Thoughts on South Park: The Stick of Truth

[FPLOON]

Some dislikes:
-Yes, it's glitchy. I didn't get many that broke the game (the "floatwalk" glitch is pretty easy to fix), but I had some glitches near the end in the cutscenes (don't worry, I won't spoil). First, my character started to flicker and eventually vanished. Was fine during the boss fight, but my character just went POOF. Then the rest of the characters started to vanish to the point where it was just Jimmy standing there blankly while you hear the other members of the gang talk without bodies. It was weird and it sort of killed the tension. I didn't even screenie it because I was so dumbfounded.

-Lvl 15 level cap is stupid. You reach the cap way too early in the game (I got to it before the final act)

-I played on medium and after getting used to the mechanics, a lot of the challenge is gone.

-Butters is OP and you have very little reason to ever change him out. I don't think I ever played with Cartman.

-As a completionist, it's WAY too much trouble to get all the trophies/achievements. Miss one Chinpokomon in a place you can't return to and you've already lost 2. Missed one bit of armour? You're out of luck, pal.

-I can't believe I had to look up a walkthrough on the proper method of farting. Maybe because I'm a woman and fart-warfare isn't natural to me, but learning those farts was more fiddly than it should've been.

I agree with all of those dislikes except for the farting, kinda... since after any of those fart tutorials, I was like "Fuck that! I'm not going to use THAT attack during combat..."

...and I didn't, for the most part... (Outside of combat doesn't count, for me, since those times were NOTHING like the tutorials...)

OT: I enjoyed the hell out of the game... until it ended and I was like "Fuck you game for tugging on my completionist heart strings!", since you can still explore the town post-game, kinda...

If it seriously had a New Game +, where only "selected" clothes, strap-ons/patches, friends (or at least the one's you don't end up becoming friends with story-wise), and collected Chinpokomon, then I probably would not be feeling like I would not be enjoying my second playthrough as much as my first...

Although, I will say I enjoyed playing a Black Jew who only used clothes and/or strap-on/patches that would nab him more money in combat overall... and seeing my friend pointing out every single reference with the first few hours of the game was pretty cool, considering he stopped watching the series around the same time I started watching the series and only the newer episodes post-2008...

 

[ShinyCharizard]

I really enjoyed it. It was just like playing the show. Exploring all of South Park was immensely enjoyable.

I gotta disagree on the difficulty curve though. It was far too easy, though that's likely because the Jew class is downright broken. Sling of David plus Super Bouncy Ball is ridiculous.

 

[Groxnax]

Wow, I liked that game but I sometimes wondered how those two got certain parts of the game through the ESRB (You all know which parts I'm talking about)?

But I did hear a rumor that they sometimes suggest several things that are worse than they wanted originally, like the title of the South Park movie.

But I sometimes wonder how Mr. Slave got most of those things up his butt.

Sometimes there are word combinations that I never thought I would ever hear but now I have: Nazi Zombie Aborted Fetus. Or something akin to that.

And yes, the gnome boss was distracting, especially with that wrecking ball(s) that swing at you from time to time.

But it was a fun in a weird, crazy South Park kind of way.

 

[Kingjackl]

I absolutely loved it, even if it did get far too easy. That said, the combat was varied enough to make up for it. Even if it was easy, at least it wasn't dull. I've played as every class except for the Thief now, and so far I reckon that the Mage is the best of the bunch. The 'electric' attack (aka bucket of water + car battery) is pretty weak, but the rest of the abilities are sweet.

I actually reckon Kyle is the most powerful of the buddies, with Cartman and Butters as runners-up. Between 'Kick the Baby' and 'Rain of Arrows', I'd say he's got the most powerful moves, plus his Rally ability just adds to it. Of course, the obvious difference is that Kyle joins you near the end and is meant to be one of the most powerful characters in the game (what with being the Elf King and all) whereas Butters is with you from the start and has that innocent personality that is oh-so-charming and sweet. Plus, Professor Chaos kicks ass.

Since playing Stick of Truth, I've gotten back into South Park after about 5 years of not caring all that much. It's such a damn funny show, but it's way better when it's not trying to be topical. Even the funniest topical episode of South Park eventually becomes dated as shit when you go back and watch them, whereas the absurd character-based stuff like this game, Scott Tenorman Must Die, or the Canada episodes never stop being funny.

 

[Catfood220]

I loved this game, I have just started my second play through but in my first, I chose to be a Jew, because why not? The Circum-sythe attack is one of the most cringe worthy attacks every put in any game. Plus, as part of Jimbo's quest, you have to fight a Penis Mouse, I just had to use the attack on that.

One thing I was confused about, is basically all the scenes where Randy got, ahem, probed were censored while one of the Summons you get is Mr Slave...ummmm...ingesting children with his arse while deriving sexual pleasure from it. I have to ask how the Hell that got past the censors. First time I saw it, I was like "that's so wrong" before laughing my arse off.

 

[Tiger King]

I avoided any videos of this game pre-release bar the trailer. Glad I did because I had that 'wow it's just like a southpark episode!' moment.

The game was enjoyable but I doubt I'll ever play it again, not unless they release an add on or something.

I thought that butters was a bit too strong as well, sometimes I found you could just keep using his professor chaos ability to easily beat bad guys.

overall though, I feel it's a good game.

 

[furthestshore]

It's pretty much what it says on the tin. Yup, that's South Park as a video game all right.