I very much loved this one :)
Not many levels can hold my attention for a good thirty minutes - and even fewer could actually have action throughout all of it! Simply superb Julesy...really loved Jabba - excellently done.
Oh and I posted several pictures on your level - nothing wrong with them, I just liked those bits :p
Five stars and a heart and a creator heart :D
Easily the best one of the series.
I feel bad for anyone who wants to make a Star Wars level after this series, it'll be like trying to cover the Beatles.
I know right. I so wanted to do a Star Wars level but there is no way I could top this. Julesy has it nailed ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by TripleTremelo
WORD. I beta-tested this level a few days ago and all I can say is: just brilliant artwork. Humor: top, gameplay: top, visuals: top, story-telling: top, atmosphere: unbeatable! And like Wex said: yes, there are some areas that are very hard and very challenging. Thx to the unlimited checkpoints so everyone can try these areas without the fear of meeting the scoreboard to early :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by wexfordian
And Jules, I'm really looking forward your update of this level. If you're able to add/change some of the things we talked about I would LOVE to play this again to see the result :-) but nevertheless: I defenitely will play this again very soon.
HAHAHA: "... my friend is a coffee table" - THAT WAS THE BEST LINE I'VE EVER READ ABOUT HAN IN THE CARBONITE :-))))))) GREAT STUFF....
:star::star::star::star::star: and of course a heart.
Everything is present and correct now, jules - cheers! (And don't be embarrassed about glitches or whatever! In fact, I was so tempted to offer to beta test, but your levels are something that I look forward to playing too much!).
Anyway, humour is soooo difficult to get across in LBP, and even though we have Star Wars as a reference, your wit makes me laugh every time. Was I seeing things, or did you even manage to fit a joke in about Leia's horn-rimmed bra, too!!! Classic!
Those Gammorean's were pigs to get passed! Other bits were tricky too, but I was compelled to continue. The effect of the carbon being removed from Han was great, and the general atmosphere and 'feel' were nailed perfectly.
Very, very good quality stuff, you should be very proud. I enjoyed it immensely.
Cons? Nah, not worth mentioning really. Some of the more subtle humour may be lost on those trying to zip through the level, which is a shame for them, but it's their loss. You spend hours getting the detail and speech to such high standard, and the level deserves to be played at a leisurely pace.
But the biggest con of all is that I have thought so long and hard about how I would love to do a Star Wars level, but each time I do, I have to take a step back and remind myself that what ever I came up with, no matter how accurate or fun, I couldn't match your skill and humour, so I'm totally happy to leave the LBP Star Wars dynasty in your very capable and admirable hands.
Well done, matey :)
Short and sweet as I am a bit sick today:
The best Star Wars level out there, one of my all time favourites overall out there.
This is an absolutely great series, you keep hitting it with that right tone of humor.
I love this series and you as a creator.
I played it multiple times by now but this has to be said: How you could fit so much in there while still making it look so good is beyond me!!
It's challenging, but fun challenging!!
Very well done!! An obvious 5 stars and heart!!
O_O That-was-AMAZING!!!
Absolutely loved the lighting at the beginning, the silhouette kinda reminded me of the 'Raising the Ark' section in Indiana Jones :hint: :hint: :wink: :wink
Some great, challenging jumps aswell, I liked the way bits of rubble crumbled off the edges. I was so determined to ace the level, and then I - died. Played it through with a friend and he managed to get by those lasers without using the donut box somehow. One thing was that I fell through the rancor 'trap door' before I finished reading the dialogue. It involved a lot of humour despite no reference to the max rebo twelve! They're the most well known band in the galaxy for wookies sake! But still, that was a hell of a lot to cram into one level, and you managed to fit in the key bits. On another picky note, episode V ended without any reference to the other bounty hunters: Bossk, Dengar, IG-88, Zuckuss or 4LOM and I was surprised to see Leia without seeing the thermal detonator clip first when she was posing as Boushh. :grr: But, you're only human :P
Great level as always. I'm sure everyone has prasied everything that could be praised and I'm in a bit of a rush so I'll just give you a few things I picked up on...
