Archive: 15 posts

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Back in January I wasn't really feeling the LBP magic and needed a break from Playing, Creating and Sharing for a while... I was planning to take at least a couple of months, enjoy my other PS3 games, play new things, complete unfinished games, etc. I've been out of LBP for less than four weeks and I'm already missing it like the billyo and having constant ideas for new sequencer music (which is my niche in LBP)... I'm not even sure why I'm posting here; I suppose I'm drawn to LBPCentral forums as a way of expressing my longing to return... but I'm frustrated that my willpower is so weak. My distractions of choice have been the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection and Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (which are both great, by the way)... but I guess I should just bite the bullet and come back to LBP. It's the Sackies' fault. I was checking out those nomination videos of YouTube. Such creativity. Such diversity. Such quality. Other PS3 games can't really compete... And I should probably allow myself to play LBP and other games at the same time... *sigh* Has anyone else had a similar experience? Taken a break from LBP "for your own good" to play other things, only to be drawn back after a short period by LBP's strange magnetic force?

2012-02-27 15:35:00 Author: weirdybeardy Posts: 123

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Well, im kind of in break to mainly because AC:R that i still slowly playing and Starhawk beta, but still running LBP sometimes to DaSackboy with his racer of if someopne on chat call for testing ^^' i did'nt have ideas for great level i could plan out from start to finish, thru i finlly getting my self to work on Move version of In-Side-Out (doing hybrid in current logic system i would be a lot of mess in logic htat is already mess ) and do my old level that i left behind some time ago. Also currently im running other project related to lbp but outside the game.... you will see what very soon ;]

2012-02-27 15:46:00 Author: Shadowriver Posts: 3991

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Painfully I bought, MW3, AC:R, F1 2011 and Homefront and I am yet to even open the cellophane on 2 on two of them. I have spent around ?120 just to get home, get a Red Bull, sit down with the controller, look at all my new games and go "Right, time for LittleBigPlanet" Perhaps it is a built in part of our brains to love this game to the very edge of sanity.

2012-02-27 15:53:00 Author: LittleBigSnooth Posts: 454

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Back in 2008 EDGE magazine reviewed LBP 1 (http://www.edge-online.com/reviews/littlebigplanet-review) and gave it a rare 10/10, a score that only 1 or 2 titles a year achive in their reviews. This is from the first paragraph of the review which obviously does not apply for all gamers but mainly for those who like the game and get deeply involved with it. ....So careful is the introduction to this overwhelming game, and so reliant is it on paternal, unpatronising presentation, that you wonder if anything is underneath. Later, you?ll wonder if anything isn?t. Then, at work, on the train or as you drift off to sleep, you?ll wonder a little bit more. And by the time you wonder if the wondering will ever stop, you already know the answer.

2012-02-27 20:13:00 Author: zupaton Posts: 167

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I've shared both of those experiences. The motivation loss and the drawback. I usually think it's about time to lay off on the LBP playing when I can't come up with anything and playing community doesn't interest me. I just got the Jak and Daxter Collection, and that is really butting heads with LBP right now. At least, until I complete it . It's even plucked me out of the middle of playing LBP, beating up monsters while platforming is very tempting . However, LBP seems to be a never ending, ever expanding game, so that'll never cease to attract me. It's just so fun to be creative, and share it with others. But I am positive that there are equally great games out there, and I can't resist trying them. It's just harder to pull me away now .

2012-02-27 20:37:00 Author: Sackpapoi Posts: 1195

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I've practically been playing LBP for 3 years straight, with LBP1 and 2. It's what I spend going pretty much every day, all day...

2012-02-28 02:57:00 Author: lemurboy12 Posts: 842

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Also currently im running other project related to lbp but outside the game.... you will see what very soon ;] See you online in the near future, Shadowriver.

2012-02-28 11:54:00 Author: weirdybeardy Posts: 123

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I know the feeling. My addiction to LBP practically ruined my life, yet no matter how much I try I just can't kick the habit. I tried to retire, and I was doing alright for a few months, but then I got invited to the Tarsier game jam and the flame of LBP passion was suddenly alight again. Lately I've been working around 12 hours a day on a new level. My life is a wreck and I'm in self-destruct mode, hoping that I'll soon burn out and drop dead of a heart attack due to the physical inertia, sleep deprivation, dietary neglect and excessive consumption of alcohol and tobacco that comes with my long sessions in create mode, and maybe the last thing I'll see before I shuffle off my mortal coil is sackboy's face staring back at me like an angel of death, but whatever...I really couldn't care less right now. As long as I get that level finished before I go.

