South Park: The Stick of Truth is truly amazing. It is a game that was well worth the delays and wait. It is like being in an episode of South Park.
If you aren’t a fan of South Park then skip the game. No seriously, skip it. You won’t find foul mouthed, rude, fourth graders funny or the game enjoyable. But if you enjoy the show, then you will enjoy the game immensely.
You play as the ever silent New Kid in town who first meets Butters went sent outside to play by your parents. You are then immediately recruited into Cartman’s human army against the Drow Elves led by Kyle. What happens next is an old school RPG set in the South Park universe.
The are some truly epic battles in the game. Not epic because they are difficult or you are forced to make complex and difficult moral choices, but epic in the scope and breathe of the level of destruction wrought by fourth grade boys on the rampage.
The characters you know and love are in the game, unless they are already deceased in the series. Always despise Principal Victoria or Mr. Garrison? Have no fear, you can hit any character with your weapon without impunity, well unless they are an enemy, and they don’t get pissed off at you.
The interface is simple and intuitive, not overly complex constant stat weighing and convoluted quest lines. Weapons are clearly indicated to be an improvement or not, armor is a personal decision (although I highly favor the Friar’s and Bishop’s robes) and quests are go there and do that.
And as I girl, my inner nine-year old girl truly jumped for joy when the girls appeared.
The game is quite literally laugh out loud hysterical if you have a sense of humor and have learned to laugh at anyone and anything. It is a game for you inner nine-year old to play and enjoy. Indulge! Life is too damn short and too damn stressful not to enjoy when the opportunity presents itself.
Quite easily this game is a 5 out of 5 for both of us. I wouldn’t let children under sixteen play it however. There are most definitely adult themes and situations that are in no way suitable for young children. But for adults, the game is incredibly funny and a trip down memory lane. Thank you Trey Parker and Matt Stone for making what is truly one of the best video games of 2014.
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