The part where you have to get in the box to get past the laser beam...well you don't need to get in the box you can just run through and manage not to get plasma'd sometimes :) I did this the first time before realising what the box was for and giving it a go properly :)
I think it's just after the box part where there's spinning fire things across 3 platforms and you have to time your jumps..the first fire thing...well, it had no fire...it was just a ball of green gas :)
Lastly, the creature that the baddie falls into near the end and gets eaten...well I fell in myself and didn't die...I could see some green gas above me while I was there but for some reason it didn't quite get me :)
Overall, amazing as usual, lots of variety, very good length!
Great work 5 stars etc etc.
Aw, thanks you guys, I'm really chuffed with your comments!! I've been making the SW levels for nearly a year now (!) and with only one more to go (I'm planning a two-parter to end on a bang ; ) ) it's so great to know it's been worth it.
@ Teebonesy - heh, now that WOULD be a new definition of pain and suffering ; )
@Robbie - Another Max Rebo fan?? You should PM Jagrevi & Powershifter, I think you guys will get on famously. ; )
@Jack , thanks for the heads up on those, I've tweaked the plasma in both instances to try and counter that. And there's bigger gas in the Pit now. Oops.
I'd pile on and say your Star Wars levels are as good as they are because all the characters seem to know they're really in LBP. But your visuals keep improving...the lighting, especially at the beginning, was especially choice this time round.
I never solved the box puzzle properly. I pushed the box through, died. Got in the box and walked through...got shot while in box. Pushed box through, did not follow, and jumped up the boxes and got round the lasers, even though it seemed like it wasn't what I was supposed to do. But it worked.
I swore in a couple other places, but these were clean kills...I had it coming every time. You're a more cruel platform-master than I, sir, but I applaud you anyway. 5*/H.
I tell you, i haven't had this much fun on LBP for ages!
Really great work again Julesy, everything was just...great! I have just finished playing it through 2 player, and, as usual with levels, 2 players makes it 2X difficult!
On what already looked like a hard level, me and steve_big_guns spent a good 20 minuites getting through it. But let me tell you, it was seriously some of the most fun i've had on LBP.
However, i did find one minor problem; At the scoreboard it took quite a while for it to register that we had completed the level, a few 'Try Again's' sorted it out but it would have been nice to have seen it end cleanly. This could have been because of multiplayer or just my general bad luck with your levels. XD
Also, the final 'Swing' can allow you to swing too far over the scoreboard and off into the distance, i'd reccomend putting up a wall or invisable wall but its your call.
Overall......best....level...ever. :)
I just got through playing this level a few minutes ago and it was A-W-E-S-O-M-E! Simply astonishing. The environment is lush, the colors are vivid, and the level flowed smoothly from one part to the next. The character designs are wonderful, Han, Chewbacca, and Mr. Hut himself. Most notably, I found myself laughing out loud too many times to even focus on what I was doing. Hilarious dialogue! This level is simply a MUST PLAY.
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Just finished playing this, and it really is everything everyone says it is. I love the variety and scope of the thing - you start off in the desert, sneaking toward the Palace the night before the big break-out.
Inside, you sneak around guards, you fight a rancor, perform a daring rescue and then it's off to the sarlaac pits, and the suns are blazing in the sky, and there really is a feeling of squinting your eyes after all that dark palace interior. You even get to go into Jabba's barge after all that, and oh my GOD, the strangling of Jabba is by far one of the best things I've seen in this game to date. Even if there was nothing else in this level, you have made my most excellent graces FOREVER for that piece of brilliance.
I don't think I've seen anyone use the game's TEXTURES as well as you have here. The visuals for the backgrounds seemed to be a lot of texture and lighting, and little sticker-work. It looked absolutely incredible. You've made the fullest possible usage of the MGS middle eastern wall material.
