Buy South Park™: The Stick of Truth™

South Park : The Stick Of Truth is a love letter to fans of South Park.
At first i thought this game is just a mindless parody with wonky mechanics.
I was wrong, polished mechanics, ABSOLUTELY funny story line with a lot of swear words.
Amazing turn based system, quests, sidequests, customization, perks and upgradable abilities.
Kind of short for my liking though, but its ok! I will 100% this game someday :D
10/10 Best RPG ever
Can't wait for the sequel, South Park: The Fractured But Whole

South Park: The Stick of Truth is a fantasy-RPG game developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Ubisoft. It was released in March 2014. The game is set in South Park, where your family recently moved to South Park. You play as ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, who is instructed by his dad to make friends, which allows him to meet Butters and join the world of fantasy and the fight for the Stick of Truth. This review will cover the campaign, the gameplay, and the open-world aspect.

South Park features a good campaign. The campaign is open-world and this involves main missions that advance the story and optional side-missions that do not overly amount to anything useful. I completed the game in roughly 14 hours, which most of this time was dedicated to the main missions. The overall campaign was beautifully constructed. It easily followed the atmosphere of the television show in which Cartman, Kyle, Stan, and Kenny are the protagonists. I also noticed that like any adaptation, the game tries to incorporate those memorable skits from the show into the game, such as the aliens invading South Park and Mr. Poo. Furthermore, the game uses comedy and humour to lighten the environment because the developers expertly created a serious-tone with the battle of the Stick of Truth. The comedy does not feel forced so it hits a nice medium for comedy and seriousness. For instance, during character selection you can choose between four classes that have different abilities. I ultimately went ''thief'' but when I would click Jew, Cartman would tell me ''I guess we can't be friends then'', which personally was hilarious.

The missions individually are not repetitive and are not overly long because within a main mission there are smaller missions within, giving you constantly new objectives and new experiences with the game. South Park also features occasional choice-making that changes the narrative of the game in missions. I personally enjoyed the campaign and found barely any faults. As a moderate fan of South Park I expected wittiness and comedy and that delivered and I loved all of the characters. I did experience some negatives, particularly at the lack of explanation for useful abilities throughout the game, which made me have to google it or guess it a few times. I did feel as if the campaign dragged throughout the middle-portion, particularly when visiting Canada within the game.

The game features unique turn-based gameplay. I don't experience much turn-based gameplay in these sort of RPG games so I found it to be refreshing. The turn-based gameplay also incorporates effects. For instance, in one fight I had a burning boomerang and when I used it, it hurt the opponent but set them on fire so when they would attack me, they would lose a portion of their health. South Park has a variety of weapon abilities to improve your damage or versatility. Fights incorporate fourth grade humour. For instance, to restore a large amount of your health you would eat a box of cookies. If you wanted to get a speed boost, you would drink Tweek's coffee. These little things add to the overall South Park tone which I think improves the experience of the game. I also like the aspect of as you get stronger and gain levels, your enemies get stronger. This progressive system allows the game to become more difficult as it goes on and to better utilise more strategy to win fights, because it's better than a static system where enemies will always have the same health and abilities.

South Park is an open-world game. So, the game beautifully showcases a South Park that includes Starks Pond, City Hall, Token's rich house, and Kenny's poor house. The map is very large and uses Timmy as fast-travel to help reduce the annoyingness of constant travel between one end of town and the other. There are very few locked houses but the majority of buildings can be entered, allowing you to search and find useful things and also grasp the geographical area of South Park. Therefore, I feel the use of open-world benefits the game because it allows the developers to incorporate more stuff from the show into the game.

South Park is a strong game. My review is not as in-depth as I would have preferred due to Steam's word limit but what I covered is the basis of it. You're playing an open-world South Park game that incorporates television show elements and character development into a fantasy setting. It features turn-based gameplay that incorporate 4th-grade humour to provide a better South Park feel to the game. It features geographical locations that resemble the show, which you can explore most areas. I personally felt it dragged in the middle-portion as all Ubisoft games do and provide a lack of tutorial throughout the game. I purchased this game for $7.49 on sale and if you're a moderate South Park fan, buy it on sale. But, if you really like South Park I totally recommend this at $33 because you get value out of it and have fun while playing it.

7.75/10

- The atmosphere of South Park.
- Storyline development.
- Comedy and humour.
- Unique fighting system.

- Tends to drag at various portions throughout the game.
- Very forgettable side-missions.
- Rushed ending.

If you found this review helpful, please give it a thumbs up. If you would also like to follow my reviews more easily, be sure to join my group Antwog's Analysis (Reviews).

http://store.steampowered.com/app/213670/

Very fun game,if you love south park,you will definately love this game

Bravo Trey and Matt

i just have to say one thing...how the hell is possible that this game is rated by GAMESPOT with something like 4 or 3 stars out of 10...im a pretty hardcore gaming guy meaning that i spent tons of time playing games and i find south park srtick of truth an masterpiece in relashion to the tv show and tone, was pretty well done making me jump to the game every single day...did south park made fun of gamespot or do they have relationship problems with each other? ya this game deservs a solid 8.5 or even 9 out of 10...GAMESPOT lost all the credibility to me, i will never buy a game based on GAMESPOT rating anymore, but steam, thank God steam ratings are the most accurate on the gaming world, i couldnt find a dislike of the stick of truth here on steam...thats why i love and i just use steam from now on

This game is insanly good, if u love the southpark serie u will love this aswell,
but even if u never watched southpark, its funny as hell with a interesting and stupid story lol

this game is funny and super replayable

A really, really funny game that will keep you entertained for hours on end, and always cracking a smile. The entire game from start to finish is funny, the combat is surprisingly fun for a game I expected to be handled by amateurs. I'd recommend this to any RPG lover, South Park fan, or anyone looking for a single player campaign to keep you glued to your seat for hours. The one negative thing I would say about this game is that even on hardcore mode the game can seem pretty easy once you have a handle on using potions, healing yourself, and making use of special abilities. Don't let that deter you from buying this game at full price, or on sale! The game is hilarious, and is well worth the money!

Awesome. Loved every second of it.

Morgan Freeman's explanation:

"You must understand that there is more to the hype for a proper South Park game than just the hopes and dreams of fans. The core concept of licensed video games hasn't gone well over the years for South Park, with the most successful tittles being lousy 5 dollar Iphone minigames. The Stick of Truth did more than capture the feel of the iconic adult cartoon. It crossed the boundaries that we never thought that Parker and Stone had the courige to cross. But it was still only a mere baby step in what was to come. This game shall prepare you well for the next long journey of comedy."

Looks just like the TV show. Just don't expect any more than 10 hours for the main quest.