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2023 · Exient Entertainment · Adventure · Arcade

Ultimate Sackboy

Play as Little Big Planet's iconic hero Sackboy as he takes on the legendary Ultimate Games, the most prestigious – and craziest – obstacle racing tournament in all of Craftworld! Can you surpass your rival, win the race, get cool prizes all while lookin' real stylish?! Or will you run into a wall and get totally wiped out?!

Released: 21 February 2023
Platforms: Android iOS
Genres: Adventure Arcade
Developers: Exient Entertainment
Publishers: Exient Entertainment
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: Third person
Themes: Action
Age ratings: PEGI 3

About

LittleBigPlanet (LBP; stylised as LittleBIGPlanet) is a puzzle platform video game series created and produced by British developer Media Molecule and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. Most games in the series put a strong emphasis on user-generated content and are based on the series' tagline "Play, Create, Share". The tagline represents the three core elements of the series: playing alone or with others locally (on the same console) or online, creating new content using the in-game creation tools, and sharing creations and discoveries online with other players.

Tarsier Studios, Fireproof Games and Supermassive Games also contribute to the development of the PlayStation 3 games, creating in-game assets (downloadable content). Some of these assets will also provide the player tools and gadgets to use in the level editor.

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

The core mechanics of the series revolve around its tagline, "Play, Create, Share".

5D style platforming and avoiding obstacles to successfully navigate to the end of a level to win. Since LittleBigPlanet 2, the series has included mini-games, including ones that do not follow the platformer genre. Most LittleBigPlanet games involve a player playing solo or co-operatively with friends to navigate through a level whilst collecting various "Bubbles" along the way, which can take the form of either points or collectibles. In-game collectibles can be used in level creation or to customize Sackboy, the player character.

Reception

Most of the games in the series have been well received by critics with the LittleBigPlanet on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable gaining Metacritic scores of 95/100 and 87/100 respectively. LittleBigPlanet 2 garnered nearly as much acclaim as the first game, with an average score of 91/100. LittleBigPlanet PS Vita also received very positive reviews and was the highest-ranked PS Vita game at the time of its release with an average score of 88/100. However, the release of LittleBigPlanet 3 did not receive critical acclaim, garnering a mostly positive average of 79/100.

Critically, LittleBigPlanet Karting is the worst-performing major game in the series so far but still gained a "mixed or average" Metacritic score of 74/100. The worst-performing LittleBigPlanet game overall is Ultimate Sackboy, which holds a Metacritic rating of 57.