Definitely one of my favorites, you've crafted a masterpiece.
To be very very picky, I had a bit of trouble with the Rancor - I didn't realize you could grab his tail, so I got up on his head by climbing on his arm and did everything from up there, but I died by the electric bit on his back a TRILLION times trying to get over to his tail. After beating him, it took me MANY tries to get up to the hanging skulls on the right side of the room. I felt like I might have been missing an easier way to do it, because it was the only point in the whole level where I kind of lost the flow. I was still thrilled to be getting some rancor action, loved the quaking floor and look of the beast.
Oh, and one minor disappointment - no light-sabers!
Why-a-yooou!!
*shakes fist*
Awesome level, I used to be a big star wars fan as a small kid and its great to see the stories back in your littlebigplanet levels. Great use of lightning, material and ofcourse humor :) I did have one problem though, at the part where you have to jump on some platforms hanging with chains (picture 1). I saw there was a checkpoint and a place to go on in the right corner underneath the platforms, so I jumped to the first one and then jumped back down and I got to another checkpoint.. I don't think you wanted me to walk that way because you clearly had to cross the hanging platforms. I'm going to play it again today and see what i've skipped.
Anyway, great job and keep the star wars levels coming :)
When I got to the donut boxes I just pushed it to the left and I didn't get killed. That was the intention? Because there's no protection when you're just pushing it. I couldn't quite believe I survived. After I strangled Jabba I went right and jumped out to the crew again but I guess that was the wrong direction. I had to go back up and grab the sponge. A couple of times I was irritated because I have no patience. I think this level requires a bit more patience than the other in the series. Without a doubt 5 stars and a heart. NOW GET TO CREATING THE 4 INDY MOVIES WOOOOT!?
I swear I left feedback earlier...0__0 Obviously not.
Anywhom, let me just say that this was an absolute treat to play, loved every bit of it (especially the challenging gameplay and your good sense of humour [LOL u iz PWNED!]). Really, this was almost perfect, and I say almost in italics because, on two occasions, I was able to break something 0__0
First it was the pit...Somehow I managed to fall in, break the tenticle and miss the gas at the bottom...Possibly just an odd occurrence that will never happen again. Sadly, Boba Fett just managed to miss the pit entirely and survive - Curse you Boba! :mad:
Oh, and the tug of war with Jabba, um, I kinda let go of the one end I was meant to grab and saw it fly spectacularly into Jabba's head, breaking the sponge and causing him to die almost instantly. Easy win! :p This was on the second playthrough.
Even so, these are only minor things, and nothing to fret about really. I still think the level's awesome and makes a great addition to a great series - Keep it up and MAKE THE NEXT ONE - NAAAAOWZ!!! :mad:
:star::star::star::star::star: and a big, pulsating heart :p
Yes, I too have been remiss in coming back after I played to leave you some well deserved kudos. But alas, what more can be said than has not already been gushed by your other adoring fans? I agree with every word. Simply extraordinary, really. Your wit, style, and artistic talent is on full display here. I have to say, this is my favorite series on LBP (sorry Grant and Morgana), and this one is the best yet. Please don't stop any time soon.
Thank you for making such fantastic fun for us to enjoy!
:star::star::star::star::star:/Hearted, and tagged Brilliant (or Beautiful, I can't actually recall now)!
DONUTS!!! Enough said.
You know how much I love this level. Absolutely perfect.
:star::star::star::star::star: :star::star::star::star::star: 10 stars...count em.
Thanks for all your great comments guys! : )
I've tried to fix all the things you've mentioned as best I can, its been a constant tweak with this one....
@coyote - That definitely is not supposed to happen :blush: , so I've made the emitted box just a tad bigger. And I've no idea how you jumped over the donut boxes, i can't work that one out at all!
@A Morton - : ) : ) I've tweaked the scoreboard and the swing over to it.
