Sociological poll : Are you impressed by LBP?

[cthellis42]

Right, right... Whew! I thought for a minute I might be in the minority on a forum, and that would just be wrong!

LBP is impressive on so many levels, and looks to be a tremendously fun little sandbox, provided the creation tools are not too annoying. So far it looks good, but it will take some getting used to, certainly.

 

[Graham]

Sure, the game has nice lightmapping, some fairly ok depth of field on the background, good motion blur, and a nice aftertaste of physics. There are detractors of course, the character movement just doesn't look precise to me, and I'm concerned if the design really is going to require coop play, or simply make the game easier. It all comes together in a 'sum is potentially greater than the parts' kindof way, however I'm not wowed, nor am I unimpressed. I'm quietly optimistic...

I think people are getting worked up over the potential, which (to me) wasn't actually demonstrated in the video very well. There were no clear cut cases where each and every player filled a different role, or simply where players could significantly help one another.
There is *a lot* of potential there. You could have some incredibly complex challenges that are immensely satisfying to complete as a team, but I have this nagging feeling we won't see that fulfilled.

So there needs to be an extra answer, 'It has lots of potential, lets hope they pull it off'. Or the like.

 

[Titanio]

if the design really is going to require coop play, or simply make the game easier.

I think that's down to whomever designs the level your playing. They could present challenges that require more than one person to overcome, or not.

There were no clear cut cases where each and every player filled a different role, or simply where players could significantly help one another.

Off the top of my head, raising the portcullis required the players to help each other to lift a heavy snail shell. There were other parts too..when one player reached down and grabbed another on a jet pac, in order to allow the second player to get his jet pac. Also, one player went ahead and started pulling the skateboard to get it going (although I think this was in the trailer, not in the demo, where all the players pulled on the skateboard while on it to start it), and there were parts where characters climbed on top of each other to get to higher areas. Gameplay examples aside, I've a feeling the creation aspect, working together to design a level, will be more enjoyable, if not easier, with multiple people co-operating.

 

[Scott_Arm]

I voted for wowed, but I would have preferred an alternative moderate option. The poll only reflects the two extremes.

 

[Shifty Geezer]

I don't think it's at all polarised to be honest.

I don't think I've heard a "neutral" saying they didn't like it, the only ones against it are the people I would've expected from their posting history.

That's what polarized means . People seem to either love it or hate it. Those who comment, anyway. Those who are indifferent don't much matter to this poll. Voting 'I don't care' can be performed adequately by not voting at all!

As for more options...there's only 10 allowed, and I don't care to see which territories are indifferent. If there's an idea that certain games are needed in certain territories, I want to know if that's shown in this game which is a very different take on next-gen gaming. Of the people who have shown a disinterest, I've recognised on the off that those who's nationality I know are from NA. Rather than go on vague perceptions, may as well ask and find out if there is such a national distinction among gamers.

Of course, the rest of the world is waiting for the lazy Yanks to get out of bed and vote (or vote in bed with a wireless keyboard or handheld browser). We've been up for hours!

 

[Nesh]

Impressed and european

 

[Paul_G]

That's what polarized means . People seem to either love it or hate it. Those who comment, anyway. Those who are indifferent don't much matter to this poll. Voting 'I don't care' can be performed adequately by not voting at all!

I don't agree. Hypothetically, you could have 50 people who love it, and 50 people who hate it, and 1000 people who don't really care one way or another. IMO, showing that there is a considerable amount of people who are indifferent shows that your original reason for the poll was wrong, but unless you allow them to vote, you'll never know.

 

[joebloggs]

Removed

 

[crystalcube]

It seems result clearly reflects membership of this forum rather than what it was meant to be

 

[zifnab]

I'm a European and I was unimpressed by it. I don't own any next-gen consoles at the moment and either a Wii, PS3, 360 or combination are possibilities for me so I don't think any console bias factors into that. I'm actually very surprised by the amount of attention this and home have gotten, as I can't see anything special about either of them. It just seems like pure marketing to me. Recent news about games such as Mass Effect and Heavenly Sword have had me far more wowed.

 

[Shifty Geezer]

I don't agree. Hypothetically, you could have 50 people who love it, and 50 people who hate it, and 1000 people who don't really care one way or another. IMO, showing that there is a considerable amount of people who are indifferent shows that your original reason for the poll was wrong, but unless you allow them to vote, you'll never know.

