South Park Stick of Truth

[harnold]

I am about an hour into this game and this game is purely awesome. Looks like one of the best rpgs to come out in a while, but we'll see how it goes later on in the game.

[Ahldagor]

been wondering about this one. gonna read up on it at work.

[Rhambuk]

rpg? now im real curious

[Uteunayr]

It is hilarious. Old school RPG with some modern twists. Has some Metroidvania elements to it. Overall solid RPG structure. Funny as hell, all you could expect from South Park.

I would post a screenshot that should convince everyone to buy it, but I think that moment is best served as a surprise for you when you play through the game yourself. Needless to say, funniest thing I have ever seen in a video game.

[Zadrian]

Our stables are overseen by the level 9 ranger, Scott Malkinson, who has the power of diabetes.


(i lol'd)

The game is funny from the start.

[Tongpow]

game is definitely worth the 60bucks, been laughing my ass off the entire time playing

[Zadrian]

I made it a point to take a shit in every house I enter.

[JayN]

I think I may have to buy a console game!

How long is it, decently? any replay value

[lecompte]

I think it is available on steam, so you don't have to buy console if you don't want to. I don't know about the length for sure but I think it is made by Zenimax who does Morrowind series and New Vegas so sounds like a lot of continual playability.

[Tongpow]

its kinda short for an rpg 10 to 15hours depending on if you do all the sidequests but the story is great i can't remember the last time i laughed this hard.

i stopped watching the show at like season 5 or so and the game has got me back to watching it

[Uteunayr]

its kinda short for an rpg 10 to 15hours depending on if you do all the sidequests but the story is great i can't remember the last time i laughed this hard.

i stopped watching the show at like season 5 or so and the game has got me back to watching it

Be sure to watch A Song Of Ass And Fire from Season 17, episode 7, 8, and 9. It is the back story to the game (not that it detracts from the game if you don't see).

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And yes, the game is available on Steam, so you can play it on your computer with relative ease.

[LostCause]

god damn i made that thread then i see this im fail :(

[harnold]

After finishing the game (probably around 10-15 hours or so) on hardcore mode (one of two difficulty settings in the game) here are some strengths and weaknesses to the game in case anyone was thinking about trying it out.

The good:

-The storyline and humor is top knotch. If the south park show makes you laugh then you definitely don't want to miss this game. So many parts of this game had me laughing out loud which I cant recall a game ever making me do.

-The graphics and art style is so true to the show and high quality that if you looked at a screenshot of the game you would actually think it was an episode of the show.

-Voice acting 1000X better then all the elder scrolls games and fallout games combined.

-The battles themselves are extremely entertaining and not once did I feel that dreaded "tedious" feeling when you enter a battle in so many other RPGs. Each battle felt like a scene from south park and was fun.

-Exploring south park was fun and felt a lot like exploring a town from a good 90s adventure game.

The bad:
-Difficulty: I've only completed the game on "hardcore" mode and I haven't encountered anything that was remotely "hardcore" about the gameplay. The battles were moderately challenging for part of the game, but that does not last long.

-While the battles are genuiniely entertaining and not at all tedious, money is generally too easy to come by. I was usually able to go and mostly every single weapon and armor piece that was available to buy each time I came across a merchant npc. I was also able to fully stock myself on every single potion without trying. This was all without grinding for money at all or using the armor attachment that gives you even more money drops.

-When you get to a certain part (about halfway between the mid point and the end), you will eventually hit around level 11 or 12, and for some reason at this point your damage output goes through the roof. Combine this with the fact that you fully recover your PP after each battle, battles become nothing more then eye candy as you effortlessly destroy all the enemies on the screen often before the enemies even get a chance to attack. Boss battles are also trivialized somewhat at this point as well. The sad thing about this is that for a long while after starting the game, it actually looked like and made me believe that the battles would be challenging, and they were for a certain amount of time, before being let down. Remember this was on "hardcore" mode and I'd hate to see how easy things are on normal difficulty.


-Absolutely no replay value. While I usually don't return to single player games like these after I beat them, having some extra stuff to do after you beat the game would have been nice. Sure, you can go and collect the friends and chinpokemon, but I didnt see any point. I guess this is what DLC is for nowadays.


Anyway, if your a fan of south park and a fan of RPG's, this game is a must have. Don't go expecting mind blowing complex battles or 50+ hours of RPGing to do. This is like a very well made and hilarious south park movie with console RPG gameplay. I thoroughly enjoyed my time playing, although I wish they had balanced the difficulty better toward the end of the game, especially on "hardcore" mode.

[sulpher01]

^^Dead on review... basically exactly how I felt.. Great movie (lots of laughs), soso gameplay, still a lot of fun.

[Uteunayr]

Aye, the above is accurate. I don't know if I'd say no replayability, as I can watch the same episode of South Park repeatedly and find it hilarious. It may not play it again immediately (New Game + would have been nice to add with an even harder difficulty), but I definitely see myself playing another game of it in about a year or so.

[Zadrian]

I don't think this was meant to be a super in-depth, ultra hardcore RPG. I think this was supposed to be an accessible game for even the most casual of casuals - that's why on their map, they literally show you where you have to go for your next quest goal and where all the treasures are.

However, that doesn't mean you have to utilize those things - for example, once the fights got way too easy - I just started using gear that I wanted to use, rather than just getting the best gear for the level. It made fights a bit more challenging.

Heil Hasselhoff!

[Zadrian]

Oh but check this out - I got up to Kyle and Stan yesterday. When you win the fight using Stan he does Cloud's little celebration thing from FF 7.

Talking about this http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnygpgNdda1qkd9eao1_500.gif


So back when I was in 4th or 5th grade right when south park was first released, my buddy drew Stan holding Cloud's Buster Sword..

I thought the coincidence was weird.

[harnold]

Zadrian, I agree completely that it isnt the point of the game but challenging gameplay is a personal preference of mine and I believe that it would have brought the game from an excellent game to a perfect game for me if it kept up with the difficulty (on hardcore mode) that was present in a great deal of the game before I ended up overpowerered. As for the replay value I am the type who wont watch even a movie more then once in a lifetime so my judgement in that aspect is admittedly skewed.

That final fantasy 7 reference is pretty cool, i'd love to see a video of that scene.

[Zadrian]

I have a feeling this them just testing the waters. There hasn't been a big South Park game since the 90s - so I think the success of this game will lead to things more polished.

[Millburn]

Even though this game isn't the be all end all RPG, it still ends up being a better RPG than most of the shit that's come out in the past 10 years. Obsidian have really out done themselves here.

[Ahldagor]

how many cracks at current rpgs are there? reading this thread makes me think that try and matt decided to make a game that was a critique of games yet entertaining for

[Ahldagor]

southpark mmo. who'd play it at least to try it?

[Swish]

southpark mmo. who'd play it at least to try it?

Most of us if it promises something that's both new and immersive :p

[Uteunayr]

Could you imagine it? A destructible, alterable South Park, and every night, they do a server reset for 1 hour. And then, the time you log in after that reset, it starts out with a fresh new South Park, like a new episode? Lol.

[Misto]

I am about an hour into this game and this game is purely awesome. Looks like one of the best rpgs to come out in a while, but we'll see how it goes later on in the game.

This game is great up until the high school brawl at the desk.

At that point. You can tell they had no idea where to take the story and were flying off the cuff of their ass.

All the side quests are brilliant though. Very impressed by this game.

About 20 hrs of solid game play.