[Pai Pai Master]

From PlayStation Blog:

Just when you thought we were done with the Holiday surprises (Free Santa, Festive Level Pack, LBC1 winners, etc, etc) we have one more announcement up our sleeve…and it’s a dozy. Over the past few weeks, we’ve been biting our tongues, and finally we can reveal our latest offering (originally ‘somewhat’ announced at this years TGS) – Metal Gear Solid packs - Available 12/23 on the PlayStation Store.

Metal Gear Solid Premium Costume Pack
You’ve seen Solid Snake, but have you seen the rest of the cast? (well, ok…maybe you have… ) Meryl Silverburgh, Screaming Mantis & Raiden each have their own costumes from the MGS world. Get all 4 characters for the price of 3 at $5.99 on the PS Store, or pick your favorite and buy it individually for $1.99.

Metal Gear Solid Premium Level Pack
Now that you know about our Festive Level Pack, which fills your Pop-it tool with a ton of “Create” materials, objects and stickers, our Premium Level Packs introduce that and a whole lot more. So without further adeu…lets talk about what’s inside the MGS Level Pack (and this time we mean “Level” pack…)
First off, you’ll get a new Sackboy costume… the Gurlokovich Soldier.

Plus tons of new stickers (72), materials (12), decorations (10), and objects (18)!

The objects are especially cool, why you ask…well, in addition to these ‘create’ materials, our Premium Level Packs include new Story Levels and they’re filled these new objects. That’s because, Media Molecule teamed with Konami to create 5 new Story Levels and 1 new Challenge Level for you to enjoy.



Now we couldn’t just build a level using the basic tools above, we need music, new sound effects, and new elements to provide a true MGS experience. So you’re getting these in the Level Pack, as well.

• 3 new background music tracks
• 1 new interactive music track
• 1 new Metal Gear Solid themed ‘sound object’
• New Plasma Ball ‘danger element’
• New Laser Sight ‘gadget’
• New functioning Searchlight lamp – for those special ‘exclamation mark’ moments…and finally, the piece de resistance…THE PAINTINATOR (and Paint Switch.)

Now, not only will you be able to run, jump, push, pull, swing, etc, etc in LBP, but now you’ll be able to splatter anything that comes between you and the end of any level. Once you equip the Paintinator, you can send sacksized paintballs flying by mashing on the R1 button and using the right stick to aim. Few things about flying paintballs, when Sackboys are hit with them, it feels like a very weak slap. You can also shoot ‘Brains’ from a safe distance and progress thru levels much easier. In addition to the Paintinator, we’re introducing a Paint Switch, so you can attach it to any object and set it to destruct after being splattered with enough paint. Here’s a video to show you the Metal Gear Solid Level Pack in action…

Add to all that, there are 12 new Trophies to unlock (and if you pay attention to the story at all, we’re not a big fan of Trophy Levels).
So now you see why we’ve been biting our tongue on this announcement. Tons of new gameplay, tons of new game-changing objects, and tons of create materials…all for just $5.99 (shesh…did that just sound like an infomercial?). We absolutely can’t wait to see what the community does with this pack and the new types of levels this will bring to the Share Planet.
And wait…there’s more…
So, here’s one of the coolest things about this pack…you guys know LBP is all about PLAY, CREATE & SHARE – well, you’ll be glad to know that this Level Pack holds true to that. For those who buy the Premium Level Pack, you get everything above (and hopefully a lot of fun in-between). If you don’t buy it, you’ll still be able to enjoy the MGS pack goodness. Here’s how:

• Non-MGS Level Pack owners can PLAY the MGS Story Levels by joining a “host” who owns the pack and play the levels online together. Now you won’t be able to keep any objects, but you can have tons of fun just PLAYing.
• MGS Level Pack owners will be able to CREATE levels with any of these items (including the Paintinator) and SHARE them online for everyone to play.

Again, we’re very excited to present this MGS Level Pack to you as a taste of how LBP can and will continue to evolve over time. With the support of our community, whether it’s creating new and awesome levels on the Share Planet or buying our Costumes and Level Packs, we’ll continue to provide more LBP goodness down the road in 2009.
So check back on the PS Store on 12/23 and treat yourself to a present this holiday season
Happy Holidays and have a Happy New Year!

There's a trailer at the PS.Blog, it's pretty rad.

PAINTINATOR!

[Kailea]

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*never buys a PS3*

ok solves that problem

[Feba]

Ok, I see MGS4, but where's...

ah, wait, what?

