LittleBigPlanet 3

Mild overall intensity
Highest flag: Spending — cosmetic purchases
Party/CasualPlatformerSandbox

What's in it

Violence cartoon/stylized
Low

Cartoon platforming hazards where Sackboy bops or stomps whimsical enemies that puff away harmlessly; no blood or injury depicted.

Spending cosmetic purchases
Low

Optional paid cosmetic and level-pack DLC (costumes, themed kits) is sold separately from the base game.

Who can reach your kid

User-created contentStranger friend requests

What it is

LittleBigPlanet 3 is a whimsical, physics-based platformer in which you guide Sackboy and three new customizable characters through handcrafted, craft-and-fabric styled worlds, solving puzzles and dodging gentle hazards. Its core is creation and sharing: a deep level editor lets players build their own stages and, when the online servers were active, publish them and play an endless stream of community-made levels. On-screen action is cartoonish and bloodless — Sackboy simply pops apart and respawns. There is no bad language, sexual content, or realistic violence. The main content consideration is the online, user-generated side: because players could create and share their own levels and comments, the quality and tone of community content varied, and online play could include voice chat with others. Optional paid costume and level-pack downloads are also available.

How it's framed

The game frames everything through a cheerful, imaginative, arts-and-crafts lens centered on creativity, cooperation, and self-expression; conflict is limited to comic obstacles and a lighthearted story about rescuing kidnapped creations, with no moral weight attached to harm.

Details

Developer
Sumo Digital
Publisher
Sony Computer Entertainment
Released
2014
Metacritic 79critic score (third-party) · out of 100

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