Mark Healey "annoyed" by LittleBigPlanet controls

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Mark Healey "annoyed" by LittleBigPlanet controls :: PlayStation Universe (PSU)

Media Molecule co-founder Mark Healey has admitted to Eurogamer that LittleBigPlanet's 2.5D controls "annoy" him, but has promised to patch the issue post-release.

Those who've played the beta (lucky devils) will know that the game occasionally struggles to distinguish between its three movement planes.

"The Z [axis] movement is an incredibly hard thing for us to get right," Healey said. "There's times when it annoys me actually, but we can work on that if we want, and refine it. But on the whole, we got to a good place with it I think, because we wanted to cater for my mother and someone that's a hardcore player, so it was hard to get the balance there."

"There's definitely room for improvement and we've got the channel to be able to do that as well," he went on. "I'd really love to be able to do backflips and all kinds of things with my Sackboy, and there's no reason why we can't add that and refine that."

Given the truly unprecedented levels of hype surrounding Media Molecule's highly sociable platformer, it's nice to see the developer coming clean on the niggles. And trust us - they're no more than niggles.

LittleBigPlanet will be lighting up your PlayStation 3 on October 24.