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LittleBigPlanets Sackzilla; Destroyer of cities, Ravager of towns, Crusher of people!

Now that LittleBigPlanet has an official Europe release date of the 29th of October, we can sit down and watch this brand new trailer without having to worry about when we'll be able to get our mitts of the game.



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Games Convention 2008 is home to many games and goodies, but the Leipzig hosted event certainly has a monster on its hands in the shape of the mighty Sackzilla; destroyer of cities! Ravager of towns! Crusher of people!

There's a lot to be said for the ability to build a diverse array of content in platform based creation title, LittleBigPlanet - and this video is a great expression of that. Sackboy shows exactly how you can form a lovely and fully working monstrosity that bears more than a passing resemblance to a well known giant fire breathing lizard.

It's the intricacies that make the whole thing as good as it is. Notice how you can select the material of your creation (each having its own properties - glass is smooth and forces characters to slide off it, metal will be heavy, and so on), cut out the exact shape of what you want and then piece it together. In this case, arms, legs, a torso and an appropriately massive head are formed with ease by the similarly costumed Sackboy.

The genius of the game's creation tools means each of these parts can be attached by connectors in the Gadgets menu, giving Sackzilla mobile joints that dolly up and down for a humorous, if slightly disturbing puppet style movement. This is all adjustable, too, so if you feel your design isn't roaming with the pace or style you wish, it can be fine tuned.

Stickers and decorations offer the perfect means of assembling a mouth and eyes, as well as additional texture and clothing to Sackzilla. Throw in the ability to place it on a mobile trolley with a cable operated pulley system (you wont need a degree in mechanics or construction to work out where you need to place each cable, as it's all well designed and intuitive enough for experimentation) and a big red button to activate the whole thing and there you have it - Sackzilla lives! Or at least, it did until another Sackboy sets it alight using a fire hazard tool...

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    Linkin Park Fan | August 20, 2008
    Haha I loved that. I wonder how long it took to make a level like that.
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    Krunal | August 20, 2008
    It looks soo damn hard to make a level, I don't think I'll actually be getting the game for the sheer difficulty and time it looks like it may take.... may get it eventually though...
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      Koloth | August 21, 2008
      That's the beauty though. You don't actually have to create any levels you can just play them if you want. There are as I understand it 50 levels built into the game to start and you can download other players levels. So even without creating anything you have literally unlimited gameplay.

      There is also supposed to be a tutorial for the level building. So when you want to challenge yourself to it you can go that route. I don't think there is any reason not to buy this no matter if you intend to build anything or not.
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    Zerpent | August 20, 2008
    It looks really fun, if hard, to create levels. I think I'm going to come up with something really evil, and then force my friends to play through it. XD
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    Silver Mirror | August 21, 2008
    Haha take that Godzilla. This is getting me even more hyped for th game
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    goldva x | August 21, 2008
    Somehow the music at the beginning of the vid reminds me of Crash Bandicoot music. Looks like a fun game.

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