Piclings isn't your typical platformer. Most platformers have pre-made levels; some have players make their own. In Piclings, your photos are the basis of each level. Check out the game's trailer above.
My mind goes instantly to LittleBigPlanet and its promise of a similar creative experience, which beyond the novelty honeymoon stage proves to be a mediocre social networking one, with a cute but tremendously slight core game that cleverly drip-feeds unlockables so as to keep you feeling like your money and time investment are worth something — then you reach the end of that and it's 100% on you to get out there and make the community great, when it's hopelessly polluted with spam for spam's sake. That's what child-friendly gaming will get you, even with such high entry-cost toys like a PS3 or, as I fear we'll find with Piclings, an iPad 2.
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My mind goes instantly to LittleBigPlanet and its promise of a similar creative experience, which beyond the novelty honeymoon stage proves to be a mediocre social networking one, with a cute but tremendously slight core game that cleverly drip-feeds unlockables so as to keep you feeling like your money and time investment are worth something — then you reach the end of that and it's 100% on you to get out there and make the community great, when it's hopelessly polluted with spam for spam's sake. That's what child-friendly gaming will get you, even with such high entry-cost toys like a PS3 or, as I fear we'll find with Piclings, an iPad 2.