2012-02-29 01:29:00 Author: Ungreth Posts: 2130

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I tried that once. The original plan was to take a break that was at least a month long.. I ended up coming back after a week! That's all of my epic willpower right there. On a side note, good to see you are back Weirdybeardy.

2012-02-29 06:42:00 Author: Mnniska Posts: 531

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Never tried and have no interest to. I don't believe in quitting something you enjoy that should be harmless, even more so when it's something artistic like some form of creating. *mew

2012-02-29 08:30:00 Author: Lord-Dreamerz Posts: 4261

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I don't believe in quitting something you enjoy that should be harmless, even more so when it's something artistic like some form of creating. *mew Of course you're right, and I agree. I have the most fun in LBP when I'm simply enjoying levels other people have put energy, effort, love and care into. I also love creating, but I find that I'm my own worst enemy: I take all the fun out of creating for myself by taking on too many requests and stressing myself out with other people's expectations and stuff. Just lately I've come back to LBP to do some music creating and finish some half-completed tracks, and basically just tie up loose ends (I hate loose ends; maybe I have OCD or something ). I enjoy spending time in-game with my sackbuddies, but I kinda spoil things for myself when I get music requests from people and hear myself saying "Yeah, sure, I'll do it, when's your release date?" instead of what I really want to say, which is "I'd rather not, too busy at the moment, leave me alone, thanks". So, yeah, LBP is magical, wonderful, great, all that stuff. I only stop having fun when I find myself torn between two instincts; the instinct to create for it's own sake (and enjoy myself), and the instinct to help a sack-chum with some music in order to create something collaboratively (which creates a great sense of gratification once it's finished, but is usually a little bit stressful during the actual creation process). I swing between these two extremes, between loving LBP and it's community and finding it all a bit too stressful/boring/chore-like. I lose myself in LBP for a few weeks, play it intensely, get totally absorbed, then end up starting to resent it, taking a break, then getting drawn back into the game by the lovely community, my friends, new projects, etc. Back and forth, back and forth. If I'm ever unhappy it's not LBP's fault; it's mine. I've played it since 2010 and I'm still learning the "best way" to play the game and interact with the community, muddling through the best way I can. It's a love-hate thing. And don't tell me I'm overthinking things. I know. That is all. PS: Today is World Book Day. Switch your PS3 off. Read a book.

2012-03-01 11:26:00 Author: weirdybeardy Posts: 123

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Well back when i got MW3 and call of duty: black ops, I took a break from lbp. I became so addicted to shooter games i almost completely forgot about lbp. later on, I couldn't find my MW3 disc so I started playing lbp2 again. I dont see why people hate ps3 so much if just about every game for it is addicting.

2012-03-03 20:51:00 Author: Unknown User

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I took a few weeks off once. I was on vacation. Don't worry, though... I brought a sketchpad and designed a level for when I returned. "Hello, my name is Matt, and I have a problem."

2012-03-03 23:32:00 Author: comphermc Posts: 5338

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For half a year after it came out, LBP2 was all I played. But then I came studying to Belgium and here I have no internet on my PS3, so I kind of stopped except for the occasional tours in create mode. If I hadn't come to a place where I can't connect to the PSN, I wouldn't have bought many of the games I bought in 2011 like Deus Ex: HR, Batman: Arkham City, infamous 2, Skyrim, etc. I realized that I would miss many great experiences if I had spent all this time in LBP but when I got back on holiday for 1 week, I got completely hooked again. I played a load of the levels that I had stored for 4 months in my queue and I didn't have time to play even a quarter of them. I LEARNED NOTHING! So yeah, my LBP2 addiction is still there but dormant like a dreaming Cthulhu, waiting for the moment when the stars are right and I connect my PS3 to the PSN again.

2012-03-04 11:14:00 Author: SnipySev Posts: 2452

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I went on a little big planet break for acouple of weeks, the reasons wheree the cool wall was just boring and I had played all the MM picks I end up going of long periods of time without playing the game, but usually I come back to the game as it is my mind the best game ever made if they just had more control of what goes on like cool wall and such but each time I take a break it gets easier and easier to not play it as. the cool wall is just terriable now, I do not agree with some of the new MM picks like my Lil platformer 2, but it isn't my choice on that one. Usually nower days I just log on to create. I honestly I gofor months without playing it but when you log on to see sackboy and go for another adventure sometimes the new levels can remind you why you used to love the game so. If your looking for an excellent example play essence of platforming wooden paradise or his competion level, but one day I wish I would log on to see the cool wall full of indevial ideas like it was back when little big planet 1 first came out. it would be incrediable

2012-03-07 01:56:00 Author: Jonarrthan Posts: 310

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