User-generated content is all the rage these days, helped in no small way byLittleBigPlanettaking player power to the masses with its high profile PlayStation 3 release. Microsoft seems to have taken note, and has chosen now to remind us all ofBoku, a game that, likeLBP, is all about making your own game content. No, I don’t recall it being announced last year either.
Straight plagiarism this most certainly isn’t, although the comparisonshave already started.Bokuallows you to create racing games, puzzlers and your own variants of classics, such as theFroggerclone seen in the above clip. However, with a character referred to as Stickboy and the emphasis on child-friendly content building, this can easily look like a less-than-subtle attempt to ride the coat tails of the biggest game to hit the PS3 this generation.
This is being billed as more of a tool than a game in its own right, and it certainly looks interesting even outside of whateverLBPcomparisons could be made. That said, am I the only one who doesn’t really care about user-generated content? There is a reason that I, and many other gamers, are not game designers ourselves.
I prefer to leave my game making to the experts. I’m never crafting something as brilliant asHalf-Life 2, and I don’t need to be reminded of the fact.
