South Park: The Stick of Truth

I never heard of or watched South Park in my entire life because it was never shown on my TV channels as a kid until I discovered this game.

South Park Stick Of Truth is the most derogatory but still a great game to play. South Park may be South Park by its nature and I am not much of a fan of South Park but there are pros and cons that I can say about this game.

The character creation is very simple and very good for making my South Park protagonist. The combat is absolutely amazing it is both turn-based and interacting moves to know how effective it is, The comedy is really good even though there are offensive parts and the animation in the game plays absolutely just like South Park like I am playing a video game while watching TV.

While there are some very offensive parts like Cartman's faction name which good thing I am from the Philippines. Ally summon assists felt very useless because they won't let me use them in boss battles and collection spots like Chinpokomon will always be permanently locked when going to different locations. And a very rude forced name

If you are a true South Park fan game then this is one of the great games in the South Park franchise.

I'm a fan of the TV show "South Park" it's one of my favorite TV shows of all time, this game was just a dream come true. Not only is it one of the best licensed games but it's to me one of those fresh examples showing you can still do more with the RPG genre which is part of what makes the game one of my personal favorite RPG's and video games of all time because this game not just captured the spirit of the TV show perfectly to a tee but most importantly the game is actually fun.

The graphics are great as it's basically just the regular animation like in the original TV show. The game play is great as it pretty much the typical standard mechanics and elements of turn based action as well as any RPG, which isn't anything new but it's everything done right. But to me what really made the game stand out is really in it's story line, humor, and execution which makes the game strong.

This game just like the TV show is just hilarious, the dialog and visual jokes are just great. It's sort of the main reason why I played the game which is the same reason I watch the show for the laughs. There really aren't that many RPG's I can think of with humorous elements except for "Maniac Mancion" and the underrated NES game "Nightshade". OK, those are more point and click games but they had RPG elements which sorta count. But anyway I just loved hearing the dialog along with the actual voice actors from the show just say the lines, they are just deliciously crude and absurd.

I really love how the game parodies and homages certain clichés and elements in the RPG genre. One favorite scene of mine is when you go to Canada and it's an 8 bit over world which is awesome and hilarious as it's an homage to "Final Fantasy" and the "Dragon Warrior" games on the NES.

Or even part of the story line in a way is an homage to the SNES game "Earthbound" just like in that game you have to deal with aliens in your hometown and the protagonists are kids. And like in that game you have a few non cliché weapons and methods. For weapons you have a medical crutch, vibrator, basketball, dodge ball, and any other everyday items along the way. You have an ability option which is the branch for the super moves which are great like putting on a football helmet and charging at ramming speed toward an opponent. And of course farting is the magic powers, yeah I'm not kidding who'd of ever though farting could actually be a tool of great use.

I really loved having some of the essential characters act as party members. Each of them are uniquely playable and have strengths and weaknesses. I love using Stan since he's one of the strongest and he gets to weld the atlantian sword from the film "Conan the Barbarian". However I also loved playing as Butters, the highlight of him is becoming Professor Chaos which is just awesome and with him he just has a vast number of powers that provide strong offense and defense depending on when and where you stop the roulette wheel.

However what I also love about the story line is in a way it's somewhat of a love letter to both the RPG and fantasy genre. It's simply about kids playing pretend fantasy to the extreme level literally. But that's what most RPG games really are their really games where you use your imagination; someone reads off on a book on what's happening, you make your moves, roll the dies and imagine the outcome. This game really captures that essence really well, I actually found myself engrossed in the fantasy adventure they were creating and almost wished this was a game that could go on forever, which to me is part of what a good RPG is.

This game is an epic, well sort of.

Rating: 4 stars

I'm not sure if I'm the only one that feels like South Park has been stretched way past its limit or maybe I'm just getting old, but I haven't seen a truly funny episode in a very long time. Along comes SOT and makes up for all that. It's hilarious, ballsy and shameless. Perhaps the greatest achievement is that it hardly ever feels like a video game and certainly doesn't look like one. The turn-based battles are a nice throwback to older rpg games while simultaneously feeling fresh and funny (especially when "Princess" Kenny is involved). If you're a South Park fan and have been watching since the start, you absolutely should not miss this experience. My only complaint is the short length. 8 hours is pretty much the extent of it, but besides that, big love to Trey and Matt for giving us the South Park game we deserve. It's about time.

Who knew we would ever see some licensed games that can turn out this great. South Park: The Stick of Truth is probably one of the best licensed games in a while at the time. This is the kind of game that combines fantasy with a series of raunchiness, and I can guarantee that this is an awesome way. This would have genius premise that lives up to the creativity of playing wizards both on the main story and on side missions, really hilarious jokes that's traditional to the show, neat graphics from television for a Roleplaying game, and top notch gameplay that makes it exciting from the events that would happen in the main story. I will say that this game is not for everyone since I know there are people that are offended from what the game would contain considering this is a South Park game. For anyone that isn't offended and understand the show, I highly recommend playing this one. Not only does this game succeed as a Roleplaying game, but also as to present what the show is about. This is one pretend game I would participate in again.

Just finished this game and it is amazing. I personally think it is better than the other one but they are both still great. I will admit there are some hard parts but you will pass them.