Everything that was so good about the first one, is now better.
The campaign is even shorter than before ( probably a 5 hour completion time),
you need to go through 56 incomprehinsive tutorials to be able to use the tools provided, and the camera still sucks.
The story follows the Sacboy, looking exactly like you left him, the last time you played the original, with all of the hats, shirts, shoes, pants, and hair styles, you've unlocked, in the past. Even your pod, looks exactly like you left.
You get another video, similar to the last one, explaining thatLittleBigPlanet is a universe created by people's dreams, and fantsies, narrated by the same narrator, from last time. After that you go through a tutorial explainig the basics, while you walk through a neat-looking level. Everything looks and feels exactly like the original. You'll probabaly start thinking, that nothing has changed, and you're right , not much has.
Soon you meet the main antagonists, The Negativatrons: An alien-robot race, controlled by a Satanic Vacum Cleaner, that invades yoor beloved planet, Craft World. You'll also meet LBP's biggest addition: Cutscenes. That's right, you get actual characters, that you can get attached to, instead of boring-looking cardboard figures. The characters in the story mode, are interesting, charming, and often humorous. After you find out that you're being invaded, you join "the Resistance", which is led by Avalon, a self-absorbed Elvis Impersonator, and Da Vinci. a inventor, with a beard made out of newspaper strips, who wears 3D- glasses, every where he goes. On your way, you also meet a bubble-head Queen Elizabeth, a sad notebook, and a latino, nurse with a spacehelmet.
The new story mode, might be shorter, but it's better than the original, thanks to new gameplay mechanics, and amazing level design. Remember, the jetpack from LBP? That doesn't makea re-appearance in the story mode, and is instead replaced, with a grapling hook, the grab-anator ( a super strength glove),and robots, based on rabbits, mice, and puppies. Oh and a level stage based on cake, which is probably the most entertaining one.
There are much less cotume items to collect this time around, instead you can just unlock 'outfits', which are costumes, based on the theme of the level stage. You still get all the items, from the first one, but the thrill of equipping your sacboy, with your newly gained items, is minimized.
After you finish the tiny story mode, you can start digging through te user-created content, which akes up most of the game. You might feel like making your own levels, but be warnd, that if you weren't ble to use it last time, you will most definetely be able to use this one. The customizer gives you much more freedom, this time around, enabling you to create anything from a retro air hockey game, with a menu screen, to a Bullethell, and third-person shooter. You can even make your ow cutsenes, and make AI's, to accompany the player. You can also make your own gameplay mechanics, like a flamethrower, and a magnet gun. If you have the skill, and patince, to tame this beat of a customizer, there will be no limit, to what you can create.
You donèt need any skill, and little patience to just play the levels, made by the few geniouses of LBP 2 ( mostly veterans from the first one), so I recommend you jump online, so you can play with others, which is much more fun. Or you can grab a second controller, and play with your buddy, on loca multiplayer, which is ,no doubt, one of the best multplayer experiences for the PS3.
If you enjoyed the original at all, you will definetely enjoy LittleBigPlanet 2.