[Malacite]

Originally Posted by Kailea

*never buys a PS3*

ok solves that problem

diaf


Epic post Pai Pai. Do want!

[Omniblast]

Now there's a better reason to play LBP if there wasn't one already.
Yes... Yes I will play more LBP...

[Raydeus]

Whoah that's just 100% greatness.








If only I could buy things from the PSN store.

[Pai Pai Master]

Raydeus, is it an issue with funding your wallet? I know you live in Mexico so it's probably a pain in the butt to purchase American content. PSN cards are much more widespread nowadays here in the states. If you ever want to I can ship some to you in exchange for Paypal payment.

[Raydeus]

Rant ftl

Yep, I simply can't add funds using a MX account because the store isn't available for MX, and can't add funds using a US account because the card you pay with is required to be from the same country as your account.

So, probably using a US PSN card with a US account would be the only way for me to buy from the PSN store for now.

And I've thought about it, but it kinda pisses me off having to jump through so many hoops to give Sony money, not to mention I'd have to go through the same to get new cards every few months.

And if you consider both the 360 and the Wii allow players from MX to buy everything without restrictions...

[Pai Pai Master]

Yes, I'm not sure what's taking SCE so long with launching the PS Store in Mexico. SCE Mexico's director of operations seems to claim the store will launch in early spring 2009.

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

Its cute, but I have a real game to play right now. Don't get me wrong I'd probably get something like this for PS3 but there's still not enough of interest on PS3 to justify the purchase. Its MGS4 and that's about it. Nothing else appeals to me there. /shrug

Also, the PSN store in the regions its available still needs a ton of work. Content-wise, 360 and Wii seem to offer a lot more.

/goes back to Persona 4

[Pai Pai Master]

Are you capable of making a post that isn't negative in some way?

Please tell me what prevents LittleBigPlanet from being a "real" game?

And unless you actually own one and play it on a daily basis I wouldn't bother commenting on the PSN content. There's tons of it. Each week brings about 2-3 original downloadable games, 3-4 demos, an asston of DLC and other content. Downloading Castlevania Chronicles at the moment which came out this week. Pretty cool since the PS1 disc version has always been pretty damn expensive.

[Raydeus]

Originally Posted by Pai Pai Master

Yes, I'm not sure what's taking SCE so long with launching the PS Store in Mexico. SCE Mexico's director of operations seems to claim the store will launch in early spring 2009.

I hope he is telling the truth. Heck they don't even need to create a spanish language version of it, all they need to do is accept International VISA/MC cards from here and enable MX under the current NA store.

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

Originally Posted by Pai Pai Master

Are you capable of making a post that isn't negative in some way?

Please tell me what prevents LittleBigPlanet from being a "real" game?

Same thing any community-driven content game appearing on consoles has ever suffered from:

Lack of creativity on the user end.

Most likely due to limitations in tools due to it being geared for a console rather than PC. This would have been a homerun of a game had it been made for PC.

Look at all the user-generated content made for games like The Sims 2 or either version of Counterstrike, much less the unofficial PC mods you could make for other PC games. What LBP offers by contrast is limited.

Additionally, a truly good game wouldn't need outside help from third parties to stand on its own. I'm sure Kojima's team was genuine in its involvement and that this wasn't a money hat deal, but still, if this game had been all it was hyped to be, would it really need that kind of help?

And unless you actually own one and play it on a daily basis I wouldn't bother commenting on the PSN content. There's tons of it. Each week brings about 2-3 original downloadable games, 3-4 demos, an asston of DLC and other content.

Irrelevant to the point of silly.

Owning a PS3 doesn't mean PSN content is not lacking in any way. The fact that I hear much, much more talk about 360 and Wii content from their respective users versus the PS3 userbase speaks enough to me. The original content, in addition to all the lack of backward compatibility (completely artificial by design to bolster PSN business whenever they actually get around to it) has killed a lot of interest for many, many gamers.

[Pai Pai Master]

I won't try to counterpoint that; I completely disagree on your argument about LBP. The retail levels were already great but the things people have done with create mode far outshine that.

I'm not even gonna bother, actually. Please feel free to think that way, but you're missing out on one of the most original and purely fun games in a long time.

[TheGrandMom]

It's like trying to get a guy to actually want to go see a "chick flick", it's just not gonna happen. Different people have different likes and dislikes. It doesn't mean they are right when they say it sucks, its just that its not something that interests them so it sucks to them.