@Shenoa77 - Heh, i saw you & Jaeyden's uploaded pics, if it made you laugh I'm happy, the jokes are harder to get right than the platforming usually. ; /
@Teebonesy - You're not the only one who had trouble with the Rancoor,so I've tweaked him to make it easier, the last thing i want is the flow of the level coming to an abrubt halt. And the strangulation scene still cracks me up whenever I have to test the level. It just never gets old! ; )
@Kn0cked-0ut - well spotted! tweaked.
@Basketsnake - sorry you had a few issues there! glad you didn't mind them too much.
@KornDawg - You really trashed the place! (laugh) I tested and tested that chain piece! I've already tweaked the gas in the Pit so dunno what happened there. You vandal. ; )
The levels just hit Page 1, so I'll soon find out how the younger ones cope with the platforming. I already put a disclaimer on there but it might be about to get massacred....
lol, there's a yoda advertisement at the bottom...
I think this is your best one yet. Last time on your dagobah one I listed all the awesomeness, but you should know by now the awesomeness of your level is implied. I'll leave it at this.
[SPOILER]ITS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!![/SPOILER]
My only feedback is I think its easy when you know how to do it, but most of the time I had no clue what to do, and had to invite my friend, who played it earlier. How are players supposed to know to grab the torch for instance?
A drastic approach you could take would be to put in a hint system so that after two minutes, if a sensor senses you in the same area, maybe it activates a magic mouth that says, "Oh I know, grab the torch!"
Or it could be easier and less direct if at the first torch activated progress a magic mouth could be viewing the torch saying "Hmmmm", or something.
Also, that first cliff was probably the hardest obstcle for me of the level lol. Please add more point bubbles or switch the camera zone so its pointing into the cliff, not away from it...
Nonetheless, 5/5 and a heart ;):D:):p:hero::cool::arg:
mmmmmm, lovin' the doughnuts & levels!
Dude! It was epic. I laughed my face off on your dialogue. Funny stuff. Good sense of humor, man. 5/5.
Thats a fair point. (In that instance, the torch has a 'sliding area' around it as a visual clue, and its one of the few things you can interact with in that area. With the cliff, the clue are the trail of bubbles, but i've just gone in and moved them a tad to make them more obvious...Quote:
Originally Posted by Incinerator22
From a creation PoV, i 'spose it's just one more way at your disposal of trying to engage and challenge the player. And when I'm playing other levels, i'm personally not keen on ones that do most of the work for you, I always prefer being made to look around and work things out myself, so its natural i veer that way when creating....
Grats on the spotlight, julesyjules!
FWIW, the "figuring out" portion is where I did a lot of my swearing, too. But your design motif definitely works. With the exception of the box/lasers, which just didn't work right for me, every other challenge in your level series triggers that rare sense of anger at one's self: "Frickin' creator...what does he WANT?!...oh. He's showing me what he wants, just there. OBVIOUSLY."
The numbers say you're doing it right. I wouldn't change much.
Just to say, I thought both were excellent clues. Effectively you get to a scenario where you can go no further, but you wre clearly supposed to get there, so you stop and look around, thinking "what if?". Same thing with the switch to remove the carbonite from Hans.Quote:
Originally Posted by julesyjules
There is enough there to give you an idea of what to try, without it being purely trial and error and personally I found it quite balanced and rewarding. I'm sure I'm not the only one playing this game who finds it refreshing to not have the solution to every problem handed to me as I reach it....
Woo! I just played it again for, like, the eleventh time and actually managed to 'break' it (I think)
The first thing that happened was I found that I was able to slip down the edge of the cliff to the gap at the bottom without having to cross the platforms with spinny plasma balls. That helped in acing the level as I died most on that bit :cry:
I restarted the level to play it like a man and tackle all the obstackles, when I crossed the platforms with spinny plasma balls for the first time, I pulled the switch and heard a CRUNCH. When I got to the last platform before jumping through the gap I noticed it only had one plasma ball spinning round it where previously it had two.
