Littlebigplanet 2. LBP was my favorite game ever (and I've gamed for 33 years) and I like LBP2 better. There are lots of gadgets and devices which improve the platforming (such as grappling hooks, bouncepads, sackbots and power gloves) and there is a lot of stuff which greatly improve the non-platforming bits. Also, the characters one interacts with have more personality this time around (the cocky, arrogant Avalon is pure awesome).
As for the build a game aspect, its both deeper and simplier than ever. InLBP1 I could count the number of designers capable of building shooters on my fingers, but in LBP2 I can build a spaceship with a laser cannon in less than five minutes and I suck. Now people who want to get really deep in the weeds can create textures using the paint tool and write music using the music creator tool (which is beyond the skills of most of us, but there are a surprising number of people out there with musical or artistic skills).
The community has done some really amazing things which have kept me playing LBP2 almost every day. There are levels where one plays an evil alien virus which seeks to escape a scientific facility, levels where one plays a bunny rabbit with the power to burrow through dirt (even Media Molecule doesn't know how the creator pulled that off), a level where one plays a mutant with superpowers who seeks to keep a corporation from recapturing him (and also saves a girl who of course becomes his girlfriend), a level where one plays a guy who goes to war with a crazy girl with psychic powers (and ends with one of the cooler twists I have seen in horror, and I read/watch a lot of horrer), stoner comedies, dramas about dealing with the loss of loved ones, action movies, movies based on 18th century poems, recreations of popular music videos, videos based on original music and a ton of other stuff. Nowadays multi-creator products are increasingly common (some LBP levels have lengthy credit rolls) in no small partdue to talented musicians who offer their skills to anyone whose level they feel is worthy.
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