LittleBigPlanet 2: Special Edition
Exclusive for North America, a Special Edition of LittleBigPlanet 2 was released on November 15th 2011. This edition includes the standard edition of the game, PlayStation Move support, "Move Pack: Rise of the…
LittleBigPlanet 2: Special Edition is an adventure developed by Media Molecule, released 15 November 2011 on PlayStation 3.
What LittleBigPlanet 2: Special Edition is
LittleBigPlanet 2: Special Edition is an adventure game developed by Media Molecule and released in 2011. It is available on PlayStation 3 only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Players continue Sackboy's journey after the events of the first game and the portable version are brought to an end. An inter-dimensional vacuum cleaner called the Negativitron appears over the skies of LittleBigPlanet and begins to suck up its inhabitants, including Sackboy. Larry Da Vinci, the leader of a group known as "The Alliance", comes to Sackboy's rescue - saving him from the Negativitron. The organisation is dedicated to battling with the Negativitron and defeating it before it destroys Craftworld entirely.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are comedy, kids and sandbox. It supports multiplayer for up to 4 players online, and includes co-op. Local play supports 4 players. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the LittleBigPlanet series
LittleBigPlanet 2: Special Edition is the eighth of 25 entries we hold in the LittleBigPlanet series. The next entry was LittleBigPlanet 2: Muppets Premium Level Kit in 2012. Its critic score of 94 is 10 points above the series average of 84. The highest-rated entry is LittleBigPlanet at 96.
How it was received
LittleBigPlanet 2: Special Edition holds a critic score of 94 out of 100. That places it above 98% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2011 averaged 68, so it scored 26 points above the year average.
What it launched against
LittleBigPlanet 2: Special Edition launched on 15 November 2011, within three weeks of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, Minecraft: Java Edition and Battlefield 3. It reviewed better than all of them.
Released around the same time: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, Minecraft: Java Edition, Battlefield 3.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for LittleBigPlanet 2: Special Edition yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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