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Please refer to this topic for an introduction/level suggestion
http://www.lbpcentral.com/forums/sho...678#post684678

Hmm... i just realized 2 things!
This is not only my 10th review, But it is my first LBP2 Review! (Not counting LBP1 levels ive played in LBP2 )

Review # 10 !
Wet Works (three player only) by Super-Sniper-1
"Hmm... What to play,What to play... How about a multi player only level!
A 2 player only level? Nothing wrong with that... A... 3 player only level?... Blasphemy!
This is a 3 player only level... Never thought i'd play one of those. It was pretty tough getting 2 slaves to play along with me. I had to threaten them with cats.

-Atmosphere-
This level has a Darkish tone to it. The environments are detailed and make good use of the 3D layer glitch. It all looks great. Especially the Menu screens. The opening cut scene was alright.


24/30 (Great)

-GamePlay-
This is a very clever idea. Its a 3 player only level and each player gets a different power up.There are 4 or 5 sub stages in
this level. After each sub stage the players lose their power ups and can choose different power ups and get a password. In each sub stage 1 player will have a grappling hook, 1 will have a grabinator, and 1 will have a creatinator. The creatinator changes what it shoots depending on the sub stage. So there is a lot of variety and re playability. You use the 3 powerups in creative ways to pass the sub stages. It creates a great sense of teamwork. The passwords work so that if you just wanna play a certain sub stage you can do that.
As far as problems go I have 3 complaints.
1. The game is really short. The sub stages fly by fast and by the time its over you feel like you've just got into the game. It does end with a "To Be Continued..." though.
2. The last puzzle isn't explained very well. Me and the pawns were stuck their for a while.
3. The Camera isn't very good in certain parts.
It's good fun but it just flies by.
31/50 (good)

-Music & Sounds-
There's a custom song used in the title screen/menu. It's fitting and is a decent tune. But during the stage it's drab and a bit annoying. I think Super-Sniper-1 could've used a different song during the stage, because you pretty much hear the same exact song through it all. Sounds are used great and indicate when you've done things right.

11/20 (that darn song)

-Final Thoughts-
This is a fun level. The best part is that its a 3 player only level, That in turn however ends up its biggest problem. It can be really hard to get 2 other people who will wanna play with you. It's also really short. It's got a few other problems but its still a really good level. It's a fun little level that you'll enjoy all the way through (except for that darn last puzzle).

66/100 (Good Stuff)
:star: This is a Star.

Review # 11 !
JUST CONNECT FOUR (PLAY WITH FRIEND OR COM!!!) beta 1.55 by GILUPL
One of the things I like about LittleBigPlanet 2 is that it's like a video game library of its own. For example, as opposed to playing the board game Connect Four. You can play it on LittleBigPlanet 2!

-GamePlay-
This game is a remake of Connect Four. I won't explain the mechanics of Connect Four because you probably know what it is. So i'll just explain what it adds. The basic gameplay is the same. But on top of a basic 1v1 game, You have selectable music and an A.I (Computer Opponent) with multiple difficulties (two... yay two). While the basic 1 versus 1 game works well. The really remarkable thing about this game is the A.I Opponent you can fight. It has an Easy Difficulty and a Hard Difficulty. The Opponent responds to your many different kinda of moves. This requires tons of logic for it to compute one difficulty. BUT FOR AN EASY A.I AND A DIFFICULT A.I THAT RESPONDS DIFFERENTLY TO YOUR MOVES. Theres actually a logic board where you can see the logic used for the AI and DANG is it huge. GILUPL is really a master of logic just because of what Ive seen here. You can also play it 2 players with one controller.

50/50 (It works perfectly)

-Atmosphere-
Theres not much effort here but GILUPL plans to update this so I'll just fill it in later.

X/30

-Music & Sounds-
Sounds are used greatly to fill where they fit. Sounds when you block connections and win. And theres a music selector where you can pick one of 10 songs. Its a real nice addition. The song selector can be a bit finicky sometimes.

18/20 (Great)

-Final Thoughts-
This is just Connect Four with additions. Thats all. It's a great multiplayer game that works online and offline. It works
at what it does and thats all i gotta say. The only problems i could have are little nitpicks. Of course its not the greatest game ever made. As compared to a huge game with a lot of effort and work is like comparing Connect Four to Chess. But it excels at what it set out to do and it does that near flawlessly.

78/80 (Awsome)
:star: Approved
<3 Harted.
2011-04-02 01:53:00

Author:
DarrienEven
Posts: 217


Thank you very much . I didn't except the review, I just ask can you try it. As you have wrote the level is not finish yet, I still think about design and graphic which way to go. I want to keep this connect four in wood style anyway, I have to add some decorations too and I don't know what will be best to add on each side of the board (some cogs mechanism?). There are empty places but I want to keep my level little bit tidy too so observer will be concentrated on the board and all the info. Good advices always welcome . You probably don't know because you played fair, did you? There are few mechanism what you could never discovered, you can't drop circle before your turn, you can't drop circle when line is full, you can't drop 2 circles in one time (say when more players play with com), of course you are always informed by small boards when you do somethimg wrong. Did you play yourself or with friend? There is small different when you play with friend or com. When you will play with friend and you will win then he will be killed by some mechanism, first time you wouldn't know about it because it is not visible (nice surprise). When you will play with com then you will get some points and that's my own idea. You will get points for every 3 circles in a row when you will be close to win or close to lose and you will defend, again you will be informed by small boards (close 20 or lucky 10). You will get some points when you will win too, there is 2 different sets (one for easy and one for hard). I'm going to add some lights too so you will see last turn for few seconds, I mean you will see in which line was dropped last circle. I love to make hard harder but my thermo is nearly full. Thanks .2011-04-05 09:13:00

Author:
GILUPL
Posts: 102


The link was broken. so i assumed you wanted one.
And i didn't mention all the little details because... i didn't.
And i played with both computer and other player.
2011-04-05 11:45:00

Author:
DarrienEven
Posts: 217


The link was broken. so i assumed you wanted one.
And i didn't mention all the little details because... i didn't.
And i played with both computer and other player.
Fair enough . Just let you know. I know the link was broken but all the time when I copied then middle part gone, link was to long or something. Thanks that you can wait and update your review, I will finish my level this week anyway. I always have problem when I make design or graphic and when I have to choice materials or stickers too. I think I will be creating in LBP2 some boards games with complicated logic, I go this way, I love that . Now I'm thinking about Tetris and Arkanoid? If they are possible to create I will try it. I mean only very good copies, very close to original. Have you any ideas, some famous board games? Tetris seems to be very hard to create anyway, hmm?
2011-04-05 12:51:00

Author:
GILUPL
Posts: 102


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