42 of 43 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent guide, with minor issues, October 25, 2008
This review is from: LittleBigPlanet Signature Series Guide (Bradygames Signature Guides) (Paperback)
First of all, this is a beautiful guide. Every time I pick up one of the Brady Games guides I'm impressed with the quality of the actual item. Nice smooth pages, great colors, etcetera.
About 66% of this guide deals with the story mode. This involves a checklist of items for each level, as well as hints and tips on completing them successfully.
The remainder handles the level creation tools, which is really where the replay value of LittleBigPlanet is going to be. Once you've read this, you'll be able to create your own level with relative ease.
Of course, LittleBigPlanet itself has tutorials for most of the items you can use to build levels, but having it in one place for future review is timeless.
So, all-in-all, a very solid book.
The minor issues I mentioned in my review title are solely that:
a) There's no overview map of the story levels. Granted, these levels are rather large, but I'd still like to see a couple of pages near the beginning, with the full maps.
b) A comprehensive checklist of items. In other words, here's all of the stickers, and where you can find them. Etcetera.
I'm also not seeing a listing of items you receive after doing the tutorials.
I can't remove an entire star because of these two minor issues, so 4.5 stars is rounded to 5.
You'll use most of the guide for 100% completion in story mode, once, and refer to the rest for as long as the level creation functionality keeps your interest.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
LittleBigPlanet, 100% here I come!, December 6, 2008
This review is from: LittleBigPlanet Signature Series Guide (Bradygames Signature Guides) (Paperback)
I purchased this guide thinking I wouldn't have to use it often. As I started to play the game and progress further and further, I noticed I was only getting 60-80% of the items in each stage. Even when I played with friends we still couldn't get 100% of the items. This is where the guide helped out a lot. There's maps for each stage which also shows where each item is and how it could be reached. There is also a checklist in which boxes can be checked as you progress so you know exactly where you're at. That's not an option for me because I like to keep my guides spotless. What I also like about the guide as well is that there is a section dedicated to the creation tools so those who are interested in creating levels can get an idea of how to make better levels.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome Guide!, December 12, 2008
This review is from: LittleBigPlanet Signature Series Guide (Bradygames Signature Guides) (Paperback)
This guide is highly recommended for anyone who wants to find all the goodies in LittleBIGPlanet. I totally love it.
It even has quite a few pages on how to build things. Very handy indeed.
The only thing that bothered me was the fact that the goodies in the guide are listed aphabetically, and thus, not in the same order as in the game. Checking which goodies you haven't found is a bit of a drag because of that.
But other than that, this guide totally rules. At the price of less than fourteen dollars, it's a steal.
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