The next thing that happened was in the droid torture chamber, where the jawa says "GROUP HUG!", Instead of pulling himto the gap in the wall, I pushed him towards the other wall and corner jumped onto the above platform therefore skipping all of the traps in that direction.
The next bit wasn't a helpful trick really but if you jump into the gap between Boba and Salicious Crumb, you can climb up onto Jabba and miss falling through the pit, if only there were some secret points up here :grr: It was funny because Jabba was all " let me introduce you to snuggles!" and I was all " mmmmkay... where is he?" Also when I was using the bouncy thing a bit earlier, it pushed out and I saw Leia nudge a bit, I was desperately trying to move her into the Rancor Pit but I couldn't...
Did you remove the electric from the Rancors tail?
Finally, when Boba's shooting bombs at you, you can shoot the bomb before it reaches you and if it's close enough, Boba's caught in the blast and he shakes a bit.
I'll post some pics if you need me to elaborate :D
(Also, you need to change your sig! Jabba's not in progress any more, mate!)
Finally played this level!!! AGHAIEHAIOWJFLKAJEFKLAHesjkldjfase;kfhaoiwehsaiuv; shefnr aivoce!!!!!!!!!
Dude, really, you do everything so perfectly. Funny dialogue, INCREDIBLE atmosphere - especially at the beginning - perfect sound effects, great gameplay, and super-awesome-Star Wars-ness!!!!
I didn't have any trouble figuring anything out, and the difficulty was tough but not overly hard. Not to mention I was a little out of practice cause I haven't had much time to play lately.
The Jabba boss was brilliant, and the all the different 'movie scenes' like Han unfreezing and the Sarlac pit were executed amazingly.
I don't know how anyone could do a better job of making a Star Wars LBP experience. Seriously.
I can't wait until the next one! 5 stars and a heart of course :)
I'm been thinking about trying to give this level a "competitive" run. (Not that I didn't actually try that the first time, of course)
Out of curiosity - anyone know the top 1-player score?
apparently 9,397. ?I say apparently because #2 is 4,193...
Yeah, I think what happened is they pulled on the chain to choke Jabba and let it go. If the sponge recoils and breaks, it spits out all the bubbles, resulting in a huge combo. It happened once for me in testing, so they may have gotten lucky.
I played the whole series this weekend (finally got some use out of my rebel pilot costume), and they keep getting better and better. Especially the last three were visual masterpieces!
I got this, too, so if you fixed it, not fixed enough. ;) That's a nasty area, by the way, took me some time to get past the last platform. I'm glad there are unlimited check points (unlike at the start of the Sand People territory in A New Hope, we made those jumps on the last life).Quote:
Originally Posted by jackofcourse
Btw, thanks for playing hobbitly's Lethal Lounge. It's not like I wouldn't have played your levels otherwise, but your name conveniently clickable did help make it sooner. :p
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Originally Posted by comphermc
Um... I replayed it and the rancor squished me, teleporting me to the left side of the wall that smashes him ...... I think I saw some others complain about that too. Could you maybe use a winch to pull the piston to the right side before the rancor gets squished? It's a terrible game breaker :(
Every time one of these comes out, I play it over and over again. It's such a great series.
WHY DONT YOU HAVE A CROWN
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Thanks for posting all these guys, some of them I'm clueless about how they're happening , but have tried as best I can to prevent them.Quote:
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@highlightnotes & MarvellousHat - Glad you enjoyed it guys, thanks!
@Jagrevi,rtm & comphermc - yeh, the hi-score must be that bug.
It seems that only two players got it, so on the one hand I'm kinda glad that potential bug barely registered for anybody, but on the other it kind of defeats any purpose of going for a hi-score....:grr:
I really enjoyed this it had an epic sense of scale and once again, the humour hit all the right buttons. It's an incredible commitement to maintain the detail and quality of this series, so thanks at least JJ, looking forward to seeing how the rest of ROTJ pans out