Sackboy: A Big Adventure - Nitro Rad

The PS5 launches alongside Sackboy's brand new adventure! Is this spinoff any good, or is it just another launch game?

SOCIAL MEDIA:

Sackboy Artwork by Kevin:

Chapters:
0:00 - Intro - Media Molecule and Sumo
4:20 - Story
6:58 - Moves and Gameplay
11:30 - Visual Design
13:10 - Soundtrack
14:50 - The Goofy, Wonderful Multiplayer!
17:57 - Conclusion

[tatters]

I kinda miss the days when Sackboy just straight up had a gun.

[alecopedia]

3:58 Fun fact, that logo was actually used way back in 2016 for the ratchet and clank movie, sound and all. The only difference was that back then it was called playstation originals, but here they just replaced that part with the playstation studios logo.

[YuhBoiBaker]

Why wasn’t it Sackboy: a little BIG adventure

[lakenzie]

Silly NitroRad, Sackboy isn't full of cotton. He's obviously full of ice cream.

That's not a joke. That's what he's confirmed to be full of.

[TheKewlPerson]

14:31 I almost thought you were going to say that Cruel Angel's Thesis was in the game lmao

[CeHee]

Jesus, I was not ready for Nitro having a mental breakdown in the outro.

[HQ_Default]

The story about Nitro Rad helping his girlfriend unlock the cat costume is so wholesome I can't-

[guillermocortes]

James: "My Girlfriend"
Me: DOES BRADY KNOW?!?!

[OtaGamerKorin]

0:43 “Who on Earth would this even appeal to?!”
... *quietly shoves my copies of Knack and Knack 2 under my pillow*

[solidskullz]

It’s been forever since I’ve seen sackboy, so many memories of little big planet and the like

[SneakyAndBeaky]

"Babe wake up, new Nitro Rad video!"

[conansboy]

It's nice to hear this game keeps with the series's pattern of sprinkling in totally unexpected licensed bangers.

[milantiquestudios]

"who would Knack appeal to"

Dunkey rushes in "did someone say Knack?!" lol

[Drdd]

Honestly, that "let go of jump button and press it again" is actually how I always activate the flutter move for Yoshi. I never considered just keeping it pressed.

[Missiletainn]

Media Molecule handed over the Littlebigplanet franchise to Sumo Digital back in the LittleBigPlanet 2 days, they took over the servers of LBP2 and made LBP3 and onwards

[skibot]

From what I can tell “PlayStation Studios” is just the new name for “Sony Computer Entertainment”

[FenexTheFox]

Sad to hear you didn't play the other LBP games. I've noticed a bunch of references you should have mentioned. Here's a list of them:

1- The "throw" move was a reference to the Grabinator, from LBP2 onwards. They just attached the Grabinator's main use to Sackboy's base moveset.
2- The Grappling Hook is also a powerup originated from LBP2.
3- The Bounce Pads are very similar to the Bounce Pads also in LBP2. The main difference is that they blend in with the scenario now, not being as visually striking as before.
4- The boomerang's teleport move is very similar to the "Blink Ball" from LBP3.
5- Zom Zom, the shopkeeper, is a returning character from LBP3.

That aside, I definitely hear you on the character designs. In my opinion, LBP designs picked with 2. You just can't compete with Larry DaVinci or Avalon Centrifuge.

But yeah, Vex is a really cool villain. I dare say one of the best villains in the series. He's like a better Newton. Newton for me was just plain annoying. He's only tied with The Puppeteer for me, just because of how terrifying he is.

[alexanderroberts]

You know the review will be amazing when bionicle is mentioned in the first two minutes. Amazing

[inazuma]

This entire time I kept going yup, that’s a littlebigplanet thing, main character being a blank slate while other characters are cluttered in design eyes and all, licensed music, crafted aesthetic, yup its all there

[PeanutXIX]

...I love that first thing that comes to your mind when hearing "Fly me to the moon" is Evangelion