Sackboy: A Big Adventure Standard - PlayStation 5

I bought this game so that my wife (non-gamer) and I could have something to play together on our new PS5. She loved it! Not only that, but my two kids (4 & 6) started to play it and really enjoy it! This was essentially the first video game they have played and caught on super quick! Its very fun as you can collect bells on the different levels in order to utilize them to buy different costumes for Sackboy (see the picture for an example). It is well worth your money with the amount of levels the game has. One cool thing is that there is ten team levels in the game where you have unlimited lives in order to get through the level. It builds teamwork as you can't beat them without the help of each other.

Great game for gamers and non gamers/children and shows the awesome graphics ps5 is capable of!

This great family fun and also somewhat challenging.

This is my favorite release title on the PS5. For the first couple of sections in the first world, I thought this was going to be a boring game because they were relatively easy and not especially compelling. But the difficulty and variety ramp up, and by the time you are halfway through the first world, you will be totally engrossed. One important note: when you put the disc in and it begins downloading, it gives you the option of starting play before the download is complete. DON’T DO THIS! Let it completely download before playing. I started before it completely downloaded and I couldn’t progress past the first world. When I tried to go to the second world, I kept getting a message saying This World is Still Downloading. Try Again Later. I had to contact Sony to figure out what was going on. I ended up having to delete the game and then reinstalling. Now it’s working perfectly.

Fans of the LittleBigPlanet franchise on PlayStation's stable of consoles and handhelds have been hoping for a new entry in the series for many years now, since the release on LBP 3 on the PS4. While this game is not exactly in the same vein as your standard LBP game, I'd argue it's just as good, if not better, stripping away the cumbersome "create" and "share" monikers, and focusing purely on the "play" aspect. Sackboy: A Big Adventure is a pretty standard platformer, taking what appears to be large inspiration from Super Mario 3D World, fusing together the whimsy and charm of old LBP games, with amazing handcrafted worlds that are a joy to play around in. The most unique aspect of Sackboy is the addition of musical levels, that is, levels which correspond and adapt to selected musical tracks. These levels are among the best in the game, and use sound in a way unlike most video games out there. With over five different worlds to explore, countless costumes to collect, and seamless drop-in/drop-out online and couch co-op, PS5 gamers who enjoyed the short but sweet Astro's Playroom pack-in game will have a great time with Sackboy. In an otherwise pretty quiet launch window for the PS5, Sackboy stands up with Spiderman: Miles Morales and Demon's Souls as a must-play PS5 game.

My 8 year old son saw this game on a Youtube video and asked me to get it. I bought Sackboy and now we all play together. I love the level designs, and especially the music. This is an extremely creative game that has a lot more to admire than just the levels and gameplay. I laughed as we played with our kids when we heard an orchestral version in the background of one level to Madonna's Material Girl lol! Another had David Bowie's Let's Dance, one of my favorite artists and songs. Really a special game. Like a much more modern, creative game than Mario Brothers could be today. We play 2 player but are getting two more controllers so we can all play together.

Growing up a Nintendo Kid, I've always had a fondness for the magic that Super Mario 64 instilled in me as a child. I'd long been a fan of the LittleBigPlanet series but was hopeful we'd get a Super Mario 64/Galaxy/Odyssey type of game and this delivers in spades. For fans of 3D platformers, this is a worthy entry into the upper echelon of games like Mario and Banjo-Kazooie from yesteryear. Gameplay is fun and challenging, and the cosmetic unlocks keep you replaying older levels or striving to collect everything each initial run. Well worth the money.

Sacboy's first adventure on PS5 is pretty great. The visuals and load times are great, and the addition of hints through the PS5 card system are pretty cool when you get stumped. I did run into a strange issue when I loaded the game the second time where it tried to load as a PS4 title. To fix this I had to press options and then choose to load as a PS5 game. I'm sure this is an early PS5 bug that will likely be fixed soon, but worth noting.