LittleBigPlanet (Europe / Australia / Sv / No / Da / Fi)
PlayStation 3
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Reviewed in 2008
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✪ Reviewed on June 2, 2023
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LittleBigPlanet is a creative revolution on PS3. Sackboy, infinite level creation and worldwide community sharing. Accessible platformer, powerful level editor, titanic player-generated content. A masterpiece.
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Category
Platformer4 players7+
Co-op
Description
Media Molecule creative platformer inaugurating LittleBigPlanet with the mascot Sackboy and a community level editor. Published by Sony, released in Europe in October 2008. Creative story mode, powerful level editor, over a million community-created levels, four-player local co-op, and inventive physics. Console UGC reference.
LittleBigPlanet review
MAX
Art direction
★★★★★
"Iconic"
MAX
Music
★★★★★
"Legendary"
3/5
Story
★★★★★
"Solid"
A universe made of fabric, cardboard and tinkered objects: everything evokes a sewing workshop turned playground, of irresistible tactility. The handmade charm of the settings and the roundness of Sackboy overflow with tenderness. This art direction, warm and inventive, makes the game a visual object apart.
Eclectic and warm, the soundtrack blends jazz, world, electro and licensed tracks in a joyful patchwork of irresistible whimsy. Each world has its own sonic colour, underlining the handmade, good-natured spirit of the game. This musical generosity, creative and sunny, instantly lifts the mood.
Gameplay
"Excellent"
Fun
"From the very first seconds"
An adorable platformer where you play a little rag character, but above all an infinite creation workshop: building your own levels and sharing them opens a limitless horizon. The pleasure springs as much from playing as from imagination. Charming, clever and overflowing with creativity, a unique experience that turns every player into a designer, to savour solo or with others.
Addictiveness
"Obsessive"
Crossing levels brimming with ideas, then switching into a workshop that lets you create anything opens an endless loop between playing, tinkering and sharing. Each community find renews the curiosity and the urge to try your own. The sometimes-floaty controls grate, but the creative generosity and the flood of fresh levels keep a near-inexhaustible freshness.
Difficulty
"Balanced"
Lifespan
"Massive"
The creative story mode is merely the doorway: the powerful, bottomless level editor opens onto a million community creations to play and share. Add the hunt for customisation items, the hidden challenges and four-player local co-op, and the appeal compounds. As long as the community keeps building, the game never really ends, and that is its whole charm.
A Media Molecule phenomenon where the Sackboy mascot opens a level-creation workshop that made the community the game's true star. A best-seller widely distributed in the West, its collector interest stays measured and rests on this status as an icon of player creation on PS3 rather than scarcity. An affordable, emblematic piece of the console's playful identity.
Better with friends
A creative platformer of irresistible charm, built for four-player local co-op where you help each other through levels packed with traps. Mutual aid takes on a joyful chaos: shoving each other by accident, fluffing a jump together and laughing at the wipeouts is the whole spice of it. The shareable, inexhaustible creation tools extend the fun and make it an endless family playground.
Is LittleBigPlanet still worth playing in 2026?
LittleBigPlanet was a small creative revolution on PS3, and its handcrafted charm stays intact. Beyond its accessible platforming and the mascot Sackboy, it is its level editor of unexpected power that built its legend, opening the door to worldwide community sharing and an inexhaustible flow of creations. The art direction made of fabric, cardboard and salvaged materials radiates a singular tenderness. The slightly floaty jump physics has its detractors. But for anyone who loves creation, sharing and convivial platforming, this masterpiece keeps a rare power to inspire.
