. Music was the traditional music of the Steam City levels and was fitting in its own right. There's no qualm here, just great sounds and music to captivate you even more as you make your way to the train station. http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1261/5169784341_03a39f2122.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/55176054@N05/5169784341/) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/55176054@N05/5169784341/)These guys really know how to crush boxes the easy way. Gameplay was not overwhelmingly fantastic in this one. However Blanchrocker gives you a few different things to do as you make your way through the city. If anything, your simply going along the ride in the story that's being told. There is one obstacle that entails you assisting a supervisor crush some boxes that his workers left behind, this in turn opens up a door to the service tunnel that you must make your way through using the jet pack. With out this small addition, the level would suddenly become dull in its existence. For the sake of entertainment, there was this and a few other platforming scenarios that keep you going forward with the story that was created. Luckily, the few parts that were done, were put together quite well. Just about anyone could play through the Steam City levels, appealing to a very broad audience of the Little Big Planet world. http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1393/5169784337_6f3c974b5c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/55176054@N05/5169784337/) [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/55176054@N05/] (http://www.flickr.com/photos/55176054@N05/5169784337/)I always wanted to see that movie! Final Thoughts: Another excellent level by Blanchrocker. The story fit in well with what you were doing and gave the player meaning as you venture through the city. The final production was done very well with no cheap deaths or anything of the sort. There were a few sections I noticed that could have had fine tuning, but nothing that a casual gamer would stop and point out. Perhaps I have been more keen to pick this up as I played it through the 5th time just to take some snapshots. With every play through, it became incredibly easier to finish making the re-playability quite low with the exception of showing a friend how neat the design of the level is. Overall, this level is a masterpiece and its evident that Blanchrocker is increasing his skill with each level. Im in between 4 & 5 stars, so my rating (not within LBP standards) is :star::star::star::star: 1/2 STARS (Yes, 4 1/2 stars ) John82wa

2010-11-13 00:26:00 Author: John82wa Posts: 221

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I love the reveiw you done there John82wa, its very good, thanks

2010-11-14 10:13:00 Author: Blanchrocker Posts: 142

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