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Iconic PlayStation® hero Sackboy bursts back into breathtaking action with a huge, fun and frantic 3D multiplayer platforming adventure – and a whole new edgy sackitude!
The dastardly Vex (a near-mythical being born of chaos and fear, no less) kidnaps Sackboy's friends and forces them to build his Topsy Turver. This most deadly diabolical device will transform Craftworld from a fantastical land of pure imagination and innocent dreams… into a torrid, barren eyesore of nightmares. Ooh the fiend!
But legend tells of a prophecy from deep within the ancient order of the Knitted Knights, Craftworld's legendary protectors. For only the brave, fearless, chivalrous and, yes, gallant can save the day in an almost too dramatic for words race against time stuffed with danger and peril. So much peril.
Set off alone or with your bravest friends on a whirlwind of capers across the snowiest mountains, the leafiest jungles, the wettest underwater realms and the, uh, spaciest of space colonies.
Take down Vex. Save the sack-folk. Save the day. It's time to fulfill your destiny, Sackboy. From woolly wonderkid and hessian hero… rise our Knitted Knight!
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Sackboy: A Big Adventure (PS4, PS5)
Developer: Sumo Digital
Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment
Released: November 12, 2020
MSRP: $59.99 ($89.99 for Special Edition with plush toy)
So this is a spinoff title, made as a 3rd person platformer rather than a 2d sidescroller. While not having the create mode that the series is known for, it moves away from the floaty physics based platforming and instead aims to be more like platformers with responsive controls and diverse movesets ala Mario Super 3D World.
You can play by yourself, but there's also coop modes with both online and local multiplayer.
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Metacritic: 83
Opencritic: 80
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