Is it Worth it: Metal Gear Solid LBP Level Pack

MGS Level

The Metal Gear Solid Level Pack for LittleBigPlanet introduces a new costume, 5 new story levels, a new challenge level, along with tons of new stickers and gadgets to enjoy.

The story levels bring a totally new feel to LittleBigPlanet with a the help of the Paintinator. Instead of the usual jump, drag, swing, and hope not to die, the gun allows you to shoot switches and enemies you would normally have to jump on to defeat. The Metal Gear Solid levels rely more on paintinator and cover to provide action shooters rather then the standard platform levels.

Though I finished all the levels pretty quickly, I had a lot of fun playing them. From the first level, which played more like a LBP cutscene then an actual level, to the final boss I couldn’t get enough. These levels produced my first adrenaline filled moments in LittleBigPlanet. “The Mission” was my favorite level of all 5. It felt more like playing the first contra game then MGS, so much so that I couldn’t resist taking on the elevator with a friend.

While the levels are fun, the goodies are best reason to invest in this DLC. The new gadgets will provide creators with a lot more possibilities far beyond the platform genre. I’ve already seen several well designed levels within the first hours of release and am expecting to see many more once people have a chance to build their masterpieces.

The question is the Metal Gear Solid Level Pack worth the $6 price tag?

The new tools, stickers, and music will defiantly please any LBP creators. For those of us who are too lazy to build our own levels, the costume and levels bring enough new gameplay and replay value that won’t leave you regretting the christmas present to yourself. Overall, with all the new content, the level pack is well worth its $6 price tag. Though if you still aren’t sold and want to check things out before you buy, remember you can still join a game hosted by someone who has the level pack to play any of the story levels and can play any level published that uses the new tools on your own.

For more information on the Level Pack, check out the Playstation Blog.

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Thursday, December 25th, 2008 Review

5 Comments to Is it Worth it: Metal Gear Solid LBP Level Pack

  • Caladbolg777 says:

    Thanks Last Geek. I’ll have to check this out. The amount of content included in the pack seems like it may just be worth the $6 investment, especially since I’ve started to toy around with the level editor. I was wondering, in the spirit of reviewing DLC, is the Gears of War II combustible map pack worth the 800 points ($10)?

  • N4G says:

    Some people are stupid.

  • Jason says:

    Metal Gear Solid is realy sucks as a game, the worst game ever in the world!!!

  • Adam says:

    MGS is the worst? Really? Not Paris Hilton’s Diamond Quest? Not Superman64? Not Vampire Rain? Not Jumper, Pimp My Ride, or Yaris? MGS is the worst… OK got it.

  • psn-trizzy8 says:

    lol adam you bring up a good point :)
    this is worth but i cant play uz my stupid brother keeps making me yell at him for running to to the explosives in boom town which gets my ps3 turned off…

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