Most games most people are indifferent to. For every person who says ' I like this' or 'I dislike this' there's a dozen who don't care to have an opinion. I'm not wanting to see if LBP appeals to the masses. I'm wanting to see if there regional differences in taste causing strong like/dislike reactions. If in the US, 200 people vote like, 100 vote dislike, and 10,000 don't care, and in the EU 4000 people like, 5000 dislike, and 1000 don't care, the ratio of like to dislike is still a fair comparison of those who have a reaction.

I also can't ask for regional indifference for 4 locations (NA, EU, Asia and ROW) in only 10 poll options! As it was I had to group locales into Rest Of World and hope they're not too offended!

 

[scooby_dooby]

A spin-off idea. Response to LBP is quite polarized in intensity. Some love it; some don't see what the fuss is about. I'm curious to see if regional variation is an influencing factor on the appreciation. Is Europe more receptive to the game, indicative of the cultural differences? Or is interest purely personal with an equal distribution of likers and non-likers regardless of territory?

No middle ground?? I'm impressed, but not really wowed.

 

[ManuVlad3.0]

Yes, I'm wowned. And I'm Brazilian (AKA elsewhere)

 

[Shifty Geezer]

No middle ground??

No room!

 

[cthellis42]

He will join us or die, my master...

 

[Acert93]

No room!

When you put someone in a polling both and then only give them 2 extremes they don't agree with they will end up skewing your election with votes they don't agree with but felt compelled to vote because, hey, I was there with my finger on the trigger might as well vote for the one I am leaning toward, even if I don't even agree! Would you prefer Bush or Carter as president? Because of this it isn't going to naturally weed out the indifferent but have a sizable number of them skew the results if they are as large of a group as some indicate.

Personally, looking at it from a game standpoint I see it as a tech demo. Demos either catch your eye or don't. A demo that caught my eye was Portal. I can see all the negatives: Short, repetitive in terms of core action, limited gameplay experience (puzzle), and so forth. So I can see a significant middle ground. I think the same applies to LBP. To me what sticks out as a game was how broken the experience felt. 2D side scrolling games are a staple I grew up on (Mario!) and the execution of such games is amazing on a design and player input level. I am not much of a collection person (Pokemon) or Sim gamer, about the closest I get are maps for goal oriented competitive gameplay, so all the really cool stuff is indifferent to me. Not a bad concept, but not something I do for fun. I have American friends who love that kind of stuff (more casual gamers) and would enjoy hours of such. So the great features are not to my general style and the gameplay itself looks weak (unless the focus is on "playground coop" in which case I have better things to do with my time like save the world from invading aliens, win the Super Bowl, and win Daytona haha). So I would call myself indifferent. Some cool stuff going on there but not my cup of tea. Yes, some Americans drink tea

 

[TheChefO]

No room!

I'd say an additional poll should be produced.

I like the game and the concept and think it will be a great addition to their library and I would pick it up if I were a ps3 owner.

However, this title will not push me over the edge to pick one up. (aka - not a system seller -IMO)

no vote for me as it wouldn't be far to say "yes" or "no" based on my mixed thoughts on the game. If this were on xblive arcade I would be anxious to dl the demo and check it out.

 

[Shifty Geezer]

When you put someone in a polling both and then only give them 2 extremes they don't agree with they will end up skewing your election with votes they don't agree with but felt compelled to vote because, hey, I was there with my finger on the trigger might as well vote for the one I am leaning toward, even if I don't even agree! Would you prefer Bush or Carter as president?

Dunno about anyone else, but in my case in that situation I don't vote. Anyone voting For or Against when they don't care either way is...well, behaving not how I was expecting!

 

[Tap In]

Dunno about anyone else, but in my case in that situation I don't vote. Anyone voting For or Against when they don't care either way is...well, behaving not how I was expecting!

well "unimpressed" is not really "against" IMO as there are far more variations of "not wowed" than "hated it". Where as "Wowed" means you obviously love it. I agree w/ JL that a middle ground should be included for a more accurate poll.

 

[oli2]

As others, i think this poll is particuliarly unaccurate.
What is it supposed to show ?